Fitting the Saloon / Salon Berth - Episode 178 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

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We say saloon, some say salon… we say lapstrake, some say clinker… we’re not calling the whole thing off. Boat terminology can vary from region to region, sometimes by such a slight difference that it seems to be a spelling mistake, or perhaps that you’ve heard someone say a word they’ve read but have never heard out loud. In this case, both are correct. Then we’ve got all that land versus boat terminology. A boat aboard a bed is a berth, a portioned-out room is a cabin, a couch or seat is a settee, front is forward, back is aft.

Caulking is caulking though.

Carolyn shows her method for patterning, then cutting, the rolling bevel required for one of the settee supports. The same method is used for cushions, in case your boat is a little further along and you need to know it.

We hadn’t mentioned or showed much of the process for the anchor locker bulkhead, which is a partial bulkhead separating out the forward-most part of the forepeak—many commenters were asking, and the truth is that it was fairly close to the shape it needed to be, as it was used for the same purpose in Victoria. In future, we’ll be fitting out that area with a fiberglass “tub” to catch mud and moisture after weighing anchor. Stay tuned!

Carolyn says goodbye to Arabella, and shares her thoughts about the time she spent here as a professional boatbuilder in such a public setting. We’re thankful for her skills, creativity, expertise, care, and teamwork. We will miss her.

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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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