Calico skies sailing YouTube Videos
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Rudder is TOAST: The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 168)
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 B...
Got Towed?! Sailboat Towing Other Sailboats 😂
We hit a rough patch mechanically and had to get towed three times in six month. Two tows were done by fellow sailboat..SV Delos & SV Avalon. Check it out!
Boats n’ Holes! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 167)
This episode opens with Calico Skies being fitted into a travel lift. She's being raised up and out of the water and onto solid ground at the Cabrales Boat Yard in Penasco Mexico. Right away we can tell the bottom is not in great shape and since we haven't...
Adulting for the WIN, Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 166
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 s...
RADAR is BROKEN: Tens of Thousands of Miles on This Thing Can we FIX it? (CS Sailing, Ep165)
This episode opens with Calico Skies leaving the dock in San Carlos after the hurricane has cleared out. Skies are sunny and clear and we set out on a 24 hour passage headed north west to get us back towards the area we were before the storm but also a bit...
Our Worst Fears, Witness to a Shipwreck in a Hurricane (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.164)
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 pack...
Running Away from a Hurricane…Without a Working Engine 😳 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 163)
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...
NIGHT SQUALLS + CLOSE CALLS with Cargo Ships SAILING to Bocas del Toro | Harbors Unknown Ep. 85
NIGHT SQUALLS + CLOSE CALLS with Cargo Ships SAILING to Bocas del Toro | Harbors Unknown Ep. 85 Did you see the video of our passage from Miami to Panama? Check it out here. https://youtu.be/FVQTj88ST10 Overnight sailing passages can be tricky and every s...
Change of Plans, I Have to GO (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.162)
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 ...
It’s Getting HOT in Here!! We Better Get WET 🙃 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 161)
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 f...
Our BIG Mistake: Why We’ve Been Missing From YouTube – Episode 86
We're BACK!!!! It's been a real struggle for us this last month, and in this video we tell you why, then take you along for more of our sailing adventures in Mexico! Want to help support our video productions? Join our One Life Crew here: https://www.patr...
It’s Time to GO! Sailing Away in our MADE for SPEED 36ft Sailboat (CCS, Ep 160)
After getting swarmed by bugs its time to get out our anchorage and sail off to the next spot. Thats the best thing about living on a sailboat, if you don't like a location sail on to the next anchorage.It's a quick six mile sail but we decide to raise our...
When Everything Goes Right It’s a Beautiful Thing (It DOES Happen..!) (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 158)
This weeks video is sponsored by Kamikoto: https://kamikoto.com/CALICOSKIES For $50 off use the code CALICOSKIES In this episode we begin with a lovely light wind sail in the beautiful Sea of Cortez. We’re sailing just 3 miles north of our current ancho...
Diving W/out Instructors: Just Us, The Black Night, One Sunken Wreck & . . . ?!?!! (CSS, Ep. 157)
This weeks video is sponsored by Kamikoto: https://kamikoto.com/CALICOSKIES For $50 off use the code CALICOSKIES Want more? The next episode is now live on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/when-everything-74898101 This episode opens with a visit to...