Fairing the Mizzen Mast - Episode 157 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

There is a lot of work going into restoring Victoria’s old mast to be our mizzen mast. We already set up a sort of lathe and jig to cut kerfs into the mast so that we can then bring it down to a six inch diameter. To do that, I used a combination of a power planer and a hand plane to get down to all the kerfs. Once smooth, I’ll put it on rollers for the final touches.
In the mean time, Steve keeps working on the bulkheads and gives us a quick refresher tour of Victoria’s other parts we’ll be able to reuse. Did somebody say 100 year old Honduran Mahogany?!

Finally, we are going to be revamping our Patreon account and making things simpler for everyone while at the same time adding something real fun.
On May 1st, we are going to be switching to a monthly support as opposed to per creation, which means that whatever amount or tier you choose to support at, that is the bill you will get at the end of the month. No more trying to figure out how many videos you would like to support per month.
We are also going to be doing monthly live question and answer sessions for Patrons. There will be a couple of tiers to chose from to benefit for that and all the sessions will be backlogged for you to look at later on Patreon. And to give you a taste of what those Q&A sessions are like, we are inviting you all to the next one, which will be on April 16th at 5:00pm EST. Click the link below to access that:

We are looking forward to seeing you next Friday! Thank you, as always, for the support!
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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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