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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...
Bracing for the Sheer Plank – Episode 167 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Getting the nib-ends of these full-length planks fitted into the rabbet fore and aft is one of the hardest tasks of planking Arabella. Since we don't have any wiggle room to move fore or aft, the cuts need to be dead-on for the planks to sit correctly. Add...
Installing the Oak Shutter Planks – Episode 166 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
It's a big moment here in the Acorn to Arabella boathouse. We have been steadily working on closing up the hull and now the oak shutters are going in. After these are installed, we will only have six more planks to go. Two cedar strakes will lead up to th...
Closing in on the Shutter Planks – Episode 164 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before she moves on. The shutter planks are a pretty exciting part of the build. There are only two o...
Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube ( Wooden Boat Rebuild / EP80)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube (EP80) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 80. Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the h...
BoatBuilding – Casting Bronze Floors (EP75)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Casting Bronze Floors (EP75) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 75. In this extra-length episode, Pete and Clark show the process of maki...
BoatBuilding – Restoring the Transom (EP74)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Restoring the Transom (EP74) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 74. In this episode I work on repairing and reinstalling Tally Ho’s ori...
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 73. This is the day - the big reveal! With the deck structure fas...
BoatBuilding – Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 72. In this episode we face a major dilemma - having found tha...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 104: The Last Oak Plank!
Steve made the last oak plank! Yes, we know, we've said it before (and might say it again... haha). But we are planning for this to be the last full length oak plank we put on the hull. After setting up our new planer with Joe and Grandpa, while I was...
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