Well darn on you for such tantalizing photography of Ruth blending her tan lines! Santa Barbara is one of So. Cals. Nicest cities and harbors. We just drove through it today after spending a couple of days in Santa Ynez relaxing. Driving along the coast, I am always thinking of you sailors out there enjoying the wind and sea! I sure hope you stop in San Diego for a few days. I would like to meet you!
Love seeing the joy, openness brings us a thriller episode! No running around that storm! Shallow bays storms dragging water out dumping my brothers crew boat on bottom! They had to walk last distance to dock! Drove to ORLEANS in eye hurricane 😎
Regards from Finland. Been watching the channel since the concrete keel pour way back. We're getting ready for the winter here, where it get's down to -25-30°C and the sea freezes to 1m+ thick. Watching these warmer videos makes the winter months just that little bit bearable. Keep on sailing. -Paul
If the boat is anchored in deep water then it's fairly safe, but if the crew makes the mistake of anchoring close in to the shore in shallow water then the boat is likely to drag its anchor, as the footage showed with the Yacht laid over on its side on the beach, Garret and Ruth mentioned that some of the boats had moved out into deeper water and if things got worse Garret said that he would consider moving Rediviva further out into deeper water, which is what you learn from the way a boat moves in shallow water and how much they roll around with the swell, often rising and falling a considerable distance and sometimes hitting the seabed with the Keel and damaging the boat which leads to the crew anchoring further out the next time there's a hint of a swell.
Been watch you guys for about four years now. Never commented til now. So much I could and would like to say but I’ll boil it down. Garrett is so able in so many areas. Genuinely a fine quality man. Ruth, also amazingly talented and one one of the most loving and sweet souls out there. Cuter than cute and her inner quality adds to her beauty. Two solid human beings who compliment each other so incredibly well. The type of people you are makes me cheer for you and wish you the very best. Refreshing to see motivated people who are willing to work long and hard to MAKE their dreams come true. My best to you sincerely and always.
Am so thrilled to see Ruth able to drive a stick shift, very, very cool. It's sadly becoming something of a dying skill. Both my daughters learned to drive manual trannys and they love it. I taught there mom how to in an old 1970 army jeep. All three at the beginning of their learning were convinced it was too difficult and not worth it and to this day all would rather have a manual over an auto any day, especially my daughters. To anyone that has never driven a stick shift, learn it, it's not difficult and you will love it.
Many YT Sailing Channels are attending the Annapolis Boat Show. The Young Crusiers Association awards were handed out last night. Your channel is deserving of an award. Don't fret, many of the channels I voted for didn't win. IMHO, the judges don't watch very much YT Sailing. Your building/sailing channel is very good. Thanks for bringing your fans along for the adventure. ⛵👍
Guy's great sailing.. Cabin top looks Smick .. I give Rediviva 5+⭐ for her skill in big wave surfin!!! Shaka Bruv🤙🏼... Totally STOKED for future trips to next sunny spot !! Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Awesome day, I wish you both many more. In these new energies on the planet,, life is getting better for all people who show others Love. Best Regards. ,,
Congrats to finally making into Southern California, Santa Barbara has gorgeous landscapes along with nice warm waters. Someday I'll be in those waters as well. I don't blame ya wanting to keep watch, plus it's not easy to sleep during swells. A lot of folks don't realize it but swells can be dangerous at times, especially, when your near rocky coastal waters. Imagine, if someone was in that boat during that swell, they can get hurt so easily.
You guys would impress much if you dressed up as vikings or pirates for a gag. I'm sure we would all love to see it. Your ship is perfect for the times when they sailed the sea's !! Wonderful vid and editing Thank you.
I was once told by an old sailor that in conditions like the ones you showed in this clip, the anchor chain is no use to you at all if it is in the chain locker. His advice was let it all out. Forget the "ideal scope for the depth" rule of thumb, just let it all out. If nothing else, the weight of the chain will help to damp the motion and reduce the snag on the anchor itself and the resulting near horizontal pull on the anchor on the bottom will help to bed it in and improve its grip. It looks like several of the boats in the bay that day needed to follow that advice. Of course, getting all that chain back in again is a pain and you can find that the anchor is well bedded in and difficult to break out, but better that than trying to re-float your beached boat. It's great to see you out and enjoying the fruits of your labours.
