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Boat Work: Roller Furler and Lazy Jacks – Episode 279 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For those of you missing some of the woodworking and boatbuilding projects, we get to some much-anticipated DIY projects while at the mooring in Portland, Maine, such as getting the cherry wood winch bases cut to size, shaped, and installed on the coamings...
VNAS August 2023 – Sharpening up on my woodworking skills – Making a Workshop Stool
Before I get started on a few 'quality critical' projects (Galley and Holding Tank), I need to get in a bit of practise. My woodworking to date has not been great. This is an easy project, but one that needs a fair bit of precision and care. It went better...
The Boat Sails Itself, Without Autopilot – Episode 278 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Get an exclusive @Surfshark deal! Enter promo code ARABELLA for an extra 3 months free at https://surfshark.deals/arabella 00:00 Intro: Welcome back aboard Arabella 00:29 Rigging project, departing Newburyport, Massachusetts 02:46 Lifting / stowing th...
2 Months on a New Boat, Full Walkthrough – Episode 277 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
00:00:00 Intro, Newburyport update and American Yacht Club 00:01:12 A look at the hull, repainting the waterline 00:04:59 Standing rigging with Dyneema climbing slings 00:07:22 Victoria and her electric outboard motor from ePropulsion, the challenges of a...
Navigating Arabella Up Two Tricky Rivers – Episode 276 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
A week of adventure! We conclude last week's sailing passage from Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Gloucester, Massachusetts, arriving on a mooring at the end of the day. From there, Robin found a sweet intracoastal passage on the Annisquam River,...
Sailing His Own Boat for the First Time – Episode 275 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
For information about our visit to Newburyport's Waterfront Park, please visit our website (link below) and click on the banner at the top of the page. Cheers! Transiting the Cape Cod Canal is something that many New England sailors hold as an eventual "s...
Getting Ready to Sail North – Episode 274 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
What did we get up to in Bristol, Rhode Island? A bit of electrical work, some solar panel installation, sorting out rigging details so we can get to sailing this sailboat, and making a mockup of the hard dodger. Scott, KP, and Satchel are doing all this w...
Best In Show and Motoring to Bristol – Episode 273 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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It’s Definitely Not Sailing – Episode 272 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Join Patreon TODAY to get an invitation for a livestream tour belowdecks TONIGHT at 5 p.m. ET! Sure, she looks all right, but how did this DIY wooden sailboat fare when a professional marine surveyor technically assessed actual details of wooden boat cons...
Launching His First Boat After 7 Years of Hard Work – Ep. 271 – Journey of a Wooden Boat
This DIY wooden sailboat is launched and as she floats, and the videos will continue far into her journeying. There is plenty aboard to finish, build, and perfect. We are at The WoodenBoat Show this weekend. Come see us at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conne...
Arabella’s Launch – Launching a Wooden Boat
Join us in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts for the culmination of seven years’ work and the celebration of the launching of a wooden boat. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Arabella Leaves Granby For The Coast – Episode 270 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Skillshare has sponsored today's video. The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/acorntoarabella05231 You can learn a lot in a month! At the end of this video we have a reminder about our attendanc...
What Goes Up Must Come Down – Episode 269 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Coming to launch? It's IMPORTANT to visit the link below to get parking information. This small seaside town is looking forward to hosting you, and we've assured them that our community are the best kind of guests. https://www.acorntoarabella.com/launch-i...
Firing Up the Diesel Engine – Episode 268 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The auxiliary diesel engine on this wooden sailboat is a 40 horsepower Nanni diesel, and we run it for the very first time in this video. After dropping the diesel in, aligning it well enough for now, remotely-mounting its fuel and oil filters, and adding ...