The Whiskey Plank - Episode 216 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2022
- This episode covers the last two planks being installed. Watch the full recorded livestream of the whiskey plank here: • Whiskey Plank Live! - ...
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People make a big deal out of the whiskey plank for a reason. It's a milestone and a cause for celebration. The boat is not anywhere near completion, but the hull's structure, the thing that makes it a boat, is DONE. After installing the locust sheer strake and the second to last plank, a cedar one just below it, it's time to knock in the shutter plank for the starboard side, which is also that all-important "whiskey plank."
Why whiskey? Well, it's just having to do with celebration. Have whatever libation or celebration you want after the last plank on Arabella goes in-it's not about the dram. In boatbuilding, the whiskey plank is about the biggest milestone you can reach before launch, and we plan to launch the boat in 2023. We'll announce the date very soon.
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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur boat builder building a 38' wooden boat in his backyard: designer William Atkin's Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel's gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond-sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when he and the crew will travel and learn to cruise aboard the boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.
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It was nice to see an old clip of Carolyn in there. I hope she still keeps in touch. And I like to believe Alix still swings by say hi to Arabella too.
Life’s fast but we try to stay in touch!
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Sigh, this does not sound good. You have been good friends.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sure have. It’s just life. We’ll catch up soon we hope.
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👍👌👏 That definitely sounds better! Thanks.
Best regards, luck and health to all of you.
I don't think Alix will be back. It's the Steve and Steve's beard show now.
As a viewer, the whiskey plank was a big deal. It was tremendously satisfying to see the hull completed so professionally, in the same way that it will be when pilot house is done and the deck is finished. However, the most enjoyable part of this channel is the journey. Well done guys.
Cheers! Thanks for being on the journey with us, Andrew!
At long last the hull is together. This has been a long journey. I wished that Alex could be there too. Well done all.
One thing I love about Steve is his almost ludicrous will power. A lot of people do large projects in new pursuits and teeter on a razors edge the entire time, always close to failure and unable to get their bearings. Steve is stubborn enough to get stuck in and figure out the right way, every time, to keep the protect in sight and keep progress being made. Mad respect to him and the entire team!
Stubborn’s the word! 😁
I hear ya. Some of the earlier setbacks were soul crushing but, Steve and Alix pushed through.
@@jimparsons9454 I think I'd have given up at a hundred different points, like plywood floating on molten lead from the mold, but then again I'm quite stubborn as well
@@keatoncampbell820 I mean it was really rough in the beginning. Steve and Alix at times looked exhausted but, with determination they pulled through. Then when they started getting all the volunteers and extra help it really started kicking into overdrive. I am pretty stubborn too but, I wouldn't be sure if I could pull through like the A2A team did.
Sad wintergatan music playing in the background.... I guess a key element is that I've never seen a Musk quote on this channel!
KP is a workhorse! Love having you part of the team and seeing the attention to detail and hard work you put in. Congratulations everyone on the whiskey plank being in. What a milestone!
The rivit tool lasted all the way through the hill.. that is AWSOME! Thank you for letting me be a part of this adventure, and recording all of this for us all to enjoy.
And thanks for being here!
Awesome accomplishment. Nice to see, you never realize how many angels, how much a plank has to conform to the frame. That was one giant last board to the hull.
Thank you, Sonya!
I have been following/watching this build since episode 16. So, not only was this the 200th episode that I’ve watched in “real time”, but it was also the whiskey plank episode. I get what you’re saying about it being somewhat anti-climactic, Steve, but it’s still quite an accomplishment. It’s weird bc I’ve been following this for so long that I’m personally and emotionally invested (No, I haven’t sent any money, but dammit, I think I’m actually going to now. Haha). The sense of fulfillment that even I will experience when this boat splashes is nothing compared to what you will feel and how proud you must be to stand back and look at something so HUGE and MASSIVE and time consuming, that YOU made with your own hands. Just amazing bro. Bravo! Just constantly in awe at your work ethic.
