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Salt & Tar Update: R.I.P. Hard Drive
7 December 2023 · 6 min · 29K views · Central California Coast
What this video covers
Garrett and Ruth are currently in central California to renew their visas for Mexico, but they have lost the majority of their 2023 sailing footage due to a damaged hard drive.0:06 Garrett dropped the drive while cleaning his workspace, and local data recovery specialists confirmed the hardware is unrecoverable without professional intervention.0:49 A specialized recovery service quoted a minimum cost of $3,000 to attempt data retrieval, a process that would also require significant time.2:06 While the pair waits to return to Mexico, they plan to produce content without their recent footage.2:30 Potential topics include the history of the six boats they owned before building Red Aviva, their 2010 engineless voyage to Mexico, and a Q&A session.4:04 They are also open to joining other sailors on the central California coast for local sailing opportunities.4:29
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