As we said, "Alix will be back in the fall", it is now fall and Alix is back! We talk a bit about the our summer and our plans for the project and then get ...

The time has come! We've all been waiting for the moment that big beautiful blue Nanni Diesel engine gets dropped into Arabella. She's been sitting patiently ...

They say "Do something you love, and you'll never work another day of your life", but when a tool doesn't do what it should and the task list for the day has a ...

Steve gets back to work on the deck structure as well as fitting the sampson post. This post which lies at the bow of the vessel needs to be very strong and ...

With some help from Thad and Satchel we decide on exactly where the openings for the fore hatch, house, and cockpit should go. With no experience sailing, it ...

Deck beam construction has begun! In this episode we make great strides towards a framed deck in Arabella. The black locust shelves get varnished and prepped ...

Bob and Steve finish fitting the black locust beam shelf into Arabella. This involves some pattern making and a whole slew of hooked scarfs to be cut. While ...

With some help from Bob Emser @TheArtofBoatBuilding we get the breasthooks bolted into place and launch into the black locust beam shelf. Black locust is ...

With the sheer clamp bolted into place the next piece of the deck puzzle is the breasthooks. The breashooks join the clamp with the stem and stern posts and ...

Welcome back! This episode Steve gets the sheer clamp bolted together and fastened to the steam bent frames of Arabella. The clamp is the first piece of deck ...

In this episode we varnish the white oak clamp and start working on cleaning up Victoria's hackmatack knees. The knees were likely harvested from the roots of ...

In this installment we make progress on the big planer set-up and we launch into building the sheer clamp. The sheer clamp is the first piece of the deck ...

In this episode we fasten all the recently bent frames and Arabella becomes 100% framed! After that big milestone we launch into the deck structure which is ...

Now that the molds are out we can bend in the remaining 14 frames and finish framing Arabella! Big thanks to everyone who is following and supporting our ...

We've all been waiting to see this one. Arabella's molds finally get removed and we can see from stem to stern with nothing in the way! Big thanks to ...

For all those wondering where Alix has been and when he is coming back here are some answers for you! Spoiler alert: He is alive and well and enjoying some ...

This round we tackle the remainder of the planking rabbet, make and hang some cedar and start prepping framing stock. It won't be long until the molds come ...

We get all steamed up and tweak some steam bent white oak frames so they lay more fair with the planking. Measurements are taken off the hull and the ...

In this episode we install some more oak planks, remove the stairs to the second floor so we can keep planking and run out of dry oak for planking stock. ...

This round we re-stock the lumber pile with some glorious white oak, ash and some hickory. Steve designs, builds and launches a quick and dirty pram for ...

In this installment we get some much appreciated assistance and really motor along with the oak planking. With three of us in the shop two could work on ...

After numerous challenges and setbacks we are finally picking up the pace and getting into a solid groove! The replacement planks all go onto the hull quickly ...

This round we look to the future and start doing a little rigging preparation by roughing out some deadeye blanks. We also keep chugging along with planking, ...

In this episode we hit the lowest point yet on the build and remove the cedar planks we worked so hard to install onto Arabella. The oak pile got sorted and ...