Thank you for sharing this thoughtful comment, Clint!
Congrats you guys! Great to see the team mark this milestone. Looking forward to seeing the systems, interior, decking, and rigging!
i really relished the installation of this last plank on this boat. Thank you for sharing this moment with us.
For steve being submerged in the project it may not be such a great event. But as so many things in life the significance and importance of these milestones may com through long after Arabella is finished. I wish you all the very best with this project and again thank you for letting us be part of it!
Stopping to smell the cedar and enjoy the accomplishments goes a long way! Cheers for celebrating with us.
Congrats on the Whiskey Plank. A magnificent achievement as seen by those of us who followed from the selection of trees in the early days, to a completed hull. I watched this episode with a glass of Jack in my hand, actually two glasses. Now to the deck and the interior.
Congratulations on your whiskey plank and thank you for sharing your journey with us!!
This is a monumental celebration. Mad respect. and all the help involved aas well.
Everyone knows who this ship belongs to. OG 2. Looking forward to more vids.
Prost!
Thank you for the journey this far. Looking forward to the rest. Looking great 👍 👌 😀
Well done Steve and crew. Massive effort and milestone.
You folks are brave! Such a big project over such a long time. Takes commitment, patience, and strength. It will be a huge accomplishment once she tastes the water! 🙂
Thank you for the behind the scenes video. An absolute pleasure once again.
Congrats. Huge achievement! Can't wait for the Big Top Show!
major congrats to you folks and hats off to your persistence.
“Tea Drinker” loving these little Easter eggs haha
The most special part of the Whisky Plank for me is that it represents the struggle everyone went through during the Covid-19 pandemic. Like Steve and the crew, many of us were underway on our own projects, trying to build our own unique vessels to navigate our lives. Many people's dreams were interrupted or dashed outright. In the face of all that has happened, to keep toiling away so that one day it may be done is an inspiration for us followers. While you enjoy your whisky plank celebration, don't forget to pour out a dram for those who left their projects too soon. RIP Covid victims, Mrs. Atkin, et al... Big time appreciation for the whole team here. Congratulations!
Congratulations A to A crew! Seeing the hull as much as finished is wonderful for a bystander, and I know it's SO much more for all for the builders. Huzzah!
Cheers, James!
I started this journey with you when you poured the keel. I have enjoyed almost all the subsequent episodes. Congratulations and thanks.
Cheers for being here, Robin!
And the work goes on. Getting closer to the water each day. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Closer every day! We love that thought!
KP hasn't met a camera she didn't like. Great job Steve - and all who have helped you get to the whiskey!
Cheers!
@@AcornToArabella If the whisky plank was a party, can't wait to see you celebrate when Arabella is launched!
Keep the faith.
Great recap from the Whiskey Plank celebration! Congratulations again A2A and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, David!
Seeing you make it this far, and cross off another milestone of your journey on the livestream was good - and I'm glad we were able to celebrate that, and cheer you on to the next phase. I think I forgot to say in the comment on the video (and I watched the stream played back a day later as I couldn't join at the time, so couldn't in chat), but thank you for the description of what the Dolfinite actually does in there as well!
And for today's video - thank you Madison for the "inside the boat during planking" shots, we could see you & your camera in the background during the stream, I've been eagerly anticipating seeing what that was like.
That forbidden peanut butter, dolfinite! 😁
I watched a restoration of a power hammer 5 odd years ago and I had a recommendation to see Steve restore the big bandsaw, which of corse I watched. As a 69 year old retired Shipwright and Ships Draughtsman (Draftman for alternate English spellers) I then watched all the previous videos and everyone as uploaded since then. Thanks Steve and team for all your efforts.
Thanks for being here, Phil!
Hello arabelle ...you are whole ......its been a total joy watching the build .....AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY KP .....😁😁😁😁😁
Great video as usual. I didn't get to see the whiskey drinking live, but I joined in with some bourbon later that day. It felt like a big deal to me. I've watched since the keel pour. I know there's a lot left to do but I will continue to enjoy and be amazed at this incredible journey. Well done, Steve and everyone else.
