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Hooked Scarf Joints and Bilge Stringers – Episode 159 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Bilge stringers (which we also call bilge bands) add longitudinal stiffness to Arabella in an area of the boat where it's needed. Carolyn, who's been working on fitting the stringers into the boat, gives us a good look at how she sneaks up on a very smart ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.136- Got Sole?
Noë has joined us for 2 weeks from Pennsylvania. He worked all 14 days, even when we were ready for a break he motivated us to push. I, personally learned so much from him as he could take the time to explain things to me whereas Garrett is always rushed ...
From wooden board to plank on a schooner’s hull: step by step! — Sailing Yabá #24
ADOPT a FRAME or a FUTTOCK: https://bit.ly/2RkY8WV Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 24 In this episode, we show step by step how a raw wooden board becomes a plank of a hull! All done traditionally with simple hand tools, a very heavy cultural...
Live From the Boat Shed 5—Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Live Q&A Session we held on Friday, April 16 from Arabella’s boat shed in Granby, MA. We also talked about the important changes coming to Patreon as of May 1. Read more about that here: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/patreon-help-page ------------...
There’s a New Shipwright in Town! – Episode 158 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We are looking ahead to getting back to planking Arabella this summer. In order to do that, we are going to want all hands on deck, so we got a little help coming in. The first of the crew has arrived and she will be helping us for the next month or more...
Salt & Tar: Ep.135- Inspired by Norwegian Rescue Boats
Colin Archer designed Norwegian Rescue Boats are a thing of beauty. The oldest, built in 1893, is still sailing today! https://www.colinarcher.no/ Originally, we were going to use dead eyes for our mizzen shrouds (and may still in the future) but are takin...
MASSIVE RESTORATION: Building frames on a huge wooden schooner — Sailing Yabá #23
ADOPT a FRAME or a FUTTOCK: https://bit.ly/2RkY8WV Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 23 In this episode we show more progress on our frames, we explain what treenails are, we finally start talking about the interior AND we find a mysterious bot...
Sailboat Tour: 100’ NIGHTMARE OR DREAM!? Custom Built Wooden Sailing Yacht (Turkish Gulet)
This sailboat tour is part 1of 4 sailboat log that started as a short 2 day cruise that turn into 15 day sailing adventures on a Turkish Gullet. We start with a short boat tour, preparation for the voyage and at 5.00 AM the day of departure disaster makes ...
Fairing the Mizzen Mast – Episode 157 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
There is a lot of work going into restoring Victoria's old mast to be our mizzen mast. We already set up a sort of lathe and jig to cut kerfs into the mast so that we can then bring it down to a six inch diameter. To do that, I used a combination of a po...
Salt & Tar: Ep.134- Weekend Special
Our only surprise was how quick our prop's zinc disappeared. It's been a year and a half since our last haul out but it seems like it's still too soon to have burned through that donut zinc. This most likely means we'll be adding a grounding plate of some ...
A message from the FUTURE + BUILDING LOADS! — Sailing Yabá #22
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 22 In this episode Ben comes back from the future just to clarify something, we share massive spoilers, we finally introduce our wood of choice and we get building! Frames, planks, floor timbers... so much has h...
Homemade Oak Plywood – Episode 156 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
We're starting on the interior! At least starting with the pieces of the interior. Steve is milling up the stock that is going to become the bilge bands. These will get installed soon, when we get a new crew in to finish the planking. In the meantime, ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.133- Routine Haul Out #1
We're weirdos and actually really enjoyed our haul out. It's a great challenge, being a wooden boat, to do it as fast as we can so Rediviva doesn't dry out too much. It felt really good to be back in the swing of serious boat work. Long days felt really go...
Our bandsaw requires SKILLS and MUSCLE! | building our first frame — Sailing Yabá #21
Bringing Yabá from wreck to dreamy! Episode 21 In this episode two amazing things happened to us, and both start with FR: Friends and Frames! We received a very nice visit (our dear friends from @OddLifeCrafting) and we are finally building and installing...