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Salt & Tar: Episode 64-Which Project Goes First?

With so many projects hanging how do you choose which one to work on? Motivation, materials, weather, and timing all play a huge part in that decision. We've gotten so many things done in the 4 months we've been hauled out. We also have still so many to do...

Nov 21, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:02

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Salt & Tar: Episode 65-Cabin House Makeover

Days of sanding to lead to days of painting and planking!!! Finally getting things close to the finishing touches. Garrett starts in on the companionway. We absorb the beautiful October working weather as our final month of the boatyard nears. Thanks for...

Dec 05, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:44

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Salt & Tar: Episode 66-Companionway

This video is a little different than others in that it involves more of our thought process. As we get closer to "real time" you'll notice we do things a bit different than most. Sometimes it may seem out of order or odd that we get most projects to near ...

Dec 19, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:36

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Salt & Tar: Episode 67-Living in a Construction Zone

First weekly video! Happy holidays everyone!!! Many thanks and much love, Ruthie https://saltandtar.org/ https://www.patreon.com/saltandtar https://www.paypal.me/saltandtar https://www.gofundme.com/saltandtar We've also been keeping our instagram curre...

Dec 26, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:06

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Salt & Tar: Episode 68-Seacocks and Thru Hulls

Happy New Year Everybody!!!! Big things in 2020 for Rediviva's crew. So excited to be releasing weeklies already. Got a jump start on my New Year's resolution :) Many thanks and much love, Ruthie https://saltandtar.org/ https://www.patreon.com/saltandtar...

Jan 02, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:59

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Salt & Tar: Episode 69-Day 1,677

Rolling from one day into the next. One project onto another. We finish the seacocks and thru hulls, including our transducer for the depth sounder, then start in on a cabin project so I can paint the cabin walls before we re-launch. Garrett, as usual, wan...

Jan 09, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:31

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Salt & Tar: Episode 70-Not Mistakes, Lessons

Multiple projects and one big mess. It's hard to keep things organized when you also want to get things done. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice. That's the thing with boats... If you know, then I don't need to explain further, if you don't but have a bo...

Jan 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:45

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Salt & Tar: Episode 71-Welcoming Our New Neighbor

Accepting any excuse to get on the water we help crew aboard Garrett's brother, Reid's boat 'I Mua' a Landfall '39 transit the Napa River. We get a little work done on Rediviva cleaning up the cabin house preparing it for paint and the cap rails getting re...

Jan 23, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:17:00

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Salt & Tar: Episode 72-Drying Out

Thanks to Leo the bottom sanding got done in a single day leaving us time to complete more projects. The bottom paint is a year old and it's standard on a wooden boat to haul out every year and reapply to keep it fresh preventing hard growth. Since Rediviv...

Jan 30, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:44

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Salt & Tar: Episode 73-Switching Crew?

Looks like we might be swapping the mutt crew. Reid's dog, Ellie, and Swab seem to prefer each others' arrangements over their own... Leo's back in this episode to help with some more sanding and we even get some souping done! Talks of cruising really mo...

Feb 06, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:26

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Salt & Tar: Episode 74-It’s Worth it but it Sucks Sometimes

It's November and the days in the yard are growing old. The best thing to do at that point is to set a date. A goal. Better yet a deadline. For some illogical reason, Garrett and I work best on a rapidly approaching deadline. Something about the sense of u...

Feb 13, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:22

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Salt & Tar: Episode 75-Rally to Launch

It starts with an idea. Then you set the date. Then you stick to it! A deadline doesn't care how many projects you still have to wrap up it's approaching no matter what. This can be helpful, a gentle shove to get it done. Of course, if you're absolutely no...

Feb 20, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:21

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Salt & Tar: Episode 76-Floating Once Again

It would've been nice to have felt a little more organized but other than that there were no complaints about the day. We are so looking forward to the next time we do this with spars up, ports in, and engine running. We nearly have all the gear/equipment ...

Feb 27, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:56

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Salt & Tar: Episode 77-Decompressing

Settling into our new dock home for the season. The bilge pump has quieted down and we've been able to catch up on some sound sleep. A huge thank you to both Leo and Captain Ron who helped us push and get the deck seams filled before the rain sets in. Swab...

Mar 05, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:36

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Salt & Tar: Episode 78-Yahoo! December

Someone once said sailors have weather-induced bi-polar. As the winter season rolls in it's hard to deny. Even having been in the Pacific Northwest winter and still trying to build this boat it doesn't ease on the feeling now of wet and cold. It stinks. S...

Mar 12, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:59

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Salt & Tar: Episode 79-Lucidity; Let the Port Light Shine in

Every now and then you question yourself and then someone, or a family, restore your belief in what you are doing. The arrival of our ports couldn't have come at a better time. The weather window to start the process is on the horizon and thanks to a speci...

Mar 19, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:43

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Salt & Tar: Episode 80-Windows Finally!

We hope everyone is happy, safe, and healthy! Living aboard a small boat makes us pretty much self-quarantined every day... We finally get to install windows!!!! Thanks to a very kind family. This is so amazing. Sometimes with such high highs, you can al...

Mar 26, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:17:27

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Salt & Tar: Episode 81-Our Place is a Shelter…In Progress

To all you sheltering in place and bored AF! Love you all, and am so happy to see the bonding to friends, family, and boats that is happening. We so easily lose sight of what we find important and neglect what truly makes us happy. Whether that's your fami...

