#traveldestinations #travelbyboat #traveltheworld This week we look at the Spanish location of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol coast of Spain. We also tell ...

#boatengine #boatbuilding #buildingaboat This week we get down into the engine room to start fitting it out. Shelves are made and the generator is flown into ...

A big part of strip-built construction isn't the glue-up itself, which is a satisfyingly quick process, but is the fairing and finishing process that comes ...

#barginglife #exploringalternatives #canalboats The New Ocean Fox arrives in the yard in Windsor. We spend the next few days planning the layout and we start ...

The mock-up, and now mold, for the cabin house is finally put to work as the cedar strip-planked house comes together. Building this crucial part of the boat ...

#truckdriver #whatanightmare #boatproblems We finally get to collect Ocean Fox 2 from the farm by Bath. However this does not go according to plan when the ...

The last plank... for now, anyway. This episode doesn't feature the whiskey plank, and Steve does a very good explanation for those who have been asking about ...

#boatsoncranes #riverboats #sailingadventure We finally make a decision on which boat to buy! We are very happy to show you which barge we chose to buy. It is ...

As we've been finishing the rest of the planking on the port side, we have had groups of helpers lend a hand to clean up Arabella's interior. Most recently, ...

#voting #bargingineurope #barges We look at two more barges, one old and one that has never been in the water. We now have selected four barges for you to help ...

The weather our here in western Massachusetts has been a bit wacky. Though colder days pushed off the possibility of gluing early in the season, we're now ...

#buyingboats #boatsonthemarket buyingbarges We look at a few barges in Essex and on the River Thames before deciding we should buy the big barge Heather Rose. ...

Getting the nib-ends of these full-length planks fitted into the rabbet fore and aft is one of the hardest tasks of planking Arabella. Since we don't have any ...

#bluewatersailing #barging #boatbuilding #refurbishingboats We travel up to the Humber estuary to look at two Barges. The first is in a lot worst condition ...

It's a big moment here in the Acorn to Arabella boathouse. We have been steadily working on closing up the hull and now the oak shutters are going in. After ...

Acorn to Arabella—our wooden boat building project—will take you on a journey from stump to ship, as we turn trees from the family farm into a 38' wooden boat ...

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The mizzen mast has been tandem project as the planking has progressed. Alix chipped away at it between other important tasks, and now it's finally finished! ...

The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before ...

The planking work is moving right along, but unfortunately Jack and Wes have to head home. We discuss the work that we got done as a team, then focus on the ...

Jack and Wes are back to do more work on Arabella. Wes's earlier visits involved stacking lumber and bending frames. Now he's back for a taste of planking and ...

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 ...

Lots going on here at the boathouse. It's time to put the taper in the top of the mast. Turns out there's a little bit more to that than just doing a ...

Bilge stringers (which we also call bilge bands) add longitudinal stiffness to Arabella in an area of the boat where it's needed. Carolyn, who's been working ...