YouTube Videos

4th leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA We sailed from Cairns to the marina at Yorky’s Knob for a week of final preparations and boat jobs to ready Our Dreamtime for the offshore passage across to Indonesia ahead. The to do list was long ...

SAILBOAT UPGRADES IN TUNISIA, NEW EXTERIOR CANVAS WORK WITH SUNBRELLA PLUS MATERIAL INCLUDING CUSHIONS, SPRAYHOOD, BIMNEY, LAZY BAG AND ACCESSORIES, NEW STAINLESS STEEL SOLAR ARCH AND DINGHY DAVITS, PROCESS OF BUYING YOUR OWN CANVAS MATERIALS & HARDWAR...

Full on boat building jobs over the past few months. Adding some finer detail to the Catamaran Transom and seeing her final look is a great result. This Youtube build series is all about what it takes to build a Catamaran from Scratch. There is so much d...

We get the projects started by installing our solar and dinghy davits. We had a major incident back in February that has caused us to step away from YouTube.

My sister, Ellen, and her husband, Casey, join us in a little holiday celebration. This is the first ever lighted boat parade that Garrett and I have ever participated in and it was a ton of fun. We even got second place! Thanks for watching everyone! ~R...

Excited to get another sail we jump into getting the changes on the mizzen boom and gaff done. The episode leaves us watching paint and soup dry. Can’t wait to mount the davits and absolutely can’t wait to get every sail fully rigged up! Leave a comm...

Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: saltandtarcrew@gmail.com. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...

Another sail arrives! Our staysail is the second out of our four working sails to be completed. Thanks to M&H Bartles, Sailmakers. We keep at a few smaller projects and when the skies clear Garrett gets back to the bigger current project which is mount...

We get down to business in this episode. Installing our Nature’s Head, a marine toilet. The days of walking to the shorehead will be in the past! Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer y...

MORE SOLAR, MORE POWER! I wanted to upgrade the Davits to reinforce the structure so I can carry my surfboards... and install another solar panel!! https://www.sailingnandji.com/ If you are getting something out of our videos, please become a Patron to he...

This week we discuss dinghies. A technical discussion. A discussion as to why we selected this size? What are the major factors in selecting a dinghy? After two years, are we happy? @Sailing Aurora done a koowl video on dinghies too! https://youtu.be/Krkn...

This week our dreams come true when we add a new boat to the fleet. The February chill sends us into the heated shop to resurrect an ancient set of dinghy davits. Join us in the boatyard as we refit our aging Bristol 41.1 for more adventures. Wind over W...