With a Little Help From Our Friends—Episode 161—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
May 07, 2021 by Acorn To Arabella | Language: EN Play Time: 00:25:24 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
We’re back to planking! We’ve asked some of our skilled friends to come back and help us get closer to closing up Arabella’s hull. We have eight oak planks, a couple of cedar planks, and the black locust sheer strakes remaining for installation. After the remainder of the oak planks are in, we can either keep moving forward with the rest of the planking, or we’ll be able to confidently move on to interior joinery. Carolyn’s on hand, Jack’s working here in this video, and Wes is due to arrive. Our goal is to see if we can get all the oak planks installed with their help. It’s a tall order, as the fastest we’ve been able to put on planks, no matter the crew size, is three planks per week… But we are going to do our best!
In this video, Jack talks about his new business, Dara Forestry and Maritime Timber. We’re glad he’s decided to use his resources to supply lumber for boatbuilding, and we’re sure we’ll see him succeed and for others from boatyards and home builds to get more access to these ethically sourced resources. Contact him here: https://daratimber.com/
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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 their own 38′ wooden boat in their 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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