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Clean Bilge! – Episode 150 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Building a boat can seem like an incredibly daunting task. One thing that has gotten us through these years is seeing it a lot of little things that need to be done and pieces that need to go together. This episode is very much dedicated to that ideology...
Cockpit Mockup – Episode 149 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
There are a lot of exciting things coming together at the moment. Steve installed the rest of the tie rods, Alix finished the sill for the deckhouse to sit on and we made a mockup of the cockpit! One task completely finished, one setting us up for the de...
Deckhouse mockup – Episode 148 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We have found several moments during the build of Arabella that are just incredibly satisfying. Getting the lead keel poured, getting the backbone assembled, standing up the molds, steaming in frames, getting the first planks on... etc. And now there is ...
Half Laps and Mast Blocking – Episode 147 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We are on the last steps of putting together the sill for the house top and the blocking for the mizzen mast. Alix needs to cut the half laps in the corners of the sill to get them to fit just right. Once that is done, we can paint them and screw them in...
The Aft Hatch – Episode 146 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The deck framing is almost complete on Arabella. In this episode, Steve wraps up all the framing in the aft section by making a couple more deck beams and then framing in the hatch. This hatch will provide some storage but also some ventilation to the eng...
Framing Work in the Stern – Episode 145 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We working on wrapping up the last of the deck framing before we can get to a house top mockup. While Alix continues with fairing around the house top opening, Steve works on getting more short beams and knees installed in the stern. There are two more k...![This Fifty-Six Foot DREAM Schooner is ASTONISHING [Full Tour] Learning the Lines](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/jZ4C-vNLnoY/maxresdefault.webp)
This Fifty-Six Foot DREAM Schooner is ASTONISHING [Full Tour] Learning the Lines
The Cherubini 48 foot staysail schooner is a heck of a classic boat! She's 56' length overall when you include the bowsprit and boomkin. Designed by John Cherubini, this classic dream yacht has beautiful lines and a practical sail plan and interior. She's ...
Installing the Lodging Knees – Episode 144 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We are nearing the end of the knees! It's amazing the difference that can be seen as these all start to go in. Not only to the rigidity of the structure but also at how the space seems so much different inside. Knees keep the hull from wracking while sai...
Making and Fitting Lodging Knees – Episode 143 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Knees and blocking are what keep the deck of the boat from racking or moving in unwanted ways. Ours are made from the stumps we dug out of the ground around this time last year. It's amazing to see the final product from those rough pieces or material to...
Starting to fair the deck structure – Episode 142 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Now that we have installed the short beams around the deckhouse opening, it's time to start fairing that out. These beams have all been milled a bit oversized for this purpose. This means we start by fairing the ends of the short beams down to the carlin...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...