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San Blas at Last: A Sailors Dream Years in the Making | Sailing Sitka Ep 163
Jay and Kenna depart from Shelter Bay marina after a week straight of boat work and diagnosing problems. Finally, after stopping in Linton bay for one night, they sail to the desolate and world renowned San Blas islands. A dream come true. They've worked h...
“50 years of history GONE in a second…” | Sailing Sitka Ep 162
Jay and Kenna are in Shelter Bay Marina, fixing some minor and major problems they've encountered while transiting the Panama Canal, on top of that they do some routine and periodic maintenance to make sure their 50 year old sailboat is ready to sail her w...
Sailing to a remote, timeless village on Panama’s pacific coast | Sailing Sitka Ep 156
Jay and Kenna sail further into Panamanian waters only to discover a hidden gem of a village which was completely stuck in time. Join us on this special 3 year anniversary episode as we sail to Bahia Honda on Panama's pacific coast and learn to live slowly...
Journey to the most protected bay in Costa Rica | Sailing Sitka Ep 153
In this episode of Sailing Sitka, Jay and Kenna sail the squally and sloppy seas from Quepos to Golfito, down the pacific costa of Costa Rica. After having numerous encounters with rolley anchorages, we finally make landfall in a bay that is often mistaken...
Cruising Costa Rica on a 41′ Sailboat | Sailing Sitka Ep 151
In this episode of Sailing Sitka, Kenna and Jay sail from Bahía Ballena to Quepos on the pacific coast of Costa Rica.
A fast and rough passage to paradise | Sailing Sitka Ep 149
In this episode of sailing sitka, we leave Mata De Cana anchorage in Bahia Culebra to sail 125 NM to Bahia Ballena, here in Costa Rica. On this passage we expeirence wet squalls followed by wind gusts allowing our 1976 Cheoylee sailboat to surf down waves ...
Getting our boat ready for our next offshore passage in Costa Rica! Sailing Sitka Ep 148
On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we get our Cheoylee sailboat offshore ready by provisioning fr food, water, fuel and some extra fixings by making do with what we got. This is the reality of cruising sometimes and making sure your boat is ready to hit the...
Feeling the wrath of Mother Nature: Can we catch a break? | Sailing Sitka Ep 146
In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we can't seem to catch a break when it comes to anchorages or the forecast of Central America. We sail to Playa Del Coco to officially check into the beautiful country of Costa Rica, which was a long but free process. Coco...
Can we escape this rolley hell? | Sailing Sitka Ep 145
In this episode of sailing sitka, we are anchored in San Jaun Del Sur, the southernmost port in Nicaragua. As much as this anchorage was suggested by multiple friends, it turned out to be the second rolliest anchorage we've ever experienced on the pacific ...
Sailing Central America | Sailing Sitka Ep 144
In this episode, we sail from Marina Puesta Del Sol at the northern tip of Nicaragua to San Juan Del Sur at the southern point of Nicaragua. During this sail we got to fly our drone, have visitors, sail with continuous wind and experience the crazy/wet squ...
Dodging lightning squalls on our sail to Nicaragua (extended cut) | Sailing Sitka Ep 142
We are happy to share with you our 360 nm passage from Chiapas, Mexico to Puesta Del Sol, Nicaragua. Finally, after 2 seasons of sailing Mexico, we have checked out and hit the seas to sail south to a new country, but not without dodging some weather while...
The countdown is on! | Sailing Sitka Ep 141
The countdown is on! Last week in Mexico before we untie the lines and sail south to Nicaragua!! But first, a couple more smaller projects to check off the list. Thank you for watching and if you enjoy, please consider subscribing!
Repairing our damaged masts… (+ splash day) | Sailing Sitka Ep 140
In this episode of sailing sitka, we take the time to repair our damaged sitka spruce masts from some very destructive holes created by woodpeckers here in Chiapas, Mexico. We are so happy to be splashed and back in the marina, floating for the first time ...
WE’RE BACK! Day 1 of Season 3! (Chiapas, Mexico) | Sailing Sitka Ep 138
WE"RE BACK and better than ever! Welcome to season 3 of sailing sitka! After 6 months of off season, working away at saving money for our cruising lifestyle, we have finally returned to Sitka here in Chiapas, Mexico. In this episode, we start plugging away...