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Replacing the bow on a vintage wooden boat / Rebuilding Tally Ho EP52
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Bow Assembly / EP52. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 52. A worrying thunder-shake in the new stem means I have to make and install a large graving piece. After making some wedges and cutting notches in the scarph joints, we assemble ...
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 considerations in mind, but there is one more...
Salt & Tar: Episode 55-Sampson Post and Battery Bank
Our final weeks of water life are upon us. Do not fret we are super excited about our haul out. In this episode we take on the sampson post and installing our house battery bank. The sampson post is our last big construction project while at Judy's dock. It went smoothly. We took our time while...
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! However, there are so many more intricate part...
Assembling the Bow Timbers! (TALLY HO 51)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Assembling the bow timbers / EP51. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 51. In this episode we finally dry fit the purpleheart bow assembly timbers. In other news, we come up with a short-term solution to a damaged Babbitt bearing in the Ship-saw, and w...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 69: A Bit on Lining Off
The planking process can be something of a mystery. Unlike houses that are square and easily divided up to figure out siding, boats require a little bit more thought and layout for them to look right. In this video we go over a little bit of the lining off process. Lining off is the process of det...
Salt & Tar: Episode 54-Finishing Our Main Mast
The mast project took just about 2 weeks to complete. We wanted to move quickly as renting the space was adding up daily. We get the mast rounded and add the hounds which are where our shrouds are attached. We've got about a month before we are hoping to haul Rediviva out to step the masts and ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 68: Planking: Laying the Groundwork
Launching into planking is going to be a big and satisfying part of the project. We have been working towards this moment for a very long time. In order to make sure everything goes smoothly and is enjoyable, we need to make sure that we set ourselves up well before hand. In this episode, we do ju...
Cutting the Bow timbers! – TALLY HO EP50
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht Cutting the Stem / Bow pieces / EP50. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 50. …in which we finish the templates for the bow assembly and cut out all the pieces with the chainsaw jig. Meanwhile, I have to deal with a damage to a power-plane, the Shipsaw, ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 67: Q and A Before Planking
We are launching into planking soon but before we get into all that, we really wanted to do a little house cleaning video. We get so many questions about the project and it's not always easy to address them all in the subsequent videos. So, right now seemed like a good time to answer a few of...
Salt & Tar: Episode 53-Building Our Main Mast
Last episode we laminated up a new main mast. We continue shaping the mast to fit the mast step and getting it closer to round. Long but great days working outside in the Napa Boatyard! Thanks for watching everyone! Many thanks and much love, Ruthie a HUGE thank you to everyone that has purch...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 66: Installing Pocket Keel Bolts
Now that we have all the floors fabricated and the majority installed, there are 4 more very important ones to focus on. The ones that tie the ballast keel to the keel timber. These four floors in the middle of the vessel will hold the bolts that capture the 4.5 ton keel and keep it connected to t...
Removing Tally Ho’s stem & bow! (EP49)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Removing the Bow Assembly / EP49. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 49. After a holiday on a beautiful aluminium yacht in Turkey, Cecca and I head back to the US, where Tally Ho is waiting. I get two new volunteers, Joe and Jack, who start off by mak...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 65: Installing the Bronze Floors
The prep is over with and it is finally time to install the bronze floors! We have invested so much time, energy and money in these and it is such a gratifying feeling to finally see them put in place. In the end, the installation went very smoothly and they all fit rather nicely. Other than havi...
Salt & Tar: Episode 52-From Bulwarks to Mast
We've finished up with the port side bulwark planking and now to turn our attention to Rediviva's masts... Unfortunately with all the distraction of building the boat our masts we're not taken care of. Our mizzen developed a kink at one end so now our original main is the mizzen and w...
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 the floors and bolt them down. We also nee...
Leo’s Story (RORC/ TALLY HO EP48-Pt2)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Leo’s Story (RORC presentation / EP48(Pt2). Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 48 (Pt2). This week we continue with the 2nd part of the Royal Ocean Racing Club presentation. This part of the talk focuses more on my own story before I began working on ...
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 important parts of the build. We have put a lo...
Salt & Tar: Episode 51-From Plank to Soup
This episode takes you through some typical work days; wake up, coffee, work on the boat, maybe a supply run, work on the boat, try not to forget to eat lunch, then clean up, sleep, dream about working on the boat. This is boat life. It'll be nice when we get to squeeze some sailing in there ;)...
History of Tally Ho (RORC presentation / Ep.48(Pt1)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – History of Tally Ho (RORC presentation / EP48(Pt1). Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 48 (Pt1). This episode is a little different from usual – it is part of my recent presentation about the Tally Ho project at the Royal Ocean Racing Club in London. ...
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 such a small space here and has to be fairl...
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 we culled recently. There were a couple...
Salt & Tar: Episode 50 – From Prep to Plank
When all the prep was done the reward was hanging planks! The preparations took weeks but finally the visual satisfaction of our first two runs of planking were on. We bought green lumber which means some movement is expected but we were surprised how quickly once cut down into planks the wood dried...