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Port Side Sheer Strake – Episode 168 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The weather our here in western Massachusetts has been a bit wacky. Though colder days pushed off the possibility of gluing early in the season, we're now dealing with really hot days and thunderstorms—but that's not slowing us down as we scoot along pla...
With a Little Help From Our Friends—Episode 161—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We're back to planking! We've asked some of our skilled friends to come back and help us get closer to closing up Arabella's hull. We have eight oak planks, a couple of cedar planks, and the black locust sheer strakes remaining for installation. After the ...
There’s a New Shipwright in Town! – Episode 158 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We are looking ahead to getting back to planking Arabella this summer. In order to do that, we are going to want all hands on deck, so we got a little help coming in. The first of the crew has arrived and she will be helping us for the next month or more...
Homemade Oak Plywood – Episode 156 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We're starting on the interior! At least starting with the pieces of the interior. Steve is milling up the stock that is going to become the bilge bands. These will get installed soon, when we get a new crew in to finish the planking. In the meantime, ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 108: The First Cedar on the Boat
In this installment we continue the battle with the brittle cedar planking and finally manage to get one fastened to the hull. Aaron tries his hand at fitting the stern of a cedar plank while Steve tackles the stem end and preps some black locust for butt...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 m...
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 w...
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