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 ...

#islandhoping #loveit We check out of St Lucia and depart to Martinique. Hunting for gas is always a big thing on this journey. We put the name of the boat on ...

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 ...

#loveinBarbados #pinkbeaches We love Barbados as we got married here two years ago. After the crossing we decided that would be better do the laundry in a ...

#gotosea gototheocean Second and last part of our Atlantic crossing, we are having a very easy crossing with light winds and no problems. Apart from a blocked ...

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 ...

#oceancrossing #lifeisgood We finish the first leg of our Atlantic crossing and arrive in Mindelo, Cape Verde. The town is very tidy and well kept but looks ...

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 ...

#silorstosailors #cruisersinformation We meet Steve Neal who is the creator of the website No ForeignLand. A social network for sailors by sailors. The free ...

#oceancrossing #bigadventure The big adventure is just about to start, first part of 2.300 nautical miles. We talk about what happens during the crossing on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Work hard, save money, take action and pursue your passion. This is a compilation of our journey from the beginning until now. The best has yet to come! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Winter is coming and we need to get ready for it! We are planning on working through the winter, therefore it is important for us to be prepared with all the ...

We had a lot to do in order to get ready for the steaming of the frames. We cut the frame sockets as well as milled up all the framing stock, and just in ...

The build has been coming along nicely so far. There is only one thing that has really stymied us... The rabbet and bearding lines. Being such an important ...

Need an explanation of bent frame construction? Here's the first part. We've been working fast now and after assembling the backbone, it was time to install ...

The backbone is bolted together! We finally have some timbers bolted together and what a great feeling. It has been a long journey up to this point, with a ...

We're getting the backbone assembly up... but there is so much to do before we can actually put it all together. We go through all of that in this video, ...