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Most Beautiful Bay in the Marquesas | Episode 210
Welcome back to WEsail where this week we sail into an absolutely stunning little anchorage on the north side of Nuku Hiva and spend a few days relaxing and exploring the beautiful beaches and vistas surrounding our temporary home! Join us EVERY WEDNESDA...
Sailing from Ua Pou to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas | Episode 209
As we near our year mark of cruising in French Polynesia, we can easily say we have come into our own out here. Our confidence and passion for living this life has grown deeper and stronger. Sailing just over 22,000 nautical miles in the last 4 years is n...
Buddy Boats Reunited in the South Pacific | Episode 208
The adventure continues on Ua Pou, as we explore more and spend time with the local family here in the Marquesas. A new friendship has evolved and we are so thankful to have been welcomed back with so much generosity and love. We also welcome and reunite...
A True Marquesan Welcome | Episode 207
Back in the Marquesas and couldn't be happier, but first we must get the boat back in order. On this episode, we set out for town and re-explore the island we briefly visited last year, however this time, we get the local treatment and see this island i...
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THESE TINY ISLANDS OFF THE COAST OF ITALY?? EP-78
SAILING THE TREMITI ISLANDS, SCUBA DIVING TO A COOL STATUE, DINGY ADVENTURES TO BLUE GROTTO'S, DESERTED SANDY BEACHES, AN ANCIENT FORT, ENJOYING THE MOST INCREDIBLE CLIFFS AND SCENERY AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME MORE MOORING BALL DRAMA! This week we explore so...
The Pacific aka Peaceful Ocean…just the Wind, Water and Waves (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 150)
After what seemed like an eternity of motoring up the coast of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Mexico we finally treated to some sailing on the Pacific Ocean. The experience was certainly worth the wait! We are surrounded by marine life..whales, dolphins, turtl...
Not in Control; The Reason We Question This Life Sometimes (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 149)
One thing we get asked ALL the time is, 'What are your plans?', sometimes less pointedly in the following types of ways: 'When are you leaving?' 'How long will you be there?' 'What will you do at XYZ spot?' 'Can I come visit next week? next month? next yea...
After 35,000 miles at sea, this still scares the sh*t out of us! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.147)
It's late in the season when we finally depart northern Costa Rica bound for Chiapas, Mexico. We hear that the coast of El Salvador & Nicaragua is known to spawn early season hurricanes as well as house intense squall activity. The squalls we encounter...
From Rocky Anchor Life to Marina BLISS- My first Shower in 96 DAYS 😮 (CS Sailing Ep.146)
This episode begins with a recap of the challenges faced while sailing in Costa Rica. While we loved Costa Rica as a country maybe next we will come back without the boat 🙃. We faced many rolly anchorages, rapidly changing weather conditions, and expens...
The Good, Bad & Ugly of Cruising Life + Why are all the Fish DEAD?? (Calico Skies Sailing Ep.145)
In this life we always say the high are really high and the lows are super low. In this episode we get to experience the whole range. From beautiful Costa Rican anchorages, boat breakages, and an awful case of red tide destroying large population of fish ...
Swimming in a Croc River?!!!! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep144)
Rosetta Stone Limited time offer: $179 from $299 for the Lifetime Subscription!! https://tryrosettastone.com/calicoskiessailing-1 There's a lot of unknowns in our this lifestyle, most of them inconsequential but some potentially resulting in breakage or w...
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 C...
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 bu...
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 w...