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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 60: Forward and Midship Floors
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 60: Forward and Midship Floors
As we continue moving forward on the forward and midship bronze floor timbers, we are kindly interrupted by a friend of ours who plays us a cover of 'Boats to build' by Guy Clark. The bronze floors are a tedious amount of work. Bending the compound curve...
  • May 03, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:58
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 59: Clean up and Bronze Floors
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 59: Clean up and Bronze Floors
We've all been looking forward to getting to work on the bronze floors but before we can do so, we had a bit more cleaning up to do in order to finish up with Victoria. As we're looking to save as much as possible, we had to strip all the planking of its f...
  • Apr 26, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:40
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Financial Update 2019
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Financial Update 2019
Well, it's tax time again! Perfect timing for us to go over our finances for the project before we ramp up to a change to weekly videos. Just like last year, we go over what the project finances look like. We find it to be an important part of the projec...
  • Apr 19, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:10:32
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 58: Dismantling Victoria
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 58: Dismantling Victoria
Well, it's finally time to say goodbye to Victoria. We got her knowing she was going to be a parts boat but was still the first boat we ever owned. Feels a little bitter-sweet. On the other hand, she has given us so much! Not only her hardware but also...
  • Apr 12, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:07
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 57: Bronze Floors
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 57: Bronze Floors
Floor timbers are a critically important structural member in wooden boats. As we've been building Arabella, there have been many decisions so far in terms of following the original plans or making slight adjustments. Each decision has pros and cons. Whe...
  • Mar 29, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:49
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: BIG UPDATE!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: BIG UPDATE!
We've been going for three years straight now. At first we were working full time jobs and building on nights and weekends to support ourselves and pay for the build. Recently the support has been strong enough for us to be able to work full time on the ...
  • Mar 22, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:47
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 56: Planking Material and Floor Timbers
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 56: Planking Material and Floor Timbers
Milling our planking stock out of our donated cedar and working on figuring out our bronze floor timbers! Buckle up because there is a lot of information here. A lot goes into this project behind the scenes that we don't talk about. Most of that is the m...
  • Mar 15, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:35:05
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 55: Removing Victoria’s Cockpit and Rudder
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 55: Removing Victoria’s Cockpit and Rudder
After having stripped Victoria of her interior, we now move on to disassembling her hull by removing her cockpit, aft deck and then her rudder. Almost all of the mahogany that is being stripped from her is being saved and we will reuse as much of it as w...
  • Mar 01, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:23
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 54: Beginning of a New Journey
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 54: Beginning of a New Journey
What is the soul of an old boat? We believe it has to do with all the people she has touched and the journeys they have experienced. All this shows in every detail and aspect of an old boat. It would be a great disservice to Victoria if she were simply ...
  • Feb 15, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:34
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 53: Framed and Disassembling
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 53: Framed and Disassembling
All the frames are steamed in! AND we got donated a TON of white cedar! We have been thinking about our planking material since we started and were wondering if it would be worth buying cedar or if we were better off planking in our beautiful white oak...
  • Feb 01, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:26
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 52: Cutting the Aft Rabbet
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 52: Cutting the Aft Rabbet
As we steam in Arabella's frames we have now reached the aft section of the build and need to cut the rabbet up the sides of the stern posts to determine where our frame sockets should land. Once cut we spend a day steaming in frames with a couple snags a...
  • Jan 18, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:25
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 51: A Day of Steaming Frames
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 51: A Day of Steaming Frames
Arabella has 70 frames. That's a fair amount of steaming. So, we thought it would be interesting to show what a full day of steaming looks like. Not to mention, who can get tired of watching those timbers bend like that? -------------------------------...
  • Jan 04, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:45:35
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 50: Homemade Copper Rivets!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 50: Homemade Copper Rivets!
Yep, we are making our own square shanked copper rivets for Arabella. Not only are they bigger than the biggest commercially available rivet we could find, it is also saving us thousands of dollars! We also wanted to address some concerns people had with ...
  • Dec 21, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:19
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 49: Bedding the Frames
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 49: Bedding the Frames
Winter is coming and there is always something to do. We worked on getting Victoria buttoned up for the winter and hosted a middle school class for a field trip. With all that out of the way and frames well sanded and oiled, it was time to bed and screw ...
  • Dec 07, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:53
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 48: Finishing the Frames
Acorn To Arabella
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 48: Finishing the Frames
Before the bent frames can be permanently fastened in place they need a final inspection, a coat of oil and their respective socket cleaned up and sealed. We show you how we are going through this process in this video. Also, we are launching another com...
  • Nov 23, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:44
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 47: Steaming Frames: In Depth
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 47: Steaming Frames: In Depth
In the last video we showed a bit of the process for steaming in Arabella's frames but it's such an important part of the build that we wanted to do a full video talking about the intricacies of this part of the build. From selecting lumber to our steam b...
  • Nov 09, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:18
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Winter is Coming!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Winter is Coming!
Winter is coming and we need to get ready for it! We are planning on working through the winter, therefore it is important for us to be prepared with all the necessities we will need to get through it. We heat primarily with wood, so that is a priority a...
  • Nov 02, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:35
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 46: Steaming Frames
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 46: Steaming Frames
We had a lot to do in order to get ready for the steaming of the frames. We cut the frame sockets as well as milled up all the framing stock, and just in time. By the end of the weekend we had 26 of the 74 frames steamed in place. ----------------------...
  • Oct 19, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:21
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 45: The Rabbet and the Bearding Lines
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 45: The Rabbet and the Bearding Lines
The build has been coming along nicely so far. There is only one thing that has really stymied us... The rabbet and bearding lines. Being such an important cut, we have been anxious about not being absolutely sure we are doing it right. So.... we called ...
  • Oct 05, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:45
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 44: Putting Up the Molds
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 44: Putting Up the Molds
Need an explanation of bent frame construction? Here's the first part. We've been working fast now and after assembling the backbone, it was time to install the molds. Which proved to be a bit more challenging than expected in our boathouse. We will be ...
  • Sep 21, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:15
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 43: Bolting the Backbone Together
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 43: Bolting the Backbone Together
The backbone is bolted together! We finally have some timbers bolted together and what a great feeling. It has been a long journey up to this point, with a lot more to come, but we can finally start seeing some of Arabella's shape coming together. We ha...
  • Sep 07, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:35
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 42: Backbone Assembly Prep
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 42: Backbone Assembly Prep
We're getting the backbone assembly up... but there is so much to do before we can actually put it all together. We go through all of that in this video, along with a quick run through of the backbone actually going up! We'll go over everything in deta...
  • Aug 24, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:54
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Commemorative T-shirts
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Commemorative T-shirts
It's taken two years of prep before getting to the point of being able to start bolting things together but we are finally there! The stern assembly is up and the bow will be up by next week. In celebration of this moment, we are doing a limited run of c...
  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:04
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 41: The Mind of a Boatbuilder
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 41: The Mind of a Boatbuilder
Ever wondered who we really are? Well here we go! (at least a little bit of an insight...) Doug from SV Seeker has been kind enough to have interviewed us for his new video series, The Mind of a Boat Builder and has passed on the video for us to share he...
  • Aug 13, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:46:23

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