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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 33: Getting Help with Bow and Stern Timbers
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 33: Getting Help with Bow and Stern Timbers

Despite the arrival of Spring, weather just doesn't seem to want to let up. We've been struggling with the weather so as to start painting the keel timber and the ballast keel. With temps too cold to work on that, we switch gears and start working on the Bow and Stern timbers. Everythin...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 32: Sharpening Edge Tools
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 32: Sharpening Edge Tools

Having sharp tools is important. As temps are warming up and we are getting back into the thick of boatbuilding work, we felt this would be an appropriate video. Well kept tools lead to fun, productive and safe work. There is nothing worse than trying to get a job done with the wrong tool or one t...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 31: Final Thickness
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 31: Final Thickness

We are clawing our way out of winter! Work is getting back on track and what better way to start finalizing our keel timber. We spent the first tentatively "warm" days finishing getting the keel timber to its final thickness along with a couple of outings. We are gearing up for a VERY B...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals Part 2
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals Part 2

What a winter!.... We felt that this would be a good time to put out our dissimilar metals experiment back to back and then hit it hard next week with a full length video. When mixing metals in a build, there are a lot of things to consider. Not only do the metals interact with each other when subm...
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic action Part 1
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A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic action Part 1

Over the winter we decided to try out a little experiment we would share with everyone. While doing our research we heard a lot about the effects of different metals on one another. The nobility of a metal will determine how it reacts to others with differing nobility, leading to the more noble me...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 30: Deadwood and Some Lead
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 30: Deadwood and Some Lead

We're still waiting on the weather to start warming up but we can still get ourselves as ready as possible for when it does. We start to work with the lumber that will become our deadwood and we shoot a propane tank to help us melt lead into the major divots on the ballast keel. We also have ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 29: Lead Contamination and our Keel Pour
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 29: Lead Contamination and our Keel Pour

After the video of our lead keel pour came out, we received a lot of comments regarding the safety of the pour and about concerns or contamination to the surrounding area. We did our best to get information regarding such issues and went as far as calling the EPA number as well a several local agen...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 28: Logging Round 2
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 28: Logging Round 2

There are differing ideas out there on what time of year is best to harvest trees for lumber. In our case, winter was ideal. Due to the cold and the lack of heating in the boathouse, we aren't able to work with certain materials such as paint, epoxy, fairing and bedding compounds, etc. All of...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 27: Flattening the Keels
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 27: Flattening the Keels

After the arduous task of dragging our lead keel out of the ground and onto the cribbing in the boathouse, it was time to start working on flattening both keels in preparation for them to be mated together. See how we set things up in order to do that. Also, we will be at the Maine Boatbuilder'...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: 24000 Subscribers and Patreon!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: 24000 Subscribers and Patreon!

We just broke 24000 subscribers and reached our Patreon goal of $1200 per video so we thought we would talk a bit about our expenses and how we are affording to do this project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 26: Moving a 4.5 ton keel – Acorn to Arabella
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 26: Moving a 4.5 ton keel – Acorn to Arabella

It took us about three days to move the keel out of the ground and into the boathouse. No easy task moving an object that heavy. It's great to know that we now have our keel and it is sitting where it needs to be in the boathouse. Next we'll need to fair it, flatten and shape the wood k...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 25: Setup for Our Lead Pour
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 25: Setup for Our Lead Pour

Need a setup to pour a lead keel? Here's how we set up to pour the 4.5 ton keel for our wooden sailboat build. We are building a 38ft wooden sailboat and needed a solid 9500lbs ballast keel. No easy task! If you haven't seen the video of the pour, you should check out the link at the ...
Pouring a 4.5-Ton Lead Keel | Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat  (Episode 24)
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Pouring a 4.5-Ton Lead Keel | Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat (Episode 24)

We finally poured it! Watching 100 gallons of molten lead drop into a wooden mold is not something you experience every day. In this video we focused more on the pour itself and not on the details of our setup. We will go into that in our next video. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to co...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Molten Lead In A Wood Mold? (Q & A 1)
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Molten Lead In A Wood Mold? (Q & A 1)

In anticipation of pouring our 9500 lbs lead keel we have had many questions, comments, suggestions and concerns. Thank you all so much for all of them! We wanted to start a question and answer segment to be able to answer questions in a more thorough and fun manner than comments as well as be abl...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 23: Ballast Keel Mold – Round 2
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 23: Ballast Keel Mold – Round 2

We decided that our previous ballast keel mold made of concrete had the possibility of being too dangerous. So we made a new one. Out of wood this time. As we say in the video, we would like to start putting out a short segment in between the longer chapters so that we can put out a video every w...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 22: Great Grandpappy’s Gift from the Grave
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 22: Great Grandpappy’s Gift from the Grave

Right in front of the house is a row of perfectly straight Norway spruces. We couldn't help but think about the possibility of them becoming a part of Arabella. Especially considering that Steve's Great Grandfather planted them. What a great story to become a part of our ship! Now, to ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: The Good, The Bad and The Bronze
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: The Good, The Bad and The Bronze

Last week we shared Victorias trip home with us. Now we'd like to show you what she's got to offer. She a veritable treasure trove! We go through some of the bronze that we have already acquired and take you on a tour of what Victoria still has attached to her as well as go over some of ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 21: Our Lady Victoria
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 21: Our Lady Victoria

Previously we drove to Rhode Island to build up some connections. While we were there, we were urged to go check out a boat that was for sale near there. We're lucky we did! What a treasure! Victoria is one of the biggest assets we have come across so far! We hope you enjoy the journey she ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 20: Rhode Island and Jamestown Distributors
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 20: Rhode Island and Jamestown Distributors

We've been crazy busy the last couple of months. Many unexpected trips and work have kept us from getting much progress done on Arabella. This video is from a trip we made to Rhode Island. We have to admit, it's not our best work but we'll be back in full force with the next one. ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 19: Film Festival and Wooden Boat
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 19: Film Festival and Wooden Boat

We make a trip to Maine to show our short film in the International Maritime film Festival in Bucksport, Maine. On the way we catch up with old friends and make new ones, we visit Wooden Boat and Alix even goes for a sail. We met Kourtney and Pete from the channel Accidental Sailor Girl. They are ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 18b: Bow and Stern Timbers (Part 2)
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 18b: Bow and Stern Timbers (Part 2)

In our last installment we started laminating some of the bow and stern timbers. The forefoot was one piece that ended up being a little trickier and we wanted to dedicate an entire video to it. We decided to steam and bend three of the laminations for this piece, which was pretty cool. See how w...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 18a: Bow and Stern Timbers (Part 1)
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 18a: Bow and Stern Timbers (Part 1)

Last week we started shaping the keel timber. This week, we start on the laminations for the bow and stern timbers. We didn't have any timber large enough for these so we had to glue some large pieces together in order to achieve the desired dimensions. See how we made the patterns and then ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 17b: Shaping the keel timber (Part 2)
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 17b: Shaping the keel timber (Part 2)

We ended the last video with a teaser of us chainsawing some lead keels. We go into more depth on that and then show how we finished the rough shaping on the wooden keel. El video doblado en español. Desarrollado por Papercup: Síguenos en nuestro canal en español: FOLLOW US: Patreon: Instagr...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 17a: Shaping the keel timber (Part 1)
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 17a: Shaping the keel timber (Part 1)

The keel timber is ready to be shaped. As it was such a big moment for us having everyone help bring it into the boathouse, we wanted to keep sharing that feeling and have everyone here for another open house while we did the preliminary cuts. We also got help from many people after the party. Th...
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