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Launching a Ship – Plans for Boat Launch – Episode 220 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The first 1,000 people to use our link to sign up will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/acorntoarabella07221 It's a special event to launch a ship, and though she's too small to call her one, this 38' wooden sailboat will be launched...
BARGE BUILD. Mast, Rudder and Anchor. Ready to go! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep221
Things are at last starting to come all together. This week we get stuck in to the electrics in the Bow locker, the Windlass it is working and we manage to lift our rather large anchor. Another big achievement on River Fox! We finally get the mast up a...
LIVE from 2022 The WoodenBoat Show – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We went live with Bob Emser from The Art of Boatbuilding and with John Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft on Friday, June 24 at The WoodenBoat Show. We announced that Bob will be building our wooden tender (dinghy) and John helped us with downsizing the plan...
BARGE BUILD. Two Floods, One Week. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 220
We filled up the water tanks just to find out that it was leaking from the fitting in the tank. The second flood was on the engine room when we were filling with anti freezing. We forgot about the breathing tube hidden behind the insulation. So we had a hu...
Boat Decking: Milling & Planning – Episode 218 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Visit our store for the wood collections, posters, and stickers: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/merchandise As we prepare for the boat decking, which can also essentially be thought of as the boat deck flooring, there is a lot of preparation for the lumbe...
BARGE BUILD. Lots to do before we float! The launch is so close now! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 219
Lots to do and no time left. We are booked to go in the water next week on Thursday. We get stuck in to cleaning the boat and polish the metal bits that we got in the air from other boats. A terrible job that has to be done. We got on building the steps ...
Steam Bending Covering Boards – Episode 217 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
EcoFlow pitched in the rest of the funds for navigation gear! For more info about the Wave AC unit click: https://bit.ly/3xkco3w and enter the code ACORNWAVE for $50 off. Our steam woes are over as we repurpose a familiar fire setup to generate steam the ...
DESPAIR. Unfortunately big money goes out of the window!Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 218
With a shortage of cable crimps and sleeving it all gets a bit desperate to finish the electrics. We then have a bit of a blow when we get the cost for the CE marking for the boat. Apparently we need a Recreational Craft Directive which we didn’t know...
The Whiskey Plank – Episode 216 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
This episode covers the last two planks being installed. Watch the full recorded livestream of the whiskey plank here: https://youtu.be/AomcpAjIxWA Like the stream? Just $5 a month gets you an invite to our monthly patron-only live streams! It's like being...
Electrocution Opportunity. The installation of the Victron Energy system. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 217
We finally put the exhaust system to bed. Our flexible pipe from MasterFlex arrived and Carla and I fit the system together. We are very pleased to have finished that job. We then move on to the electrics. We wire the whole of the 240 volt system togeth...
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