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White Oak Rootstock Knees – Episode 141 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Last year, at about this time of year as well, some blood, sweat and maybe tears were shed in retrieving some large White Oak rootstock from the woods and painstakingly carving out some knees from them. This was a miserable yet rewarding experience that i...

Dec 18, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:42

Carlin Joints and Lodging Knees – Episode 140 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

There is a lot of time consuming but rewarding work in boat building. Cutting carlin joints to instal short beams is a good task to show how much time some of the jobs can take. Each side of Arabella's cabin had 11 short beams to be installed (after havin...

Dec 11, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:57

Installing the midship lodging knees – Episode 139 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Alix continues work on Arabella with making and installing the lodging knees at midship. These, along with the rigidity of the housetop, will help keep the deck structure from racking. We also get to see the end of Steve and Robin's vacation adventure as ...

Dec 04, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:35

A Glimpse of Past and Future! – Episode 138 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We all need a break from big projects and this time it's Steve's turn! As Alix stays back to look after Arabella and the boathouse to continue work on fitting and installing some knees and short beams. Steve and his partner head off on an adventure out we...

Nov 27, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:36

How top save on plastic in the Galley.NO PLASTIC. Sailing Ocean Fox

#plasticmermaid #freeofplastic In this video Carla shows you what she does to replace the single use plastic in the galley. Loads of options that work really well on the boat. If you would like to try some of the items you can visit Carla’s amazon shop f...

Nov 27, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:07:03

Designing the Power Plant – Episode 137 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we continue working on Arabella, we look ahead at starting to figure out the power plant. We got a beautiful new engine from Nanni Diesel last year and now we are back with Brook Streit from Kraft Power to talk about some of the intricacies of getting ...

Nov 13, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:05

Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill. In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, ...

Nov 06, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:31:45

Restoring Victoria’s Knees – Episode 135 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wr...

Oct 30, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:55

Alix is Back! – Episode 134 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we said, "Alix will be back in the fall", it is now fall and Alix is back! We talk a bit about the our summer and our plans for the project and then get right to work. We start working on cleaning up and varnishing the deck beams as well as restoring s...

Oct 23, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:28:19

Fitting the Deck Carlines and Diesel Engine – Ep 133 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The time has come! We've all been waiting for the moment that big beautiful blue Nanni Diesel engine gets dropped into Arabella. She's been sitting patiently on the sidelines for a while now but the moment to see how she fits is upon us. Steve and Casey ...

Oct 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:34:40

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