Watch Sailing & Boating Adventures Around the World tagged “Carpentry”

Starting to fair the deck structure – Episode 142 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Now that we have installed the short beams around the deckhouse opening, it's time to start fairing that out. These beams have all been milled a bit oversized for this purpose. This means we start by fairing the ends of the short beams down to the carlin...

Dec 25, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:34

White Oak Rootstock Knees – Episode 141 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Last year, at about this time of year as well, some blood, sweat and maybe tears were shed in retrieving some large White Oak rootstock from the woods and painstakingly carving out some knees from them. This was a miserable yet rewarding experience that i...

Dec 18, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:42

Carlin Joints and Lodging Knees – Episode 140 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

There is a lot of time consuming but rewarding work in boat building. Cutting carlin joints to instal short beams is a good task to show how much time some of the jobs can take. Each side of Arabella's cabin had 11 short beams to be installed (after havin...

Dec 11, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:57

Installing the midship lodging knees – Episode 139 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Alix continues work on Arabella with making and installing the lodging knees at midship. These, along with the rigidity of the housetop, will help keep the deck structure from racking. We also get to see the end of Steve and Robin's vacation adventure as ...

Dec 04, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:35

A Glimpse of Past and Future! – Episode 138 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We all need a break from big projects and this time it's Steve's turn! As Alix stays back to look after Arabella and the boathouse to continue work on fitting and installing some knees and short beams. Steve and his partner head off on an adventure out we...

Nov 27, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:36

Girl MAROONED on remote island, learns ANCIENT WOOD CARVING skills (Expedition Drenched S1 Ep.80)

Here’s an extra long video following Oceane as she journeys on land on Morovo Island, learning about their famous wood carving. We are currently anchored in Morovo lagoon, and have commissioned three villages for some wood carving projects for sylfia. Sp...

Nov 15, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:32:03

Designing the Power Plant – Episode 137 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we continue working on Arabella, we look ahead at starting to figure out the power plant. We got a beautiful new engine from Nanni Diesel last year and now we are back with Brook Streit from Kraft Power to talk about some of the intricacies of getting ...

Nov 13, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:05

Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill. In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, ...

Nov 06, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:31:45

Restoring Victoria’s Knees – Episode 135 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wr...

Oct 30, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:55

Alix is Back! – Episode 134 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we said, "Alix will be back in the fall", it is now fall and Alix is back! We talk a bit about the our summer and our plans for the project and then get right to work. We start working on cleaning up and varnishing the deck beams as well as restoring s...

Oct 23, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:28:19

Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock ( TALLY HO EP83)

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock (EP83) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 83. We have finished casting! In this episode, th...

Oct 17, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:18

Fitting the Deck Carlines and Diesel Engine – Ep 133 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The time has come! We've all been waiting for the moment that big beautiful blue Nanni Diesel engine gets dropped into Arabella. She's been sitting patiently on the sidelines for a while now but the moment to see how she fits is upon us. Steve and Casey ...

Oct 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:34:40

Mast Blocking and A New Tool – Episode 132 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

They say "Do something you love, and you'll never work another day of your life", but when a tool doesn't do what it should and the task list for the day has a few boxes left unchecked, it really feels like work. Despite that, Steve soldiers on and nearly ...

Oct 09, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:24

Fitting the Sampson Post – Ep. 131 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Steve gets back to work on the deck structure as well as fitting the sampson post. This post which lies at the bow of the vessel needs to be very strong and stick straight up out of the deck. Steve uses a couple of tricks as well as welding another bronz...

Oct 02, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:06

Deciding the Hatch and House Locations – Ep. 130 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

With some help from Thad and Satchel we decide on exactly where the openings for the fore hatch, house, and cockpit should go. With no experience sailing, it was great to have two very different and accomplished sailors give their input on how best to lay...

Sep 25, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:28:42

Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors – Wooden Boat Rebuild (EP81)

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors (EP81) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 81. Having poured all the smaller bronze Floors, we have to b...

Sep 19, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:35

Fitting the Main Deck Beams – Ep. 129 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Deck beam construction has begun! In this episode we make great strides towards a framed deck in Arabella. The black locust shelves get varnished and prepped for fastening. Steve spends a rainy day making longer rivets and a bunch of deck beams get cut ...

Sep 18, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:48

Fitting The Shelf, Picking Out Deck Beams – Ep. 128 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Bob and Steve finish fitting the black locust beam shelf into Arabella. This involves some pattern making and a whole slew of hooked scarfs to be cut. While Bob does the final few fits on the shelf, Steve launches into finding the strong (king) deck bea...

Sep 11, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:49

Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube ( Wooden Boat Rebuild / EP80)

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube (EP80) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 80. Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the h...

Sep 05, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:04

Acorn to Arabella – Episode 127 – Bolting Breasthooks, Starting the Shelf, & Ben Moves to MA

With some help from Bob Emser @TheArtofBoatBuilding we get the breasthooks bolted into place and launch into the black locust beam shelf. Black locust is known for it's rot resistance and durability, exactly the qualities one wants for a deck structure. ...

Sep 04, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:16

Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 126 – Building The Breasthooks, Working Solo

With the sheer clamp bolted into place the next piece of the deck puzzle is the breasthooks. The breashooks join the clamp with the stem and stern posts and provide a lot of structural stability. In this episode we take a look at Victoria's breasthooks an...

Aug 28, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:29:02

Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 125 – Installing the Clamp

Welcome back! This episode Steve gets the sheer clamp bolted together and fastened to the steam bent frames of Arabella. The clamp is the first piece of deck framing and the beginning of the visible timbers inside Arabella. Joe gives us a hand and we ge...

Aug 21, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:26:02

Building Boat Doors | DIY Head Door

Episode 138: Building Head Doors This week we got started on a task Ricky was not looking forward to, that being.. getting our head door complete. For the longest time we thought of getting someone in to build the door for us that is how badly we didn't ...

Aug 15, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:59

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 124: Varnish and a Visit to Rosalind

In this episode we varnish the white oak clamp and start working on cleaning up Victoria's hackmatack knees. The knees were likely harvested from the roots of a hackmatack tree growing in a bog in the North East sometime around 1925. It's amazing to be a...

Aug 14, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:55

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