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For visitor information and to watch the video Ben mentions in the intro, visit this page: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/visitor-welcome We say saloon, some ...

#boatbuilders #buildingboats #boatjobs Carla gets to work on the Pilot House roof. We lay the first covering of fibreglass and Carla spends days sanding and ...

This video ends with Carolyn's excitement to sit on the frame she built for one of the saloon setees and we'll get a glimpse of Steve laying down on his future ...

#boatjobs #boatwork #boatyard After sanding and sanding forever, varnishing and varnishing forever the Pilot house job is finished for now. One last coat to ...

Buttoning up the forward bulkhead with coats of sealer and varnish makes way for some interior joinery in the forepeak that Steve has plenty of experience ...

We’ll see you Friday for a regular episode, but we’ve had a lot of requests for less speaking, and for perhaps something with a calm pace. We won’t be changing ...

#buildingaboat #Wegotthis #broken This week we finally get the roof laminated up and cut to shape. Hopefully we will get it fibreglassed as soon as possible. ...

In the past, we've had a look in the garage at the piles, en masse, of the mahogany lumber that came out of Victoria, but this week's video goes through a ...

#traveltheworld #explore #nature This week we take a look at Martinique, this island was originally called the Island of Flowers. If you are buying a ...

#fixingwindows #boatwork #littionbatteries This week we get stuck in to glazing the Pilot House, and find out how difficult it really is. We also start to ...

A big reveal here: We have a close look, side by side, of Steve's plan for Arabella's interior laid alongside Atkins's fairly general layout he envisioned ...

Short run of merchandise available at acorntoarabella.com today: We've got planking offcuts of various sizes, frame offcuts from that closed-up port side of ...

#boatjobs #boatwork #liveaboard This week we manage to put our engine in the boat with the help of Charlie. We talk a lot about Stuffing Boxes and tell you ...

The pesky, dangerous maple that serves as an anchor for the boathouse comes down in this episode, and Steve (who has worked in the past as an arborist, and of ...

#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 ...

#travelbyboat #cruisingthecaribbean #sailingwest This week we look at the island of San Andres. A remote island belonging to Colombia in the west of the ...

#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 ...

#traveltoColombia #traveltheworld #welovetravel This week we go off to the fringes of the Caribbean and take a look at Marina de Puerto Velero in Colombia. ...