The VIDA MIA is a legendary wooden motor yacht that has recently been restored and is taken guests out on the water to take in the views of the beautiful coast ...

Visit here if you think you can help with our rigging hardware: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/rigging-hardware New Tiers on Patreon! ...

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 ...

Welcome to episode 79 of Sailing Melody This week we spend a lot of time sanding, grinding and chipping away at the foredecks, Gunwales and toenail. We ...

Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 64 In this episode we start building our gunwale (pronounced gunnel) and all the nicely turned columns that will go ...

Come along with us to MS Fabrication in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where Evan Kelly takes the three dimensional templates we built a couple of weeks back and ...

The windlass has been rebuilt for some time. Now the skies are clear to drill some holes through the deck and dive into getting this installed. So much of ...

Welcome to episode 78 of Sailing Melody Sometimes things don't go to plan and when you think you've got a great idea things just don't work out how you'd ...

100 days! Yup, we are going to give it our all. We’ve had so many ‘last push’ moments and this feels like the legit LAST push. Again, Rediviva will not be 100% ...

Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 63 In this episode MP gets into full mechanic mode and learns how to replace all the crankshaft bearings of our ...

Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 62 In this episode we officially start our engine overhaul! Bringing our Mercedes OM 352A engine back to its proper ...

Don't worry, electrical geeks and systems nerds, there's still plenty to do on the wiring front. We have to put that on pause a bit until we know what the ...

I’m going to test your attention span with this one. It’s long with quite a bit of talking as we discover some not so lovely issues with our 40 year old motor. ...

Welcome to episode 77 of Sailing Melody We have 307 jobs to do to get this dilapidated old boat back in the water. Can we do it? and more importantly can we ...

Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 61 In this episode our home starts gaining shape, as the interior columns come to place. Also, the boat becomes ...

We've got three booth visits for you, and exciting ones at that: Sea Frost refrigeration, Mantus Marine's anchor swivel and chain hook, and a nifty tool demo ...

Here's the rest of the conversation. We broadcast an earlier live video— https://youtu.be/uZkFNjgkezQ — in which you can see Anne's friend Nica making ...

Gratitude to Bluetti for sending along this unit and solar panels for us to test in the shop. See details for the AC200 Max: https://bit.ly/3pr9XK0 THERE'S A ...

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 ...

Timelapse of the entire project to date, right from the very start with lots of never before seen footage. This is a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, ...

Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 60 In this episode we finally reveal the interior layout of our schooner! We changed it completely from the ...

What a payoff! Layers and layers of all sorts of foam, 'glass, epoxy, and fairing compound have come to this big reveal of how this refrigerated chest will ...

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 ...

Welcome to episode 75 of Sailing Melody More work in the pilothouse this week, making the woodwork pretty and adding some decorative touches as well as some ...