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BARGE BUILD. BOAT WORK, it’s getting DEPRESSING! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 214
This has worked out to be the lowest point on this project. We had a big upset with the boatyard which we are choosing not to mention for now and at least have the job finished without a major complication. A lack of items to finish projects around the boat has been another big issue as the orders...
Open House Sunday Live Stream – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We’re live-streaming from the boathouse during our final Open House. More info on visiting: Sign up for our email newsletter: Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur boat builder building a 38' wooden boat in his backya...
Open House Saturday Live Stream – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We’re live-streaming from the boathouse during our final Open House. More info on visiting: Sign up for our email newsletter: Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur boat builder building a 38' wooden boat in his backya...
Coach Roof Carlins – Episode 212 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Open House: Come see this wooden boat in person! Get your name or a short message on a plank: We begin by making the locust coach roof carlins identically curved, and then lay them out where they're going to do the best work of framing hatches and adding a whole lot of strength to the entir...
BARGE BUILD. The Floor is Down. Another milestone done!!! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 213
YES. This week we finish the floor in the pilot house. Much more difficult than we expected, like everything on the boat. Turned out to be a huge job because nothing is square and had to look perfect. Once again up and down the ladder hundred of times. But we are very pleased with the end result. W...
Finding Gold in the Locust Pile – Episode 211 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Open House information: Put your name on a plank: New products hit next week! Sign up for the newsletter to have first dibs on offcuts: Nearly every piece of wood in Arabella, from the backbone to the deck framing, came to this project as a tree. This means it wasn't ordered from the lumber...
BARGE BUILD. The Wheel Goes ON. Are we off??? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep. 212
This week we get in to finishing the Pilot House! The bits that we have been working on for so long are just starting to come up to life. It’s like putting a cherry on the top of the cake and” voilà “… beautiful!The boat is starting to come together at last and feels so good. We are so proud of ours...
Is This a New Way to Fair a Boat Deck? – Episode 210 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
More about our last Open House ever: How could there possibly be ways to do something new while building something as ancient and simple as a wooden boat? We're sure this isn't the first time someone's used a sled to control a tool as it moves along a surface, but as far as we'...
BARGE BUILD. Pilot House, how exciting is that? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 211
To our surprise we get ahead of ourselves when Carla gets stuck into the Pilot House this week. She manages to do half of it and then runs out of materials. So we are waiting now to finish but it looks amazing! Simon gets on fitting out the aft heads, even though we think we are going to finish the...
A Tight Squeeze On Deck, Fitting the Centerline Blocking – Episode 209 – Acorn to Arabella
We did a shoutout to a special, potential intern: Spread the word on IG and FB! If you applied last week, we'll be in touch soon. Centerline blocking does one big, important thing, and it's something that's barely noticed below decks: it adds rigidity between deckbeams along the ce...
BARGE BUILD. Accidents on the building site! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 210
What a week, Carla gets her thumb caught in the door, Ouch... that hurts! And Simon cut his finger on the circular saw. So yes, luck wasn't really on our side this week. But we have to keep going as we have a lot of work to be finished in the aft cabin! Things are starting to look much bette...
Putting In the Shipmate & A Visit To MIT – Episode 208 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Apply for our summer 2022 apprenticeship, or pass this link to someone you think would be interested: It's time to make a home for the woodstove, which will get a similar heat-resistant surround as did the Dickinson Newport diesel cabin heater. Tiled surfaces will be both insulating and radia...
BARGE BUILD. ALL STRIPPED OUT! That’s right, getting rid of the back cabin! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 209
#newplans #boatproject #workingon boats We take a new look at the back cabin and decided that the layout is not good. After some deliberation we stripp it all out and start again. What a nightmare! So much work lost but we are sure that the new layout will be much better. Will also have a desk so c...
Installing Bulkhead and Galley Stove – Episode 207 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For information about our May 7&8 Open House (our final one!) visit: Evan at MS Fabrication in Dorchester, Massachusetts finished an important stainless steel surround that serves as the home for the galley stove. That means that in this week's video, in goes the three-burner, propane, Di...
BARGE BUILD. Where does your POOP Go? Playing with the black water tanks. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 208
#toiletsonboats #poopingontheboat #blacktanks This week we finish the sidewalls in the Saloon which made the boat look much bigger. We put in a skin fitting for the bilge pump before moving on forward and start the installation of the holding tank and toilet. It is unbelievable how much work goes...
Final Deck Beams & Scouting Launch Sites – Episode 206 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
KP got a week to settle in, and takes on a satisfying task: fitting the last three deck beams now that we're done with major interior installations just below them, and that we're getting everything in order to install the next big things: covering boards and deck planking. We're abou...
BARGE BUILD. End is in Sight! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 207
#boatwork #boatyard #workinghard This week we finally get home from our trip to Portugal. After 8 weeks we go down to the boat yard to find the yard flooded but the boat was I. perfect condition. No leaks or disasters which as great. Time to plan for the next eight weeks, the time we have left to ...
Putting In the Bilge Tanks – Episode 205 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Open house May 2022 information is here: The head might be a small space, but there are a lot of details that have required a great deal of planning and critical decision-making. Steve discusses and installs the AirHead, the sink that will work with a foot pump, and the watermaker components and w...
New Crew Member, Meet KP – Episode 204 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For more information about Open House and to get updates, visit this page: We've had a history of talented, kind, supportive crew here. They're more than employees, of course. KP came to us by way of a long-time friendship with Annie B. They met in high school, and somehow both ended up ...
It’s All In His Head – Episode 203 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Learn more about our VERY LAST open house or about visiting Arabella here: Now that we've got the various stainless tanks and heat shields here at the shop, it's time to start doing this and that around Arabella that we put aside as we waited for their arrival. The starboard side's ...
Installing the Water Tanks – Episode 202 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Last call for this very important fundraiser: Only a couple of days left, and it's crucial to the coming year and the work we need to do to prepare for launch. Thank you for your support! The water tanks have been fetched from MS Fabrication in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where our talented m...
Old Bungs & New Tile – Episode 201 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Get the A2A Community crest on a tee or sweatshirt: We save even the smallest or thinnest pieces of mahogany from Victoria just in case a piece of scrap wood might be helpful. As we looked to fill the bungs and finish the settee locker, also salvaged from Victoria, we used not just the material, b...
Sprinter Van Conversion Part 1. How to convert your Van into a Camper! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 203
This week we finally get around to fitting out the Sprinter as a Camper Van. Like aways it looks like one weeks work but it has taken four weeks in total. Part of it is because it's a bit more difficult to get parts where we are in Portugal. Nothing like Amazon next day delivery service in th...