The weather our here in western Massachusetts has been a bit wacky. Though colder days pushed off the possibility of gluing early in the season, we're now ...

Getting the nib-ends of these full-length planks fitted into the rabbet fore and aft is one of the hardest tasks of planking Arabella. Since we don't have any ...

We are in George Town, a popular cruising destination in the Exumas, Bahamas. We're waiting out some strong winds and make the best of them by getting out WING ...

It's a big moment here in the Acorn to Arabella boathouse. We have been steadily working on closing up the hull and now the oak shutters are going in. After ...

Acorn to Arabella—our wooden boat building project—will take you on a journey from stump to ship, as we turn trees from the family farm into a 38' wooden boat ...

An overview of who we are and what we do. See ya every Friday with a new video. Want to see more? Here are some suggestions. Watch us pour 100 gallons of ...

Welcome to our first official SHORT! See why we're making this kind of videos here: https://youtu.be/-qLFBkDw8QQ We were chasing a swell forecast in the ...

We're so excited to launch our SHORTS series!! ~ FIRST OFFICIAL SHORT OUT TOMORROW! Stay tuned!! ~ We're making a different style of edit, shorter and more ...

The mizzen mast has been tandem project as the planking has progressed. Alix chipped away at it between other important tasks, and now it's finally finished! ...

We really feel like we got the full experience while cruising the Exumas Cays, especially with what happened at the end! Amandine's mom is cruising with us ...

The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before ...

Magnus is planning on making the davits for Peanut and our dear friend, Bryan, is a welder so he shows Magnus the ropes. Magnus begins the repair on the lid ...

We've made it to what many call the best cruising destination in the world... the EXUMAS! Having Amandine's mom on board for the adventure, we are energized to ...

The planking work is moving right along, but unfortunately Jack and Wes have to head home. We discuss the work that we got done as a team, then focus on the ...

With our sails coming to the end of their lives and needing regular minor repairs we have recently been aware that we probably need to address this issue ...

Jack and Wes are back to do more work on Arabella. Wes's earlier visits involved stacking lumber and bending frames. Now he's back for a taste of planking and ...

With trade winds blowing south east every day, it is rare that when heading south east, you can sail downwind. But it happened! We had the perfect weather, ...

We're back to planking! We've asked some of our skilled friends to come back and help us get closer to closing up Arabella's hull. We have eight oak planks, a ...

We made our way across the Great Bahama Bank from Bimini to the Berry Islands, a passage that turned out to be our best one yet! The wind was perfect, the ...

Lots going on here at the boathouse. It's time to put the taper in the top of the mast. Turns out there's a little bit more to that than just doing a ...

Bilge stringers (which we also call bilge bands) add longitudinal stiffness to Arabella in an area of the boat where it's needed. Carolyn, who's been working ...

Live Q&A Session we held on Friday, April 16 from Arabella’s boat shed in Granby, MA. We also talked about the important changes coming to Patreon as of ...

We are looking ahead to getting back to planking Arabella this summer. In order to do that, we are going to want all hands on deck, so we got a little help ...

We are in Coconut Grove, in Miami, FL, where we spent a few weeks doing some last boat projects in preparation for cruising the Caribbean! Before going, we ...