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Salt & Tar: Ep.172- Bending the Mizzen
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Salt & Tar: Ep.172- Bending the Mizzen

Bending a sail: to secure a sail to a spar before hoisting. Bend On ~ To tie onto or fasten. Garrett completes the last of the changes and additions to the boom and gaff. Persevering through the cold, damp weather. Then together we work on permanently secu...
Salt & Tar: Ep.171- Lighted Boat Parade
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Salt & Tar: Ep.171- Lighted Boat Parade

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.170- Ocean Medicine
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Salt & Tar: Ep.170- Ocean Medicine

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.169- Another Sail!
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Salt & Tar: Ep.169- Another Sail!

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.168- Stackin’ Dimes
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Salt & Tar: Ep.168- Stackin’ Dimes

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.167- Smells Like a New Sail
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Salt & Tar: Ep.167- Smells Like a New Sail

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.166- Potty Talk
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Salt & Tar: Ep.166- Potty Talk

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.165- Cushions!
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Salt & Tar: Ep.165- Cushions!

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.164- Learning to Sew
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Salt & Tar: Ep.164- Learning to Sew

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.163- Unseizing our Windlass
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Salt & Tar: Ep.163- Unseizing our Windlass

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.162- Exotic Choices
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Salt & Tar: Ep.162- Exotic Choices

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]....
Salt & Tar: Ep.161- Cardboard-Aided Design
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Salt & Tar: Ep.161- Cardboard-Aided Design

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.160- I have made Light (with the help of Jack)
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Salt & Tar: Ep.160- I have made Light (with the help of Jack)

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.159- Island Life
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Salt & Tar: Ep.159- Island Life

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 ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.158- Spontaneous Sunset Sail
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Salt & Tar: Ep.158- Spontaneous Sunset Sail

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.157- Bending the Mainsail
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Salt & Tar: Ep.157- Bending the Mainsail

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.156- Gaff Rebuild
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Salt & Tar: Ep.156- Gaff Rebuild

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.155- Mainsail is Here!
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Salt & Tar: Ep.155- Mainsail is Here!

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 ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.154- The Boat’s Never Looked This Good (and Sail news!)
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Salt & Tar: Ep.154- The Boat’s Never Looked This Good (and Sail news!)

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 p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay A...
Salt & Tar: Ep.153- AuGUST of Wind
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Salt & Tar: Ep.153- AuGUST of Wind

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.152- Butterfly Hatch
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Salt & Tar: Ep.152- Butterfly Hatch

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 ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.151- Herringbone Table
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Salt & Tar: Ep.151- Herringbone Table

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. ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.150- Companion Way Stairs!
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Salt & Tar: Ep.150- Companion Way Stairs!

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...
Salt & Tar: Ep.149- First Fuel Up & Rescue Mission
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Salt & Tar: Ep.149- First Fuel Up & Rescue Mission

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...
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