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Live From the Boat Shed 5—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Live From the Boat Shed 5—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Live Q&A Session we held on Friday, April 16 from Arabella’s boat shed in Granby, MA. We also talked about the important changes coming to Patreon as of May 1. Read more about that here: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/patreon-help-page ------------...
  • Apr 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 01:02:00
There’s a New Shipwright in Town! – Episode 158 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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There’s a New Shipwright in Town! – Episode 158 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We are looking ahead to getting back to planking Arabella this summer. In order to do that, we are going to want all hands on deck, so we got a little help coming in. The first of the crew has arrived and she will be helping us for the next month or more...
  • Apr 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:43
Fairing the Mizzen Mast – Episode 157 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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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 po...
  • Apr 09, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:25
Homemade Oak Plywood – Episode 156 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Homemade Oak Plywood – Episode 156 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We're starting on the interior! At least starting with the pieces of the interior. Steve is milling up the stock that is going to become the bilge bands. These will get installed soon, when we get a new crew in to finish the planking. In the meantime, ...
  • Apr 02, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:35
Repurposing Victoria’s Mast – Episode 155 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Repurposing Victoria’s Mast – Episode 155 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Getting Victoria early in the project was one of the best decisions we have made. There was so much good material packed in that little vessel, and it seems like she just keeps giving every day. From all the beautiful mahogany in her interior, to the bron...
  • Mar 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:17
The Mizzen Mast Step – Episode 154 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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The Mizzen Mast Step – Episode 154 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

With the main mast step finished, it's time to make the mizzen mast step. This one is significantly smaller as it will hold a significantly smaller mast and take less of a load. It feels like we're installing a sculpture as integral part of the boat! It's...
  • Mar 19, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:29
Victoria’s Mast – Episode 153 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Victoria’s Mast – Episode 153 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The bronze floors are done! It's a great feeling complete them and be able to move on to even more tasks that get us closer to launch. Steve keeps on with fitting the main's mast step, and Alix gets to work on figuring out the reuse of Victoria's spars. Yo...
  • Mar 12, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:43
Mast Step and Alignment – Episode 152 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Mast Step and Alignment – Episode 152 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

With wrapping up the bronze floors comes working on the mast step. This wild looking piece is built up out of live oak and black locust and looks more like a sculpture than a structural element in the boat! We also check alignment on Arabella to see if ev...
  • Mar 05, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:25
Last Bronze Floors and a Mast Step – Episode 151 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Last Bronze Floors and a Mast Step – Episode 151 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We finally get to finish up the work on the bronze floors. We had about six sets of frames that needed to go in once we removed the molds. These last sets all needed bronze floors made up for them as we couldn't make those on our first go around. That m...
  • Feb 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:46
Clean Bilge! – Episode 150 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Clean Bilge! – Episode 150 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Building a boat can seem like an incredibly daunting task. One thing that has gotten us through these years is seeing it a lot of little things that need to be done and pieces that need to go together. This episode is very much dedicated to that ideology...
  • Feb 19, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:36
Cockpit Mockup – Episode 149 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Cockpit Mockup – Episode 149 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

There are a lot of exciting things coming together at the moment. Steve installed the rest of the tie rods, Alix finished the sill for the deckhouse to sit on and we made a mockup of the cockpit! One task completely finished, one setting us up for the de...
  • Feb 12, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:47
Deckhouse mockup – Episode 148 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Deckhouse mockup – Episode 148 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We have found several moments during the build of Arabella that are just incredibly satisfying. Getting the lead keel poured, getting the backbone assembled, standing up the molds, steaming in frames, getting the first planks on... etc. And now there is ...
  • Feb 05, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:55
Half Laps and Mast Blocking – Episode 147 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Half Laps and Mast Blocking – Episode 147 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We are on the last steps of putting together the sill for the house top and the blocking for the mizzen mast. Alix needs to cut the half laps in the corners of the sill to get them to fit just right. Once that is done, we can paint them and screw them in...
  • Jan 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:51
The Aft Hatch – Episode 146 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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The Aft Hatch – Episode 146 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The deck framing is almost complete on Arabella. In this episode, Steve wraps up all the framing in the aft section by making a couple more deck beams and then framing in the hatch. This hatch will provide some storage but also some ventilation to the eng...
  • Jan 22, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:28
Framing Work in the Stern – Episode 145 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Framing Work in the Stern – Episode 145 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We working on wrapping up the last of the deck framing before we can get to a house top mockup. While Alix continues with fairing around the house top opening, Steve works on getting more short beams and knees installed in the stern. There are two more k...
  • Jan 15, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:05
Installing the Lodging Knees – Episode 144 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Installing the Lodging Knees – Episode 144 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We are nearing the end of the knees! It's amazing the difference that can be seen as these all start to go in. Not only to the rigidity of the structure but also at how the space seems so much different inside. Knees keep the hull from wracking while sai...
  • Jan 08, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:28:57
Making and Fitting Lodging Knees – Episode 143 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Making and Fitting Lodging Knees – Episode 143 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Knees and blocking are what keep the deck of the boat from racking or moving in unwanted ways. Ours are made from the stumps we dug out of the ground around this time last year. It's amazing to see the final product from those rough pieces or material to...
  • Jan 01, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:38
Starting to fair the deck structure – Episode 142 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Starting to fair the deck structure – Episode 142 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Now that we have installed the short beams around the deckhouse opening, it's time to start fairing that out. These beams have all been milled a bit oversized for this purpose. This means we start by fairing the ends of the short beams down to the carlin...
  • Dec 25, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:34
White Oak Rootstock Knees – Episode 141 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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White Oak Rootstock Knees – Episode 141 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Last year, at about this time of year as well, some blood, sweat and maybe tears were shed in retrieving some large White Oak rootstock from the woods and painstakingly carving out some knees from them. This was a miserable yet rewarding experience that i...
  • Dec 18, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:42
Carlin Joints and Lodging Knees – Episode 140 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Carlin Joints and Lodging Knees – Episode 140 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

There is a lot of time consuming but rewarding work in boat building. Cutting carlin joints to instal short beams is a good task to show how much time some of the jobs can take. Each side of Arabella's cabin had 11 short beams to be installed (after havin...
  • Dec 11, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:57
Installing the midship lodging knees – Episode 139 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Installing the midship lodging knees – Episode 139 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Alix continues work on Arabella with making and installing the lodging knees at midship. These, along with the rigidity of the housetop, will help keep the deck structure from racking. We also get to see the end of Steve and Robin's vacation adventure as ...
  • Dec 04, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:35
A Glimpse of Past and Future! – Episode 138 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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A Glimpse of Past and Future! – Episode 138 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We all need a break from big projects and this time it's Steve's turn! As Alix stays back to look after Arabella and the boathouse to continue work on fitting and installing some knees and short beams. Steve and his partner head off on an adventure out we...
  • Nov 27, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:36
Designing the Power Plant – Episode 137 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Designing the Power Plant – Episode 137 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we continue working on Arabella, we look ahead at starting to figure out the power plant. We got a beautiful new engine from Nanni Diesel last year and now we are back with Brook Streit from Kraft Power to talk about some of the intricacies of getting ...
  • Nov 13, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:05
Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill. In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, ...
  • Nov 06, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:31:45
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