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

For visitor information and to watch the video Ben mentions in the intro, visit this page: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/visitor-welcome We say saloon, some say salon... we say lapstrake, some say clinker... we're not calling the whole thing off. Boat t...
  • Sep 03, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:45
Installing the Forward Berth – Episode 177 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Installing the Forward Berth – Episode 177 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

This video ends with Carolyn's excitement to sit on the frame she built for one of the saloon setees and we'll get a glimpse of Steve laying down on his future berth thanks to all the work shown in this week's episode. A water tank will go inside the spa...
  • Aug 27, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:34
The Pleasures of Square Carpentry – Episode 176 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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The Pleasures of Square Carpentry – Episode 176 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Buttoning up the forward bulkhead with coats of sealer and varnish makes way for some interior joinery in the forepeak that Steve has plenty of experience producing. Tools that have long sat dormant in the shop are whizzed back into life to create square m...
  • Aug 20, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:51
Bonus: The Satisfying Process of Sealing Wood (ASMR) – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Bonus: The Satisfying Process of Sealing Wood (ASMR) – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We’ll see you Friday for a regular episode, but we’ve had a lot of requests for less speaking, and for perhaps something with a calm pace. We won’t be changing how we’re documenting progress on Arabella, but we wanted to release a bonus video showi...
  • Aug 17, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:31:03
100-Year-Old Mahogany Trim – Episode 175 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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100-Year-Old Mahogany Trim – Episode 175 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

In the past, we've had a look in the garage at the piles, en masse, of the mahogany lumber that came out of Victoria, but this week's video goes through a pretty extensive and specific inventory of what we have to play with for reclaimed wood as we put the...
  • Aug 13, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:35
The Floor Plan, Bonus Video – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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The Floor Plan, Bonus Video – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

A big reveal here: We have a close look, side by side, of Steve's plan for Arabella's interior laid alongside Atkins's fairly general layout he envisioned would fit the needs of most cruisers about a hundred years ago. This conversation between Steve and S...
  • Aug 06, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:09
Pitching the Bilge – Episode 174 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Pitching the Bilge – Episode 174 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Short run of merchandise available at acorntoarabella.com today: We've got planking offcuts of various sizes, frame offcuts from that closed-up port side of the boat, rejected copper rivets, and challenge coins from @SV Seeker. (Doug's launching in a coupl...
  • Aug 06, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:38:11
The First Bulkhead – Episode 173 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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The First Bulkhead – Episode 173 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The pesky, dangerous maple that serves as an anchor for the boathouse comes down in this episode, and Steve (who has worked in the past as an arborist, and of course, felled the trees for the lumber in Arabella) goes through a couple of specifics about how...
  • Jul 30, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:51
House Top Interior, Fairing and Painting—Episode 172—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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House Top Interior, Fairing and Painting—Episode 172—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

A big part of strip-built construction isn't the glue-up itself, which is a satisfyingly quick process, but is the fairing and finishing process that comes after. Steve and volunteer Grant (thanks again, Grant!) fill large imperfections and voids in the se...
  • Jul 23, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:31:50
Cedar Strip House Top, Gluing Up – Episode 171 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Cedar Strip House Top, Gluing Up – Episode 171 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The mock-up, and now mold, for the cabin house is finally put to work as the cedar strip-planked house comes together. Building this crucial part of the boat with this method has many reasons, chief among them being that strip-planking is extremely strong ...
  • Jul 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:00
Finishing the Port Side Planking – Episode 170 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Finishing the Port Side Planking – Episode 170 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The last plank... for now, anyway. This episode doesn't feature the whiskey plank, and Steve does a very good explanation for those who have been asking about the difference between a shutter plank and a whiskey plank. We've got four shutters, and like all...
  • Jul 09, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:09
Arabella Gets a Makeover – Episode 169 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Arabella Gets a Makeover – Episode 169 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we've been finishing the rest of the planking on the port side, we have had groups of helpers lend a hand to clean up Arabella's interior. Most recently, David and his son, Grant, card-scraped the interior and applied Danish Teak Sealer to planks and fr...
  • Jul 02, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:02
Port Side Sheer Strake – Episode 168 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Port Side Sheer Strake – Episode 168 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The weather our here in western Massachusetts has been a bit wacky. Though colder days pushed off the possibility of gluing early in the season, we're now dealing with really hot days and thunderstorms—but that's not slowing us down as we scoot along pla...
  • Jun 25, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:33:43
Bracing for the Sheer Plank – Episode 167 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Bracing for the Sheer Plank – Episode 167 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Getting the nib-ends of these full-length planks fitted into the rabbet fore and aft is one of the hardest tasks of planking Arabella. Since we don't have any wiggle room to move fore or aft, the cuts need to be dead-on for the planks to sit correctly. Add...
  • Jun 18, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:41
Installing the Oak Shutter Planks – Episode 166 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Installing the Oak Shutter Planks – Episode 166 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

