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We Get Out- Atlantic & New Slip Ep69
We changed slips and escaped briefly to motor in the Atlantic. Spruced up the boat by cleaning the deck and provided some protection in the new floating dock slip by attaching carpet to the cement pilings before moving. Discovered getting on and off th...
Port Side Sheer Strake – Episode 168 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The weather our here in western Massachusetts has been a bit wacky. Though colder days pushed off the possibility of gluing early in the season, we're now dealing with really hot days and thunderstorms—but that's not slowing us down as we scoot along pla...
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...
With a Little Help From Our Friends—Episode 161—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We're back to planking! We've asked some of our skilled friends to come back and help us get closer to closing up Arabella's hull. We have eight oak planks, a couple of cedar planks, and the black locust sheer strakes remaining for installation. After the ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 92: Steaming Planks
In the last episode, we broke a plank. No big deal though, as with everything we've come up on in the project, the key is just finding a way forward. So we cut the broken end off of the plank and figured out a way to rig it so that we could steam the en...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 91: We Broke a Plank
Well... we broke a plank. No worries though. We got it fixed and back on the boat. That's how we roll here... with the punches and not against them. We got a lesson in how far you can push a plank to bend and from now on will know what we can and can'...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 74: Installing the Port side Garboard
It's on to the port side Garboard! We wanted to show a little bit more detail on what goes into installing these big planks. It can be a little bit of a fight to get them to fit just right. This one also had a little imperfection that needed to be dealt...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 73: Fastening the Starboard Garboard
There is a fine art to planking a boat and we certainly are learning that by putting on Arabella's Garboard. This is one of the hardest planks to fit, but that just means it is a perfect test for us to learn the intricacies of planking. Arabella is going ...
Episode 26 – The Haul Out Part Four – Riveting A Plank
We riveted in a new heart cypress plank into Nornas bottom. I wanted to capture some of the work Pete does, as he is a great carpenter and woodworker. He is super knowledgeable with boats and sailboats. Videos began to improve as I began to understand edit...
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