Cheers to you, Jon! Thank you so much for watching.
Great job on the Whiskey plank to all! A major milestone on any ship build project. Wish I could have been there in person. Thanks for the inside view Anne! You've been become an expert videographer! Cheers.
Aw cheers, friend! Thanks for all the ways you support! -Anne
It is a Celebration! And we are celebrating with you! CHEERS with Uncle Ezra! Ha! Very well done and very excited to see the next phases!!!!
Thanks for celebrating with us!
Next big job besides everything else, Fairing Out the Hull. Love watching the Arabella come up from the keel and and watching the resurrection of the Tally Ho here on the west coast.
Such a big job. Hoping to get a crew together for that one maybe!
A dog with a cone on its head called “Radar” was my favorite.
He’s a sweet lil old man.
I missed the livestream so now I've poured a whiskey at 6:00AM and I couldn't be happier for you!
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There will always be more to be done, but taking time to reflect on an achievement like the whisky plank , having a complete hull after so much hard work and resets has to be worth doing. like putting the last piece of a jigsaw in place - satisfying. Many congratulations !
Cheers!
Been following along for a very long time. I also watch a bunch of other boating channels (salt and tar, sampson boat co, etc) and they all do things differently. You had legit reasons for leaving these planks til now and that's paid dividends in what you've already accomplished. But having said all that, its just plain awesome to see the boat "whole" so to speak. Congrats on this huge accomplishment!
Hooray, Tim! Thanks for saying so.
🍻Cheers and congratulating all helping hands from day one, it's been amazing watching it come together.
NYC1💚
Cheers! 🎉🎉
Thank you all for helping and supporting the build and producing the videos. The whisky plank is certainly a milestone. It is similar to that point in home building where the structure is closed in and the finish work begins inside and out. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes for a productive week ahead.
Cheers, Matt!
This is a big milestone, the hull is planked. Congratulations.
I just missed the whiskey. Now up to the next step. Can’t wait to see her float.
As long as you’re here for the party. 🎉
It was a great pleasure to be able to watch the last plank go in live.
Had my own tot of rum lined up to celebrate with you.
Hooray! Thanks for celebrating with us!
I liked the look of the cake. No fussing over perfection, just a cake. 🥳👍
Congratulations, onward and upward!
Absolutely amazing craftsmanship and in order to accomplish that takes great thinking and lots and lots of patients. I recently built a cabin bed for one of my boys and I am in the process of building an almost duplicate one for my other son and not matter how patient I think I am I still end up making mistakes nothing big but ones that are frustrating anyways. My wife doesnt understand how I can watch something so boring as watching this slow ship building process and I told her you have to really appreciate what goes into and then absorb all of the tricks and traits that go into the building process. Awesome job everyone and HAPPY BIRTHDAY KP
Good luck with your projects! Mistakes and frustration are odd gifts, but gifts of learning nonetheless. Cheers to you, and thanks for watching!
Well done team , happy birthday K.P.
From Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Wow Steve! Glade you didn't have any "pressure" putting in that last one.😁
Congratulations!
Happy birthday KP. You’re doing a lot better stuff at 23 than I was. At 23 I was working a meaningless job and spending every hour of my free time getting as drunk as possible with my “friends”. I did that all the way to 28 at which time I quit drinking and started spending my time doing more meaningful things. I sure wish I wouldn’t have wasted all those years. I did learn a lot over those years I can definitely give advice on what not to do with your life but that’s about it. It makes me feel good knowing there are younger people like yourself being more productive with your time than I was. Our time on this earth isn’t promised and I can assure you with everything in my soul you don’t want to waste the time you’re given drinking it away. I’m not judging those who drink alcohol lots of people are able to do it constructively I just wasn’t one of those people.
KP was fibbin’ by about a decade about their age 😁 BUT, thank you for sharing your story, and for celebrating in your own way.
