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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 31: Final Thickness
We are clawing our way out of winter! Work is getting back on track and what better way to start finalizing our keel timber. We spent the first tentatively "warm" days finishing getting the keel timber to its final thickness along with a couple of outing...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals Part 2
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 length video. When mixing metals in a build, there are a lot of things to consider. Not only do t...
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic action Part 1
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 metals on one another. The nobility of a metal will determine how it reacts to others with diff...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 30: Deadwood and Some Lead
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 that will become our deadwood and we shoot a propane tank to help us melt lead into the major div...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 29: Lead Contamination and our Keel Pour
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 surrounding area. We did our best to get information regarding such issues and went as far as calling...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 28: Logging Round 2
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 heating in the boathouse, we aren't able to work with certain materials such as paint, epoxy, fai...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 27: Flattening the Keels
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 keels in preparation for them to be mated together. See how we set things up in order to do that. Al...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: 24000 Subscribers and Patreon!
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 to do this project. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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 now have our keel and it is sitting where it needs to be in the boathouse. Next we'll need to fai...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 22: Great Grandpappy’s Gift from the Grave
Right in front of the house is a row of perfectly straight Norway spruces. We couldn't help but think about the possibility of them becoming a part of Arabella. Especially considering that Steve's Great Grandfather planted them. What a great story to be...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: The Good, The Bad and The Bronze
Last week we shared Victorias trip home with us. Now we'd like to show you what she's got to offer. She a veritable treasure trove! We go through some of the bronze that we have already acquired and take you on a tour of what Victoria still has attached ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 21: Our Lady Victoria
Previously we drove to Rhode Island to build up some connections. While we were there, we were urged to go check out a boat that was for sale near there. We're lucky we did! What a treasure! Victoria is one of the biggest assets we have come across so ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 20: Rhode Island and Jamestown Distributors
We've been crazy busy the last couple of months. Many unexpected trips and work have kept us from getting much progress done on Arabella. This video is from a trip we made to Rhode Island. We have to admit, it's not our best work but we'll be back in fu...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 19: Film Festival and Wooden Boat
We make a trip to Maine to show our short film in the International Maritime film Festival in Bucksport, Maine. On the way we catch up with old friends and make new ones, we visit Wooden Boat and Alix even goes for a sail. We met Kourtney and Pete from th...