Finishing the bilge work will strike a major milestone in this project but with the most complicated region of the boat being dealt with here, the Catamaran ...

This one is for the fans. Listening to your requests; longer, less music, and not Ruth-less. Thank you for watching and following along on this dream. We’ve ...

The Engine Room in my Catamaran has taken a great deal of work and planning and this week I begin the reinforcement and construction of the final Engine ...

Installing a motor on a brand new build, when doing it yourself, isn’t cut and dry. It’s easy to take for granted the simplicity of repowering an old boat or ...

Thinking into the future, the deck mould preparation can begin. Looking towards the container shelter tent and flipping the lid for the laminating. Finishing ...

You don’t see catheads often anymore and that’s exactly why we wanted them. Rediviva is our little big ship and she needs all the traditional features we can ...

It was a (very) long 5 months but we completed the LAST piece of our external boat refit by building and installing our new bulwark design, inspired by the ...

Get a load of this, Yanmar Engine Removal - Test fitting our 2 Yanmar Engines was a big deal and removing them was equally as big. Janet and I spent a lovely ...

Take the help when you can,as my son Sammo hangs around and gets his hands dirty helping move engine modules out of the engine rooms and draws up a template ...

Got to love boat terminology. Catheads, baggy wrinkles, and gollywobbler are some of my favorites. Today we not only work on the rudder cheeks so we can have a ...

The classic, father and son battle of wills, and in this case heads as we muscle the Port Head module into a flexible position to enable access whilst making ...

A girlfriend comes to help me celebrate my birthday! Memo takes us out on the San Pablo Bay in his Morgan 30 and we anchor at China Camp. Rediviva feels like a ...

This week is all about Strengthening the Portside Bathroom Module. Preparation and some precise laminating assists in keeping the weight down, and reinforcing ...

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The ultimate joy in boat building comes when you complete something that will change the course of the build. Cutting Doors and Major Steps Tabbing makes for ...

To save on dock fees we're welding a bracket together so our bowsprit can hinge up out of the way. 10 extra feet adds up. Our old friend Teddy helps us out ...

A bit of a change up for this weeks episode as we discuss Dreams about Sailing around the world with funny stories and issues about safety and ending up in bed ...

We sail up the Napa River with some busted sails but we HAD to get out there and see this girl move. Rediviva has never been propelled by the wind before and ...

At last, the man handling of the biggest module is done, glued down and ready for tabbing and bonding to the sole. What a journey that has been , 18 months of ...

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Installing Electrical and Data Conduits in this week's Life On The Hulls Episode took some working out and I think I now have a method that is going to give ...