In this video I reap the benefits of building the Wave Rover "Womb". I prep the boat and my work area, and then it's time to apply the heavy bi-axial ...
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 ...
Building a boat can be all encompassing, and filming the process can give the viewer only pieces of the boat each week, and I admit, it can be a bit confusing. ...
Mast Insert installed from the inside at least and a worrying cut to the mast post and main bulkhead sends a shiver down my spine as I action the Deepest cut ...
I'm releasing this video just a little early as Santa Claus and his Elves are big Wave Rover fans and wanted to see it before heading out. The battle with the ...
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 ...
Haphazard conversion to a cruising yacht continues with building a hard dodger . To keep the spray, waves, rain and sun off and make sailing a whole lot more ...
In this episode we show you how we made the diamond non-skid pattern for our new transom extension on our hurricane damaged lagoon 450 catamaran. It went from ...
The battle against the temperature continues. I have to accept the fact that the weather is getting cooler and I will have to figure out techniques to adapt to ...
As if there wasn't enough going on down here on the Hulls, this week we begin a Massive new Project, a 4.5 x 4.5 meter Catamaran Hard Top Roof for our New ...
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, ...
Season 2 of Wave Rover starts off with a Huge announcement! I'm building a new boat. Wave Rover Hull #1 is a brand new 21foot pocket cruiser. Designed by an ...
The transom is fitted and the hull is now complete from the plywood perspective. I explain the importance of learning to see with ones hands. The battle ...
Life in a crawl space operating very dangerous power tools between your legs is apparently what boat building is all about. Cutting away at the bulkheads to ...
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 ...
Gluing the hull panels together. Mrs. Rover pitches in and together we do a massive glue up on the hull. She certainly is looking like a boat now. Anybody ...
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 ...
The hull sides are scribed and fitted onto the hull. Finally Wave Rover opens her cargo hold in time for Christmas with some merchandise: ...
After a couple of days off following the Epic demoulding and Deck Placement day I headed into work with the full intention to take it easy. How wrong I was. ...
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 ...
Some of the Frames are not fitting. The problem is solved and it's time to build the transom. Builders from several countries take on the challenge of building ...
Sorry to leave you hanging last week, but an event like this need to be taken in slowly and our Epic Catamaran Deck Demould, Flip and Placement still has my ...
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 ...
With Mrs. Rover's help the second layer of the bottom is laminated. This is a big step forward! Also, the building plans for the WR 650 are now fully complete ...