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4 out of 4 and we give Mike a 10 out of 10! Our 4 working sails are here and are being fitted to the boat. We will have other light wind and storm sails but these are the ones we'll use most often. As we were waiting for the staysail boom to dry we started...

Lashing, serving, leathering, hole drilling, and wiring! Michael's still here helping us serve and leather our various chafe points in the rigging. Garrett lashes our solar array into place atop the davits while I catch up on a little souping/brightwork. W...

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...

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/riggingdoctor09211 What are Mast Wedges and WHY do you need them? Mast wedges are a critical component on a keel stepped sailboat and add incredible stiffn...

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...

Colin Archer designed Norwegian Rescue Boats are a thing of beauty. The oldest, built in 1893, is still sailing today! https://www.colinarcher.no/ Originally, we were going to use dead eyes for our mizzen shrouds (and may still in the future) but are takin...

This is my own invention and allows you to make a rope ring, called a grommet, out of Dyneema using a Möbius Brummell Splice. Follow along as I teach you step by step how to make this yourself. Using this, you will then be able to make deadeyes to hold ...

Episode #177 : DIY RIGGING On this Episode we talk about the different types of fittings for a sailboats standing rigging when using 1x19 SS wire rope. I show you how StaLok fittings work and their benefits for a DIY refit and for use in repairs at sea....

Thanks to our followers we are taking final measurements for our sails and welcome our first volunteers. Josh & Alexis are amazing people. They ended up staying 10 days as Josh was determined to hear that motor roar! We can’t thank them enough for no...

This week in my sailboat project I got the first quote for new standing rigging. This week I also sent out the old bow roller to have a new one made and last but not least working on getting the engine running again. 00:00 Bow roller 02:30 Standing riggi...

Rigger, Electrician, Painter, or Plumber sometimes all 4 at once. We complete almost everything on the list for the mizzen mast until we get a late-season shower. If you're going to build a boat you better be tough and learn to adapt. We move inside the bo...