Is This a New Way to Fair a Boat Deck? - Episode 210 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

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How could there possibly be ways to do something new while building something as ancient and simple as a wooden boat? We’re sure this isn’t the first time someone’s used a sled to control a tool as it moves along a surface, but as far as we’ve read, this may be either the first time or a never-talked about/never-published way of removing material from deck beams to get reference points quickly and accurately.

Typically a boatbuilder will use a batten to check fairness, remove material, check fairness, remove material, move to a different part of the deck, check fairness, remove material, go back to the spot where one just was, check fairness, remove material…. and so on, telegraphing shape, sweep, bevel and depth across a surface curved in all three dimensions, and upon which must rest straight planking stock. Here we use, primarily, a Makita 7″ grinder with a gnarly 40-grit disc and two runs of what is basically deck planking facsimile.

What goes into the decision about the shape of the cabin house? We reveal the thought process behind the balances that must be struck between the desire for interior space, the aspects needed for deck accommodations such as propane tanks and extra diesel and gasoline, and the needs regarding the rig and dinghy. It’s a lot to hold in one’s head, so Steve gets his thoughts out with KP as they think about reducing the height of the cambered cabinhouse.

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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur boat builder building a 38′ wooden boat in his 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 he and the crew 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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