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Swimming in a Croc River?!!!! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep144)
Rosetta Stone Limited time offer: $179 from $299 for the Lifetime Subscription!! There's a lot of unknowns in our this lifestyle, most of them inconsequential but some potentially resulting in breakage or worse. The longer we cruise the more conservative we've become overall. But when we...
Dirty, Hot and Miserable 🙃.. sailing the MOST Biologically Diverse Place in the World (Ep143 )
Cruising Costa Rica epitomizes the old saying that cruising is full of high, highs and low, lows. Almost a bipolar existence. We are blown away by the beauty of the Osa Peninsula. Covering an area of just 700 square miles on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the Peninsula is estimated to hou...
Why this life may not be for you 🙃…blasting our car (dinghy) through a 6ft surf break (Ep. 142)
In this weeks episode we set off for our next stop in Costa Rica, the gorgeous Osa Peninsula. This region is known as one of the most bio diverse areas in the entire world. However our alternator has other ideas. We don't know for sure what the issue is but we open the engine compartment and se...
The Authorities Say We Need to Move the Boat But We Can’t! Our Most Stressful Check in EVER (Ep 141)
Checking into Costa Rica on a good day is a challenge..known for its arduous, bureaucratic check in process and an in person boat inspection for pork of all things, not to mention pricey with fees totaling over $500. However for us the bureaucracy was the least of our concern when experienced an eng...
Ive waited a long time for this..dropping the hook in the PACIFIC for the 1st time (CSS Ep. 140)
The last part of our passage to Isla Parida was super light and we had to motor some but we did manage to eek out some sailing. We experienced our first battery shutdown due to overheating which began the process of installing a blower for our batteries. Regardless, it was a fantastic passage overal...
The Joy of Sailing, Our First Sail in a New Ocean! + FISH ON! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 139)
Join us as we embark on our very first sail in the Pacific Ocean. We depart from Playita Marina located just outside Panama Canal and set our waypoint for Punta Mala (Bad point), a point with a confluence of strong currents, notoriously rough in high winds. Luckily for us the Pacific is living up t...
How I Nearly Blew Up $6k Worth of New Lithium Batteries & the $40 Part that Saved Us (Ep.138)
Morale is high as we complete our Panama Canal transit and enter the Pacific Ocean for the very first time! What a feeling as that last lock gate opens and we shoot out into the Pacific Ocean! What a contrast when compared to how we feel a few days later when we make one of the dumbest mistakes of o...
The Surprising Things We Learned Transiting the Panama Canal.. What does it cost?! FINES?! (Ep.137)
This episode begins at Shelter Bay Marina near the entrance to the Panama Canal. We’ve just arrived after a beautiful two day passage from the San Blas Islands, squeezing in behind the break wall after successfully circling around a tanker in a stiff breeze and choppy seas. First we get measured by...
End of an Era; Our Last Passage in the Atlantic (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.136)
We leave the San Blas after cruising the tropical paradise for a whole two months - It feels too short but a canal crossing is on the horizon! We haul anchor, set the Spinnaker and zoom off following Delos our buddy boat. It’s a lovely passage and after several hours of sailing we arrive into a pret...
YOLO Baby! Chasing our Dream b/c We’re Not Getting Any Younger (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 135)
Our last days cruising in the amazing San Blas Islands will prove to be THE best yet! Two months behind us in this pristine cruising ground has meant beautiful anchorages with good holding and protection, white sand and turquoise water for days and palm trees swaying in the breeze. We would stay for...
Mom PLEASE Don’t Watch This 😂..The Multiple Ways Hanging with Plukky almost got me killed (Ep. 134)
Why don't I want my Mom to skip this one? It starts out innocently enough with a bonfire in the new spot we sailed to last time - A gorgeous beach in the beautiful San Blas Islands, Panama. We're here with friends on Delos and Plucky of Sailing into Freedom, plus Andi & Charli. We'...
