In this episode Bill is working on some rig upgrades since the mast is down - It had to be removed because a rod head popped when he was solo sailing Calico ...
Calico Skies Sailing
When the rod head on our forward lower shroud broke on the fifth day of Bill's solo passage headed North from the Bahamas he had to divert course near ...
It’s day four of our offshore passage north from the Bahamas headed up along the east coast of the US. Bill is about 30 miles offshore from North Carolina when ...
This episode opens on night two of our passage from the northern part of the Bahamas to the east coast of the US. For this passage, Grace has joined our ...
Well this is a first for us, Calico Skies is setting out to sea for an eight hundred mile passage without Grace onboard. What?! Ya! In this episode, Grace ...
We’re headed North and it’s day two of our passage from Flamingo Cay at the top of the Ragged Island chain to the Berry Islands, located at the northern end of ...
Well, it had to come eventually: The end of an era. We stayed as long as we possibly could, but with hurricane season quickly approaching we have no choice but ...
Our experience during covid sounds like something out of Gilligan's Island; twelve strangers find themselves isolated on a deserted tropical island for months ...
This episode depicts the birth of the TTYC or Two Titty Yacht Club, a sweet little spot on the beach at Double Breasted Cay that we end up spending a LOT of ...
In this episode we work out one of the more pressing issues we faced while we were 'stuck' in the Ragged Islands during the pandemic late Spring - How to get ...
Behind the scenes of cruising life there is a huge heaping pile of kind-hearted souls providing support and helping us through rough patches. These people are ...
This is an old saying so we can't take any credit for it, but since we run aground in this Episode it seemed to fit! In it, we get to work on fixing our ...
When you take big jumps offshore as opposed to a couple of nights here and there, overall travel time is reduced but preparing for the passage takes longer. To ...
How do you name an episode when there is no central theme, we are the main characters, and the story is just about a typical day in our lives? If you are a ...
It's a typical day on our sailboat at anchor in a secluded island of the Bahamas. We dive and spearfish during the day and grill our catch on a bonfire by ...
As temperatures drop in Gibralter this fall we decide to make a beeline back to the Caribbean and have big money riding on our plan to complete the 3400 mile ...