We're moving right along with our silicon bronze floor timbers. We tacked most of the floor pieces together in preparation for welding them in batches. ...

When all the prep was done the reward was hanging planks! The preparations took weeks but finally the visual satisfaction of our first two runs of planking ...

As we continue moving forward on the forward and midship bronze floor timbers, we are kindly interrupted by a friend of ours who plays us a cover of 'Boats to ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Frame-raising Party! (Part 2). Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

We've all been looking forward to getting to work on the bronze floors but before we can do so, we had a bit more cleaning up to do in order to finish up with ...

Determined to finish Rediviva and get her sailing we've decided to focus on the projects we have the motivation for. Tired of being trapped down below working ...

Well, it's tax time again! Perfect timing for us to go over our finances for the project before we ramp up to a change to weekly videos. Just like last year, ...

Well, it's finally time to say goodbye to Victoria. We got her knowing she was going to be a parts boat but was still the first boat we ever owned. Feels a ...

We take a little trip south of the rain to Garrett's hometown, Morro Bay. Rejuvenated we get back to Rediviva and install the thrust bearing; the last piece of ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Frame-raising Party! (Part 1). Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

Floor timbers are a critically important structural member in wooden boats. As we've been building Arabella, there have been many decisions so far in terms of ...

(If you stay tuned at the end of this episode is a little real-time update.) We install the driveline and finally finish permanently securing the engine to the ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Bedding and Bolting the Stern Assembly. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

We've been going for three years straight now. At first we were working full time jobs and building on nights and weekends to support ourselves and pay for ...

Milling our planking stock out of our donated cedar and working on figuring out our bronze floor timbers! Buckle up because there is a lot of information ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Stern Assembly. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patreon; ...

After having stripped Victoria of her interior, we now move on to disassembling her hull by removing her cockpit, aft deck and then her rudder. Almost all of ...

https://saltandtar.org/ https://www.patreon.com/join/saltandtar? https://www.paypal.me/saltandtar https://www.gofundme.com/saltandtar This was an amazing day! ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Big Joinery – Building the Stern Assembly. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

What is the soul of an old boat? We believe it has to do with all the people she has touched and the journeys they have experienced. All this shows in every ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Cutting the Stern Post – and some BIG plans! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

All the frames are steamed in! AND we got donated a TON of white cedar! We have been thinking about our planking material since we started and were ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – New year, new team, new VISA, new timber! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

As we steam in Arabella's frames we have now reached the aft section of the build and need to cut the rabbet up the sides of the stern posts to determine where ...