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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! ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 121: Bending In the Last Frames
Now that the molds are out we can bend in the remaining 14 frames and finish framing Arabella! Big thanks to everyone who is following and supporting our crazy journey! Without you we would not be able to produce these weekly videos. Hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for watching! If you w...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 120: Taking Out the Molds
We've all been waiting to see this one. Arabella's molds finally get removed and we can see from stem to stern with nothing in the way! Big thanks to everyone who has donated or otherwise contributed to the project. We would not be sharing this video series without your help! Thank you...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Where’s Alix?
For all those wondering where Alix has been and when he is coming back here are some answers for you! Spoiler alert: He is alive and well and enjoying some well deserved R+R with Keira.
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Transom (EP76)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Transom / More Floors (EP76) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 76. In this episode I focus on the final install of the transom, using a couple of old tricks to ensure that it stays watertight. The planks get bolted to the sternpost and ev...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 119: Getting Ready for a Big Change
This round we tackle the remainder of the planking rabbet, make and hang some cedar and start prepping framing stock. It won't be long until the molds come out and the remaining 14 frames get bent in! Thanks for watching and following our crazy journey! ---------------------------------------...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 118: Steaming Frames and Lining Off
We get all steamed up and tweak some steam bent white oak frames so they lay more fair with the planking. Measurements are taken off the hull and the shape/location of the cedar planks get determined. It's a whole bunch of hot oak and middle school mathematics. Thanks for watching and if yo...
BoatBuilding – Casting Bronze Floors (EP75)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Casting Bronze Floors (EP75) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 75. In this extra-length episode, Pete and Clark show the process of making individual patterns for each of the floors, laminating thin strips of ply into the boat and then shaping and scul...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 117: We Ran Out of Dry Oak, Now What?
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. Don't worry though, there are many ways to keep moving forward while the recently milled oak cures. If you are interested in some of the or...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 116: Steve Launches His First Boat
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 fishing adventures on the local brook and Arabella gets some more oak planks added to her hull. It's a jam packed episode, enjoy! ---------...
BoatBuilding – Restoring the Transom (EP74)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Restoring the Transom (EP74) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 74. In this episode I work on repairing and reinstalling Tally Ho’s original transom timbers. Being Teak, they have escaped rot, but have a lot of damaged areas and holes that need to be fi...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 115: Picking Up the Pace
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 Arabella while the third picked timber and made planks. We procure some big ole logs that we were told was walnut but turned out to be ash (still ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 114: Getting Back on Track
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 and smoothly compared to the other planks. We also have to get a bit inventive so we can hit the same screw holes in the bronze strapping wi...
Salt & Tar: Episode 90-Turning Dead Eyes
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 over a year and two different cameras so, apologies, the sound was difficult to get right on the episode. I hope you enjoy the process! C...
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 73. This is the day - the big reveal! With the deck structure fastened permanently into the Beam Shelf, we can remove the temporary cross-palls and finally see Tally Ho’s internal s...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 113: Deadeyes and Hanging Planks
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, the Alaskan sawmill rig gets some good use as does the 27" thickness planer. The culled cedar planks made some most excellent patterns ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 112: Back to Oak and Other Odd Jobs
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 inventoried to see if we even have enough oak to plank Arabella with it. The replacement planks are found in the oak stores and are cut from...
A2A- Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Exploring in the Canoe, No Boat Building!
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 via canoe. There is not even a glimpse of the boatyard or Arabella, just a quiet ride down a tiny brook, getting lost in the marsh, scaring s...
BoatBuilding – Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 72. In this episode we face a major dilemma - having found that one of the White Oak logs had porous grain (bad news!) I have to make the painful decision of whether or not to re...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 111: Putting Cedar to the Test
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 preparation for installing what Atkin calls the bilge ceiling. We steam in the cedar plank after repair so it hopefully won't erupt into splint...