We put on this basic blacksmithing course in Costa Rica with the help of our friends and in conjunction with El Astillero Verde with the hopes of making a ...

As promised, we are starting our planking party today and to celebrate that we are putting out our favorite limited edition tshirt to date! If you enjoy the ...

Well, it's finally that time! Our trip to Costa Rica has come. We've been planning on this for a long time. Unfortunately, things didn't pan out for both of ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

Sometimes, pairing vintage machines, is just cool! When we got the 27 inch thicknesser from Ganon and Benjamin a couple months ago, we knew we were going to ...

Part 2 of our recap video! We have gone through so much since the last recap video that we couldn't fit it all into one episode. From figuring out how to ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - East Coast Oak and a Pink Fireman (EP66) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

Progress is being made on Arabella every day, but that last time we checked in on what we have done up to now was about two and a half years ago. We felt that ...

In the last episode, we started to work on getting ready to change the roof on the boathouse. After a visit from the local building inspector a little while ...

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Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

We have had a lot going on here at the boatyard. With having to revamp the roof due to the new building inspector in town, to getting the new thicknesser up ...

We are still pushing to get work done while we deal with figuring out what needs to be done to revamp the boathouse. We got another set of boards milled up ...

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Gathering the grown knees has ended up being quite the adventure. But in this episode, Steve tackles the biggest stump of them all. This one yielded quite a ...

We've been busting stump to get the knees freed but that doesn't mean the battle is over. We still have many more to go and once they are freed, they still ...

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Harvesting knees for Arabella turned out to be MUCH more work than we ever thought it would be. In the last episode we gathered a couple of stumps but we ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Milling White Oak in New England (EP63) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

Welcome back and Happy New Year! We've been working on Arabella for four years now. We cut the first tree in January of 2016 and it has been a wild ride since ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Making Beam Shelves / Sheer Clamps (EP62) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

We have been working on sending tools down to SAILCARGO for a while now and we finally are getting to the point of actually shipping things! With everything ...

In the last episode, we broke a plank. No big deal though, as with everything we've come up on in the project, the key is just finding a way forward. So we ...

Well... we broke a plank. No worries though. We got it fixed and back on the boat. That's how we roll here... with the punches and not against them. We ...