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There’s A Tiller In This Tree – Episode 252 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Joining Patreon for $5/month will get you an invitation to tonight's Live from the Boat Shed: And will get us to launch! Possibly the most special thing about this project, if it's possible to rank special things, is the on-the-farm lumber milling we've done. When we need to make so...
Launch Update and Navigation Panel Build – Episode 251 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Launch Updates—Sign up! Join us on Patreon, get us to launch day: Launch is in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts at Shipyard Park on June 17, 2023 at 10 a.m. There will also be festivities on June 18. We will be attending The WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport Museum the following weekend. Be sure to s...
Making the Deadlights Waterproof – Episode 250 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Get your invite to Live Q&A: Follow The Art of Boatbuilding: Deadlights are "windows" on boats that can't be opened. They let light in, which is important of course for a good mood and a lovely living space, but is also likely to keep mold at bay. Along with needing a custom c...
No Small Jobs, Propeller Shaft Alignment – Episode 249 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Get invited to Patreon Live Q&A: $5 a month gets an invite! Merch: Contribute directly: It's more complicated than one would think to make an existing hole a little bigger, but Joe the Machinist and Steve take it on this week as the propeller shaft comes into alignment with where the di...
That Prop Is Too Small & Other Comments – Episode 248 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Support our new crew positions most directly: Bonfire Campaigns, a couple days left! Apply for our positions here: This week, we address some recent frequently asked questions and comments. 0:00 Introduction, Call for Help 0:51 Diesel fuel tank placement 1:52 Balancing this wooden boat 4:38 He...
Strapping Up The Diesel Tanks – Episode 247 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Support these new crew positions most directly: Bonfire Campaigns, one week left! Apply for our positions here: We're putting our diesel fuel tankage for our marine diesel engine just about where boat designer William Atkin has it in the plans. These monel steel tanks came to us by way of a...
Flying Solo With A 300 lb Rudder – Episode 246 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Visit our website to contribute directly for help as Steve supports his mom: or Every Bonfire campaign ever: Steve is goin' it alone, kind of, this episode. Beside a little help from our dear friends David and Aaron, he's been using a combination of mechanical advantage with climbing g...
Personal News Affecting Launch Plans – Episode 245 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Visit the Bonfire Shop: Direct links to campaigns: Visit our website for more ways to pitch in: www.acorntoarabella.com Interested in applying for diesel installation, 12V electrician, and/or boat carpentry work? More info here: In this episode, a lot of different things come closer to...
Enjoying Modern Life? Thank A Machinist! – Episode 244 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Join us for a visit in a marine propeller shop, where a CNC lathe and other specialized tools are used to machine our propeller shaft. At Accutech, we walk you through the process, and show off some other very cool things they're able to do in the propeller shop. We also hang the rudder for ...
Sailing boat rebuild DISASTER! Keel falls off!
Episode 3 - TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK Join us as we get stuck into rebuilding our classic sailing yacht; the 1925, John Alden schooner, Adventurer. After buying her online unseen during Covid and not seeing the boat for almost 18 months we now know just how much work there really is! We h...
Bowsprit and Main Boom – Episode 243 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Never miss an episode. Volunteer. Stay in touch. Merch orders need as much time as possible to get to you in time for the holidays. Please take a moment to put in your order now. After about the middle of next week, we can't guarantee that things will get to U.S. destinations in time for som...
Serve and Protect, Prepping the Shrouds – Episode 242 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
THE LAST DAY you can get domestic shipping on time in the US is December 19, and we're a tiny operation here. If you want to support us while giving a gift, visit here: Next week is December's Live from the Boat Shed. $5/mo on Patreon gets you an invite! An abovedecks extravaganza of i...
That’s A Lot Of Glue – Episode 241 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Enjoy $300 off Growatt's Infinity 1500 here: And use code “GrowattBF” for an additional $50 off OR Find the Infinity 1500 on Amazon & use code “15%off” B0BKYZYVYV Thanks, Growatt! Shopping today? Consider giving gifts that get Arabella closer to the water. We've got some special s...
Building The Main Mast – Episode 240 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Visit EcoFlow for more Black Friday promo info on their power supplies and to save up to 50% off their products: EcoFlow Website Amazon And, use this code to get ANOTHER 5% off, too: YPVNA6CS (available directly through their website or on Amazon) Want to help deliver the spruce to Bob Emser of ...
Strip Built Hatches and Housetop – Episode 239 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Tonight is Live from the Boat Shed! Hang out with us. Sign up for Patreon to get access: Strip building, for us, is cost-effective, materials-conscious, and practical. Where a wooden boat builder might not have wide, clear, stock, this approach would work— but also, hulls are built this way for bo...
The Right Tool For The Job – Episode 238 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We've restocked a bunch of shirts in merch: Check out the latest about "little" Victoria, our tender, in construction: Oftentimes, a woodworker needs to remove a lot of material, after which they follow up with using a series of other tools to sneak in on the final shape. Sometimes...
Grinding Away & Making A Mess – Episode 237 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Only a couple more days to enter to win the hat signed by all the channels at Newport Boat Show. Just $5 a month gets you in the inner circle. The molds for Victoria are up! We've got our diesel fuel tanks for this DIY wooden sailboat. We reclaimed them from a boat that was being decommissio...
Miniature Lead Pour for the Rudder – Episode 236 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Put something in the hat: Hang out with us every month for just $5. Bob Emser is building our tender! Subscribe here: See us on The Today Show: The rudder has been a concise review of the building skills and woodworking tools needed to build the rest of Arabella so far. With a molten lead pour, ...
Outboard Wooden Sailboat Rudder – Episode 235 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Tonight! Monthly livestream for Patreon members $5/mo and above: Bob Emser is building our dinghy. See the latest videos: Steve hauls out the lofting floor for the first time in a long time to take a shape from it—he's building the outboard rudder from rugged oak harvested from the farm, and...
Building an Aluminum Sailboat Pt 5 – How to Weld an Aluminum Sailboat
This time on Distant Shores we reach a literal turning point in the build of our new Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat - the hull is turned over to upright position so interior welding can begin! We make the first trip down below where we learn how a proper aluminum weld is made and what is require...
World Class Sails for Arabella – Episode 234 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
A few sets remain, get your A2A ornaments here: Bob Emser's channel, building Victoria the tender: Robbie Doyle is an engineer, and inductee into the Sailing Hall of Fame, founder of Doyle Sails, and is designing and building Arabella's sails. We are thankful. We are proud. In this vi...
Do We Have Enough Lumber? – Episode 233 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Ornaments: Join Patreon or Upgrade by the end of October to win the hat in this week's video: Bob Emser's latest video about Victoria, the Tender: Woodworking kits big sale: We need to make some shop space! Black locust, white oak, white pine... this is some of the best wood for boatb...
Waterproofing the Boat Deck – Episode 232 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For the latest on Victoria, the tender that Bob Emser is building, watch here: The deck on this wooden sailboat is different from its hull in a few key ways, and because the very dry pine (our traditional, quarter-sawn, carefully selected, best boat decking material) is 2" wide and almost as ...