Salt & Tar: Story of Us #2 - For the Love of Wooden Boats

Name: Salt & Tar: Story of Us #2 - For the Love of Wooden Boats
Uploaded: 2023-12-22T00:48:27.000Z
Duration: 51 min 10 s
Description: Garrett cuts the transom off a 1959 Kettenburg Marine 40 and relaunches in 30 days.

21. desember 2023 · 51 min · 42K visninger · Central California Coast

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Garrett and Ruth's wooden boat journey spans two vessels — a John Hanna Carol ketch named Baltia and a 1959 Kettenburg Marine 40 named Bravada — acquired after selling their first boat and returning to the U.S. at around age 19 with a plan to find a more seaworthy ocean-going boat.1:33 Baltia, a 36-foot, 30,000-pound full-keel double-ender found in Newport Beach, introduced Garrett to wooden boat repair: a through-hull discovered during survey was plugged with cedar in under an hour, a contrast to the haul-out-and-regrind process fiberglass demands.3:05 Structural rot found during teardown at Morro Bay proved more extensive than expected; the boat was trucked home after Garrett determined she couldn't safely round Point Conception.11:26 Garrett and Ruth ultimately sold Baltia — a decision he now views as premature given the boat's recoverable condition — and bought Bravada in Napa from a salty wooden-boat mentor named Steve.17:27 Bravada's entire transom had rotted out; Garrett cut the stern off and rebuilt it in 30 days, launching on deadline while standing on a Jeep for scaffolding.26:29 Bravada's thin mahogany planking leaked heavily on relaunch, requiring gas-powered pumping for hours before the planks rehydrated and swelled tight — a normal wooden-boat behavior that Baltia's heavier construction had masked.30:42 The arc confirms that mahogany's high movement makes relaunch flooding far more dramatic than with denser, heavier-planked boats.