Do you want to see what Catalina Island has to offer? Join us in Episode 34 as we share our discoveries and continue to push our sailing skills to get ready to ...
Sailing Into the Mystic
Catalina Island is a beautiful island only 1-2 hours across the ocean from Los Angeles and yet so many Southern Californians have never been there. In this ...
In Episode 32, titled "We Bit off More than We Could Chew," we embark on an exciting adventure to the Channel Islands. Things take a wild turn when rough seas ...
Sailing really slows down time and time is not a commodity you have when you are still working in the rat race. But we all found a week where we can go ...
A few projects and then a little fun on the water. Our first time putting up a spinnaker on the Mystic and while we made many mistakes, we learned a lot. ...
When we are not sailing, we are dreaming of sailing. In this episode we show you some of the detours we take as we dream of sailing full time. We experience ...
Join us on Sailing into the Mystic for S3, Ep28: "She Runs Alas!" In this exciting episode, we visit Minnie's store in Long Beach to hunt for essential sailing ...
Sometimes our bodies force us to slow down. We are thankful for the ability to sail when slowing down and healing are required. In this episode we spend the ...
You gotta pay to play! In this episode, we tackle multiple projects to get ready for our upcoming summer sailing trips. We install new gauges at the helm, a ...
In this episode we get yet another sailboat! What? I know, dumb...just watch. We also service the entire cooling system of our Yanmar 66 hp motor which is ...
An excerpt from Season 4, Episode 41. After 40 episodes of dreaming and talking about it, we finally made it to our early retirement date and we celebrated ...
In Season 3, Episode 24: Our First Sailing Race, we take on a new kind of sailing adventure—our very first sailboat race! As a sailing couple ready to retire, ...
Join us on Sailing into the Mystic as we welcome our very first overnight guest aboard our sailboat! In this episode, we also tackle one of the most common ...
In this episode we tell the heart breaking story that we have alluded to a few times before; the story behind the name of our boat and why this is such an ...
In this episode we take a detour from our usual sailing adventures and projects to share a deeply personal moment in our retirement journey. Our future ...
In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, we tackle what was supposed to be a quick 2-hour boat project—installing a Halo20+ B&G radar. But as any sailor ...
Get ready to relax with us on this episode as we escape the daily grind and head to the stunning Sea of Cortez for a much-needed summer adventure! With ...
In this episode we reflect on our work completed on the hard, get caught up on other life projects and finally begin to have some fun. Join us as we share more ...
Boat work is never easy, and this week really put us to the test! In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, we face one challenge after another while working ...
The haul-out continues, and it's time to make serious progress on Into the Mystic! In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, we work through injuries in the ...
Boat projects continue as we tackle a busy weekend of maintenance aboard Into the Mystic! In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, Tim and Jess work ...
How to Install New Thru hull Fittings Follow us on our sailing channel as we prepare our sailboat and ourselves for the next chapter in our lives and share ...
In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, we haul out our sailboat and dive into a major boat project—removing all the thru-hull fittings and ball valves. ...
How to Remove a Thru-Hull Fitting Follow us on our sailing channel as we prepare our sailboat and ourselves for the next chapter in our lives and share what we ...