We're starting on the interior! At least starting with the pieces of the interior. Steve is milling up the stock that is going to become the bilge bands. ...
Acorn To Arabella
Getting Victoria early in the project was one of the best decisions we have made. There was so much good material packed in that little vessel, and it seems ...
With the main mast step finished, it's time to make the mizzen mast step. This one is significantly smaller as it will hold a significantly smaller mast and ...
The bronze floors are done! It's a great feeling complete them and be able to move on to even more tasks that get us closer to launch. Steve keeps on with ...
With wrapping up the bronze floors comes working on the mast step. This wild looking piece is built up out of live oak and black locust and looks more like a ...
We finally get to finish up the work on the bronze floors. We had about six sets of frames that needed to go in once we removed the molds. These last sets ...
Building a boat can seem like an incredibly daunting task. One thing that has gotten us through these years is seeing it a lot of little things that need to ...
There are a lot of exciting things coming together at the moment. Steve installed the rest of the tie rods, Alix finished the sill for the deckhouse to sit on ...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors (EP81) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...
Sampson Boat Co
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Transom / More Floors (EP76) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Casting Bronze Floors (EP75) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...
We replaced every Thru Hull and Seacock on Sunday with TruDesign. This is a simple step-by-step guide on how we did it.
Sailing Sunday
We are getting farther up the hull with the planking and as we do so, we are nearing the point at the stern where the propeller shaft will go through. We need ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Step 1: Demolition! When we first bought Avocet, she checked off all the things we wanted in a boat except 1: having a shower stall. Chris assured me that we ...
Sailing Avocet
Floor timbers are a critically important structural member in wooden boats. As we've been building Arabella, there have been many decisions so far in terms of ...
Milling our planking stock out of our donated cedar and working on figuring out our bronze floor timbers! Buckle up because there is a lot of information ...
Tips for cleaning Brass and bronze. Our boat has loads so I've tried all sorts of things to make the job easy, all the vinegar - lemon juice concoctions and ...
Sailing Fair Isle