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, ...

Well, it's finally time to say goodbye to Victoria. We got her knowing she was going to be a parts boat but was still the first boat we ever owned. Feels a ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Frame-raising Party! (Part 1). Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

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 ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Bedding and Bolting the Stern Assembly. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

We've been going for three years straight now. At first we were working full time jobs and building on nights and weekends to support ourselves and pay for ...

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 ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Stern Assembly. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patreon; ...

After having stripped Victoria of her interior, we now move on to disassembling her hull by removing her cockpit, aft deck and then her rudder. Almost all of ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Big Joinery – Building the Stern Assembly. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

What is the soul of an old boat? We believe it has to do with all the people she has touched and the journeys they have experienced. All this shows in every ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Cutting the Stern Post – and some BIG plans! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

All the frames are steamed in! AND we got donated a TON of white cedar! We have been thinking about our planking material since we started and were ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – New year, new team, new VISA, new timber! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

As we steam in Arabella's frames we have now reached the aft section of the build and need to cut the rabbet up the sides of the stern posts to determine where ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Buying big centerline timbers! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

Arabella has 70 frames. That's a fair amount of steaming. So, we thought it would be interesting to show what a full day of steaming looks like. Not to ...

(Ep.57) It's almost Christmas???? Who's excited? So this week we pretty much did a few odd jobs around the boat. Glen & Gray came to visit us from Salt ...

Yep, we are making our own square shanked copper rivets for Arabella. Not only are they bigger than the biggest commercially available rivet we could find, it ...

Winter is coming and there is always something to do. We worked on getting Victoria buttoned up for the winter and hosted a middle school class for a field ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – The Mind of a Boat Builder (Presented by SV Seeker) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; ...

Before the bent frames can be permanently fastened in place they need a final inspection, a coat of oil and their respective socket cleaned up and sealed. We ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Developing a Team! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ...

In the last video we showed a bit of the process for steaming in Arabella's frames but it's such an important part of the build that we wanted to do a full ...