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By day 3 at sea everything becomes normal. Your body acclimates, mind and soul too. What a fantastic crossing we've had! Thanks for watching! p.s. I try and reply to as many comments as I can but we are still so so busy so please do not take it personall...

We rebuilt our sailboat engine in Mexico. We thought about repowering our boat, but ultimately decided on rebuilding the Westerbeke instead of replacing it. The logistics were a major pain. Shipping sailboat engine parts to Baja California proved to be ...

The month of May... what a whirlwind! Now that the engine passes all tests we are back on track to leaving the dock asap. We had SO much to get done. It was so hard to share our decision to leave Swab in my sister's care. He is happy and he is loved and th...

Final test of our fortitude! The Westerleaky is at it again with another major leak we cannot ignore. In this episode we solve it. We tackled it as a team and got it fixed and tested in two days. Garrett's back constantly gives him issues so that's where I...

Another annual haul out in the bag! And… another engine problem to diagnose. We try and find a resolution fast so we can still get out this sailing season. Boats love to do this to you. Like a crazy lover to make you doubt yourself and your life decision...

Getting out on the river as much as we can to test Rediviva's systems. So far so good! The boatyard was able to squeeze us in so we check off our annual haul out for the year. Thank you to Jim for all your help with bottom paint and to my dad who caught a ...

A little wood work, a little engine work, and a little sewing. Killing some time until the more pressing issue of rebuilding our transmission is possible. Garrett and I are starting to realize we have to throw out the idea of a “plan.” Too many moving ...

Our engine better run or else! We've bought a big box of engine parts and Garrett is working his way through it. Hoping to prevent any more surprises... Thanks for watching! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you ca...

Sooner or later we will be sipping on that margarita tropical style! It might not be today but we are closer than we were yesterday. Every day adds to the sum of building Rediviva and here's a glimpse into a few ;) Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p...

I’m going to test your attention span with this one. It’s long with quite a bit of talking as we discover some not so lovely issues with our 40 year old motor. The previous owner called her King of the Shit we might be changing this to King of taking a...

-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 w...

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...