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Pitching the Bilge – Episode 174 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Short run of merchandise available at acorntoarabella.com today: We've got planking offcuts of various sizes, frame offcuts from that closed-up port side of the boat, rejected copper rivets, and challenge coins from @SV Seeker. (Doug's launching in a coupl...
BARGE BUILD. Box.. What are you talking about???? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep176
#boatjobs #boatwork #liveaboard This week we manage to put our engine in the boat with the help of Charlie. We talk a lot about Stuffing Boxes and tell you why we decided to have a traditional box. Sand, sand and sanding we finally get the pilot house bu...
The First Bulkhead – Episode 173 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The pesky, dangerous maple that serves as an anchor for the boathouse comes down in this episode, and Steve (who has worked in the past as an arborist, and of course, felled the trees for the lumber in Arabella) goes through a couple of specifics about how...
Destination Sailing Channel Fuengirola – Spain. Sailing Ocean Fox
#traveldestinations #travelbyboat #traveltheworld This week we look at the Spanish location of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol coast of Spain. We also tell you about the beautiful village of Mijas a few miles inland on the hills overlooking the coast. If...
BARGE BUILD .DOWN & DIRTY. Nightmare getting the generator in! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 175
#boatengine #boatbuilding #buildingaboat This week we get down into the engine room to start fitting it out. Shelves are made and the generator is flown into place. We then turn our attention to the Pilot House and all the sanding of the windows that has...
House Top Interior, Fairing and Painting—Episode 172—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
A big part of strip-built construction isn't the glue-up itself, which is a satisfyingly quick process, but is the fairing and finishing process that comes after. Steve and volunteer Grant (thanks again, Grant!) fill large imperfections and voids in the se...
BARGE BUILD. NASTY work begins on the BARGE! The NEW Barging Lifestyle! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 174
#barginglife #exploringalternatives #canalboats The New Ocean Fox arrives in the yard in Windsor. We spend the next few days planning the layout and we start work on the engine room and the bow locker. Difficult times ahead off us but we are very excited...
Cedar Strip House Top, Gluing Up – Episode 171 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The mock-up, and now mold, for the cabin house is finally put to work as the cedar strip-planked house comes together. Building this crucial part of the boat with this method has many reasons, chief among them being that strip-planking is extremely strong ...
BARGE BUILD. Barge, Crane, No Truck! What are we going to do now? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 173
#truckdriver #whatanightmare #boatproblems We finally get to collect Ocean Fox 2 from the farm by Bath. However this does not go according to plan when the truck driver left the site. Unbelievable, he came and left just like that. Grumpy as anything with ...
Finishing the Port Side Planking – Episode 170 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The last plank... for now, anyway. This episode doesn't feature the whiskey plank, and Steve does a very good explanation for those who have been asking about the difference between a shutter plank and a whiskey plank. We've got four shutters, and like all...
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