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Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 126 – Building The Breasthooks, Working Solo
With the sheer clamp bolted into place the next piece of the deck puzzle is the breasthooks. The breashooks join the clamp with the stem and stern posts and provide a lot of structural stability. In this episode we take a look at Victoria's breasthooks and launch into making ones for Arabella....
Salt & Tar: Ep.102- Stepping Our Own Mizzen Mast
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Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 125 – Installing the Clamp
Welcome back! This episode Steve gets the sheer clamp bolted together and fastened to the steam bent frames of Arabella. The clamp is the first piece of deck framing and the beginning of the visible timbers inside Arabella. Joe gives us a hand and we get the big planer rig finished and running st...
We Escape the Marina… FOREVER?! Our First Days on Anchor | Ep.2
We make our escape from the marina once we hear lockdown is lifted! We rush to get the boat ready to leave, finishing off critical projects for living autonomously off-grid. After a massive provision shop we set sail and start living on anchor full time in the uninhabited islands close by. Thanks ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.101-Rigging Our Homebuilt Wooden Sailboat
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 124: Varnish and a Visit to Rosalind
In this episode we varnish the white oak clamp and start working on cleaning up Victoria's hackmatack knees. The knees were likely harvested from the roots of a hackmatack tree growing in a bog in the North East sometime around 1925. It's amazing to be able to put them back to work in Ar...
Buying an Old Sailboat to Sail Around the World (Hard Work)! | Ep.1
We buy an old sailboat and spend months working hard to fix it up during lockdown in the South of France. We live in the marina for 4 months working on refitting the boat to get our tiny home ready to sail full time. We take on the project of renovating our teak decks and install hot water, a shower...
Salt & Tar: 100th Episode!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 123: Building the Clamp
In this installment we make progress on the big planer set-up and we launch into building the sheer clamp. The sheer clamp is the first piece of the deck structure as well as the first piece of the visible interior. Time to step up our game and make it look nice as well as strong. Thanks for follo...
Salt & Tar: Episode 99- Playing House (Building a Boat is the Coolest Fort!)
When you were a kid, did you ever build a fort? Maybe out of blankets and pillows or wood and a tree. Building a boat we get to use all of the above. Our fort floats and will one day cross an ocean. Not every day does this feel as epic as it sounds but keeping that dream alive and our spirit young i...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 122: Moving Up to the Deck
In this episode we fasten all the recently bent frames and Arabella becomes 100% framed! After that big milestone we launch into the deck structure which is a whole new set of challenges and fun. Thanks for following the journey! We could not be making these weekly videos without your support! ...
Salt & Tar: Episode 98- Not Just a Boat It’s Our Home
It's always a balance between improving the boat and improving our home. They are one in the same which makes it's hard to separate personal and work life. The wind has been relentless (not mentioned in video) so stepping the mizzen is off until we get some calm weather. That helps push us...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 121: Bending In the Last Frames
Now that the molds are out we can bend in the remaining 14 frames and finish framing Arabella! Big thanks to everyone who is following and supporting our crazy journey! Without you we would not be able to produce these weekly videos. Hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for watching! If you w...
Salt & Tar: Episode 97-Power to the Versatile Sailor
Rigger, Electrician, Painter, or Plumber sometimes all 4 at once. We complete almost everything on the list for the mizzen mast until we get a late-season shower. If you're going to build a boat you better be tough and learn to adapt. We move inside the boat and keep busy. Garrett wires the ele...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 120: Taking Out the Molds
We've all been waiting to see this one. Arabella's molds finally get removed and we can see from stem to stern with nothing in the way! Big thanks to everyone who has donated or otherwise contributed to the project. We would not be sharing this video series without your help! Thank you...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Where’s Alix?
For all those wondering where Alix has been and when he is coming back here are some answers for you! Spoiler alert: He is alive and well and enjoying some well deserved R+R with Keira.
Salt & Tar: Episode 96-What a Ketch!
Let's make Rediviva the ketch she was designed to be! Garrett and I work together to measure and cut our shrouds. Garrett permanently installs the mizzen mast step and I repaint a bit on deck as well as continuously add more coats of soup to the mizzen. Swab does his job laying around, cheering...
Sailing Avocet | FINALLY Painting Our Sailboat!
In this video you will see the crew of Avocet combat difficult weather issues, deal with delays caused by COVID, and overcome mental challenges presented by the situations at hand. From sanding the hull to FINALLY painting the topsides, we finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Hard work, blo...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 119: Getting Ready for a Big Change
This round we tackle the remainder of the planking rabbet, make and hang some cedar and start prepping framing stock. It won't be long until the molds come out and the remaining 14 frames get bent in! Thanks for watching and following our crazy journey! ---------------------------------------...
Bird’s Mouth Spar Construction, A Whisker Pole for Julia
This is the process of building a wooden whisker pole for the ketch Julia using the bird's mouth construction method. This technique works well for masts, booms, and other spars.
Salt & Tar: Episode 95-Preparing the Mizzen
We've also been keeping our Instagram current. Yay technology! For real-time updates here's the link: a HUGE thank you to everyone that has purchased items off our wishlist. You are giving us a big step forward in the projects to come. We've never had such nice tools. You all a...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 118: Steaming Frames and Lining Off
We get all steamed up and tweak some steam bent white oak frames so they lay more fair with the planking. Measurements are taken off the hull and the shape/location of the cedar planks get determined. It's a whole bunch of hot oak and middle school mathematics. Thanks for watching and if yo...
Salt & Tar: Episode 94-Mizzen We’ve Been Missin’ (Reclaimed Mast)
Vagabond was an Atkin design "Little Maid of Kent" Schooner The journal found me 7 years ago and I held onto it in hope the owner would one day return. Little did I know, Garrett and I would build a boat and Vagabond's main mast would become the mizzen for our homebuilt ketch. Severa...