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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, cutting them out, planing them and cutting t...
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 wreck and would have been a handful to re...
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 steel is you can do most things yourself and i...
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 some of Victoria's old knees w...
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 we don’t have each other. I don’t know how man...
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 old ruins, and anchor in Scandola Natio...
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 lower the engine in to see how it ...
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 placement of every part and acquire all the piece...
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 finishes the mast blocki...
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 for and how they’ll work. Thanks for joining us t...
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 how the bulwarks made with Cumaru, fasten...
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 bronze bracket to make sure it lies exactly where...
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 today! Some of our fans prefer to make a...
Salt & Tar: Ep.107- Rudder Cheeks & Catheads
Got to love boat terminology. Catheads, baggy wrinkles, and gollywobbler are some of my favorites. Today we not only work on the rudder cheeks so we can have a legit tiller but also our catheads. Anything and everything old school sailing makes us happy. We're still on the hunt for a badass fis...
Emily Builds a Sailboat – MAST & SEATS – CLC Eastport Nesting Pram (Ep 8)
Girls can build stuff, too! Support this and other projects via our Patreon page: During September, October, and November 2019, Emily built a lightweight wooden boat, to be used as a sailing, rowing, and motoring dinghy for S/V Temptress. This model is an Eastport Nesting Pram (plans by Chesapeake...
Deciding the Hatch and House Locations – Ep. 130 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
With some help from Thad and Satchel we decide on exactly where the openings for the fore hatch, house, and cockpit should go. With no experience sailing, it was great to have two very different and accomplished sailors give their input on how best to lay out the deck plan. A bunch of deck beams g...
Salt & Tar: Ep.106- Birthday Sail
A girlfriend comes to help me celebrate my birthday! Memo takes us out on the San Pablo Bay in his Morgan 30 and we anchor at China Camp. Rediviva feels like a queen as her bright work gets pampered. Boat soup ingredients below. Thanks for watching everyone! Many thanks and much love, Ruthie ---...
Fitting the Main Deck Beams – Ep. 129 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Deck beam construction has begun! In this episode we make great strides towards a framed deck in Arabella. The black locust shelves get varnished and prepped for fastening. Steve spends a rainy day making longer rivets and a bunch of deck beams get cut out and fastened together. Big thanks to Th...
Complete Sailboat Makeover (New Cabinetry) – Free Range Sailing Ep 147
This week we reveal our brand new galley and the work that we have been carrying out to complete it over the last 3 months. KEEP US SAILING! Support us and gain early access to videos and other exclusive rewards. Become a patron of Free Range Sailing today! Some of our fans prefer to make a di...
Salt & Tar: Ep.105- Call the Welding Guru
Rolf's info: Rolf by Design at the Sonoma Raceway in California @RolfByDesign ~Little Green Welder~ Forney Easy Weld Welder 100ST: Starter kit: Thanks for watching everyone! Many thanks and much love, Ruthie ----- pledge per episode --------- one-time donation (zero fees) - one-time d...
Fitting The Shelf, Picking Out Deck Beams – Ep. 128 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Bob and Steve finish fitting the black locust beam shelf into Arabella. This involves some pattern making and a whole slew of hooked scarfs to be cut. While Bob does the final few fits on the shelf, Steve launches into finding the strong (king) deck beam locations. Right before Bob heads back to...
Salt & Tar: Ep.104- Stick Welding Our Hinging Bowsprit Bracket
To save on dock fees we're welding a bracket together so our bowsprit can hinge up out of the way. 10 extra feet adds up. Our old friend Teddy helps us out again after Garrett fabricated the bracket and it warped inward slightly. Using his torch we get it just right 👌 Thanks for watching ever...
Acorn to Arabella – Episode 127 – Bolting Breasthooks, Starting the Shelf, & Ben Moves to MA
With some help from Bob Emser @TheArtofBoatBuilding we get the breasthooks bolted into place and launch into the black locust beam shelf. Black locust is known for it's rot resistance and durability, exactly the qualities one wants for a deck structure. The locust is also very pretty wood and...