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Installing the Oak Shutter Planks – Episode 166 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Acorn To Arabella
Installing the Oak Shutter Planks – Episode 166 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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 these are installed, we will only have six more planks to go. Two cedar strakes will lead up to th...
Closing in on the Shutter Planks – Episode 164 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Acorn To Arabella
Closing in on the Shutter Planks – Episode 164 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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 she moves on. The shutter planks are a pretty exciting part of the build. There are only two o...
Carving a DIY WIND GENERATOR Blade from Wood [Capable Cruising Guide]
Emily & Clark's Adventure
Carving a DIY WIND GENERATOR Blade from Wood [Capable Cruising Guide]
Clark demonstrates the method he uses to carve 8-foot, 2-blade wind generator rotors out of wood. This method could be used to make propellers for off-grid power, drones or even an electric boat motor. Expect to see future videos about how to mount and b...
Carving a DIY WIND GENERATOR Blade from Wood (Behind the Scenes Day 4)
Emily & Clark's Adventure
Carving a DIY WIND GENERATOR Blade from Wood (Behind the Scenes Day 4)
We've spent the last week shooting a how-to video about Clark's home-carved wind generator blades, which can supply all our electricity aboard our boat. His method can be used for various sizes of rotors and propellers. Here's a time lapse of filming day ...
Pouring a 4.5-Ton Lead Keel | Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat  (Episode 24)
Acorn To Arabella
Pouring a 4.5-Ton Lead Keel | Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat (Episode 24)
We finally poured it! Watching 100 gallons of molten lead drop into a wooden mold is not something you experience every day. In this video we focused more on the pour itself and not on the details of our setup. We will go into that in our next video. If y...