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 ...

Home sweet home. The interior is coming together and thanks to Jack's help a few extra treats are added. Light inside our hatches, a charging station at the ...

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, ...

All music (with the exception of the intro) is by a follower, Joachim Challem. Check out their music on Spotify and the new album being released July 8th, ...

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 ...

Two projects get completed in this episode. I finish my solo project, the port quarter storage, and Garrett completes the main boom and it's back on board! ...

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 ...

Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]. Let us ...

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 ...

An overview of who we are and what we do. See ya every Friday with a new video. Want to see more? Here are some suggestions. Watch us pour 100 gallons of ...

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! ...

A window into a typical day for us. Garrett's Dad was visiting, one of Swab's favorite humans, and he and Swab contemplated life and the meaning of it all ...

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 ...

A long one, for the fans 💕 ~R p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]. Let us know ...

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 ...

Ruth gets behind the power tools. Thanks to Noé, our volunteer, he can take the time to learn me a thing or two. So much of the build has been REALLY important ...

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 ...

A what-cha-ma-call-it, that's what we did this week haha Spread out over time, I compiled all the days working on this project into one episode. Seemed like ...

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 ...

I said it! OUT LOUD!!!!! Ahhhh..... Yup, so now you have to hold us accountable. Our new goal, primary goal, is to leave our slip sometime in August. Not too ...

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 ...

Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]. Let us ...

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 ...