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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 33: Getting Help with Bow and Stern Timbers
Despite the arrival of Spring, weather just doesn't seem to want to let up. We've been struggling with the weather so as to start painting the keel timber and the ballast keel. With temps too cold to work on that, we switch gears and start working on the Bow and Stern timbers. Everythin...
Chainsawing & fitting huge new Keel Timber in a 1910 sailboat – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP21
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping and Fitting the Keel Timber. Support; Become a Patron; ----- This episode, I work on turning an enormous lump of Purpleheart Timber into a new Keel for the historic sailing vessel, Tally Ho. I make a plywood pattern from the old keel, then plane the...
Using Epoxy to Repair Rotting Decks (Old Timer Industries – Sink or Swim 72
Old Timer Industries Epoxy: Use Coupon Code 'FINDINGSIMON' for FREE SHIPPING Music by E ( Supporting Simon Thank you for watching and liking my videos. I really appreciate your support, and if you’re interested in more, please check out my Patreon for further access to my content and...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 32: Sharpening Edge Tools
Having sharp tools is important. As temps are warming up and we are getting back into the thick of boatbuilding work, we felt this would be an appropriate video. Well kept tools lead to fun, productive and safe work. There is nothing worse than trying to get a job done with the wrong tool or one t...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 31: Final Thickness
We are clawing our way out of winter! Work is getting back on track and what better way to start finalizing our keel timber. We spent the first tentatively "warm" days finishing getting the keel timber to its final thickness along with a couple of outings. We are gearing up for a VERY B...
Removing HUGE Keel Timber from 20ton historic yacht, ALONE! TALLY HO EP20
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Removing the Keel Timber / Bolting the Scarph. Support; Become a Patron; ----- This episode, I drive the 3000 miles back to Tally Ho from South Georgia, where Steve Cross has been milling Live Oak for me. I bed and bolt the 6’ Scarph in the new keel timber, ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals Part 2
What a winter!.... We felt that this would be a good time to put out our dissimilar metals experiment back to back and then hit it hard next week with a full length video. When mixing metals in a build, there are a lot of things to consider. Not only do the metals interact with each other when subm...
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic action Part 1
Over the winter we decided to try out a little experiment we would share with everyone. While doing our research we heard a lot about the effects of different metals on one another. The nobility of a metal will determine how it reacts to others with differing nobility, leading to the more noble me...
Milling Live Oak in the Deep South – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP19
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Milling Live Oak timbers on Cross Sawmill’s massive homemade bandsaw, in the Deep South. Support; Become a Patron; THIS episode, I am in southern Georgia , and I work with Steve Cross of Cross Sawmill to mill and grade lots of Southern Live Oak (Quercus Virg...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 30: Deadwood and Some Lead
We're still waiting on the weather to start warming up but we can still get ourselves as ready as possible for when it does. We start to work with the lumber that will become our deadwood and we shoot a propane tank to help us melt lead into the major divots on the ballast keel. We also have ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 29: Lead Contamination and our Keel Pour
After the video of our lead keel pour came out, we received a lot of comments regarding the safety of the pour and about concerns or contamination to the surrounding area. We did our best to get information regarding such issues and went as far as calling the EPA number as well a several local agen...
The History of the Yacht Tally Ho / Pilot Cutters / Going South – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP18
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Tally Ho’s history, Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters, and a trip to a Live Oak Timber Mill. Support; Become a Patron; ----- THIS episode, I meet the Grandson of Mark Spinks, who Skippered Tally Ho in 1927 when she famously won the Fastnet Race, and continued t...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 28: Logging Round 2
There are differing ideas out there on what time of year is best to harvest trees for lumber. In our case, winter was ideal. Due to the cold and the lack of heating in the boathouse, we aren't able to work with certain materials such as paint, epoxy, fairing and bedding compounds, etc. All of...
Massive New Pilot Cutter Build / Ferry Planks – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP17
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Visiting Luke Powell’s latest Pilot Cutter / Planking a traditional wooden ferry boat. Support; Become a Patron; ----- THIS episode, I visit local boatbuilder Luke Powell and his team, who are building an enormous Pilot Cutter called Pellew, which is a cop...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 27: Flattening the Keels
After the arduous task of dragging our lead keel out of the ground and onto the cribbing in the boathouse, it was time to start working on flattening both keels in preparation for them to be mated together. See how we set things up in order to do that. Also, we will be at the Maine Boatbuilder'...
Salt & Tar Episode 29 – Caulking the Seams
Moving right along and the first thing that needs to get done is sealing up Rediviva's hull. I cannot wait to roll on that first bit of finish paint. Yard life is treating us well. Being able to commiserate with fellow sailors and their never ending projects as well is comforting knowing we...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: 24000 Subscribers and Patreon!
We just broke 24000 subscribers and reached our Patreon goal of $1200 per video so we thought we would talk a bit about our expenses and how we are affording to do this project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Laminating timbers into an old yacht / Cornish Projects – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP16
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Working away in Cornwall, laminating with epoxy and visiting other projects Support; Become a Patron; --- This episode, I do some work on an old yacht in the Butler & Co shed; BANDOR, a 1938 Dallimore designed sloop. The Epoxy lamination goes well, des...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 26: Moving a 4.5 ton keel – Acorn to Arabella
It took us about three days to move the keel out of the ground and into the boathouse. No easy task moving an object that heavy. It's great to know that we now have our keel and it is sitting where it needs to be in the boathouse. Next we'll need to fair it, flatten and shape the wood k...
Salt & Tar Episode 28 – Killing Time in the Storage Yard
Thanks for watching, following, and supporting! In this episode we're sanding the masts, emptying the boat, looking for boat parts, and oh yeah trying to take it easy ;)
Building a New, Traditional Boat in Cornwall – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP 15
Building a New, Traditional Boat in Cornwall (working away) – cutting floor timbers from English Oak. Support; Become a Patron; ----- In this episode, I travel to the UK to visit my family and do some work for a friend in his Boatyard, to save some funds to go towards Tally Ho. In Cornwall, I ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 25: Setup for Our Lead Pour
Need a setup to pour a lead keel? Here's how we set up to pour the 4.5 ton keel for our wooden sailboat build. We are building a 38ft wooden sailboat and needed a solid 9500lbs ballast keel. No easy task! If you haven't seen the video of the pour, you should check out the link at the ...
Cutting and Fitting a Keel Timber Scarph Joint – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP14.PART2.
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting and Fitting the Keel Scarph in a massive piece of hardwood timber Support; Become a Patron; ----- THIS episode, I cut and fit the big hook scarph in the Purpleheart for Tally Ho’s Keel timber. It’s a very dense hard wood, so it takes me some time,...