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Salt & Tar: Episode 58-Embracing Yard Life
Diving into yard life again. Long and productive days. Napa is hot so taking mid-day breaks is huge. The second half of the day when it's still warm but the decks are fully shaded are the best. After our work here in the yard is complete we'll be looking f...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 76: Pocketless Frame Installation
One of the great parts of boatbuilding (or maybe the hardest part about learning boatbuilding?!) is that there are many different ways to do things. And they are all correct! Steaming in Arabella's frames is a good example of this. All her framing so far...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 75: The First Broad Strakes
We are learning so much from the planking process. After having cut and installed the garboard planks, we are now on to the first broadstrakes. These next couple of planks are going on right after the garboard and are also oak and need to be pretty sturd...
Salt & Tar: Episode 57-Movement! Back to the Boatyard
Here we go! Back to the boatyard to get a few more big projects done on the boat. To come is deck planking, mast raising, through-hull cutting, bottom painting, and re-splashing. The trip was about 5 miles and took a little over an hour and a half. We arri...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 74: Installing the Port side Garboard
It's on to the port side Garboard! We wanted to show a little bit more detail on what goes into installing these big planks. It can be a little bit of a fight to get them to fit just right. This one also had a little imperfection that needed to be dealt...
Just About Sailing August 2019 – re-varnishing everything, stage one – removing the old varnish
This is a job I have been putting off for ages. Stripping back all the varnished areas back to bare wood and re-varnishing. To make it fair we have split the work 50:50; I am doing all the external wood and my daughter is just doing the bits inside the boa...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 73: Fastening the Starboard Garboard
There is a fine art to planking a boat and we certainly are learning that by putting on Arabella's Garboard. This is one of the hardest planks to fit, but that just means it is a perfect test for us to learn the intricacies of planking. Arabella is going ...
Salt & Tar: Episode 56-River Shenanigans
I had a lot of fun putting this episode together. I'm looking forward to the day I get to make a sailing video for you all! We are so very grateful for the help we've received from you out there. The views, the subscribers, our patrons, and everyone that h...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 72: The Garboard Plank
It is time to start planking Arabella! This moment has been a long time coming and we are thrilled to be able to finally start this process. It does mean a bit of a learning curve though, so we had our friend Thad Danielson come back to the boat yard and...
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 c...
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. I...
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! Ho...
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 of...
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 h...