After being inspired by your channel and others, I finally found a guy who is teaching me to sail and I just went on my first overnight (3 nights) trip to Santa Cruz Island with my brothers a few weeks ago. You’ll love it. Thanks for the inspiration.
So crazy watching you two drive around SB. I spent my youth there until 1981 @ 27 my girlfriend and two close friends went on a motorcycle trip around the US with plans to go to Europe . We got married and they got divorced! We ended up in VA where I still live 31 years later. SB is still my home away from home.
I remember commenting that you should get that pulley choice checked out by a mechanic when you first put it on. You may well have been over or under running the alternator RPMs the whole time.
Loved watching this while sitting in SB harbor! When we first came into the anchorage it was low tide, not a huge swell, and still boats on the inside were seeing some pretty critical swell. We rolled our guts out for one night and then moved into the harbor... lol, we’re eating ramen this month as a result. Can’t wait for next week! We stayed in Pelican cove for a night on Santa Cruz Island and it was gorgeous!
Not yet.... not while at work. After I get home tonight when my world is quiet. Then... These are too precious to not give my complete concentration. I'll be back.
Wow, your channel has gone up another gear! That bowsprit shot was SO worth it … and the outtakes even more so … 😂. Best of all, you’re the kind of humans we all hope to know as friends. Thanks, guys … proud to be among your Patreon Patrons. 🎉
I've been watching since just before she left WA. I remember how excited I was when she first dipped her toes in the salt water. This new chapter is even more exciting! Love y'all, thanks for sharing!
Seeing you sailing in summer weather while this and next weekend we're getting our boats hauled out for the winter is a very strange feeling. It stings, but I'm glad I still have you to watch until I can finally go sailing again. 💚
The conversion from building to sailing has done swimmingly well!!!! Goodonyas... No contest! She's definitely the pretty one! But in a salty kind of way Garrett you're a handsome man
Thank you for the refinished housetop. It was really bugging me when it appeared in your videos. I know you had many more important jobs to finish and the housetop was among the least important. I look forward to watching both of you and your enchanting smiles while I enjoy my morning coffee in Wentzville Mo. can’t wait to see the handrail though because I worry about you both when you are running the boat in heavy weather. Love ya both. A land locked sailor (Ron)
I loved your building videos and followed you all the way, but wondered how you would handle the transition to sailing channel. I think you sailing videos are among the very best. In fact the quality of of your video's are unsurpassed and your content is very entertaining. So enjoy the fruits of your 7 years of labor.
Great to see you both relaxing and enjoying more the sailing, oh and nothe beats naked sailing in good weathere i know to now retired but remember it all so well. Tc both.
Santa Barbara is where I began my life in boats when our babysitter took me for a sail in a Geary 18 - locally known as a Flattie - some 77 years ago. When I was 13 I'd cruise the neighborhood, collecting soda pop bottles to get the 2 cent deposit. Then I'd ride my bike to the harbor, where they rented skiffs for a penny a minute. That harbor is where I learned to sail. So many happy memories sailing in that sunny place. Fair winds to you.
It's still a trio. You two and Rediviva. The relationship between the three of you. I honestly hope the transit wasn't completely uneventful since clothes were optional for awhile. Just awesome. It's really hard to give the proper comment. I'm so GD happy that you have made !! And heyell! Who knows where y'all are by now. Instagram is a spoiler. Fantastic!!
After all these years of building, I really wish you this life aboard the boat. And I must honestly admit that I envy you what you have now achieved. Could I give you an idea for your tiller? I did have an old wooden boat many years ago, an for the tiller on that boat I did have a small short flat bar sitting along the tiller above the transom. And under it on the top of the transom there was sitting a longer T-bar bracket looking like a comb. So I could let the tiller down so the bar on the tiller entered between the tooths in the comb. That way the tiller was fixed so I did not need to hold the tiller all the time and rest my arms. And when I had to adjust the direction a bit, just lifting the tiller out of the comb and move it to an other notch in the comb. Much comfortable not have to stand up against the forces from the rudder all the time, especially in higer speed/wind. Quite easy to make as well. Keep your awesome videos coming. And I love the love and respect you give to each other all the time.
