Salt & Tar: Ep.113- Building Our Buehler Boat

With most of California on fire, working conditions aren’t ideal but we press onward. We work on the main chainplates a little, make some more headway on the engine deck box before we wait on parts again, and solve a problem. We’ve known for a while that the mizzen shrouds might not clear the bulwarks but have been putting off that confirmation. Thankfully the answer can be simple. By making backing blocks on the outside of the hull we gain the distance we need for the cable to sit just off the cap rail of the bulwarks. We won’t be able to use dead eyes for the mizzen rigging but traditional lashings or turnbuckles (both of which we have materials for) will be just as strong. Like Garrett said, down the road if we really want to switch to dead eyes then we can re-make/fabricate the chainplates and/or add another layer to the channels. We’re really trying to keep progress going and get sailing as soon as possible. There is still much to be done. We are getting closer and closer to real-time with the videos so you’ll be right alongside us as we figure things out and eventually sail Rediviva under the Golden Gate south!

CHEERS 👍
~Ruthie

George Buehler’s Book:
Backyard Boatbuilding

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p.s. Also, thank you for watching/tolerating the ads. They really help us out financially. We can’t control what ads (that typically depends on your “cookies” i.e. your internet history) but it’s an easy free way to support the project and buy more parts for the boat. Thanks everybody 🙂

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

a HUGE thank you to everyone that has purchased items off our wishlist. You are giving us a big step forward in the projects to come. We’ve never had such nice tools. You all are amazing, beautiful, wonderful people that we adore!
(Not every package has come with a gift note so if you haven’t received a thank you our apologies and please feel free to message us so we can properly thank you)
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You can also support the project and sport our new t-shirt:
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Original shirts:
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Music featured:
Dyalla Swain- http://soundcloud.com/dyallas