Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Episode 106: Stealers and Planking Crew

As many of you may have deduced, our planned planking party did not go as planned at all. This was for many reasons but mainly due to the outbreak of COVID19 right as people were on their way here.

We had planned to take three weeks and get this great crew together and finish planking Arabella. Right before that, we got a visit from Lou Sauzedde at Tips from a Shipwright and we all decided that using stealers and a funky shaped plank would allow us to more easily plank Arabella. This was one of the hurdles as we hadn’t planned on taking the time to figure out this funky plank.

Next, just as people were starting to show up, word that COVID19 was spreading in the U.S. alerted us to the fact that we were likely going to have to make to big decisions. At first, we thought we may be able to shelter in place all together. But after some serious talks with everyone (some of which you will see in the next video) we sent everyone home.

But, in that week that everyone was here, we got a good amount done, despite the planers blowing up… The stealers were fastened in place and we started spiling out that funky plank with the help of Jack (https://daratimber.com/) and Aaron as George and Robert worked very efficiently on making up some more straight planks for later on.

It was a real bummer that the planking party ended up being cut short but we do believe that it was the right choice in keeping everyone safe. Thank you all for the support and we hope that you and yours are happy, healthy and staying creative!

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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve and Alix started as amateur boat builders building their own 38′ wooden boat in their backyard: designer William Atkin’s Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel’s gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond—sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when they will travel and learn to cruise aboard the boat that they’ve built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.

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