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BoatBuilding – Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 67. In this episode, I finish planing the beamshelves, move them into the boat, and start the process of bending them around the inside of the frames - creating some big load...
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 101: Pairing an 1800s Thicknesser and a Chrysler Flathead 6
Sometimes, pairing vintage machines, is just cool! When we got the 27 inch thicknesser from Ganon and Benjamin a couple months ago, we knew we were going to have to figure out how to pair it with a bomber power source. In the end, everything came together beautifully! We couldn't use the thr...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Acorn to Arabella 2020 Recap – Part 2
Part 2 of our recap video! We have gone through so much since the last recap video that we couldn't fit it all into one episode. From figuring out how to build bronze floor timbers, to saying goodbye to Victoria. A new engine to making sawn frames. And finally, starting to plank. It has be...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Acorn to Arabella 2020 Recap – Part 1
Progress is being made on Arabella every day, but that last time we checked in on what we have done up to now was about two and a half years ago. We felt that a recap of the last couple of years, to see all the work that has been done, would be a really fun trip down memory lane while we get ready ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 100: Reroofing the Boathouse
In the last episode, we started to work on getting ready to change the roof on the boathouse. After a visit from the local building inspector a little while ago, we were told that we needed to replace the plastic we have with a membrane that is at least fire retardant. So that's what we did a...
The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 65. In this episode, I return to Cornwall to catch up with Luke Powell and his team, who are getting ready to launch the replica Pilot Cutter PELLEW. Luke talks about how this project c...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 99: Getting Ready for a New Roof
We have had a lot going on here at the boatyard. With having to revamp the roof due to the new building inspector in town, to getting the new thicknesser up and running, to getting the last oak planks on the boat before we leave for Costa Rica. We manage to get most of that done. In order to acco...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 98: Antique Thicknesser
We are still pushing to get work done while we deal with figuring out what needs to be done to revamp the boathouse. We got another set of boards milled up for the last oak plank on the port side. As we are getting down to the last of the oak planking stock, we are getting to pieces with a couple ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 97: Finishing the Grown Oak Knees
Gathering the grown knees has ended up being quite the adventure. But in this episode, Steve tackles the biggest stump of them all. This one yielded quite a few good specimens that will be perfect in Arabella. Once all the knees were freed and once side was planed flat we needed to thickness them...
“TALLY HO’s first voyage?” – and other questions (EP64)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - “TALLY HO’s first voyage?” - and other questions (EP64) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 64. As I’m away from the boat for a while, this is a Q&A episode! Will TALLY HO sail with a GPS? Where will her first (post-rebuild) voyage be? Will I be...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 96: What Are Grown Knees For?
We've been busting stump to get the knees freed but that doesn't mean the battle is over. We still have many more to go and once they are freed, they still need to be sized and thicknessed. The good news is, we only need to rough them out right now so that they are an appropriate size an...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 95: Harvesting White Oak Knees
Harvesting knees for Arabella turned out to be MUCH more work than we ever thought it would be. In the last episode we gathered a couple of stumps but we still needed a little more and then it was time to tackle the job of cleaning them... not to mention freeing them from the clump of wood, dirt an...
Building an ultralight nesting boat
I build a skin-on-frame dinghy in my parents garage in NC. The dinghy will be 7ft when complete and disassembles into two nesting pieces.
Milling White Oak Timber in New England (EP63)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Milling White Oak in New England (EP63) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 63. In this episode Cecca and I travel to New York, where we house-and-dog-sit for some friends. I drive up to Connecticut to meet Duke at New England Naval Timbers, who supplie...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 94: Gathering Oak Rootstock
Welcome back and Happy New Year! We've been working on Arabella for four years now. We cut the first tree in January of 2016 and it has been a wild ride since then! There have been plenty of challenges along the way. We look forward to solving these challenges every time but it also takes a ...
Boatbuilding – Making Beam Shelves (Tally Ho EP62)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Making Beam Shelves / Sheer Clamps (EP62) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 62. In this episode I start by adjusting the position of some of the frames, and fairing them all on the inside. Then I cut and fit the scarph joins on the big 6-1/2” x 3...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 93: A Little Bit Behind the Scenes
We have been working on sending tools down to SAILCARGO for a while now and we finally are getting to the point of actually shipping things! With everything we gathered, we had to figure out how to get it down there and not lose anything in the process... so, we built crates to keep everything toge...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 92: Steaming Planks
In the last episode, we broke a plank. No big deal though, as with everything we've come up on in the project, the key is just finding a way forward. So we cut the broken end off of the plank and figured out a way to rig it so that we could steam the ends in and get them close to what they w...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 91: We Broke a Plank
Well... we broke a plank. No worries though. We got it fixed and back on the boat. That's how we roll here... with the punches and not against them. We got a lesson in how far you can push a plank to bend and from now on will know what we can and can't do in that instance. The are a o...
Installing the Fashion Pieces (Rebuilding Tally Ho EP61)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Fashion Pieces (EP61) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 61. In this episode we install the Fashion Pieces, which will form the connection between the hull planking and the transom. We have to cut the heels, drill and chisel the no...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 90: Backhoes, Easy Bake Ovens and Bilge Bands
There is always a ton of stuff going on at the same time here. And although some of it is behind the scenes action and not necessarily boatbuilding per se, there is a lot of the project spent working on some really interesting random things! Figuring out how to make tools to make the build easier ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 89: Planking Our Boat
Planking can be a long tedious process, especially when you are gluing up and fastening full length planks. We have gone into much of the details of how we are planking in previous videos, we now want to show some work being done without the interruption of explanations. Sometimes, it can be very ...
BOATBUILDING / Carving Sternpost / Cutting Rabbet (EP60)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Stern / Cutting the Rabbet (EP60) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 60. Rowan returns to give me a hand, and we finish shaping the keel with Adze and power-plane. Then we carve some shape into the Stern Assembly, roughing out the Stern-po...