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Sailing Safety Gear Explained!
In this episode, join the crew of Sailing Gargoyle as they discuss sailing safety gear. From life raft certifications to EBS tethers, find out how to prepare for potential disasters at sea!
How to replace standing rigging
We replaced the standing rigging on our sailboat using Sta-Lok fittings while on the water. In the process we found a couple of rusted out cotter pins. If undetected we could have lost our mast. Its a good idea to climb your mast now and then and check things out. One by one we replaced each st...
Boat Life: Did our sailboat survive?
Leaving our sailboat on the hard made us very nervous. After 5 months we returned to the boatyard to do some boat work and to launch our floating home. The amount of dirt on our decks is amazing and gross. After a lot of hard work cleaning up and a few boat projects, the boat yard loaded us up ont...
Sailing life: How to prepare a sailboat for storage
We go through some of the things that we have to do to prepare our sailboat for storage on the hard. This is our first time storing our sailboat, she is our home, and we usually stay on her. We flush the diesel engine, prepare our outboard for long term storage, and remove our water maker for some...
Boat life. Checking our chainplates, standing rigging, storing our sailboat
Storing our sailboat in the Mexican heat is hard. The to do list seems to get bigger and bigger. We have to remove solar panels, water heaters, check chain plates, rigging. You get the idea. Life in a boatyard is dirty, hot, and sweaty. Did we mention how hot it is in the boatyard? We hope our v...
Sailing life. Life is HOT in the boat yard.
We are all hauled out and trying to figure out how to put our not so floating home to bed. We have so many questions. Do we remove the solar panels. Do we remove all the canvas? Should we shrink wrap our sailboat? What do we do about the heat. This boat yard is miserably hot. Its all just part o...
Sailing life: Its time to haul out.
After almost 2 years cruising around fulltime on our sailboat, our floating home is in need of a little work. This is our first time hauling a boat out. The anticipation was full of anxiety and stress. The actual event, not so much. We are not looking forward to life in a boatyard, but we know ...
Sailing life: We almost hit a whale
On our last sail north, we almost hit a whale. It surfaced 10 feet on off of our port side. It was close enough that we got wet from his spray. We were also curious how far our VHF radio would transmit. We checked in with a friend every 5 miles to test out the range. Had a beautiful night sail l...
Boat life: What an amazing adventure it has been
Sailing around the world in a small sailboat has its challenges. The treasures that we find along the way, make it all worth it. The sea lions swimming beside us, the dolphins bow riding and surfing around Hiraya are amazing moments. Let's not forget the sunsets at sea or at anchor! Those are...
Sailing Life: Stern Anchored Sailing and Dinghy Chaps
Jesica is really tired of burning her butt cheeks and sticking to the dinghy in the intense heat of the Sea of Cortez. So, while stern anchored in our favorite secluded anchorage, we decided to finally do something about the burnt butt cheek problem. We sew up some dinghy chaps. It was a lot of wo...
Sailing life: Living our lives on anchor
The best part of living on a sailboat if life at anchor. The days just seem to fade on by and you lose all track of time. We spend our days exploring caves on our Highfield dinghy. We go for hikes and happily waste the days away fishing and eating. Boat life while anchored in a beautiful bay is t...
Sailing Life: Stern anchored are we to close to land?
The rocks are way to close. We had no choice except to deploy our stern anchor to limit our swing radius. We usually don't anchor in this tight of a spot, but we just could not resist the beauty and seclusion of this tiny anchorage. After setting our stern anchor we set off on the dinghy to d...
Sailing life: Sailing to a new anchorage in the dark? Predeparture procedures
What do you need to do before leaving the dock? We go over a few things that we do before we set sail. Engine checks, battery checks, sanity checks, oh my. Why are the weather predictions never accurate. We set sail early in the morning for our 90 mile journey to our next anchorage, the wind pr...
Sailing life: Could we have caught our sailboat on fire?
This video was going to be a how to install a air filter on a marine diesel. As we were installing the filter we noticed that we had some melted fiberglass on our engine cover. Upon further investigation we discovered why! We are lucky that we did not catch our sailboat on fire. The diesel exhau...
Sailing life: Sailing off our anchor. How did we do?
We have been forced to learn how to sail onto and off of our anchor. Our engine broke last summer and we decided to continue sailing on anyways. It was a blessing in disguise. I forced us to learn how to be better sailors. Its a great feeling to be able to leave an anchorage under sail power alone...
Sailing life: We sail into uncharted territory
We spent a few days motoring around in the uncharted areas of Bahia Concepcion. We motored down to the far southeast corner of the bay into uncharted territory. The charts called for 3 feet of water depth , our depth sounder was reading 80! It is always fun exploring places that few people go t...
Sailing life: Boat chores and hot springs
We sail down into Bahia conception, where we find a beautiful calm anchorage for some must needed rest. I finally get off my lazy butt and install our spinnaker ring onto our mast. 20 minutes and four holes later the boat project that I have been putting off for a months is now complete. Unfortun...
Sailing Life: Flying a spinnaker for the first time
As sailors we are always trying to learn new things. We finally flew our spinnaker!! It is amazing how little wind it took to get our sailboat moving. It will become our favorite downwind light air sail. We fly our symmetrical spinnaker without a pole. With the help of some parallel beads with ...
The Sailing life: Work Hard Play Hard
Sailing is a great way to get out on the water and enjoy the fresh air. But its not all fun and games. Anchors don't hold and boats drag through the anchorage. Hulls need scrubbed and stainless needs polished. There is a lot of work involved in keeping a boat clean and running smoothly. In...
Sailing to one of the best anchorages in the Sea of Cortez
We set sail north towards the anchorage of San Juanico. First we sail with a super pod of dolphins and pass a school of rays. We drop off our friend Rob and set our sights north. We try our luck st fishing, trolling while we sail. The sea was kind and we were able to catch a trigger fish for din...
Upwind sailing in 28 knots and finally some clear water!
We bash north sailing upwind in 28 knots. The sea state becomes uncomfortable as we remember why "gentleman don't sail to weather." Most cruisers heed that advice, and we quickly remember why! Sailing upwind in a strong breeze while also fighting a current may not have been the brig...
Boat life: Sometimes we sail, sometimes we motor.
Cruising fulltime on a sailboat can be interesting. You find yourself anchored in paradise, but the wind forces you to move. Raising anchor, sailing out of anchorages just to have the wind die. Drifting and motoring for a while, then the wind starts picking up, and the swell starts to build, and y...
Enjoying the Beach: Boat Life
Boat life is the perfect way to enjoy the beach. We anchor in a secluded spot, paddle board on the crystal clear water, do a little beach combing and relax on the sand. Jesica finds some time and energy to exercise on the beach. So what are you waiting for? Grab your board shorts and bikinis and le...