In this episode we install some more oak planks, remove the stairs to the second floor so we can keep planking and run out of dry oak for planking stock. ...

Nothing sucks more than after a fresh bottom job your first sail runs you into a submerged tree. Garrett and Memo, being the handy quick-on-their-feet ...

This round we re-stock the lumber pile with some glorious white oak, ash and some hickory. Steve designs, builds and launches a quick and dirty pram for ...

Happy Video Thursday! Spring is here and that means more workable days than not. It's always exciting to watch the weather change. It adds new motivation in ...

In this installment we get some much appreciated assistance and really motor along with the oak planking. With three of us in the shop two could work on ...

Come join us back on the boat as we continue our rigging. Our main focus is how we're going to secure the bottom dead eye to the chainplate. Instead of a metal ...

After numerous challenges and setbacks we are finally picking up the pace and getting into a solid groove! The replacement planks all go onto the hull quickly ...

Keeping to our salty vision we turn up our dead eyes. We are a gaff rig ketch so we couldn't very well have turnbuckles, we NEED dead eyes. This video spans ...

This round we look to the future and start doing a little rigging preparation by roughing out some deadeye blanks. We also keep chugging along with planking, ...

"I got a plan, I have a plan," said Charlie, and 24 years later he proved it. For obvious reasons, we love hearing from those who have actually built a boat ...

In this episode we hit the lowest point yet on the build and remove the cedar planks we worked so hard to install onto Arabella. The oak pile got sorted and ...

No boat building in this video! Since the Open House got canceled and a birthday party could not occur, Steve spent his 35th birthday doing a little exploring ...

Alright. We've raised our main mast. Still one more mast to go and countless other projects. It's always weird after accomplishing a milestone. A sort of "now ...

This round we dive into some plank repair on the hull and fix the cedar that exploded on us. Talk briefly about a new plank fastener we are using in ...

- A glorious day indeed. Our 40 foot main mast is on the boat! Rediviva is a ketch rig but only our main was ready, the mizzen mast will come later. A huge ...

In this installment we continue fitting and hanging some cedar, we discuss why we are planking from the keel to the sheer as well as what we expect the oak to ...

In this installment we have a riveting good time attaching a cedar plank to the hull. We then install a pair of black locust butt blocks in Arabella to ...

-Yup! Days 3 and 4 were much quicker. We managed to also take a day off and enjoy a sundowner dinghy ride. A few discoveries of what you can find in the Napa ...

In this installment we continue the battle with the brittle cedar planking and finally manage to get one fastened to the hull. Aaron tries his hand at fitting ...

This is part 1 of prepping our main mast to go up! Days 3 and 4 went much quicker, as is tradition. One mast at a time and one shroud at a time. It's been fun ...

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men... Well, we had quite the plans for the planking party and though we did get some accomplished, in the end they did go ...

Two major things before the main mast goes up: build the mast collar for the stays and make the shrouds. When we step the mast we'll need some temporary lines ...

As many of you may have deduced, our planned planking party did not go as planned at all. This was for many reasons but mainly due to the outbreak of COVID19 ...

I build the second half of my skin-on-frame dinghy and test it out. If you’re interested in contributing, links for patreon, venmo or paypal are below: ...