Apr 02, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:38

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Salt & Tar: Episode 82-Pine Tar for Breakfast

For those that wanted "more Swab" and longer videos! I left a lot more in this video than normal upon the request of all of you out there. This episode kind of gives you a glimpse into what a normal workweek looks like for us. A little bit of progress on o...

Apr 09, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:02

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Salt & Tar: Episode 83-MAST COLLAR w/Rolf!

Two major things before the main mast goes up: build the mast collar for the stays and make the shrouds. When we step the mast we'll need some temporary lines to hold it up. We'll hang several blocks from the mast collar to do this. Rolf is kind enough to ...

Apr 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:39

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Salt & Tar: Episode 84-Four Shrouds, Four Days (Part 1)

This is part 1 of prepping our main mast to go up! Days 3 and 4 went much quicker, as is tradition. One mast at a time and one shroud at a time. It's been fun working away from the boat, aka keeping the mess away from home ;) Thanks for watching! ~Ruthie...

Apr 23, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:15

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Salt & Tar: Episode 85-Four Shrouds, Four Days (Part 2)

-Yup! Days 3 and 4 were much quicker. We managed to also take a day off and enjoy a sundowner dinghy ride. A few discoveries of what you can find in the Napa River occur and we are days away from being able to step the mast. One more episode to go before t...

Apr 30, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:00

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Salt & Tar: Episode 86-Deck Rim/Collar Thing and Another Hole

Thanks for watching everybody! ~Ruthie https://saltandtar.org/ https://www.patreon.com/saltandtar https://www.paypal.me/saltandtar https://www.gofundme.com/saltandtar We've also been keeping our Instagram current. Yay technology! For real-time updates he...

May 07, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:33

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Salt & Tar: Episode 87-Glorious Day to Raise the Main

- A glorious day indeed. Our 40 foot main mast is on the boat! Rediviva is a ketch rig but only our main was ready, the mizzen mast will come later. A huge thank you to the marina for making this day go so smoothly. My mom was able to make it and Reid, Ga...

May 14, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:26:06

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Salt & Tar: Episode 88-Because it’s Badass

Alright. We've raised our main mast. Still one more mast to go and countless other projects. It's always weird after accomplishing a milestone. A sort of "now what" moment. Then you realize, "Everything else!" That's what. We get back to a few other starte...

May 21, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:21

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Salt & Tar: Episode 89-Who’s Charlie

"I got a plan, I have a plan," said Charlie, and 24 years later he proved it. For obvious reasons, we love hearing from those who have actually built a boat from the ground up. I wanted to share Charlie's story because it so closely mirrors our own. No mat...

May 28, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:52

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Salt & Tar: Episode 90-Turning Dead Eyes

Keeping to our salty vision we turn up our dead eyes. We are a gaff rig ketch so we couldn't very well have turnbuckles, we NEED dead eyes. This video spans over a year and two different cameras so, apologies, the sound was difficult to get right on the ep...

Jun 04, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:13

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Salt & Tar: Episode 91-Brummel Splice for the Bottom Dead Eye

Come join us back on the boat as we continue our rigging. Our main focus is how we're going to secure the bottom dead eye to the chainplate. Instead of a metal strap or bar we're mixing in some modern material. Layering up Dyneema then serving it together ...

Jun 11, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:05

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Salt & Tar: Episode 92-Hottest Day of 2020 Thus Far🌞

Happy Video Thursday! Spring is here and that means more workable days than not. It's always exciting to watch the weather change. It adds new motivation in the air. But then, we realize just how tired we are. It's been a long project. So this year we're t...

Jun 18, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:19

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Salt & Tar: Episode 93 – In-Water Rudder Repair

Nothing sucks more than after a fresh bottom job your first sail runs you into a submerged tree. Garrett and Memo, being the handy quick-on-their-feet thinkers, drop the rudder, straighten it, reinstall it, and are sailing before the week's over! Memo has ...

Jun 25, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:30:27

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Salt & Tar: Episode 94-Mizzen We’ve Been Missin’ (Reclaimed Mast)

Vagabond was an Atkin design "Little Maid of Kent" Schooner http://www.atkinboatplans.com/Sail/LittleMaidOfKent.html The journal found me 7 years ago and I held onto it in hope the owner would one day return. Little did I know, Garrett and I would build a ...

Jul 02, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:09

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Salt & Tar: Episode 95-Preparing the Mizzen

https://saltandtar.org/ https://www.patreon.com/saltandtar https://www.paypal.me/saltandtar https://www.gofundme.com/saltandtar We've also been keeping our Instagram current. Yay technology! For real-time updates here's the link: https://www.instagram.com...

Jul 09, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:47

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Salt & Tar: Episode 96-What a Ketch!

Let's make Rediviva the ketch she was designed to be! Garrett and I work together to measure and cut our shrouds. Garrett permanently installs the mizzen mast step and I repaint a bit on deck as well as continuously add more coats of soup to the mizzen. Sw...

Jul 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:59

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Salt & Tar: Episode 97-Power to the Versatile Sailor

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...

Jul 23, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:29

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Salt & Tar: Episode 98- Not Just a Boat It’s Our Home

It's always a balance between improving the boat and improving our home. They are one in the same which makes it's hard to separate personal and work life. The wind has been relentless (not mentioned in video) so stepping the mizzen is off until we get som...

Jul 30, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:03

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Salt & Tar: Episode 99- Playing House (Building a Boat is the Coolest Fort!)

When you were a kid, did you ever build a fort? Maybe out of blankets and pillows or wood and a tree. Building a boat we get to use all of the above. Our fort floats and will one day cross an ocean. Not every day does this feel as epic as it sounds but kee...

Aug 06, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:21

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