In this Episode we check out Fort Duvenette, and have a beautiful sun set Hike. Matt has an unpleasant accident and we take Nova out to practice Man Overboard ...
Living With The Tide
What a winter!.... We felt that this would be a good time to put out our dissimilar metals experiment back to back and then hit it hard next week with a full ...
Acorn To Arabella
Over the winter we decided to try out a little experiment we would share with everyone. While doing our research we heard a lot about the effects of different ...
This vid is a must for those that wonder what happens to sailors when they get old! Our acquaintance an old sailor asks us for medical help and after helping ...
Sailing Emerald Steel
We're still waiting on the weather to start warming up but we can still get ourselves as ready as possible for when it does. We start to work with the lumber ...
In this episode we continue our Atlantic crossing, catch our first ever fish and swim mid way across. After 14 days at sea we finally reach beautiful Barbados ...
After the video of our lead keel pour came out, we received a lot of comments regarding the safety of the pour and about concerns or contamination to the ...
In this Episode we have some more fun in Cape Verde, before heading back to Mindelo to prepare for the Atlantic crossing. We also get a new crew member join us ...
There are differing ideas out there on what time of year is best to harvest trees for lumber. In our case, winter was ideal. Due to the cold and the lack of ...
In this episode we arrive in beautiful Mindelo Cape Verde. Once checking in we head to a new anchorage and hike up a mountain where the locals give us a taste ...
In this Episode we do out big Atlantic Shop ready for our crossing. Then its time to do final checks and preps before heading out on our longest sail yet! 6 ...
After the arduous task of dragging our lead keel out of the ground and onto the cribbing in the boathouse, it was time to start working on flattening both ...
In this episode we go out for a quick sail before Matt & Dad jump in for a quick dive. Luckily things didn't go as badly as they could have, but just ...
We just broke 24000 subscribers and reached our Patreon goal of $1200 per video so we thought we would talk a bit about our expenses and how we are affording ...
In this episode we have a beautiful sail from Lanzarote to Gran Canary, where we are joined by our favourite neighbours! Then Matthews Peace is shattered when ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 26: Moving a 4.5 ton keel – Acorn to Arabella
It took us about three days to move the keel out of the ground and into the boathouse. No easy task moving an object that heavy. It's great to know that we ...
In this episode we continue our Grand Tour of Lanzarote. We ride camels, explore the fire mountains and visit the most beautiful underground caves! For ...
We have lost at least 1 knot of speed in the recent weeks and since we have a big Atlantic crossing coming up it was time to service our engine. I have little ...
In this episode we finish off preparing Nova for crossing the Atlantic before she goes back into the water! For Living with the tide goodies follow the below ...
In this episode we have Nova lifted out of the water to begin our preparation for the Atlantic. Nova gets her bottom cleaned, sanded and re anti fouled so no ...
In this Episode we have cut our sail short and head to Tenerife until the weather calms, Matthew gets very excited when we are met by a viking long ship and ...
In this episode we explore the abandoned cannon factory on La Gomera. The factory was previously a Tuna canning factory now left in ruins, however its not all ...
As always we shall be chatting about where we are and what we have been up to, along with answering any questions you might have. This may be our last live ...
The swell picks up in our anchorage leaving us no choice but to search for calmer waters. After hours of searching we manage to find internet for our live chat ...