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0:10 Helping @Sailing_Songbird after dangerous crash jibe
2:53 Getting Out of Town and Exploring Tonga
4:50 Checking Out the Caves
7:47 Private Island
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0:00 Intro
0:10 Chamela Anchorage
5:38 Hair Cut Time!
7:50 Bill's Flying Solo Again
8:34 New Crew Aboard Continuing South
11:47 Doctor Calls with Good News!
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0:00 Intro
0:10 Dolphins in the Anchorage
2:35 Diving/Spearfishing
6:07 Potluck Dinner with Friends
8:20 We Gotta Go!
14:11 Passage North
18:18 Back in Penasco
19:27 Po...
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0:10 Beautiful Morning Aboard Calico Skies
1:32 Watermaking, Key to Off Grid Living
2:06 WaterMaker Maintenance
8:12 Diving & SpearFishing
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0:00 Intro
0:10 The Heat Wave is Here!
3:24 Weather Models Don't Work Here
5:00 To Keep Cool Get in the Water
6:59 Running the Air Con on the Hook
8:35 Let's...
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0:10 New Headsail
1:23 Replacing a Chafed Furling Line
4:18 Fixing Interior Cabine...
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This episode begins with the sanding down of the now-cured fiberglass blisters on Calicos' hull. Next, Bill and friends Big D and Jared work together using Total Boat fairing compound to smooth out th...
This episode opens with Bill cleaning the rudder stuffing box with a wire brush in an attempt to remove years of corrosion in preparation for new packing material. Next, Bill switches gears back to our new arch project and continues to remove items from the stern of the boat to prepare for the new s...
This episode opens with a reveal of our plans to build a whole new arch system from scratch. We discuss how we ended up with our current 'franken-davits' with a brief blast from the past to our NY sailing days and first cruises on Calico Skies.
We lay out our design considerations and wi...
In this episode Bill begins work at the yard by dropping the rudder the rest of the way down, a continuation of last week's videos work. We've decided to have a whole new rudder made after discovering deep pitting on the stainless steel pipe. He needs to remove the bushing but to drop the ...
In this episode Bill explains that the next project will be dropping the rudder because of suspect-looking pitting at the joint. Calico Skies is hauled out at Cabrales boat yard in Penasco Mexico and it's the beginning of a mini refit.
For this project Bill first must first uninstall and remo...
This episode opens with a dinghy ride at sunset. We are driving, then cutting the engine to float and observe the very well camouflaged coyotes on the beach. It's a peaceful evening at dusk and we are in our element enjoying nature together surrounded by stunningly beautiful red cliffs.
The n...
We arrive into San Carlos in the Sea of Cortez Mexico looking to hide from a massive hurricane that is less than 24 hours away. Because of our shallow draft and small size (36ft length, 4'2 draft) we are lucky to score a slip in a marina that is fully packed. We move from the anchorage into our...
This episode opens in the gorgeous Honeymoon Cay in the Sea of Cortez Mexico where Bill and Grace have just recently reunited after a 4 day separation. Grace had jumped aboard Delos to help out when our friend Kazza was sick. Now she's back, and better, so it's time to celebrate because it...
This episode begins with an exceptionally rolly morning on the hook. Conditions have changed completely overnight and we are rocking and rolling so much that our buddy boat One Life can see the keel of Calico Skies! We decide to set a stern anchor to help steady us out but first have to dig out all ...
This episode opens with Calico Skies underway, motor sailing of the Baja California Peninsula’s eastern shores, in the Sea of Cortez located on Mexico’s western coast. We left a little fishing village are set out for a spot called Los Gatos, which is famous for its beautiful red rock formations. Whi...
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We finally arrive into the Sea of Cortez after 2,000+ miles of sailing desperate to be back into the swing of cruising; our expectations couldn't be higher after months of dreaming. We arrive at 6am after a 3.5 d...
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