Watch Sailing & Boating Adventures Around the World tagged “Woodworking”

White Oak Rootstock Knees – Episode 141 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Last year, at about this time of year as well, some blood, sweat and maybe tears were shed in retrieving some large White Oak rootstock from the woods and painstakingly carving out some knees from them. This was a miserable yet rewarding experience that i...

Dec 18, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:42

Salt & Tar: Ep.118- Rigging the Bow

Sit back, relax, and enjoy that this is not your boat project ;) All is well aboard Rediviva yet when you’re ready to go full speed ahead but your planning and supplies are not… well, it takes longer. We still press forward, with our humor in tact and ...

Dec 17, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:58

Carlin Joints and Lodging Knees – Episode 140 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

There is a lot of time consuming but rewarding work in boat building. Cutting carlin joints to instal short beams is a good task to show how much time some of the jobs can take. Each side of Arabella's cabin had 11 short beams to be installed (after havin...

Dec 11, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:57

Salt & Tar: Ep.117- A Jack Tar’s View

A Jack Tar is what they used to call the sailor that was entrusted with slushing/taring the rigging. It was a messy job. It would be a crazy task when there’s miles of rope to cover on hundred foot or more tall masts. Garrett’s “nice” jeans are now...

Dec 10, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:40

Installing the midship lodging knees – Episode 139 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Alix continues work on Arabella with making and installing the lodging knees at midship. These, along with the rigidity of the housetop, will help keep the deck structure from racking. We also get to see the end of Steve and Robin's vacation adventure as ...

Dec 04, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:35

A Glimpse of Past and Future! – Episode 138 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We all need a break from big projects and this time it's Steve's turn! As Alix stays back to look after Arabella and the boathouse to continue work on fitting and installing some knees and short beams. Steve and his partner head off on an adventure out we...

Nov 27, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:36

Salt & Tar: Ep.115- Lanyard-ing the Dead Eyes

Thanks for watching everyone! Many thanks and much love, Ruthie https://saltandtar.org/ https://www.patreon.com/saltandtar ----- pledge per episode https://www.paypal.me/saltandtar --------- one-time donation p.s. Also, thank you for watching/tolerating ...

Nov 26, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:29

Salt & Tar – Meet Our Sailmaker

Say hello to Mike and his family! Mike is making our sails for Rediviva. He and his wife own M&H Bartles, Sailmakers in Boothbay, Maine. We're excited for you to meet them and see what they create along the way. https://www.mhbsailmakers.com/ https://w...

Nov 22, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:45

Salt & Tar: Ep.114- Installing the Main Chainplates

We’re recovering from last week and get to a project we know we can complete; the main chainplates! It was fun working on a straight forward project. Much of the work was already done and all that was left was to secure them to the hull. So much thinking...

Nov 19, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:27

Designing the Power Plant – Episode 137 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we continue working on Arabella, we look ahead at starting to figure out the power plant. We got a beautiful new engine from Nanni Diesel last year and now we are back with Brook Streit from Kraft Power to talk about some of the intricacies of getting ...

Nov 13, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:05

Salt & Tar: Ep.113- Building Our Buehler Boat

With most of California on fire, working conditions aren’t ideal but we press onward. We work on the main chainplates a little, make some more headway on the engine deck box before we wait on parts again, and solve a problem. We’ve known for a while th...

Nov 12, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:11

Patience Is a Useful Skill – Episode 136 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill. In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, ...

Nov 06, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:31:45

Restoring Victoria’s Knees – Episode 135 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wr...

Oct 30, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:55

Salt & Tar: Ep.111- How We Protect Our Hardware

Mild steel hardware has been used on boats for centuries. Most of our hardware, fittings, and fasteners are steel. Some are galvanized, like our fasteners, and others we protect in a couple step process. One of the things we like most about working with st...

Oct 29, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:36

Alix is Back! – Episode 134 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

As we said, "Alix will be back in the fall", it is now fall and Alix is back! We talk a bit about the our summer and our plans for the project and then get right to work. We start working on cleaning up and varnishing the deck beams as well as restoring s...

Oct 23, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:28:19

Salt & Tar: Ep.110- All in a Days Work

This one is for the fans. Listening to your requests; longer, less music, and not Ruth-less. Thank you for watching and following along on this dream. We’ve been taking time to be together and not always working on the boat. All of this means nothing if ...

Oct 22, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:26:10

We Sail to CORSICA! Our World Trip Begins | Ep.7

Welcome back :) In this video, we finally set sail to Corsica - our first stop! We have a pretty smooth 24hr passage from mainland France (Antibes) to North West Corsica, and are blown away by Corsica's natural beauty and landscape. We stumble across some ...

Oct 19, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:13

Fitting the Deck Carlines and Diesel Engine – Ep 133 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The time has come! We've all been waiting for the moment that big beautiful blue Nanni Diesel engine gets dropped into Arabella. She's been sitting patiently on the sidelines for a while now but the moment to see how she fits is upon us. Steve and Casey ...

Oct 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:34:40

Salt & Tar: Ep.109- What About the Engine?

Installing a motor on a brand new build, when doing it yourself, isn’t cut and dry. It’s easy to take for granted the simplicity of repowering an old boat or rebuilding an engine in your restoration (however, NOT easy) but when you have to decide the p...

Oct 15, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:26

Mast Blocking and A New Tool – Episode 132 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

They say "Do something you love, and you'll never work another day of your life", but when a tool doesn't do what it should and the task list for the day has a few boxes left unchecked, it really feels like work. Despite that, Steve soldiers on and nearly ...

Oct 09, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:24

Salt & Tar: Ep.108- Our Little Big Ship Wants Catheads

You don’t see catheads often anymore and that’s exactly why we wanted them. Rediviva is our little big ship and she needs all the traditional features we can give her. In the previous episode, 107, we explain a little more about what the catheads are f...

Oct 08, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:17:01

Sailing Avocet | Building our BULWARK!

It was a (very) long 5 months but we completed the LAST piece of our external boat refit by building and installing our new bulwark design, inspired by the Lyle Hess Bristol Channel Cutter's. It was a lot of work, but SO worth it! In this video we share ho...

Oct 07, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:18

Fitting the Sampson Post – Ep. 131 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Steve gets back to work on the deck structure as well as fitting the sampson post. This post which lies at the bow of the vessel needs to be very strong and stick straight up out of the deck. Steve uses a couple of tricks as well as welding another bronz...

Oct 02, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:06

A Total Rebuild for Our Sailboat’s Switchboard – Free Range Sailing Ep 149

After 4 years of saying it needed to be done, we finally replace and rewire our hideous electrical switchboard in our sailboat! KEEP US SAILING Support us and gain early access to videos and other exclusive rewards. Become a patron of Free Range Sailing...

Oct 01, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:24

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