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Welcome to our new home…the Dry Tortugas 😎 (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 97)
Ever wondered what it would be like to live in the Keys? How about living in a place like the Dry Tortugas, a paradise only accessible by boat and sea plane, with white sand beaches, pristine clear water teaming with sea-life, and neighboring islands with ...
Teamwork… How to Run a New Halyard with Mast up (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 96)
In this episode we prepare for a big storm coming with 30 knots expected wind predicted to blow for four straight days. We move anchor spots and then Bill gets to work on a boat project. Before the blow hits we decide to resolve an issue we’ve been hav...
Dry Tortugas, Isolated Gem of the Florida Keys (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 95)
It's time to escape the hustle and bustle of Miami and get back into what we regard as "real cruising" or sailing the boat to remote, less main stream locations. In this episode we complete an overnight sail from Key Biscayne to the Dry Tortugas. It was co...
Will we be able to run our 16,000 Btu AC off our lithium battery bank?! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 93)
In this episode we continue the installation of our marine air conditioner. We get right down to it, drilling a sea water exit hole in the hull. Typically this hole would be placed right at the waterline but we opt to install it near deck level since we ar...
Why to take the ICW when traveling down the US East Coast (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 85)
There are two options when heading south down the US east coast, you can take the offshore route which is more exposed to weather but more direct or take the "inside" route down the ICW. The ICW is a 3,000 mile long inland waterway down the Atlantic and G...
Off Season Cruising down the Chesapeake (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 83)
Annapolis seems to have some sort of magnetic pull on us in the late fall 😂, this years challenge is to escape before the first snow falls..can we do it?! This town is a great stopover for us as we make our way up and down the east coast. We have lots...
Oops, ANOTHER tow?!!…. (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 82)
They say bad things come in threes.... In this episode we once again find ourselves needing a tow from one of our buddies, SV Avalon. We are becalmed off Cape May NJ after a rough sail in near gale force winds and a malfunctioning engine. We attempt to s...
Can We Escape Maine? Time to Sail South!! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 80)
We seem to make a habit of overstaying our season in each spot we travel to 🙃. Whether it is the sweltering heat of the Bahamas this past June (almost July) or the freezing cold air in Maine at the end of October, we just seem to stay too late LOL. Well...
Injury at Sea (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 79)
When it rains, it pours! This episode opens with us disconnecting our tow from S/V Delos and getting Calico Skies anchored under power from our dinghy. We being the process of flushing the transmission fluid several times after getting the dipstick caught ...
No wind, no transmission, no problem! S/V Delos to the rescue! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 78)
We are at the point in our season where we are starting to make our way back south and west after getting within ten miles of the Canadian border. Our first stop is Mud Hole. This sweet anchorage is only accessible at high tide. This entrance to this harbo...
Off the Beaten Path, Sailing Down East Maine in the Fall (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 77)
In this episode we decide to throw caution to the wind and sail to the very north eastern tip of Maine, right at the Canadian border. Its late September and we should be heading south but adventure calls! Exploring Cross Island is a real treat. The islan...
Maine or the Caribbean? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 76)
With our summer boat projects complete it's time to get down to the business of exploring Maine. Our first stop is a sweet anchorage bordering Acadia National Park where we reunite with several members of TTYC, our quarantine crew from the Bahamas (Ada, Av...
1100w of solar on a 36 foot sailboat, yes please! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 75)
In this episode we complete a major upgrade to to our solar generating capacity. We add an additional 600w of solar to our existing 510w. 1110w of solar on a 36 foot monohull sailboat must be some sort of record lol! Earlier this summer we upgraded to 600 ...
Delos & Calico Livin’ large off the Sea on our Private Island (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 73)
If you had to spend 14 days "self isolating" upon entering the state of Maine, can you picture a better way to spend it than on a private island?!?! We got really lucky this past August as our friends on S/V Delos were offered the use of an island off the ...