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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 104: The Last Oak Plank!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 104: The Last Oak Plank!
Steve made the last oak plank! Yes, we know, we've said it before (and might say it again... haha). But we are planning for this to be the last full length oak plank we put on the hull. After setting up our new planer with Joe and Grandpa, while I was...
  • Mar 27, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:31:20
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 103: Blacksmithing in Costa Rica: Part 2
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 103: Blacksmithing in Costa Rica: Part 2
We put on this basic blacksmithing course in Costa Rica with the help of our friends and in conjunction with El Astillero Verde with the hopes of making a difference in the community down there. It was a very rewarding trip on many different levels. In t...
  • Mar 20, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:38
A2A- Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Limited Edition Planking Party T-shirt 2020
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A2A- Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Limited Edition Planking Party T-shirt 2020
As promised, we are starting our planking party today and to celebrate that we are putting out our favorite limited edition tshirt to date! If you enjoy the videos and would like to support in a way where you also get a great gift for yourself or someone ...
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:05
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 102: Blacksmithing in Costa Rica! Part 1
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 102: Blacksmithing in Costa Rica! Part 1
Well, it's finally that time! Our trip to Costa Rica has come. We've been planning on this for a long time. Unfortunately, things didn't pan out for both of us to go. So Steve stayed back to get us ready for our planking party and I travelled down with...
  • Mar 13, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:47
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 101: Pairing an 1800s Thicknesser and a Chrysler Flathead 6
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A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 101: Pairing an 1800s Thicknesser and a Chrysler Flathead 6
Sometimes, pairing vintage machines, is just cool! When we got the 27 inch thicknesser from Ganon and Benjamin a couple months ago, we knew we were going to have to figure out how to pair it with a bomber power source. In the end, everything came togethe...
  • Mar 06, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:59
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Acorn to Arabella 2020 Recap – Part 2
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Acorn to Arabella 2020 Recap – Part 2
Part 2 of our recap video! We have gone through so much since the last recap video that we couldn't fit it all into one episode. From figuring out how to build bronze floor timbers, to saying goodbye to Victoria. A new engine to making sawn frames. And...
  • Feb 28, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:03
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Acorn to Arabella 2020 Recap – Part 1
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Acorn to Arabella 2020 Recap – Part 1
Progress is being made on Arabella every day, but that last time we checked in on what we have done up to now was about two and a half years ago. We felt that a recap of the last couple of years, to see all the work that has been done, would be a really f...
  • Feb 21, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:28
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 100: Reroofing the Boathouse
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 100: Reroofing the Boathouse
In the last episode, we started to work on getting ready to change the roof on the boathouse. After a visit from the local building inspector a little while ago, we were told that we needed to replace the plastic we have with a membrane that is at least f...
  • Feb 14, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:57
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 99: Getting Ready for a New Roof
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 99: Getting Ready for a New Roof
We have had a lot going on here at the boatyard. With having to revamp the roof due to the new building inspector in town, to getting the new thicknesser up and running, to getting the last oak planks on the boat before we leave for Costa Rica. We manage...
  • Feb 07, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:13
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 98: Antique Thicknesser
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 98: Antique Thicknesser
We are still pushing to get work done while we deal with figuring out what needs to be done to revamp the boathouse. We got another set of boards milled up for the last oak plank on the port side. As we are getting down to the last of the oak planking st...
  • Jan 31, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:24
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 97: Finishing the Grown Oak Knees
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 97: Finishing the Grown Oak Knees
Gathering the grown knees has ended up being quite the adventure. But in this episode, Steve tackles the biggest stump of them all. This one yielded quite a few good specimens that will be perfect in Arabella. Once all the knees were freed and once side...
  • Jan 24, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:51
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 96: What Are Grown Knees For?
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 96: What Are Grown Knees For?
We've been busting stump to get the knees freed but that doesn't mean the battle is over. We still have many more to go and once they are freed, they still need to be sized and thicknessed. The good news is, we only need to rough them out right now so th...
  • Jan 17, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:01
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 95: Harvesting White Oak Knees
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 95: Harvesting White Oak Knees
Harvesting knees for Arabella turned out to be MUCH more work than we ever thought it would be. In the last episode we gathered a couple of stumps but we still needed a little more and then it was time to tackle the job of cleaning them... not to mention ...
  • Jan 10, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:13
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 94: Gathering Oak Rootstock
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 94: Gathering Oak Rootstock
Welcome back and Happy New Year! We've been working on Arabella for four years now. We cut the first tree in January of 2016 and it has been a wild ride since then! There have been plenty of challenges along the way. We look forward to solving these cha...
  • Jan 03, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:08
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 93: A Little Bit Behind the Scenes
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 93: A Little Bit Behind the Scenes
We have been working on sending tools down to SAILCARGO for a while now and we finally are getting to the point of actually shipping things! With everything we gathered, we had to figure out how to get it down there and not lose anything in the process......
  • Dec 20, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:21
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 92: Steaming Planks
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 92: Steaming Planks
In the last episode, we broke a plank. No big deal though, as with everything we've come up on in the project, the key is just finding a way forward. So we cut the broken end off of the plank and figured out a way to rig it so that we could steam the en...
  • Dec 13, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:04
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 91: We Broke a Plank
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 91: We Broke a Plank
Well... we broke a plank. No worries though. We got it fixed and back on the boat. That's how we roll here... with the punches and not against them. We got a lesson in how far you can push a plank to bend and from now on will know what we can and can'...
  • Dec 06, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:15
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 90: Backhoes, Easy Bake Ovens and Bilge Bands
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 90: Backhoes, Easy Bake Ovens and Bilge Bands
There is always a ton of stuff going on at the same time here. And although some of it is behind the scenes action and not necessarily boatbuilding per se, there is a lot of the project spent working on some really interesting random things! Figuring out...
  • Nov 29, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:58
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 89: Planking Our Boat
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 89: Planking Our Boat
Planking can be a long tedious process, especially when you are gluing up and fastening full length planks. We have gone into much of the details of how we are planking in previous videos, we now want to show some work being done without the interruption ...
  • Nov 22, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:11
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 88: Setting our First Homemade Rivets!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 88: Setting our First Homemade Rivets!
We made our own 1/4 inch square copper rivets to hang Arabella's planks and we are now to the point where we actually get to use them! This is such an exciting time for us as we have planned and worked so hard to make these. We finally get to see the fru...
  • Nov 15, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:30
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 87: Epoxy Tests
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 87: Epoxy Tests
After our glue failure on the scarf joints for the planks, we also had some glue failure on the graving pieces. This time though, it was with a new and good batch of Resorcinol. So, we were not quite sure what the problem was at first. We later realized ...
  • Nov 08, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:20
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 86: Boring!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 86: Boring!
Need to drill a big hole?... BORING! That's right, we are final to the point of boring out the stern post for our prop shaft. We were very much looking forward to this set up and seeing how this works. We put together a setup that included a long boring ...
  • Nov 01, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:59
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: SAILCARGO Invasion
Acorn To Arabella
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: SAILCARGO Invasion
We'd like your help! We've made some very good friends these past years via the project. A lot of which are doing some very cool things. At the last WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport, we met up with a group of them and hatched a plan. Our friends at SAIL...
  • Oct 28, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:07:35
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 85: Glue Failure
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 85: Glue Failure
With a project like this, there are always going to be ups and downs. The key is trying to stay up beat and finding a way around the road bumps. We've been greatly slowed down this summer by the work of figuring out the prop shaft assembly which has requi...
  • Oct 25, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:43

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