Kevin Boothby pulls the Douglas fir mast of Gilmer 31 Ruth Avery for 5-year maintenance, unrigs the heavy bowsprit, and discovers rot in a spar glue joint.

Tackling multiple boat projects. In this episode of sailing sitka, we take on a whirlwind of boat work as we start many different projects, one being our ...

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? ...

Our boat is ready to hit the high seas again. Thats right! We finally fixed and got our gooseneck attachment repaired on our mainmast. We then got the boat ...

In this weeks episode, we say goodbye to our crew member Harry as we sail into Cabo San Lucas. While we were there, we go snorkelling where Kenna gets stung by ...

In this episode, we have friendly race with our boat buddies from Gr8 Escape. We lift the anchor and leave Turtle Bay early in efforts to sail towards ...

In this episode, we have sailed to Bahia Tortuga which is also known as Turtle Bay! Here we stumble upon loads of wildlife surrounding our floating home as ...

In this weeks episode we make our way towards Eureka California to make emergency repairs to our rig. Before getting there safely, we sail though some tough ...

In this video, we varnish our main mast and the bottom portion of our mizzen. We also get around to putting Sitka's name on after 6 years, as well as her port ...

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Constructing a mast and sprit for a Chameleon sailing dinghy seems like a simple affair, but it's actually quite complex. It takes a lot of effort to plane a ...