Salt & Tar: Ep.202- Paradise Cove

We found our weather window! For our first sea trail test. It was as light as we wanted it. It was so amazing to spend the chill time we had in China Camp and we were ready move on too. Hope you enjoy the journey with us!

Cheers,
~Ruthie

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[prankishsquire]

I've waited 5 years for that closing kiss. Congratulations!!!

[michaelmccotter]

And that's the perfect way to shake down the rig and systems. Nice and easy.

[richarddebeer]

Never seen you guys both look so happy. Well earned wonderful day of sailing. Boat seems to handle just as expected.
Nice work and well earned reward.

[martin_mue]

I think its OK to be vicariously happy sometimes, I'm today!

[mattevans-koch]

Terrific shakedown sail you two. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but you two look totally relaxed and refreshed. Seeing Rediviva at anchor in the stiff breeze and the rollers shows that you picked the right designer, the right design and built her well. George is smiling down on you. Take care, stay well and best wishes for fair winds and smooth seas. Let the adventures begin!

[badcat]

After all those years of watching you 2 Scamps 😸sweat, bleed and labour over building your home, it is just so immensely
gratifying to see Rediviva with all Her Sails up and you 2 following the calling of your hearts . Dreams do come true ! 😻😸😺
( post comment edit : so there in the bloopers : Garrett's bleeding again 🙀😸 and Swab did a quickie - I was thinking about
him while you were sailing / thanks for that Ruthie 😸 )

[imatubing]

Ep-202 - WOW - I am so happy for you. You built a boat and made a home on the water and now you are sailing. Prayers for safe travel and much adventure. You did it as a team. No greater joy. The journey is the reward. Enjoy.

[waughthogwaugh]

I am itching for you to sail the hardest you can on Rediviva, just to give her a real test. Then just suddenly it made so much more sense to get into her rhythm gradually, to slowly learn how she behaves, how the gear holds up, and to quietly gain confidence in your creation. Loving what you two are doing!

[Davidcallard]

Rediviva is showing the comfort benefits of a relatively heavy displacement vessel. The proof for me was how she remained so steady and upright in those big swells and at other times also. You will thank her for that in the years ahead!
The boat is so together that I'm hard pressed to think of any ideas to offer you. I do have one small suggestion of only small aesthetic value which is actually an old idea I thought of several episodes ago. I notice that you are securing both the main and mizzen sails to their masts with ropes wound around the masts and it occurred to me that perhaps the traditional wooden hoops could add to the ambience of the boat. I'm sure Garrett will know what I am talking about. Hoops are still in use today on historical and traditional yachts thanks, I suspect, to the old sea salts of yesteryear. Heritage values are something I'm very passionate about! Happy sailing you two, and leave the world's problems far astern!

[davnelruss]

Rediviva is so beautiful! Thank you so much for taking us along to watch her come to life! I'm amazed you can keep up with providing video content while doing your sea trials... don't you ever sleep? lol! Sailing vicariously through you guys has definitely given me the 'bug' and I've received my own plans for a sailboat. May you have fair winds and following seas.

[wilfwilliams]

Was so happy when you turned the motor off for the first time, 🥲

[lightaces]

I build guitars. Every now and then, I get to see a really great player playing one of my guitars on stage, and it's just the best feeling in the whole damn world. Watching you guys taking that tack, and the power and movement coming from those sails; I got just a bit of that same feeling, and I can easily imagine how it feels for you guys. Congratulations.

[marcryvon]

Bravo ! You two deserve mucho respect. All these years of such hard work are now paying.
I must admit that watching you working so hard on a wooden boat, sometimes I thought
" Why all that asle when a modern fiberglass boat would be so much easier and faster to build ?" 🙄
**Now, I know.**
What a feeling you must have, knowing every inch of Rediviva, every detail ! She's magnificient !
Be proud of yourself, young ones ! 🤗

[SVZonda]

At That sound... Those Says it
Well done the best Richard.

[Twelvestonestacking]

When seen from far under full sail... She strikes a chord in every man's heart! Nothing more beautiful has been seen in ages, handcrafted, handmade slipping thru the waters...a mini-ship from an bygone era! Well done! Goodonyas! Go get'm tiger (s)!

[stevebaker]

I always save watching your videos when I can really concentrate and take all the vibe in. Thanks. Glad to see the smiles on your faces.

[onkelsvenner]

Thats what I call sailing... no need to watch your coffee for falling over 😀

[malcolmwillis]

Oh that sound when you turn off the engine, priceless.

[nikolasmaclean]

Guys! This is so fun to see you SAILING! After watching the build channel for years, I’m so stoked to see you in the salty water!

[MichaelBuck]

When you have put your heart and soul into her for the last 5 years its completely understandable to take a more conservative approach to the initial sea trial. Also, you needed to understand how she performs and reacts to the wind, tides and weather, and listen to her speak to you and work out the minor rigging issues.

My heart leaped for joy to see what first started out as some planks and concrete turn into a magnificent sailing vessel moving through the sea with such yar. I cant wait to see Rediviva tacking against a 20 knot wind and beating her heart out as she pitches and crashes through the waves, and the two of you at the helm manning the tiller, what a sight that will be.

I do admit I was looking for the wind vane, auto pilot and depth sounder, lol. Had a chuckle when I saw the makeshift digital sounder device being being dipped into the water to determine the depth for anchoring. At first I thought you were useing a special measuring stick with a line attached or something, lol. But then recalled this is a true to form sailing vessel built by hand from the ground up to sail as seaman of old used to sail her.

A finger in the air to determine wind direction, feeling the air whisk across your cheek for wind speed, and its all done by feeling the boat respond to the elements. I recall as a young lad out on the Narraganset bay under 20-30 knots on a 16 foot sailboat, with no other indicators other than my own intuition and feel for the boat. Feeling the power and strength of the wind heel us over and the sea running over the gunwale's was thrill for sure and something every seaman never forgets.

However, I still wish there was some sort of bench or chair to sit on while at the helm, but I am sure you two young kids can surely handle the effort with barely a struggle or creak in your backs, lol.