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Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill. In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, cutting them out, planing them and cutting t...
Restoring Victoria’s Knees – Episode 135 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wreck and would have been a handful to re...
Alix is Back! – Episode 134 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
As we said, "Alix will be back in the fall", it is now fall and Alix is back! We talk a bit about the our summer and our plans for the project and then get right to work. We start working on cleaning up and varnishing the deck beams as well as restoring some of Victoria's old knees w...
Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock ( TALLY HO EP83)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock (EP83) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 83. We have finished casting! In this episode, the final lodging knee is cast by Daniel - his first time pouring the molten bronze, and not without a little bit of f...
Fitting the Deck Carlines and Diesel Engine – Ep 133 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The time has come! We've all been waiting for the moment that big beautiful blue Nanni Diesel engine gets dropped into Arabella. She's been sitting patiently on the sidelines for a while now but the moment to see how she fits is upon us. Steve and Casey lower the engine in to see how it ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.109- What About the Engine?
Installing a motor on a brand new build, when doing it yourself, isn’t cut and dry. It’s easy to take for granted the simplicity of repowering an old boat or rebuilding an engine in your restoration (however, NOT easy) but when you have to decide the placement of every part and acquire all the piece...
Mast Blocking and A New Tool – Episode 132 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
They say "Do something you love, and you'll never work another day of your life", but when a tool doesn't do what it should and the task list for the day has a few boxes left unchecked, it really feels like work. Despite that, Steve soldiers on and nearly finishes the mast blocki...
Fitting the Sampson Post – Ep. 131 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Steve gets back to work on the deck structure as well as fitting the sampson post. This post which lies at the bow of the vessel needs to be very strong and stick straight up out of the deck. Steve uses a couple of tricks as well as welding another bronze bracket to make sure it lies exactly where...
Deciding the Hatch and House Locations – Ep. 130 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
With some help from Thad and Satchel we decide on exactly where the openings for the fore hatch, house, and cockpit should go. With no experience sailing, it was great to have two very different and accomplished sailors give their input on how best to lay out the deck plan. A bunch of deck beams g...
Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors – Wooden Boat Rebuild (EP81)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors (EP81) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 81. Having poured all the smaller bronze Floors, we have to build a bigger flask in order to cast the largest ones. Packing these big moulds isn’t without it’s setbacks, and we ...
Fitting the Main Deck Beams – Ep. 129 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Deck beam construction has begun! In this episode we make great strides towards a framed deck in Arabella. The black locust shelves get varnished and prepped for fastening. Steve spends a rainy day making longer rivets and a bunch of deck beams get cut out and fastened together. Big thanks to Th...
Fitting The Shelf, Picking Out Deck Beams – Ep. 128 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Bob and Steve finish fitting the black locust beam shelf into Arabella. This involves some pattern making and a whole slew of hooked scarfs to be cut. While Bob does the final few fits on the shelf, Steve launches into finding the strong (king) deck beam locations. Right before Bob heads back to...
Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube ( Wooden Boat Rebuild / EP80)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube (EP80) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 80. Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the hole for the stern-tube are intimidating jobs - you only get one chance to get it right. But it’s easier to tackle th...
Acorn to Arabella – Episode 127 – Bolting Breasthooks, Starting the Shelf, & Ben Moves to MA
With some help from Bob Emser @TheArtofBoatBuilding we get the breasthooks bolted into place and launch into the black locust beam shelf. Black locust is known for it's rot resistance and durability, exactly the qualities one wants for a deck structure. The locust is also very pretty wood and...
Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 126 – Building The Breasthooks, Working Solo
With the sheer clamp bolted into place the next piece of the deck puzzle is the breasthooks. The breashooks join the clamp with the stem and stern posts and provide a lot of structural stability. In this episode we take a look at Victoria's breasthooks and launch into making ones for Arabella....
Custom rivet press machine! – Wooden Boat Fastenings (EP79)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Custom rivet press machine! - Wooden Boat Fastenings (EP79) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 79. In this episode I start thinking about the plank fastenings for Tally Ho. Using copper rivets is the strongest and most authentic choice, but they are not...
Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 125 – Installing the Clamp
Welcome back! This episode Steve gets the sheer clamp bolted together and fastened to the steam bent frames of Arabella. The clamp is the first piece of deck framing and the beginning of the visible timbers inside Arabella. Joe gives us a hand and we get the big planer rig finished and running st...
Salt & Tar: Ep.101-Rigging Our Homebuilt Wooden Sailboat
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 124: Varnish and a Visit to Rosalind
In this episode we varnish the white oak clamp and start working on cleaning up Victoria's hackmatack knees. The knees were likely harvested from the roots of a hackmatack tree growing in a bog in the North East sometime around 1925. It's amazing to be able to put them back to work in Ar...
Salt & Tar: 100th Episode!
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Boatbuilding – Lining-out for Planking (EP78)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Lining-out for Planking (EP78) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 78. In this episode we calculate the locations and sizes of all the hull planks, based on the complex shape of the hull. I’ve never done this before, so we get some help from the Lead Sh...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 123: Building the Clamp
In this installment we make progress on the big planer set-up and we launch into building the sheer clamp. The sheer clamp is the first piece of the deck structure as well as the first piece of the visible interior. Time to step up our game and make it look nice as well as strong. Thanks for follo...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 122: Moving Up to the Deck
In this episode we fasten all the recently bent frames and Arabella becomes 100% framed! After that big milestone we launch into the deck structure which is a whole new set of challenges and fun. Thanks for following the journey! We could not be making these weekly videos without your support! ...