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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...
We Defied Mount Batur in Bali! Ep. 5 Indonesia- Sagar Rani Odyssea
Our engine is suppose to arrive in 2 weeks! Yeah!! Meanwhile, we decided to go explore the lands of Bali: the mount Batur, an active volcano ( 1717m). For that, we had to wake up at 1 am and drive 2 hours the scoot.... Such an adventure! But the sunrise ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 77: Sole Beams and Diesel Engine
With all the bent frames installed in Arabella and all the bronze floors in place, we can now work on installing the sole beams. The sole beams are the members that will span from frame to frame and support the cabin sole inside of Arabella. We are insta...
Another Drone Down
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 76: Pocketless Frame Installation
One of the great parts of boatbuilding (or maybe the hardest part about learning boatbuilding?!) is that there are many different ways to do things. And they are all correct! Steaming in Arabella's frames is a good example of this. All her framing so far...
We crossed Indonesia with NO engine!!…Indonesia Ep 3
Yeah, our engine is KAPUT... moving slowly at 3 knots when there was no wind, with waves and the boat rolling, Along the way, we met wonderful people. We went to Komodo Island, went on land to try to see those popular dragons... without succes, but a lo...
This is our garden. This is our life!
TRAVEL-SURF-EXPLORE Jump with us in our crazy adventure! We are a young couple sailing around the world on a small budget but with big dreams, starting in Indonesia and heading where the wind will blows. Sagar rani, our vessel, is our tiny ecological f...
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 sturd...
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...
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 ...
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...
We walked up Kelimutu Volcano and his colorful lakes! Indonesia Ep. 2
La suite des aventures en Indonésie à bord de Sagar Rani! :D We continued sailing across Indonesia, sometimes with wind, sometimes not... We are really impatient to get to Bali and repair our engine! At every anchorage we spend the night, locals ...
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 c...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 70: What Are Stop Waters?
There are many steps in the boat building process that some people may not know of or think about when picturing the work being done. Most see the centerline timbers going up. Then the frames, the planks, deck, spars, etc. And Boom you have a boat! Ho...