We are building a 38’ sailboat from stump to ship, once complete she will take us around the world. We hope to inspire and educate as many people as possible along the way. Join us on our journey and let us show you that with a bit of dedication, good company and some old school smarts even the wildest of dreams can be made to come true!
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We are building a 38â sailboat from stump to ship, once complete she will take us around the world. We hope to inspire and educate as many people as possible along the way. Join us on our journey and let us show you that with a bit of dedication, good company and some old school smarts even the wildest of dreams can be made to come true!
For inquiries about collaborating or integrations, please email acorntoarabella@lighthouseagents.com.
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We spent 4 days cruising the Okeechobee Waterway in our handbuilt wooden sailboat, and this is what we saw...
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Join us (and a tree full of pelicans) as we begin cruising east to west on the Okeechobee Waterway. Not many sailboats our size have the ability to cruise the Okeechobee Waterway. Because we are gaff-rigged, our masts are shorter, giving us the clearance w...
This week, we continue cruising the Intracoastal Waterway down the east coast of Florida. We miss sailing, but offshore waters were calling for sloppy seas and light winds. With few safe harbors to duck into in the case of emergency, we decided to stay gro...
Throughout the process of building my own wooden sailboat, I had to make several important decisions. Some of these decisions were met with massive support, others…not so much. One important consideration was marine diesel engine maintenance—I wanted i...
For months, Steve and Robin have been moving Arabella south, waiting for warm enough weather to haul her, and give her a fresh coat of paint. The time has finally come. Arabella is getting hauled out, and—in this episode—we’ll detail the hard work th...
Robin finally returns to Arabella after spending a few weeks dealing with work stuff. Steve takes the opportunity to handle some housekeeping and tame Akiva’s mane while waiting for Robin to return.
Once Robin arrives, Steve takes her on a tour of the o...
We are building a 38 foot wooden sailboat from scratch in our back yard. It's going to be one heck of an adventure and we would love to have you along.
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The first installment in our project. Watch us drop the trees that will become Arabella.
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In this episode, we deal with the stuck trees from our felling episode. We bring out Steve's homemade winch and explain how it is used.
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Get ready for the battle!
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In this episode, we talk a bit about how to mill the trees we cut down in the last episodes.
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Here's a fun video of a log we needed to split in order to get on the mill.
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Steve takes us through the milling process from start to finish.
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Steve took a little break from our work to help fix his grandparent's manure spreader for the farm.
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We finish up the milling with a very exciting drop of one last pine tree and then transition into putting up the boat house.
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We're working hard on the setup in this video. We had to put up the boathouse. But then...
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We found a beautiful old bandsaw which will help us immensely in the build of Arabella. We go to Athol to pick it up on a snowy winter day. Keep checking in with us for our next short in which we go through the restoration process.
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After getting the boathouse all set and ready to go in order to start lofting the plans for Arabella, we received a surprise visit from the building inspector and had to take the whole thing down and move it... That didn't stop us though! Going strong!
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After getting the bandsaw back to the house we spent the last month or more restoring it and it looks amazing. Watch the video to see the amazing transformation.
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In this chapter, we finish putting up the boathouse after the forced move. This includes getting a mast and stringing the cable for the plastic roof. Alix also makes a trip up to Maine and after this, the lofting starts!
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We've had a lot of help so far so we thought that it would be fun to get their point of view on this whole crazy endeavor and share that with you.
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We finally get into some of the lofting process. Lofting means drawing the plans full size to use for the build. This video will explain a bit of the process.
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Here's a quick update and a video of us flipping the keel timber... just Steve and I!
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We held an Open House on May 6th 2017 to celebrate getting the keel timber, Steve's birthday and get help moving the keel timber into the boathouse. It was really an amazing day that we will never forget and we look forward to sharing this project with ma...
In this video we talk about the lead keel and what it is for as well as show our biggest and best haul of lead yet!
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We're building a smelter tank! We are getting closer and closer to melting the 10,000 lbs of lead that we need to pour the ballast keel.
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Before making the lead keel that will fit underneath our boat, we need to make a mold to smelt it in. In order to do so we have to make a plug that is the same shape and will fit in the concrete to form the mold. One more step closer to the 10,000 lbs le...
We took a Saturday off of our usual boatbuilding duties and went to the 2017 Wooden Boat Show at Mystic Seaport. We had a blast and met some really amazing people and some some really neat things. We are already loving the community we are growing into.
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Hi everyone,
We've got a quick update for you all about what is coming up soon. We also talk a little about how you can help us really get this project off the ground.
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We've been wicked busy this summer! As we say in the video, we got invited to the International Maritime Film Festival in Bucksport ME for the weekend of September 29th to October 1st. This should be so much fun. If you are considering going, go can fin...
We've started showing you the process to build the lead keel. In one of the previous videos we showed the plug being made, now we get into the structure we built to hold that male plug, pour concrete in it and remove it to reveal a female mold which the l...
The lead keel is one of the most exciting parts of this build at the moment but it is also the scariest, by far! We have melted down some of the wheel weights and loose lead in order to weigh it, while talking about that, we weigh in on the actual pour. ...
We made this short film to show at the International Maritime Film Festival in Bucksport Maine the weekend of September 29th, 30th and October 1st. The film festival is jointly put on by Downtown Bucksport and Wooden Boat magazine.
The short explains a li...
The keel timber is ready to be shaped. As it was such a big moment for us having everyone help bring it into the boathouse, we wanted to keep sharing that feeling and have everyone here for another open house while we did the preliminary cuts. We also go...
We ended the last video with a teaser of us chainsawing some lead keels. We go into more depth on that and then show how we finished the rough shaping on the wooden keel.
El video doblado en español. Desarrollado por Papercup: https://youtu.be/R1O_MW6Z...
Last week we started shaping the keel timber. This week, we start on the laminations for the bow and stern timbers. We didn't have any timber large enough for these so we had to glue some large pieces together in order to achieve the desired dimensions. ...
In our last installment we started laminating some of the bow and stern timbers. The forefoot was one piece that ended up being a little trickier and we wanted to dedicate an entire video to it. We decided to steam and bend three of the laminations for t...
We make a trip to Maine to show our short film in the International Maritime film Festival in Bucksport, Maine. On the way we catch up with old friends and make new ones, we visit Wooden Boat and Alix even goes for a sail.
We met Kourtney and Pete from th...
We've been crazy busy the last couple of months. Many unexpected trips and work have kept us from getting much progress done on Arabella. This video is from a trip we made to Rhode Island. We have to admit, it's not our best work but we'll be back in fu...
Previously we drove to Rhode Island to build up some connections. While we were there, we were urged to go check out a boat that was for sale near there. We're lucky we did! What a treasure! Victoria is one of the biggest assets we have come across so ...
Last week we shared Victorias trip home with us. Now we'd like to show you what she's got to offer. She a veritable treasure trove!
We go through some of the bronze that we have already acquired and take you on a tour of what Victoria still has attached ...
Right in front of the house is a row of perfectly straight Norway spruces. We couldn't help but think about the possibility of them becoming a part of Arabella. Especially considering that Steve's Great Grandfather planted them. What a great story to be...
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