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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 84: Lining Off and Diminishing Board
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 84: Lining Off and Diminishing Board

While we take a break from the prop shaft assembly to let Joe finish milling the Delrin liner and the other components, we get back to some planking. As soon as the prop shaft assembly is installed in the stern post, we will be able to hopefully get moving on installing the rest of the planking. In...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 78: The Last Oak Broad Strakes
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 78: The Last Oak Broad Strakes

Planking has been a very fun challenge though a bit of a challenge it has been. Learning to fit the oak planks to each other has its intricacies. We need to make sure the plank fits well fore and aft but also that the bevels match so that we can put in a good bead of cotton caulking. All of this ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 75: The First Broad Strakes
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 75: The First Broad Strakes

We are learning so much from the planking process. After having cut and installed the garboard planks, we are now on to the first broadstrakes. These next couple of planks are going on right after the garboard and are also oak and need to be pretty sturdy. As these planks are also still fairly low...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 74: Installing the Port side Garboard
Acorn To Arabella

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 with before installation. We have som...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 73: Fastening the Starboard Garboard
Acorn To Arabella

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 to have oak garboards and broadstrakes ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 72: The Garboard Plank
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 72: The Garboard Plank

It is time to start planking Arabella! This moment has been a long time coming and we are thrilled to be able to finally start this process. It does mean a bit of a learning curve though, so we had our friend Thad Danielson come back to the boat yard and help us through the process of marking out ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 71: Installing the Bronze Strapping
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 71: Installing the Bronze Strapping

Once she is sailing, we are planning on taking Arabella all around the world on adventures and in all kinds of conditions. A bluewater sailboat like her needs to be tough and be able to stand up to all kinds of conditions. Atkin designed her with these considerations in mind, but there is one more...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 69: A Bit on Lining Off
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 69: A Bit on Lining Off

The planking process can be something of a mystery. Unlike houses that are square and easily divided up to figure out siding, boats require a little bit more thought and layout for them to look right. In this video we go over a little bit of the lining off process. Lining off is the process of det...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 68: Planking: Laying the Groundwork
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 68: Planking: Laying the Groundwork

Launching into planking is going to be a big and satisfying part of the project. We have been working towards this moment for a very long time. In order to make sure everything goes smoothly and is enjoyable, we need to make sure that we set ourselves up well before hand. In this episode, we do ju...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 56: Planking Material and Floor Timbers
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 56: Planking Material and Floor Timbers

Milling our planking stock out of our donated cedar and working on figuring out our bronze floor timbers! Buckle up because there is a lot of information here. A lot goes into this project behind the scenes that we don't talk about. Most of that is the mental game of figuring out how to do wh...
How to Make Boat Planking Boards out of a 2×12
Rigging Doctor

How to Make Boat Planking Boards out of a 2×12

Milled lumber is expensive. A much cheaper alternative is to purchase dimensional lumber and mill it yourself. Here I convert a 16 foot long 2x12 into 1/4 inch Planking stock. Follow us on Instagram: Check out our website: www.riggingdoctor.com
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