It's never easy to say goodbye to a loved one. The day we did we were surrounded by so much love and we are very happy to share that with you. Everyone ...
Garrett's Dad has passed away. A loss that is hard to share. He watched, and re-watched, every episode. I picture him now fishing with Swabie by his side, a ...
Painting, my favorite! The interior and the pilot house while Garrett sorts out some materials for the windows. Thanks for watching! p.s. I try and reply to ...
Fully enjoying our life at the dock and out of the boatyard. We got what we needed to done in the yard and now we can slowly complete the rest while waiting ...
Watching the boats in the harbor and continuing to maintain our own is not a bad way to pass the time. Slowing down a bit from our intense 6 months in the ...
Our first week back on the water. A mellow work flow simply enjoying the dock and the break between pushes in this refit 🤗 Thanks for watching! p.s. I try ...
Launch Day! Yes, no, maybe, yes, wait, yes 😂 We miraculously had the perfect amount of time to continue slick seaming to help slow the water ingress upon ...
We run the engine for the first time in months on the hard, rehang the rudder, finish bottom paint, and begin slick seaming. Trying not to forget ALL the ...
Not mine! The boat's butt cracked, well, one of them did. As we prepare to get Rediviva for the water something not on this list must be dealt with. Video ...
On deck is completed (for now) with the finishing touch of non-skid paint to the deck and cabin top. We also get the first coat of bottom paint on and our ...
Coveralls are our uniform while we keep at this refit. Most all of the prep-work is complete and we are finally painting! That means we are nearing a date to ...
The rudder hardware gets reinstalled and all the fairing gets completed on deck. Join us in some of the final days of our haul-out portion of this refit. ...
Let the fairing begin. Now that the fiberglassing is done it is on to fairing leading up to painting. Garrett has begun priming the hull now that he's finished ...
Webster and Oxford don't know every word ;) This is both a momentous and monumental moment in this refit when I finish fiberglassing and Garrett finishes ...
This week we get some primer on the keel and run out of screws but also get a lot of fiberglassing done. Relaunch will happen! It's only a matter of time ;) ...
Don't worry it's not burn-out just relentless exhaustion ;) Please leave us a comment! We want to know how you recharge even in the smallest of ways. Thanks ...
Getting the work done is hard but what follows is going to make ALL of it worthwhile 😆 Thanks for watching! p.s. I try and reply to as many comments as I can ...
On-deck and below the waterline get a lot of attention in this episode. Garrett and I help each other out but mainly focus on our own areas. Splitting up the ...
Fiberglass and Screws! This is the beginning of our separate, never-ending, tasks left on the boat before relaunching. I get back to fiberglassing, working my ...
Fixated on the pilot house roof ;) Here's the link for SV Panope on YouTube. Thanks for the inspiration! https://www.youtube.com/@Panope/ Thanks for watching! ...
Garrett is ruth-full but the pilot house is roof-less ;) Thanks for watching! p.s. I try and reply to as many comments as I can but we are still so so busy ...
My first failure ever! Just kidding, one of many but my first botch on fiberglassing... Garrett takes his time analyzing and successfully gets the scarfed ...
Cutting the keel down for better water flow to our new propeller offers us a little space from the ongoing Pilot House project... Thanks for watching! p.s. I ...
All the tiny decisions that go into bringing ideas to life can be exhausting but the joy of making a decision and going for it is well worth the effort! ...