Is Every Sailing YT Channel in the San Blas? Racing Delos & Plucky! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 133)
We’re sailing to a new island here in San Blas, Panama to check out a new spot with our buddy boat s/v Delos - Our ‘routine’ while cruising here. We recently added friends Andy & Charli to the mix (friends since the TTYC days) and today we’re adding our friend Plucky on s/v Sailing into Freedom....
Are we lonely in this life? (Calico Skies Sailing 132)
A question we are often asked is if we are lonely living and traveling full-time on a sailboat? Is it difficult to be without family and a grounded community?? In our experience the sailing community has been one of the biggest draws to this lifestyle, as they say friends are the family you choose! ...
What you’ll never see on vacation!! Guna Yala Revolución Celebration(Calico Skies Sailing 131)
Isla Tigre, a San Blas island with a population of fifteen hundred is celebrating Independence Day and they are happy to have us participate . We spend a day at the festival which begins with a reenactment of the revolution that secured for the Guna people their independence from the Panamanian auth...
Sailors Beware: This Place is Chock FULL of Coral Reefs (Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 129)
Though our current spot in San Blas is pretty sweet - We get regular deliveries from veggie boats, where we load up on fresh fruits & veg, booze and chicken at great prices - it's time to check out the infamous 'Hot Tub', an anchorage just 7 miles from our current location. That m...
You Won’t Believe What It Costs to Sail Here!!!! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 128)
The cost to cruise the paradise that is San Blas is less than we’d imagined. Our new spot, a beautiful island with deep water all the way up to the shore, has that untouched feeling. But when a veggie boat selling Budweiser comes by we begin to understand that not only is this a very convenient plac...
The Best Cruising Ground, Remote…. But Not Too Remote (Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 127)
We decide to move spots and explore a new island in the San Blas chain but when Bill goes to pick up the anchor the windless won’t power up. With no obvious reason for the malfunction and a buddy boat, s/v Delos whose already departed Bill decides to pull it up manually. We’re in over 40 foot of wat...
Remote living on the cheap: Together in paradise and on the hook (Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 126)
The first cluster of beautiful islands we explore in San Blas are featured on the cover of our guide book - And they are just as stunning as the picture. We check out the beach on the closest island and hang out with friends of s/v Delos. Nugget is especially happy to see us again after being separa...
Passage ANXIETIES! First Offshore Passage in Six Months! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 124)
We leave Bocas del Toro and sail offshore 220 miles to the San Blas islands. We’re headed east and the normally strong easterly winds have left a choppy sea state for us. And, thanks to the current we’re pointed even more upwind than expected. This means a 36 hour bumpy, upwind passage, which is our...
Off Grid Living! Can we Fit 3 Months of Supplies on our 36ft Sailboat?!(Calico Skies Sailing Ep 123)
Preparing to cruise off the grid for three months begins with a massive stock up of provisions. After taking an inventory we head into to hot Bocas Town via panga boat. Every store carries different items and are spaced out so it’s many hours of strategic shopping with a heavy load on our backs. O...
First Time Moving our Boat in Six Months, What Could Possibly Go Wrong…😂 (Calico Skies, Ep 121)
We’re super excited to 1) have my little sister aboard with us and 2) officially leave the dock and move Calico Skies for the first time in MONTHS!! After picking Molly up in Bocas town we waste no time casting the lines and heading for an anchorage near town. We’re meeting friends on Delos, Hannah&...
YouTube versus Reality! Sailboat Life….High High’s, Low Low’s (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 120)
This weeks video is sponsored Kamikoto Knives, use the code CalicoSkiesSailing for for $50 off the purchase of any knife! Calico Skies is docked in the insanely beautiful Red Frog marina on Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro and in this episode we show you exactly why it’s one our favorite destin...
Chasing Waterfalls in Boquete; First Mates Days off! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 119)
Grace wanted to visit the mountain highlands of Boquete, Panama since she first saw the immense peaks of Volcan Baru on the horizon and in this episode the first mate finally get’s her wish! The trip begins first with closing the sea cocks to make sure Calico Skies is snug at the marina before we de...