Completing Arabella's hull is something we are eagerly striving for. With this installment we cross a milestone in that goal. All of Arabella's frames that ...

In last week's episode, we went into detail about how we are fabricating the forward sawn floors. From how we are taking measurements using tick sticks and a ...

We've done steam bent frames for the majority of Arabella, now, in the stem and the stern, it's time to make some sawn frames. Where the bow and stern come in ...

Planking has been a very fun challenge though a bit of a challenge it has been. Learning to fit the oak planks to each other has its intricacies. We need to ...

With all the bent frames installed in Arabella and all the bronze floors in place, we can now work on installing the sole beams. The sole beams are the ...

One of the great parts of boatbuilding (or maybe the hardest part about learning boatbuilding?!) is that there are many different ways to do things. And they ...

We are learning so much from the planking process. After having cut and installed the garboard planks, we are now on to the first broadstrakes. These next ...

It's on to the port side Garboard! We wanted to show a little bit more detail on what goes into installing these big planks. It can be a little bit of a ...

There is a fine art to planking a boat and we certainly are learning that by putting on Arabella's Garboard. This is one of the hardest planks to fit, but ...

It is time to start planking Arabella! This moment has been a long time coming and we are thrilled to be able to finally start this process. It does mean a ...

Once she is sailing, we are planning on taking Arabella all around the world on adventures and in all kinds of conditions. A bluewater sailboat like her needs ...

There are many steps in the boat building process that some people may not know of or think about when picturing the work being done. Most see the ...

The planking process can be something of a mystery. Unlike houses that are square and easily divided up to figure out siding, boats require a little bit more ...

Launching into planking is going to be a big and satisfying part of the project. We have been working towards this moment for a very long time. In order to ...

We are launching into planking soon but before we get into all that, we really wanted to do a little house cleaning video. We get so many questions about the ...

Now that we have all the floors fabricated and the majority installed, there are 4 more very important ones to focus on. The ones that tie the ballast keel to ...

The prep is over with and it is finally time to install the bronze floors! We have invested so much time, energy and money in these and it is such a ...

The bronze floor timbers have been a lot of work but it is all paying off. We spend some time prepping everything so that we can finally get to installing ...

The end of the current metal work which comes with fabricating the bronze floors we are installing in Arabella is finally nearing its end. These structural ...

We pushed really hard to get the bronze floors finished up so they could be sitting in their places during the open house. In this episode we show how we got ...

We're moving right along with our silicon bronze floor timbers. We tacked most of the floor pieces together in preparation for welding them in batches. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...