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Final Deck Beams & Scouting Launch Sites – Episode 206 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
KP got a week to settle in, and takes on a satisfying task: fitting the last three deck beams now that we're done with major interior installations just below them, and that we're getting everything in order to install the next big things: covering boards and deck planking. We're abou...
Putting In the Bilge Tanks – Episode 205 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Open house May 2022 information is here: The head might be a small space, but there are a lot of details that have required a great deal of planning and critical decision-making. Steve discusses and installs the AirHead, the sink that will work with a foot pump, and the watermaker components and w...
New Crew Member, Meet KP – Episode 204 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For more information about Open House and to get updates, visit this page: We've had a history of talented, kind, supportive crew here. They're more than employees, of course. KP came to us by way of a long-time friendship with Annie B. They met in high school, and somehow both ended up ...
It’s All In His Head – Episode 203 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Learn more about our VERY LAST open house or about visiting Arabella here: Now that we've got the various stainless tanks and heat shields here at the shop, it's time to start doing this and that around Arabella that we put aside as we waited for their arrival. The starboard side's ...
Installing the Water Tanks – Episode 202 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Last call for this very important fundraiser: Only a couple of days left, and it's crucial to the coming year and the work we need to do to prepare for launch. Thank you for your support! The water tanks have been fetched from MS Fabrication in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where our talented m...
Old Bungs & New Tile – Episode 201 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Get the A2A Community crest on a tee or sweatshirt: We save even the smallest or thinnest pieces of mahogany from Victoria just in case a piece of scrap wood might be helpful. As we looked to fill the bungs and finish the settee locker, also salvaged from Victoria, we used not just the material, b...
Preparing for the ocean, and the Unexpected!
Arriving in Spain, we take on the challenge of fabricating our own sailboat upgrades. With a 3 month Schengen visa and still recovering from a broken neck time is tight. Amidst this, we try to get some time riding bikes with locals in the Sierra Nevada Mountains ! Join us now; right at the beginnin...
200th Episode Livestream SHINDIG! – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Join Steve, Akiva, Annie B, and special guests for Live from the Boat Shed 15. Who will stop by? Who will call in? See you there on February 11 at 5 p.m. ET. (Want to see the other episodes in our Live Archive? There’s 14 hours’ worth on Patreon!) ---------------------------------------------------...
All Hands on Deck, 6 Years of A2A – Episode 200 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Livestream celebration, 5 p.m. ET: A2A Community Tee: Visiting us in Granby today? Here's more info: Comment when you see the moment you started here with Arabella! Who the heck even is Ben? You'll see our video editor! Learn about our new boat carpenter, KP. How long has Annie B been...
Cables and Cold Days – Episode 199 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Set a reminder for the live steam on February 11 visit: Visiting February 11 here in Granby? The info you need: NEW BONFIRE T-SHIRT CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF NEXT FRIDAY! It's cold. Very cold. But there's plenty of work to do that's not hindered by it. Some days we can't get out to ...
All Together Now – Episode 198 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
To get yourself a reminder when we go live on February 11 visit: Visiting February 11 here in Granby? Please read this: In this episode, we fabricate, modify, and install a bunch of hardware for the companionway steps, which have connections to the refrigerator, bilge stringers, sole, and cabin h...
The Companionway Ladder & A Big Update – Episode 197 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Visit here if you think you can help with our rigging hardware: New Tiers on Patreon! So many updates this week! What's cooking for 2022? Did we just reveal a bit about our launch schedule? What parts are needed to button up the plans for rig and sails? Where's Alix? It's been a h...
Built Like a Tank – Episode 196 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Come along with us to MS Fabrication in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where Evan Kelly takes the three dimensional templates we built a couple of weeks back and turns them into stainless steel water tanks. In this episode, we'll follow one tank through that process, and you'll get to see it m...
Finally Back to Woodworking! – Episode 195 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Don't worry, electrical geeks and systems nerds, there's still plenty to do on the wiring front. We have to put that on pause a bit until we know what the clearance is around the finished water tanks. Until then, let's keep screaming along on the interior. This week, a couple of locke...
More from the Boat Show Booths — Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We've got three booth visits for you, and exciting ones at that: Sea Frost refrigeration, Mantus Marine's anchor swivel and chain hook, and a nifty tool demo at the beginning. After building the refrigerator and having it so close to finished, we're glad to finally release this bit ...
A Visit Aboard Calypso – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Here's the rest of the conversation. We broadcast an earlier live video— — in which you can see Anne's friend Nica making fantastic soup and sandwiches aboard Calypso in Spa Creek. After that, we had a nice conversation with her and Jeremy. It was a welcome respite from the crowded Annapo...
Boat Electrical Systems, First Steps – Episode 194 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Gratitude to Bluetti for sending along this unit and solar panels for us to test in the shop. See details for the AC200 Max: THERE'S A VIDEO EVERY DAY THIS WEEKEND. SUBSCRIBE! DON'T MISS THEM. Prepare to nerd out about some of the specifics of our impending electrical system! Carolyn�...
What If This Doesn’t Work? – Episode 193 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
What a payoff! Layers and layers of all sorts of foam, 'glass, epoxy, and fairing compound have come to this big reveal of how this refrigerated chest will look when it goes into the boat—covered in contrasting cherry wood. Before then, though, it did seem like perhaps our experiment might have...
Norna Needs a Captain – Episode 192 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
After all the fiberglass, foam, and fairing compound from the last few weeks, we get to the pretty stuff for the custom refrigerator (oh heck maybe with a bit more of all of that, too): the drop-in lids are topped with cherry and cherry burl, and they're made to be snugly dropped into a larger ...
Sealing Up the Fridge – Episode 191 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
There are a lot of steps to each of the things we do on Arabella, especially in the interior, and between those multiple paint coats drying, that epoxy curing, and intense reading about 12 V DC electrical systems, there's plenty to do around and about to prepare for winter. Last week we re-cove...
A Little Help From the Masters – Episode 190 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
"Before the snow flies," is a busy time around a farm, and this year it involves improvements to the shed, fixing Akiva's platform, and doing a few other labor-intensive tasks for which we had a passionate group of volunteers to help with. Thank you very much to Noah, Bill, Thomas, Ad...
Bringing Home the Fiberglass – Episode 189 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The finishing touches go onto the shower pan, which gets a drain installed, and the anchor locker, which gets an outlet for gunk that might make its way via the anchor chain. Two-part epoxy paint serves as yet another waterproof barrier for these pieces, which will live their lives largely in places...
Three Fiberglass Projects – Episode 188 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The usefulness of fiberglass, when applied in the right places, makes the proper application of it an important skill. This week, we tackle three projects, two of which call for fiberglass sheathing, and a third that is a layup set over a mold that will eventually be broken out. Steve, with some s...