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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 ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 88: Setting our First Homemade Rivets!
We made our own 1/4 inch square copper rivets to hang Arabella's planks and we are now to the point where we actually get to use them! This is such an exciting time for us as we have planned and worked so hard to make these. We finally get to see the fruits of our labor in their final place. ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 87: Epoxy Tests
After our glue failure on the scarf joints for the planks, we also had some glue failure on the graving pieces. This time though, it was with a new and good batch of Resorcinol. So, we were not quite sure what the problem was at first. We later realized that the clamping pressure was being lost du...
Shaping the Keel / Adze work (EP59)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Keel / Adze work (EP59) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 59. In this episode, after roughing-out the starboard side Rabbet into the Stem, I make a jig to transfer the measurements for the shape of the Keel Timber from the lofting floor to...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 86: Boring!
Need to drill a big hole?... BORING! That's right, we are final to the point of boring out the stern post for our prop shaft. We were very much looking forward to this set up and seeing how this works. We put together a setup that included a long boring bar with multiple different cutter atta...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: SAILCARGO Invasion
We'd like your help! We've made some very good friends these past years via the project. A lot of which are doing some very cool things. At the last WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport, we met up with a group of them and hatched a plan. Our friends at SAILCARGO have set up a ship yard in C...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 85: Glue Failure
With a project like this, there are always going to be ups and downs. The key is trying to stay up beat and finding a way around the road bumps. We've been greatly slowed down this summer by the work of figuring out the prop shaft assembly which has required a lot of machining which we needed ...
Ship of Theseus / Project Recap! (EP58)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Ship of Theseus / Project Recap Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 58. In this episode, I ask the question “is Tally Ho still the same boat?” ...I explore the ancient philosophical question of The Ship of Theseus, and how that problem applies to this p...
Emily Builds a Sailboat – STITCH THE PLANKS – CLC Eastport Nesting Pram (Ep 2)
Girls can build stuff, too! Support this and other projects via our Patreon page: In this video, Emily uses wire to "stitch" together the planks, hull, and transoms of the Eastport Pram to create its shape and prepare it for "glue," aka epoxy. But halfway through, we realize we...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 84: Lining Off and Diminishing Board
While we take a break from the prop shaft assembly to let Joe finish milling the Delrin liner and the other components, we get back to some planking. As soon as the prop shaft assembly is installed in the stern post, we will be able to hopefully get moving on installing the rest of the planking. In...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 83: Riveting Test and Prop Shaft Assembly
Sometimes, boatbuilding is all about big showy pieces coming together. But much of the time it is also working with small details. This week, we focus on some of these details that we are going to have to figure out before we move on from the prop shaft assembly that is still coming together. Joe ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 82: Working on Prop Shaft Fittings
We are getting farther up the hull with the planking and as we do so, we are nearing the point at the stern where the propeller shaft will go through. We need to get this hole bored before we plank past it because we are going to need to be able to align our bore perfectly level (our shaft is level...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 81: Sawn Frames and Cedar Rack
Completing Arabella's hull is something we are eagerly striving for. With this installment we cross a milestone in that goal. All of Arabella's frames that can currently go in, are finally installed. Once we have completed the planking process, the last seven sets of frames (currently b...
Roughing-out the Stem / Timber Decisions (Tally Ho Ep 56)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Roughing-out the Stem / Timber Decisions Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 56. After the busyness of the Frame-raising, it’s just me and the boat again for a while. I have some tough decisions to make as I look into ordering the timber for the deck-st...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 80: Sawn Frames and Bronze Floors
In last week's episode, we went into detail about how we are fabricating the forward sawn floors. From how we are taking measurements using tick sticks and a template to how we are cutting our rolling bevel down the frames without a ship's saw. In this episode we get into more of that wor...
CONDENSATION on our BOAT! 😱 | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 87
(Ep.95) Look at our pretty neighbors and their Schooner. (Added a nostalgia around the marina this past week) We get down to tackling the condensation we have been having on the boat this past winter. Its no fun because our mattresses end up getting soaked from the water that's dripping from th...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 79: Making Sawn Frames
We've done steam bent frames for the majority of Arabella, now, in the stem and the stern, it's time to make some sawn frames. Where the bow and stern come in to the centerline timbers, the shape of the hull is fairly sharp. Steam bending frames in these areas would not be very easy nor i...