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RIG INSPECTIONS ON CATAMARANS – SwT 53 Delayed with pleasure
Delayed with pleasure and learning about rig inspections on Catamarans. Crossing oceans is not a human right, it costs money. If you cant afford maintenance and running costs you should not do it. Safety is important and rig inspection is a big part of th...
Mizzen Mast: Shaping Below Deck – Episode 163 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The planking work is moving right along, but unfortunately Jack and Wes have to head home. We discuss the work that we got done as a team, then focus on the mizzen mast, which is also nearing completion. Alix has been working on spot repairs with graving ...
Between refitting small jobs and daily life while waiting – SwT 52 REFIT DELAYED
Refit delayed so this is a between refitting episode. Small jobs and daily life while waiting for parts from Sweden. Almost done with everything but four rods are putting everything on hold. It shipped express so should not be that much delayed. Meanwhile ...
FULL REFIT ALREADY? – SwT 51 Rig refit part 1(NOT A DIY OR HOW TO)
This is NOT a DIY or HOW TO refit rigging video. BE FREE is too big and requires professionals and professional tools for this enormous job replacing everything from top to toe. Only original parts from SELDEN are used in this process and replaced by exper...
Putting Taper in the Mast – Episode 160 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Lots going on here at the boathouse. It's time to put the taper in the top of the mast. Turns out there's a little bit more to that than just doing a straight taper. We'll be talking about a certain kind of taper as well as figuring out how to accommoda...
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...
Fairing the Mizzen Mast – Episode 157 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
There is a lot of work going into restoring Victoria's old mast to be our mizzen mast. We already set up a sort of lathe and jig to cut kerfs into the mast so that we can then bring it down to a six inch diameter. To do that, I used a combination of a po...
Repurposing Victoria’s Mast – Episode 155 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Getting Victoria early in the project was one of the best decisions we have made. There was so much good material packed in that little vessel, and it seems like she just keeps giving every day. From all the beautiful mahogany in her interior, to the bron...
Victoria’s Mast – Episode 153 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The bronze floors are done! It's a great feeling complete them and be able to move on to even more tasks that get us closer to launch. Steve keeps on with fitting the main's mast step, and Alix gets to work on figuring out the reuse of Victoria's spars. Yo...
Last Bronze Floors and a Mast Step – Episode 151 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We finally get to finish up the work on the bronze floors. We had about six sets of frames that needed to go in once we removed the molds. These last sets all needed bronze floors made up for them as we couldn't make those on our first go around. That m...![Let the boat works begin [Ep 69] Sailing Salacia Star](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/dM_AILUwFDQ/maxresdefault.webp)
Let the boat works begin [Ep 69] Sailing Salacia Star
Whenever you go to do a job on a boat, it always turns into more jobs. We wouldn't have it any other way. It just makes our down time so much sweeter. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=46573219 SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2Ogwqo...
Butterfly, Flags & Up the Mast Ep 23
How do you get rid of butterflies in your stomach? Stop eating caterpillars. This time we added international flags to our cargo. Of course, new flags meant we had to repair the flag halyard and Karen went up the mast on our Catalina 42. Steve inspected t...
Repairing rigging with NO EXPERIENCE on our BENETEAU | Ep58 | Sailing Merewether
This week we work on repairing our furling system that has been giving us trouble for some time. While up the mast Kieran finds a massive problem with our forestay. A very vital pin that holds up the forestay into the mast has worked its way loose. I (Isab...
Ready to install our DYNEEMA RIG! PLUS a fully rebuilt mast tour – Free Range Sailing Ep 158
Last chance to grab some Free Range Sailing apparel before the campaign closes on 4 December 2020! Link to our store here: https://www.bonfire.com/store/free-range-sailing This week we install our chain plates, mast step and bow piece ready for our new ...