The Chart Table - Episode 187 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

It seems like we start something, get it to a point, then move on to the next thing… and that’s completely on purpose. We’ll be able to know where we want our electronics and systems aboard the boat, and still be able to run the wiring and hoses for them. The furniture’s dimensions and “footprints” in the boat are the most important things to nail down.

The navigation table, also called a chart table, is a spot on the boat that will be a hub, of sorts. We’ll likely have some phone charging ports there, perhaps a seat where someone can work comfortably, and communication devices such as SSB and VHF, if we go with both, will be located here most likely.

Nearly everything in this wooden boat is anchored to deck beams or the bilge stringers, rather than to a ceiling and to frames, so that Steve can easily perform belowdecks repairs or rearranging later.

Oh, and the quarter berth gets less precarious. Thanks for watching! Thanks especially for supporting us with your comments, your patronage on Patreon, and by way of buying merchandise at http://www.acorntoarabella.com/merchandise. It’s important to get orders in ASAP if you want them to arrive by the holidays as gifts.
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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve and Alix started as amateur boat builders building a 38′ wooden boat in Steve’s backyard: designer William Atkin’s Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel’s gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond—sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when they will travel and learn to cruise aboard the boat that they’ve built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.

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