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Epic sunsets cruising the DELAWARE BAY ~ Postcard 7
With nice weather but no wind, we slowly make our way up the Delaware Bay and across to the Chesapeake Bay, then south to Annapolis. Lack of wind also means sunshine, warmth, and epic sunsets it seems! The views are breathtaking, we hope you enjoy them! ...
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...
Bagheera makes it to the OCEAN! Our first OVERNIGHT PASSAGE ~ Postcard 6
Enough with the boat work, it's time to actually start sailing! In this postcard, we make it to New York City, where we go for a beautiful sail with Amandine's parents, before hitting the ocean for the first time! Bagheera handles well despite some roug...
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...
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...
Doing a Law Degree From a Boat CH. 14
Who said you can't do a law degree from a boat? We rock back up to Nakama after some time away, a couple of things have changed. Slims started his law degree, we got an autohelm and well Soph stepped on a screw? We head over to South Stradbroke Island whil...
How our SAILBOAT Bagheera ESCAPED CANADIAN WINTER ~ Postcard 4
We finally start our voyage south! We were exhausted and exhilarated at the same time when October 1st came around and Bagheera was loaded onto a truck towards Plattsburgh. We forgot to explain this in the video, but in case you’re wondering why every...
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...
REFITTING THE SAILBOAT WE WON FOR $1 and an ESSAY ~ PART 2 ~ Postcard 3
This is the second part of our refit in Montreal, before we took off towards the Caribbean. Make sure you catch the first video first if you haven't! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwwJht1gkFQ&t=123s Here's the story of how all o...
Our First Christmas Afloat | We say goodbye to our drone after sailing to South Solitary Island
Yep, we crashed our drone on Christmas day. A slight interruption into our usual videos, we jump into the future for a Christmas Day special. We hop aboard the Najad 49 in our family and sail out to South Solitary Island where we loose our dear drone. We s...
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...
The story of how this all started… How we WON our SAILBOAT in an ESSAY CONTEST!!!
Something incredible happened to us... and that's how this all started. So, we thought it was worth sharing the whole story! Welcome aboard our crazy and wild journey of moving onto a 32ft sailboat and sailing it 3000 nautical miles from Montreal to Guade...
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...
We start the REFIT of our $1 SAILBOAT Bagheera ~ PART 1 ~ Postcard 2
Once Bagheera makes it to Montreal, the clock starts ticking as we prepare to leave on our big adventure, sailing down to Guadeloupe for the winter. This journey is full of obstacles and hurdles, but we stick it out and get as much work done as possible i...![Food, Water, Shelter, & BUDGET [Ep 3.10 Sept & 3.11 Oct 2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/YkDB_AxCBYE/mqdefault.webp)
Food, Water, Shelter, & BUDGET [Ep 3.10 Sept & 3.11 Oct 2020]
It's end of month #4 in the Dominican Republic, and we're drowning in water! In this Adventure Log, we talk about how the awning is shaping up, our monthly sailing budget/expenses, and give an update on our preserved dry goods, since it's been a year since...
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...
Designing the Power Plant – Episode 137 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
As we continue working on Arabella, we look ahead at starting to figure out the power plant. We got a beautiful new engine from Nanni Diesel last year and now we are back with Brook Streit from Kraft Power to talk about some of the intricacies of getting ...
RV Water System Explained In Depth
The RV Water System is pretty easy to understand, once you know what goes where and why. This is an in-depth overview. Hooking Up RV Water or Filling the Tank is easy since your RV has all the comforts of home. Including running water! Of course, since...
Biking Luperon to La Isabela (Dominican Republic)
After two months aboard the boat in Luperon harbor, we finally did some real land exploration. In Luperon, many people travel by motorbike (and others on donkeys and horses, too). So today, we borrow a friend's scooter and join a group heading to La Isabel...
Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill. In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, ...
Nurdles & MermaidsTears sailing nevertoolate sailing vlog
Soon I will be sailing solo across the North Pacific, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and I am going to be on the lookout for Nurdles! They sound and look cute, but in fact, they are anything but. As lightweight building blocks for the Plastic product in...
Restoring Victoria’s Knees – Episode 135 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wr...
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