Hello you two. I loved the educational aspect of the build over the years, I would hate to see you lose that in as you evolve your Channel into life underway. Speaking for myself, I would love to see some of the more mundane things included in your weekly travelogue. Some Counterpoint to the spectacular scenery and beautiful lines of the boat. For example simple decision making that you may take for granted Some of the tiny victories and damned disappointments that is part of every sailors live aboard life. Wishing you great success and good fortune.
Next time you get the chance to get that Bowsprit shot again please please take it in Portrait mode as the landscape mode looks a cheap snap shot, where Portrait will show off Red Aviva to the max.
Garrett, i was thinking about your back issues and the ratlines... Have you tried distracting your spine by hanging upside down from the ratlines... Hook your knees and Carefully stretch your lower back and help the discs rehydrate....? Built in inversion table on board. Just a thought.
I continue too find so much entertainment from watching you two . Hold on tight too each other and enjoy your journeys. Admiring you both. Steve rhome tx
Soooooo good seeing you enjoy the fruits of your labour You are such lovely people too, it's little wonder people are super nice to you. Bless you both, and your amazing Rediviva.
I'm really glad I found your channel. I've watched almost from the beginning. you two are a very happy couple. I'm a little envious, it's getting cold here in the almost tundra of Wisconsin. I've been up here sense I got out of the Marines in '77. Family is here, we moved from coast to coast including almost 5 yrs in Hawaii. I really like your attention to the smallest details it says a lot about who you are. Enjoy the Sun and your LIFE😎
Ruth was right: the shot from the bow sprit was perfect.
Well darn on you for such tantalizing photography of Ruth blending her tan lines! Santa Barbara is one of So. Cals. Nicest cities and harbors. We just drove through it today after spending a couple of days in Santa Ynez relaxing. Driving along the coast, I am always thinking of you sailors out there enjoying the wind and sea! I sure hope you stop in San Diego for a few days. I would like to meet you!
I fall in love again every time I see your beautiful sailboat. I find it so romantic.
Ruth was right that shot from the bowsprit was epic👍👍👍👍🙂
Lack of self-confidence is NOT Ruth's problem! ;-)
I am very happy that I can find adventure in each day by waking.
Love seeing the joy, openness brings us a thriller episode!
No running around that storm! Shallow bays storms dragging water out dumping my brothers crew boat on bottom! They had to walk last distance to dock! Drove to ORLEANS in eye hurricane 😎
Awesome!!! Need more Garrett "Pauly Shore" Outtakes 🤣😂🤣
Two beautiful people. Thanks for taking us along!!!
Thats amazing Fellows.👏👏👏👏
Regards from Finland. Been watching the channel since the concrete keel pour way back. We're getting ready for the winter here, where it get's down to -25-30°C and the sea freezes to 1m+ thick. Watching these warmer videos makes the winter months just that little bit bearable. Keep on sailing. -Paul
🍻Paul!
R
Dang guys you are living it. I had my doubts a few years back you but wow you did it.
love the ending , made me spit out my coffee laughing...lol
It's amazing how big the swells are and how the camera doesn't show it ! That's the kind of seas that pull anchors loose
If the boat is anchored in deep water then it's fairly safe, but if the crew makes the mistake of anchoring close in to the shore in shallow water then the boat is likely to drag its anchor, as the footage showed with the Yacht laid over on its side on the beach, Garret and Ruth mentioned that some of the boats had moved out into deeper water and if things got worse Garret said that he would consider moving Rediviva further out into deeper water, which is what you learn from the way a boat moves in shallow water and how much they roll around with the swell, often rising and falling a considerable distance and sometimes hitting the seabed with the Keel and damaging the boat which leads to the crew anchoring further out the next time there's a hint of a swell.
Good to see you in some wide brim hats.The sun is no friend to us melanin challenged folks. Anyway so happy to see you folks sailing.
