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We sailed our way to an ENDLESS SUMMER! ~ Postcard 10
We found warmth! Finally!!! Join us as we make our way from the Outer Banks to Florida. We get to strip off our endless layers of clothes, and it feels like we have finally found summer! It's a great achievement for us, we toast to our wonderful Bagheera, ...
Victoria’s Mast – Episode 153 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The bronze floors are done! It's a great feeling complete them and be able to move on to even more tasks that get us closer to launch. Steve keeps on with fitting the main's mast step, and Alix gets to work on figuring out the reuse of Victoria's spars. Yo...
Mast Step and Alignment – Episode 152 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
With wrapping up the bronze floors comes working on the mast step. This wild looking piece is built up out of live oak and black locust and looks more like a sculpture than a structural element in the boat! We also check alignment on Arabella to see if ev...
Last Bronze Floors and a Mast Step – Episode 151 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We finally get to finish up the work on the bronze floors. We had about six sets of frames that needed to go in once we removed the molds. These last sets all needed bronze floors made up for them as we couldn't make those on our first go around. That m...
When will we get OUT? Trapped in the Sailboat! Sailing SV Bohemian Ep 11
When will we get OUT!! We were trapped in the sailboat. The companion way was frozen shut. When will we get out. Had to go out through a hatch and open from outside. Chewy was relieved. Working on the anchor chain proved challenging. Almost half was ruste...
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...
Together we can WEATHER ANY STORM! ~ Postcard 9
After losing our propulsion in front of North Landing Bridge in Virginia, we had to find some kind of solution before being able to continue on. It was cold, and only getting colder, but we didn't want to let it discourage us. Through ups and downs, so ...
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 ...
ENGINE WOES ON THE ICW, our DINGHY SAVES US! ~ Postcard 8
We spent a few weeks recharging in Annapolis, stocking up on materials for the boat, and spending time with family before continuing our sail south. After a bumpy passage down the Chesapeake Bay, we officially enter the Intercoastal Waterways, but we don'...![2020: What was the cost? [Ep 3.12 December 2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/SzR3TpBkaiY/maxresdefault.webp)
2020: What was the cost? [Ep 3.12 December 2020]
In 2020, we sailed the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and the Dominican Republic. We did some major repairs. We lost our mainsail. And now we have some medical bills. Did we meet our $1000/month liveaboard budget? Was leaving the states worth it? In this Ad...
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...
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...