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Ep. 211 A simple Life
Our water pump died so we find a well on one of the islands to wash up and clean ourselves. The water has a bit of a taste to it but we dont care so I grab a 100 litres so we can live another week or so on the boat. Margarida is spearing more fish and cat...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 64: Setup for Bronze Floor Installation
The bronze floor timbers have been a lot of work but it is all paying off. We spend some time prepping everything so that we can finally get to installing these beauties in their places for good! Each faying surface will need treatment before we can place...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 63: Welding the Bronze Floors
The end of the current metal work which comes with fabricating the bronze floors we are installing in Arabella is finally nearing its end. These structural members tie the frames to the centerline and whether they be wood or metal, are one of the most imp...
Ep.209 The islands of Panama simply magical
Margarida is back and we go sailing to explore some of the most beautiful places that the southwestern Caribbean has to offer. Margarida gets seasick on the journey but she soldiers on because she is a tough old trooper. We show off our new Tohatsu 9.8 th...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 62: Fitting the Engine Beds
We pushed really hard to get the bronze floors finished up so they could be sitting in their places during the open house. In this episode we show how we got the floors ready to start fabricating the supports for the engine beds. Since everything fits in...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 61: Tacking Floors and Steaming Frames
We're moving right along with our silicon bronze floor timbers. We tacked most of the floor pieces together in preparation for welding them in batches. Before we can finish making the rest of the floor timbers though, we need to replace the frames that w...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 60: Forward and Midship Floors
As we continue moving forward on the forward and midship bronze floor timbers, we are kindly interrupted by a friend of ours who plays us a cover of 'Boats to build' by Guy Clark. The bronze floors are a tedious amount of work. Bending the compound curve...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 59: Clean up and Bronze Floors
We've all been looking forward to getting to work on the bronze floors but before we can do so, we had a bit more cleaning up to do in order to finish up with Victoria. As we're looking to save as much as possible, we had to strip all the planking of its f...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Financial Update 2019
Well, it's tax time again! Perfect timing for us to go over our finances for the project before we ramp up to a change to weekly videos. Just like last year, we go over what the project finances look like. We find it to be an important part of the projec...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 58: Dismantling Victoria
Well, it's finally time to say goodbye to Victoria. We got her knowing she was going to be a parts boat but was still the first boat we ever owned. Feels a little bitter-sweet. On the other hand, she has given us so much! Not only her hardware but also...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 57: Bronze Floors
Floor timbers are a critically important structural member in wooden boats. As we've been building Arabella, there have been many decisions so far in terms of following the original plans or making slight adjustments. Each decision has pros and cons. Whe...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: BIG UPDATE!
We've been going for three years straight now. At first we were working full time jobs and building on nights and weekends to support ourselves and pay for the build. Recently the support has been strong enough for us to be able to work full time on the ...
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 m...
Watermaker: The solution to keep your wife on board | 22° SOUTH | Ep.33
This episode is a little bit different but many of you have been asking about it. Our watermaker brand is The Watermaker Man and it was installed in Australia by Brett Swann, the owner- operator of the brand. Highly recomended to everybody thinking about l...
Tricky navigation and the most narrow pass ever, into Maupihaa atoll, Ep 34 Hilma Sailing
According to the charts the water around Bora Bora were to shallow for us but we wanted to go to the other side to snorkel so we tried anyway.The tiny passage into Maupihaa was scary! 1 knots one way, 11 knots the other way but we made it and we loved that...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 55: Removing Victoria’s Cockpit and Rudder
After having stripped Victoria of her interior, we now move on to disassembling her hull by removing her cockpit, aft deck and then her rudder. Almost all of the mahogany that is being stripped from her is being saved and we will reuse as much of it as w...
18-19_Crossing the Sea of Cortez – again (sailing ZERO)
Ahoy, my stay in Guaymas was only for a few days. Long enough to speak to the boatyard and catch up with some friends. And then I set sails to cross the Sea of Cortez again. I was headed to Bahia San Franzisquito. But this time I had to deal with a bitchy ...
Ep.199 A Broken head and a Canyon tour
We are full of $H!t ! With parasites to hunt us down and a broken head (toilet) the fun never ends. Full discloser on how to tradicionaly cure the little devils and a cross river tour to the great canyon El Boqueron. Give it thumbs a up if you liked this...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 54: Beginning of a New Journey
What is the soul of an old boat? We believe it has to do with all the people she has touched and the journeys they have experienced. All this shows in every detail and aspect of an old boat. It would be a great disservice to Victoria if she were simply ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 53: Framed and Disassembling
All the frames are steamed in! AND we got donated a TON of white cedar! We have been thinking about our planking material since we started and were wondering if it would be worth buying cedar or if we were better off planking in our beautiful white oak...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 52: Cutting the Aft Rabbet
As we steam in Arabella's frames we have now reached the aft section of the build and need to cut the rabbet up the sides of the stern posts to determine where our frame sockets should land. Once cut we spend a day steaming in frames with a couple snags a...
Dock Line Stuck Around The Prop- Ep04
Last couple of days on the boat before we give it back. We run into one problem after another, Ben asks Alie if she could cross an ocean.
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 51: A Day of Steaming Frames
Arabella has 70 frames. That's a fair amount of steaming. So, we thought it would be interesting to show what a full day of steaming looks like. Not to mention, who can get tired of watching those timbers bend like that? -------------------------------...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 50: Homemade Copper Rivets!
Yep, we are making our own square shanked copper rivets for Arabella. Not only are they bigger than the biggest commercially available rivet we could find, it is also saving us thousands of dollars! We also wanted to address some concerns people had with ...
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