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...
Noë has joined us for 2 weeks from Pennsylvania. He worked all 14 days, even when we were ready for a break he motivated us to push. I, personally learned so much from him as he could take the time to explain things to me whereas Garrett is always rushed ...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
I said it! OUT LOUD!!!!! Ahhhh..... Yup, so now you have to hold us accountable. Our new goal, primary goal, is to leave our slip sometime in August. Not too many things are required to make that happen BUT we'll have to stay focused. Thanks so much for wa...
A what-cha-ma-call-it, that's what we did this week haha Spread out over time, I compiled all the days working on this project into one episode. Seemed like the best way to go about it. Hope you enjoy the show
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~Ruthie
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Ruth gets behind the power tools. Thanks to Noé, our volunteer, he can take the time to learn me a thing or two. So much of the build has been REALLY important that I’ve not wanted to “mess” it up and Garrett’s been so busy I haven’t asked him t...
A long one, for the fans 💕
~R
p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can...
A window into a typical day for us. Garrett's Dad was visiting, one of Swab's favorite humans, and he and Swab contemplated life and the meaning of it all while casting a line. Garrett messed around with a few projects. The spigot replacement was a success...
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~Ruthie
p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
Two projects get completed in this episode. I finish my solo project, the port quarter storage, and Garrett completes the main boom and it's back on board!
Thanks for watching everyone!
~Ruthie
p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volu...
All music (with the exception of the intro) is by a follower, Joachim Challem. Check out their music on Spotify and the new album being released July 8th, 2021. Follow via @joachimchallem and also their website www.challem.nl
Soft smooth tunes I was so h...
Home sweet home. The interior is coming together and thanks to Jack's help a few extra treats are added. Light inside our hatches, a charging station at the table for editing, AND he says I'll even be able to have a blow dryer!
Thanks for watching everyo...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
What an awesome test for the engine! No one was hurt, nothing broke, just great execution from the boat. I'm so happy because I urged Garrett to take the boat out for weeks and finally he was down to take the boat out under her own power even though we did...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
I knew I wanted the old redwood in the herringbone pattern for the tabletop I just had to convince Garrett. Redwood's soft but the stuff we have from my parents' old hot tub is pretty hard and with an epoxy coat on top, it's perfect for the dinette table. ...
David is so wonderful for doing this project for us. It lets in so much light and air and it’s basically done… Sorry for the wind noise in this one my mic broke but the show must go on. Our buddy Hoffa was here to help or distract Garrett I'm not sure ...
I knew I'd be shooting myself in the foot by saying we'd be leaving the dock in August. Or have I? Mike, our sailmaker, is doing everything he can to finish our sails but with the current state of the world being what it is some things are beyond our contr...
Stay tuned to the end for an update on our sails! We work on the design of the aft cleats for Rediviva as well as oiling some of the wood trim we've been installing on the interior.
Thanks for watching everyone!
~Ruthie
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We unveil the mainsail! Mike did such an amazing job and I’m putting together a tip for him if you’d like to donate you can go here: https://www.paypal.me/saltandtar and just make sure to write a note telling me that’s where you’d like it to go. I ...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
Bending a sail means securing/rigging a sail to the spars. We get a majority of the lines, shackles, and blocks situated. Garrett hoists the mainsail so many times, trying to beat his reefing times, I lost count. Like a child again the joy is clear. Apolog...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
After the high of raising and sailing with our mainsail it was hard to follow. Our buddy, Hoffa, convinced us we needed to take a more legit break and come visit him on the island of Catalina that he now calls home.
Thanks for watching everyone!
~Ruthie
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We sailed the boat, took a vacation, but we're not done building yet. We get right back into it working with Jack on our electrical. After a few days down below it felt good to get back on deck and we furthered the aft cleat assembly. Lots more to get done...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
Typical work week for us, boatbuilding and video-making. The cabin house gets a little prettier with a splash of function.
Enjoy the show!
p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]....
To Jeff, who reached out to help with the windlass project, my emails kept getting sent back. Thanks for being willing to help! It means a lot to us.
Thanks for watching everyone!
~Ruthie
p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer...
We have so many to thank for helping us with materials for this project! It took, of course, longer than I thought to get the hang of it but mostly that was just finding the right head space. Not being too overcritical and being okay with it not being perf...
Our first look at the cushions inside the boat! We are half way through making all the cushions. I love the striped fabric for the dinette and the light color fabric we chose for the quarter bunks. Having two different fabrics kind of helps separate the bo...
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...
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...
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: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...
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!
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I could stare at the ocean indefinitely. We got so lucky with the day and so lucky that one of our volunteers lives close enough to take us sailing! Michael, who has done our ratlines among other things, has a Bristol Channel Cutter 28 in Pillar Point Harb...
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