In the last episode, we broke a plank. No big deal though, as with everything we've come up on in the project, the key is just finding a way forward. So we ...

Well... we broke a plank. No worries though. We got it fixed and back on the boat. That's how we roll here... with the punches and not against them. We ...

There is always a ton of stuff going on at the same time here. And although some of it is behind the scenes action and not necessarily boatbuilding per se, ...

Planking can be a long tedious process, especially when you are gluing up and fastening full length planks. We have gone into much of the details of how we ...

Our bad luck seemed to continue to follow us in the Marshall Islands and we lost our GoPro to the ocean... Finally all the spare parts arrived and most ...

We made our own 1/4 inch square copper rivets to hang Arabella's planks and we are now to the point where we actually get to use them! This is such an ...

After our glue failure on the scarf joints for the planks, we also had some glue failure on the graving pieces. This time though, it was with a new and good ...

Need to drill a big hole?... BORING! That's right, we are final to the point of boring out the stern post for our prop shaft. We were very much looking ...

We'd like your help! We've made some very good friends these past years via the project. A lot of which are doing some very cool things. At the last ...

With a project like this, there are always going to be ups and downs. The key is trying to stay up beat and finding a way around the road bumps. We've been ...

While we take a break from the prop shaft assembly to let Joe finish milling the Delrin liner and the other components, we get back to some planking. As soon ...

FINALLY, we got a new engine. And that was a stress episode in our life. We used the boom to bring this 400kg mister on board. After that, it could have been ...

Sometimes, boatbuilding is all about big showy pieces coming together. But much of the time it is also working with small details. This week, we focus on ...

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” -Irving Wallace It’s a new sailing beginning! ...

We are getting farther up the hull with the planking and as we do so, we are nearing the point at the stern where the propeller shaft will go through. We need ...

Completing Arabella's hull is something we are eagerly striving for. With this installment we cross a milestone in that goal. All of Arabella's frames that ...

Get your Z-Crew T-Shirts!: https://www.bonfire.com/store/zingaro/ Refit and repair in Ecuador proves a bit challenging for the crew of Zingaro. Different ...

( 🇫🇷 en dessous)In the episode, we explain you our sailing routes options for the next years to come. But first, we share with you a visit to a water temple in ...

In last week's episode, we went into detail about how we are fabricating the forward sawn floors. From how we are taking measurements using tick sticks and a ...

We've done steam bent frames for the majority of Arabella, now, in the stem and the stern, it's time to make some sawn frames. Where the bow and stern come in ...

In this episode, we really invite you in our everyday life and boat's problems. We got a rainy morning, the first since more than one month! Our oven isn't ...

Planking has been a very fun challenge though a bit of a challenge it has been. Learning to fit the oak planks to each other has its intricacies. We need to ...

Our engine is suppose to arrive in 2 weeks! Yeah!! Meanwhile, we decided to go explore the lands of Bali: the mount Batur, an active volcano ( 1717m). For ...

With all the bent frames installed in Arabella and all the bronze floors in place, we can now work on installing the sole beams. The sole beams are the ...