Been watch you guys for about four years now. Never commented til now. So much I could and would like to say but I’ll boil it down. Garrett is so able in so many areas. Genuinely a fine quality man. Ruth, also amazingly talented and one one of the most loving and sweet souls out there. Cuter than cute and her inner quality adds to her beauty. Two solid human beings who compliment each other so incredibly well. The type of people you are makes me cheer for you and wish you the very best. Refreshing to see motivated people who are willing to work long and hard to MAKE their dreams come true. My best to you sincerely and always.
Awe, thank you so very much!
R
Best line of the day: "We all know I'm the Trophy Husband"
And then she cuts to the last scene.😂
Ruth, your editing is awesome!
Get outta ma brain!! Best comment from Garrett the Trophy hubbo ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Have you considered adding some benches around the tiller?
Loved director Ruth literally calling the shots and sending Garrett out on the spirit.
Am so thrilled to see Ruth able to drive a stick shift, very, very cool. It's sadly becoming something of a dying skill. Both my daughters learned to drive manual trannys and they love it. I taught there mom how to in an old 1970 army jeep. All three at the beginning of their learning were convinced it was too difficult and not worth it and to this day all would rather have a manual over an auto any day, especially my daughters.
To anyone that has never driven a stick shift, learn it, it's not difficult and you will love it.
'We all know that I'm the trophy husband." and then right back to him having some sort of communication breakdown. 😂😂
Great editing.
Garret is like a new man, He never looked so happy and relaxed. 😊
I renewed my passport in Mexico no problem. Lived there for years. US Consulate will sort you out, but you'd have to be around awhile.
Looking awesome out on ocean again blue on blue what a feeling 😊
After all those years of hard work building the boat you're finally on your way to Margaritaville
❤❤❤❤❤ don’t forget the🍻🍻🍻🍻 great job on the alt glad to see the last of the bug worked out, wild storm action 🍻🍻🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Many YT Sailing Channels are attending the Annapolis Boat Show. The Young Crusiers Association awards were handed out last night. Your channel is deserving of an award. Don't fret, many of the channels I voted for didn't win. IMHO, the judges don't watch very much YT Sailing. Your building/sailing channel is very good. Thanks for bringing your fans along for the adventure. ⛵👍
Guy's great sailing.. Cabin top looks Smick ..
I give Rediviva 5+⭐ for her skill in big wave surfin!!! Shaka Bruv🤙🏼...
Totally STOKED for future trips to next sunny spot !! Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Awesome day, I wish you both many more. In these new energies on the planet,, life is getting better for all people who show others Love. Best Regards. ,,
Congrats to finally making into Southern California, Santa Barbara has gorgeous landscapes along with nice warm waters. Someday I'll be in those waters as well.
I don't blame ya wanting to keep watch, plus it's not easy to sleep during swells. A lot of folks don't realize it but swells can be dangerous at times, especially, when your near rocky coastal waters. Imagine, if someone was in that boat during that swell, they can get hurt so easily.
You guys would impress much if you dressed up as vikings or pirates for a gag. I'm sure we would all love to see it. Your ship is perfect for the times when they sailed the sea's !! Wonderful vid and editing Thank you.
I was once told by an old sailor that in conditions like the ones you showed in this clip, the anchor chain is no use to you at all if it is in the chain locker. His advice was let it all out. Forget the "ideal scope for the depth" rule of thumb, just let it all out. If nothing else, the weight of the chain will help to damp the motion and reduce the snag on the anchor itself and the resulting near horizontal pull on the anchor on the bottom will help to bed it in and improve its grip.
It looks like several of the boats in the bay that day needed to follow that advice.
Of course, getting all that chain back in again is a pain and you can find that the anchor is well bedded in and difficult to break out, but better that than trying to re-float your beached boat.
It's great to see you out and enjoying the fruits of your labours.
After being inspired by your channel and others, I finally found a guy who is teaching me to sail and I just went on my first overnight (3 nights) trip to Santa Cruz Island with my brothers a few weeks ago. You’ll love it. Thanks for the inspiration.
After watching this channel... no other one compares .great people ..already looking forward to next fridays Video
So crazy watching you two drive around SB. I spent my youth there until 1981 @ 27 my girlfriend and two close friends went on a motorcycle trip around the US with plans to go to Europe . We got married and they got divorced! We ended up in VA where I still live 31 years later. SB is still my home away from home.