It's a big moment here in the Acorn to Arabella boathouse. We have been steadily working on closing up the hull and now the oak shutters are going in. After these are installed, we will only have six more planks to go. Two cedar strakes will lead up to th...
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:49
Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Acorn to Arabella—our wooden boat building project—will take you on a journey from stump to ship, as we turn trees from the family farm into a 38' wooden boat that will eventually sail the world. See ya every Friday with a new video highlighting the bo...
  • Jun 10, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:52
One Minute About Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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One Minute About Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

An overview of who we are and what we do. See ya every Friday with a new video. Want to see more? Here are some suggestions. Watch us pour 100 gallons of lead: https://youtu.be/K1cpJBtWnQg Watch us drop a 70' tree Steve's great grandfather planted: https:...
  • Jun 10, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:00
Wrapping Up the Mizzen Mast – Episode 165 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Wrapping Up the Mizzen Mast – Episode 165 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The mizzen mast has been tandem project as the planking has progressed. Alix chipped away at it between other important tasks, and now it's finally finished! Of course, the hounds and hardware need to be installed, but this big, beautiful, repurposed piece...
  • Jun 04, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:49
Closing in on the Shutter Planks – Episode 164 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Closing in on the Shutter Planks – Episode 164 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before she moves on. The shutter planks are a pretty exciting part of the build. There are only two o...
  • May 28, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:44
Mizzen Mast: Shaping Below Deck – Episode 163 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Mizzen Mast: Shaping Below Deck – Episode 163 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The planking work is moving right along, but unfortunately Jack and Wes have to head home. We discuss the work that we got done as a team, then focus on the mizzen mast, which is also nearing completion. Alix has been working on spot repairs with graving ...
  • May 21, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:17
They’re Back! – Episode 162 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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They’re Back! – Episode 162 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Jack and Wes are back to do more work on Arabella. Wes's earlier visits involved stacking lumber and bending frames. Now he's back for a taste of planking and we hope he returns to help out with the interior. Jack was a part of our planking crew last year,...
  • May 14, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:33
With a Little Help From Our Friends—Episode 161—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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With a Little Help From Our Friends—Episode 161—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We're back to planking! We've asked some of our skilled friends to come back and help us get closer to closing up Arabella's hull. We have eight oak planks, a couple of cedar planks, and the black locust sheer strakes remaining for installation. After the ...
  • May 07, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:24
Putting Taper in the Mast – Episode 160 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Putting Taper in the Mast – Episode 160 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Lots going on here at the boathouse. It's time to put the taper in the top of the mast. Turns out there's a little bit more to that than just doing a straight taper. We'll be talking about a certain kind of taper as well as figuring out how to accommoda...
  • Apr 30, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:08
Hooked Scarf Joints and Bilge Stringers – Episode 159 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Hooked Scarf Joints and Bilge Stringers – Episode 159 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Bilge stringers (which we also call bilge bands) add longitudinal stiffness to Arabella in an area of the boat where it's needed. Carolyn, who's been working on fitting the stringers into the boat, gives us a good look at how she sneaks up on a very smart ...
  • Apr 23, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:59
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