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BARGE BUILD, Measure and B****y Measure. How we are building our Barge! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 182
#boatwork #workingontheboat #bloodywork This week we start way to many jobs and get stuck on little humps so unable to finish most of them. But the Pilot house is finally finished with the last two coats of paint. It is looking beautiful and is ready to p...
Vacation Adventures and Visiting Norna – Episode 179 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We covered a general plan for the interior in a breezy way a few weeks ago in a bonus video (https://youtu.be/RDxneIM3M8c), but now that a few things are in place and the vision came into focus, Carolyn drew a scaled layout plan that is approaching some se...
BARGE BUILD. CUT a BIG HOLE in the Boat. Building a hatch from scratch! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 181
#boatbuilding #boatyard #boatwork We get so much work completed this week. We build the wall between the saloon and the front cabin and even get the oak veneer ply on to the frame. What a beautiful wall we have there! Carla works hard on the Pilot House ...
What to Expect When Visiting Acorn to Arabella
We're glad you're stopping by! Please follow all the signs, and very importantly, please approach quietly, silence your phone (including camera noises) and don't disturb work if Steve or other crew are focused and unable to visit with you. To see all the g...
Fitting the Saloon / Salon Berth – Episode 178 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For visitor information and to watch the video Ben mentions in the intro, visit this page: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/visitor-welcome We say saloon, some say salon... we say lapstrake, some say clinker... we're not calling the whole thing off. Boat t...
BARGE BUILD. Time? Watch this… before you start building a boat! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep180
#boatbuilders #buildingboats #boatjobs Carla gets to work on the Pilot House roof. We lay the first covering of fibreglass and Carla spends days sanding and sanding again. Simon finishes the bed and bolts the floor down. It was a great week of work on ...
Installing the Forward Berth – Episode 177 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
This video ends with Carolyn's excitement to sit on the frame she built for one of the saloon setees and we'll get a glimpse of Steve laying down on his future berth thanks to all the work shown in this week's episode. A water tank will go inside the spa...
BARGE BUILD. The story of our lives! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 179
#boatjobs #boatwork #boatyard After sanding and sanding forever, varnishing and varnishing forever the Pilot house job is finished for now. One last coat to do towards the end of the project. We start building our bed and get into another long job. I hop...
The Pleasures of Square Carpentry – Episode 176 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Buttoning up the forward bulkhead with coats of sealer and varnish makes way for some interior joinery in the forepeak that Steve has plenty of experience producing. Tools that have long sat dormant in the shop are whizzed back into life to create square m...
Bonus: The Satisfying Process of Sealing Wood (ASMR) – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We’ll see you Friday for a regular episode, but we’ve had a lot of requests for less speaking, and for perhaps something with a calm pace. We won’t be changing how we’re documenting progress on Arabella, but we wanted to release a bonus video showi...
BARGE BUILD. roof is on! No rumps and bumps, looks beautiful! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 178
#buildingaboat #Wegotthis #broken This week we finally get the roof laminated up and cut to shape. Hopefully we will get it fibreglassed as soon as possible. Carla works on the windows and breaks the final glass. I hope you are all enjoying the journey a...
100-Year-Old Mahogany Trim – Episode 175 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
In the past, we've had a look in the garage at the piles, en masse, of the mahogany lumber that came out of Victoria, but this week's video goes through a pretty extensive and specific inventory of what we have to play with for reclaimed wood as we put the...
Destination Sailing Channel – Martinique. Sailing Ocean Fox
#traveltheworld #explore #nature This week we take a look at Martinique, this island was originally called the Island of Flowers. If you are buying a watermaker follow the link below, and receive an additional set of filters with your purchase. If you spe...
BARGE BUILD! Are we watertight yet? Waterproof? Water resistant? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 177
#fixingwindows #boatwork #littionbatteries This week we get stuck in to glazing the Pilot House, and find out how difficult it really is. We also start to build the roof to the Pilot House, soon we will be watertight. Our battery bank arrives from Hong K...
The Floor Plan, Bonus Video – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
A big reveal here: We have a close look, side by side, of Steve's plan for Arabella's interior laid alongside Atkins's fairly general layout he envisioned would fit the needs of most cruisers about a hundred years ago. This conversation between Steve and S...
Pitching the Bilge – Episode 174 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Short run of merchandise available at acorntoarabella.com today: We've got planking offcuts of various sizes, frame offcuts from that closed-up port side of the boat, rejected copper rivets, and challenge coins from @SV Seeker. (Doug's launching in a coupl...
BARGE BUILD. Box.. What are you talking about???? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep176
#boatjobs #boatwork #liveaboard This week we manage to put our engine in the boat with the help of Charlie. We talk a lot about Stuffing Boxes and tell you why we decided to have a traditional box. Sand, sand and sanding we finally get the pilot house bu...
The First Bulkhead – Episode 173 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The pesky, dangerous maple that serves as an anchor for the boathouse comes down in this episode, and Steve (who has worked in the past as an arborist, and of course, felled the trees for the lumber in Arabella) goes through a couple of specifics about how...
Destination Sailing Channel Fuengirola – Spain. Sailing Ocean Fox
#traveldestinations #travelbyboat #traveltheworld This week we look at the Spanish location of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol coast of Spain. We also tell you about the beautiful village of Mijas a few miles inland on the hills overlooking the coast. If...
BARGE BUILD .DOWN & DIRTY. Nightmare getting the generator in! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 175
#boatengine #boatbuilding #buildingaboat This week we get down into the engine room to start fitting it out. Shelves are made and the generator is flown into place. We then turn our attention to the Pilot House and all the sanding of the windows that has...
House Top Interior, Fairing and Painting—Episode 172—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
A big part of strip-built construction isn't the glue-up itself, which is a satisfyingly quick process, but is the fairing and finishing process that comes after. Steve and volunteer Grant (thanks again, Grant!) fill large imperfections and voids in the se...
BARGE BUILD. NASTY work begins on the BARGE! The NEW Barging Lifestyle! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 174
#barginglife #exploringalternatives #canalboats The New Ocean Fox arrives in the yard in Windsor. We spend the next few days planning the layout and we start work on the engine room and the bow locker. Difficult times ahead off us but we are very excited...
Cedar Strip House Top, Gluing Up – Episode 171 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The mock-up, and now mold, for the cabin house is finally put to work as the cedar strip-planked house comes together. Building this crucial part of the boat with this method has many reasons, chief among them being that strip-planking is extremely strong ...
Destination Sailing Channel San Andres, Colombia/Panama. Sailing Ocean Fox
#travelbyboat #cruisingthecaribbean #sailingwest This week we look at the island of San Andres. A remote island belonging to Colombia in the west of the Caribbean Sea. If you are buying a watermaker follow the link below, and receive an additional set of...
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