I remember commenting that you should get that pulley choice checked out by a mechanic when you first put it on. You may well have been over or under running the alternator RPMs the whole time.
There is nothing in this world more right than Ruth. Love you guys, and best wishes from the UK.
Loved watching this while sitting in SB harbor! When we first came into the anchorage it was low tide, not a huge swell, and still boats on the inside were seeing some pretty critical swell. We rolled our guts out for one night and then moved into the harbor... lol, we’re eating ramen this month as a result. Can’t wait for next week! We stayed in Pelican cove for a night on Santa Cruz Island and it was gorgeous!
Great autopilot and what ever works for you two is great......steady on 👍
At 4:20 , now a cooking channel too . I like it !
Maybe add Miss Ruth a fold out chair for steering??
Beautiful shot from bowsprit!!! Safe travels.
Not yet.... not while at work. After I get home tonight when my world is quiet. Then... These are too precious to not give my complete concentration. I'll be back.
The shot was well worth the shimmy Garrett!
Great video! Thanks for reminding us how diligent you are about uploading your videos on time! We really appreciate that diligence!
Same however wouldn't it suffice to suggest they ought to take their time to upload rather than rush to get a signal!?
Outtakes... Marvelous.
YOU GUYS BUILT ONE HELL OF A BOAT I KNOW YOU AND GARRETT ARE SO PROUD. LOVE THE CABIN TOP
Ruth was right!!! Awesome shot!!
Congratulations, my heart is smiling! Enjoy!!!
Wow, your channel has gone up another gear! That bowsprit shot was SO worth it … and the outtakes even more so … 😂. Best of all, you’re the kind of humans we all hope to know as friends. Thanks, guys … proud to be among your Patreon Patrons. 🎉
I've been watching since just before she left WA. I remember how excited I was when she first dipped her toes in the salt water.
This new chapter is even more exciting! Love y'all, thanks for sharing!
can't believe you are sailing.. it's so new to me :)
Love salt & tar your the best
Love it light provisioning.....whole case Corona bag of limes....
Cool my Salt and Tar fix! 🥳
You kids worked so very hard to get to this point in your lives. You both deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labors. Thanks for the great videos!
~7:00 Ruth was right ...really great shot !
So nice to see your boat under sail , she's an absolute beauty! Can't wait to share an anchorage with you both.
You guys are a hoot! Truely!
Ruth was so right about shimmying out!@!!
Hi from Tasmania
OH! YEAH! 🎉
I love me some Salt and Tar every Thursday.
Seeing you sailing in summer weather while this and next weekend we're getting our boats hauled out for the winter is a very strange feeling. It stings, but I'm glad I still have you to watch until I can finally go sailing again. 💚
The conversion from building to sailing has done swimmingly well!!!!
Goodonyas... No contest! She's definitely the pretty one! But in a salty kind of way Garrett you're a handsome man
Thank you for the refinished housetop. It was really bugging me when it appeared in your videos. I know you had many more important jobs to finish and the housetop was among the least important. I look forward to watching both of you and your enchanting smiles while I enjoy my morning coffee in Wentzville Mo. can’t wait to see the handrail though because I worry about you both when you are running the boat in heavy weather. Love ya both.
A land locked sailor (Ron)
“I’m pretty, you’re not.” I second that!! Love you guys. ❤️❤️
Impressive - the water LOOKS so flat(ish) on camera and the motion of the boats is so demonstrative! Must me a long period between the swells?
I loved your building videos and followed you all the way, but wondered how you would handle the transition to sailing channel. I think you sailing videos are among the very best. In fact the quality of of your video's are unsurpassed and your content is very entertaining. So enjoy the fruits of your 7 years of labor.
Great to see you both relaxing and enjoying more the sailing, oh and nothe beats naked sailing in good weathere i know to now retired but remember it all so well. Tc both.
Thank you for including the recipe. I am looking forward to cooking on my own boat and am currently building my book of boat recipes.
You guys are awesome probably why people are always wanting to pitch in some help see ya next week
Very nice! Thanks for the coordinates.
