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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
It’s Always a Race When 2 Sailboat’s are Headed in the Same Direction!! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep153)
This weeks video is sponsored by Kamikoto: https://kamikoto.com/CALICOSKIES For $50 off use the code CALICOSKIES This episode begins with a morning spent on anchor in a beautiful spot on Mexico's western coast. It's chock full of sea life - Fish jumping e...
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 ...
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. R...
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 wind...
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 ...
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 tr...
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 Freedo...
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 a...