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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...
BARGE BUILD. Barge, Crane, No Truck! What are we going to do now? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 173
#truckdriver #whatanightmare #boatproblems We finally get to collect Ocean Fox 2 from the farm by Bath. However this does not go according to plan when the truck driver left the site. Unbelievable, he came and left just like that. Grumpy as anything with ...
Finishing the Port Side Planking – Episode 170 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The last plank... for now, anyway. This episode doesn't feature the whiskey plank, and Steve does a very good explanation for those who have been asking about the difference between a shutter plank and a whiskey plank. We've got four shutters, and like all...
Destination Sailing Channel – Puerto Velero, Colombia. Sailing Ocean Fox
#traveltoColombia #traveltheworld #welovetravel This week we go off to the fringes of the Caribbean and take a look at Marina de Puerto Velero in Colombia. This is a great location if you want to leave your boat and explore what South America has to offe...
BARGE BUILD. Bought a PROJECT BOAT. Follow the adventure! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep172
#boatsoncranes #riverboats #sailingadventure We finally make a decision on which boat to buy! We are very happy to show you which barge we chose to buy. It is going to be a brand new boat, nothing better than that right? Well, at least we hope so! We will...
Arabella Gets a Makeover – Episode 169 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
As we've been finishing the rest of the planking on the port side, we have had groups of helpers lend a hand to clean up Arabella's interior. Most recently, David and his son, Grant, card-scraped the interior and applied Danish Teak Sealer to planks and fr...
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