Beautiful! You guys are maintaining a high standard. Can’t wait until next week!❤️😎❤️😎❤️
Santa Barbara is where I began my life in boats when our babysitter took me for a sail in a Geary 18 - locally known as a Flattie - some 77 years ago. When I was 13 I'd cruise the neighborhood, collecting soda pop bottles to get the 2 cent deposit. Then I'd ride my bike to the harbor, where they rented skiffs for a penny a minute. That harbor is where I learned to sail. So many happy memories sailing in that sunny place.
Fair winds to you.
enjoy the result of your hard work.
Great photography!
wonderful video thanks.
Love those lazy jacks. Had them on my boat. Made life so much easier! 😀
It's still a trio. You two and Rediviva. The relationship between the three of you. I honestly hope the transit wasn't completely uneventful since clothes were optional for awhile. Just awesome. It's really hard to give the proper comment. I'm so GD happy that you have made !! And heyell! Who knows where y'all are by now. Instagram is a spoiler. Fantastic!!
Great job riding out the storm at anchor looking forward to next week.
"We all know that I'm the Trophy Husband" - hahahaha. You all are the best!
After all these years of building, I really wish you this life aboard the boat. And I must honestly admit that I envy you what you have now achieved.
Could I give you an idea for your tiller?
I did have an old wooden boat many years ago, an for the tiller on that boat I did have a small short flat bar sitting along the tiller above the transom.
And under it on the top of the transom there was sitting a longer T-bar bracket looking like a comb.
So I could let the tiller down so the bar on the tiller entered between the tooths in the comb.
That way the tiller was fixed so I did not need to hold the tiller all the time and rest my arms.
And when I had to adjust the direction a bit, just lifting the tiller out of the comb and move it to an other notch in the comb.
Much comfortable not have to stand up against the forces from the rudder all the time, especially in higer speed/wind.
Quite easy to make as well.
Keep your awesome videos coming.
And I love the love and respect you give to each other all the time.
Good morning from Siesta Key Florida
Beautiful and brilliant!
Hello you two. I loved the educational aspect of the build over the years, I would hate to see you lose that in as you evolve your Channel into life underway.
Speaking for myself, I would love to see some of the more mundane things included in your weekly travelogue. Some Counterpoint to the spectacular scenery and beautiful lines of the boat.
For example simple decision making that you may take for granted Some of the tiny victories and damned disappointments that is part of every sailors live aboard life. Wishing you great success and good fortune.
Looks like fun!
Next time you get the chance to get that Bowsprit shot again please please take it in Portrait mode as the landscape mode looks a cheap snap shot, where Portrait will show off Red Aviva to the max.
It’s easy to be nice to you because you are nice people.
Garrett, i was thinking about your back issues and the ratlines... Have you tried distracting your spine by hanging upside down from the ratlines... Hook your knees and Carefully stretch your lower back and help the discs rehydrate....? Built in inversion table on board. Just a thought.
one thing is werid on a boat cocking and cleaning is so much more enjoyable then at home xD
I,vê Just knon the Channel...I'll tô the beginin... Nice trip....hugs from Brazil
I continue too find so much entertainment from watching you two . Hold on tight too each other and enjoy your journeys. Admiring you both. Steve rhome tx
Build channel, now a sailing channel, Garrett turning into a cooking channel and Ruthie looking to turn it into much more.😂
What can I say. I enjoy watching your videos! You guys are so much fun.
Soooooo good seeing you enjoy the fruits of your labour
You are such lovely people too, it's little wonder people are super nice to you. Bless you both, and your amazing Rediviva.
So happy for ya all! The joy your feeling is contagious I was all smiles while watching the first 10 min of the video. Love this channel!!
Ruth was right - that's a killer shot!
I'm really glad I found your channel. I've watched almost from the beginning. you two are a very happy couple.
I'm a little envious, it's getting cold here in the almost tundra of Wisconsin. I've been up here sense I got out of the Marines in '77. Family is here, we moved from coast to coast including almost 5 yrs in Hawaii. I really like your attention to the smallest details it says a lot about who you are. Enjoy the Sun and your LIFE😎
Great video 😊
didnt know you were off coast of california!! i would love to check out your beautiful boat!