In this episode of sailing sitka, we are anchored in San Jaun Del Sur, the southernmost port in Nicaragua. As much as this anchorage was suggested by multiple ...
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This episode we are finally putting our masts on and our boat turns back into a sail boat. Our new standing rigging is from hamma® Marine visit or contact ...
On this episode of sailing Sitka, we tackle day 2 and 3 in the boat yard here in Chiapas, Mexico. During this time we start diving into our biggest worry yet. ...
This is the last episode of season 2!!!! You heard that right. Our last video of season 2 consist of us fixing our rudder leak which has been a consistent ...
In this episode of sailing sitka, we sail up to Chiapas Mexico which is the most southern port to either clear in or out from. Here, we will be getting a slip ...
In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sail 230NM across the gulf of Tehauntepec from Huatulco to Chiapas. If you enjoy, consider leaving a comment or hitting ...
In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sailed into Huatulco after a a 350 NM passage from Zihuatanejo. Exhausted, worn-out and sleep deprived, we dropped the ...
In this episode of sailing sitka, we take you through day 2 and 3 of an offshore passage at sea. Life aboard a sailing while sailing for days at a time can be ...
3 days of raw boat life footage while sailing at sea. In this episode of sailing sitka, we sail 190 NM from Ensenada Carrizal to Zihuatanejo and show what it ...
There is no going back now... In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we come up with an out of the box solution to our tides marine track problem... Stupid? ...
Hauling out our cheoylee offshore 41 sailboat in Mexico. The time has come! We are officially taking Sitka out of the water in Guaymas, Mexico. The process was ...
In this weeks episode, we experience our second rig failure in 4 months-both of which took place offshore. In this episode, we filmed what we could when our ...
It's easy to loose what day it is when you're sailing... right!?!? I know it's not Thursday and I was a little behind on this one ;) It took many more hours ...
In this weeks episode, we make our way across the Sea of Cortez, from La Paz straight to Mazatlan. What we thought was going to be "smooth sailing" turned into ...
Rounding Point Conception is a feat for any sailor and we were lucky sailors to have such an amazing passage. The skies were clear and as we neared we had ...
We make it to Sausalito after a fun weekend at Angel Island. We get some necessary projects done so we can continue sea trials in San Fransisco Bay proper. ...
The staysail boom is ready to be added. We get the staysail up to speed with our previous two sails, the main and the mizzen. Next week we continue on the ...
4 out of 4 and we give Mike a 10 out of 10! Our 4 working sails are here and are being fitted to the boat. We will have other light wind and storm sails but ...
The project that never ends, it goes on and on my friends! The boat build as a whole is coming along so nicely but it is still far from over. One piece of the ...
I’m going to test your attention span with this one. It’s long with quite a bit of talking as we discover some not so lovely issues with our 40 year old motor. ...
Bending a sail: to secure a sail to a spar before hoisting. Bend On ~ To tie onto or fasten. Garrett completes the last of the changes and additions to the ...
Excited to get another sail we jump into getting the changes on the mizzen boom and gaff done. The episode leaves us watching paint and soup dry. Can’t wait to ...
Splicing, head injuries, and tile. I heal up just fine while I edit and Garrrett works on the rudder cheeks and Gove lays down the beautiful Mexican tile in ...
Got to love boat terminology. Catheads, baggy wrinkles, and gollywobbler are some of my favorites. Today we not only work on the rudder cheeks so we can have a ...