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Salt & Tar: Episode 50 – From Prep to Plank
When all the prep was done the reward was hanging planks! The preparations took weeks but finally the visual satisfaction of our first two runs of planking were on. We bought green lumber which means some movement is expected but we were surprised how quickly once cut down into planks the wood dried...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 60: Forward and Midship Floors
As we continue moving forward on the forward and midship bronze floor timbers, we are kindly interrupted by a friend of ours who plays us a cover of 'Boats to build' by Guy Clark. The bronze floors are a tedious amount of work. Bending the compound curves in the wings going up the frames...
Finishing the Stern Frames! (TALLY HO EP47)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Frame-raising Party! (Part 2). Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 47. Now we enter the final week of intensive Frame Production, with the team of volunteers going at full swing to finish reframing the entire stern of TALLY HO before our deadline. Spir...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 59: Clean up and Bronze Floors
We've all been looking forward to getting to work on the bronze floors but before we can do so, we had a bit more cleaning up to do in order to finish up with Victoria. As we're looking to save as much as possible, we had to strip all the planking of its fasteners and find a way to safely ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Financial Update 2019
Well, it's tax time again! Perfect timing for us to go over our finances for the project before we ramp up to a change to weekly videos. Just like last year, we go over what the project finances look like. We find it to be an important part of the project. When people donate to Acorn to Arab...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 58: Dismantling Victoria
Well, it's finally time to say goodbye to Victoria. We got her knowing she was going to be a parts boat but was still the first boat we ever owned. Feels a little bitter-sweet. On the other hand, she has given us so much! Not only her hardware but also a sense of excitement having her in th...
Frame-Raising Party! (Pt1) / EP46 / Wooden Boatbuilding
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Frame-raising Party! (Part 1). Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 46. After weeks of hectic preparation, we begin the big push to re-frame the stern of Tally Ho! For these 3 weeks, we have 10 people (including myself) working full-time on the boat; K...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 57: Bronze Floors
Floor timbers are a critically important structural member in wooden boats. As we've been building Arabella, there have been many decisions so far in terms of following the original plans or making slight adjustments. Each decision has pros and cons. When it came to the floor timbers, we felt...
Bolting the Stern Timbers – Wood Boat Rebuild (TALLY HO EP45)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Bedding and Bolting the Stern Assembly. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 45. Before the rest of the volunteers arrive, we have to get the huge timbers of the Stern Assembly bedded and fastened into the stern of Tally Ho. First we drill the holes for...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: BIG UPDATE!
We've been going for three years straight now. At first we were working full time jobs and building on nights and weekends to support ourselves and pay for the build. Recently the support has been strong enough for us to be able to work full time on the project but we were still held back on ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 56: Planking Material and Floor Timbers
Milling our planking stock out of our donated cedar and working on figuring out our bronze floor timbers! Buckle up because there is a lot of information here. A lot goes into this project behind the scenes that we don't talk about. Most of that is the mental game of figuring out how to do wh...
Timber Boat Building – Installing Stern Assembly /EP44
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Stern Assembly. Support; Become a Patreon; ----- EPISODE 44. With the deadline of the “Frame-raising party" looming, the race is on to try and get the Stern Assembly into the boat! With a strong team now, we are able to lift most of the...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 55: Removing Victoria’s Cockpit and Rudder
After having stripped Victoria of her interior, we now move on to disassembling her hull by removing her cockpit, aft deck and then her rudder. Almost all of the mahogany that is being stripped from her is being saved and we will reuse as much of it as we can in Arabella's build. As for her ...
Big Joinery – Building the Stern Assembly (Tally Ho EP43)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Big Joinery – Building the Stern Assembly. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 43. The yard is full of deep snow, but we have no time to spare! Finn and I cut out all the remaining Stern Assembly pieces from the huge Purpleheart timbers, and then use p...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 54: Beginning of a New Journey
What is the soul of an old boat? We believe it has to do with all the people she has touched and the journeys they have experienced. All this shows in every detail and aspect of an old boat. It would be a great disservice to Victoria if she were simply cut up and sold for scraps. We plan on lovi...
Cutting the Stern Post – and some BIG plans! (Rebuilding Tally Ho EP42)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Cutting the Stern Post – and some BIG plans! Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 42. This episode, while the team keeps on building new frames, I make the templates for the Stern part of the Centerline, from the lofting floor. The ShipSaw gets some lov...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 53: Framed and Disassembling
All the frames are steamed in! AND we got donated a TON of white cedar! We have been thinking about our planking material since we started and were wondering if it would be worth buying cedar or if we were better off planking in our beautiful white oak and pine. But a fan contacted us to say he...
New team, new VISA, new timber! (Boatbuilding/Tally Ho EP41)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – New year, new team, new VISA, new timber! Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 41. This episode, after a little work on the frames, Cecca and I take a trip to Vancouver for my VISA interview at the US consulate. When we get back to the USA Cecca has to ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 52: Cutting the Aft Rabbet
As we steam in Arabella's frames we have now reached the aft section of the build and need to cut the rabbet up the sides of the stern posts to determine where our frame sockets should land. Once cut we spend a day steaming in frames with a couple snags along the way. ------------------------...
Buying BIG Centreline Timbers! – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP40
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Buying big centerline timbers! Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 40. This episode, I start by installing and running a new helical cutter-head in the planer thicknesser, before making a pair of oak frames with the help of some volunteers, and notchin...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 51: A Day of Steaming Frames
Arabella has 70 frames. That's a fair amount of steaming. So, we thought it would be interesting to show what a full day of steaming looks like. Not to mention, who can get tired of watching those timbers bend like that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------...
REMOVING our OLD GEARBOX | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 48
(Ep.57) It's almost Christmas???? Who's excited? So this week we pretty much did a few odd jobs around the boat. Glen & Gray came to visit us from Salt Lake City, Utah for the week and helped us remove our leg/Z drive.. everything was corroded.. so what would be a 1 day job became a 2...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 50: Homemade Copper Rivets!
Yep, we are making our own square shanked copper rivets for Arabella. Not only are they bigger than the biggest commercially available rivet we could find, it is also saving us thousands of dollars! We also wanted to address some concerns people had with our other fasteners. Namely the bronze scre...