@@AcornToArabella. Haa that’s funny. Idk if it was just because I was still waking up or because 23 just seemed that believable but I obviously bought the joke hook, like and sinker.
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We celebrated here with brandy, but so glad to see it done this far. Gives me hope for my much more simple projects.
Heck yeah. We love hearing people’s motivations being stirred by what we’re doing in this little corner of the world.
It is nice to see the hull "finished", so to say. However, we, well most of us, know there is still plenty of work to be done on the hull. Plugging, fairing [planing], caulking/"corking", puttying, fairing again/tons of sanding, priming, more sanding, estimating the water line, bottom and top paint (several coats), bright work (if there is any), oh and I forgot, shaping the fore and aft stems, installing through hull fittings and sealing them, the prop shaft and rudder, and I am quite sure I forgot a few things on the hull/exterior; below the deck line.
So, yeah, another major box checked, but the outer hull really isn't "complete", yet.
Still, congrats on another milestone, as it were. 😎 Loving every tick mark, as a viewer. Keep up the great work. Every check mark is closer to launch day.
Well done guys
To me the whiskey plank seems like a big deal because it feels like you're officially "over the hump". There's a lot left to do but with a completed hull it seems inevitable that this thing will actually see the water. Congrats Steve and Team!
Love it, love it, love it. Integrity level is perfect
Aw shucks, David. Thanks!
Outstanding! The cinemaphotography is epic. Well done. The form is following the function, I think.
Thanks, Dan! That’s very kind.
Amazing Job
I really enjoyed the live stream and being able to see the work that was put in with this video it really is fantastic. Can't wait to see the covering boards and the deck put in. To imagine I started watching at episode 2 and to see all the hardwork put in is inspiring. Cheers on the whiskey plank once again.
P.S. I enjoyed the mutiny on the live stream and happy belated birthday to K "fancy hair" P our mutineer captain😂
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So cool to see! Congratulations, even if it feels a bit anticlimactic!!!
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Excellent!
KP you’re amazing. Love hearing you speak about your work on the boat. Superb.
Whiskey plank now on! Well done, a milestone. Great end to my week.
🎉🎉🎉
I'm happy for this shorter version of the whiskey plank. Now comes the plugging, fairing, caulking, and sealing. Oh so much more to do on he hull.
Oh sure. But the structure is done!
Majesty & Mystery of Oakum, Tar & Wood. She'll roam the seas with blythful ease, with Oakum, Tar & Wood. Arabella!
congratulations All
Hip hip!
I am really happy for you all. Mike 🇦🇺
Cheers, Mike!
I loved to see the live cut, and cuts made live to make the plank to fit. Also loved the close-ups on the final mounts on this edit. It's the first boat, no matter how many planks you get to cut and install before the whiskey plank, it's still the first whiskey plank. Now it's in, and the hull is full. Onto the deck!
GREAT JOB GUYS!
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Though anticlimactic to you guys a lovely milestone for all longtime watchers, wishing you fair winds as the project continues to move forward.
Cheers! Thank you very much.
I had some genuine French Absinthe when the last blow of the mallet was delivered...good stuff!
Cheers! 🎉
Congratulations Steve , well done team, a very very proud day.
Cheers to you, Aynsley! Thanks for being here every week.
Wouldn't miss it for the world makes my Friday complete, looking forward to the journeys ahead.
A little early, but you don't mess with tradition! Happy Friday from Maine! 🥃
Happy Friday!
Excellent stuff bro
Beautiful episode
Thank you, Lincoln!
Happy birthday KP!
Indeed, the whiskey plank is a major milestone in terms of the hull. But there's still the corking and finishing....plus all the interior ,deck etc. The real milestone will be when she is floating. Keep going. keep going.... looking forward to the first sail.
Oh of course. But everyone needs a party from time to time. 😊 -Anne
Congratulations from Sevilla🇪🇸Spain!!! 🥇⚓ Brindamos con vino,🥂🍾🎂 porque Arabella ya tiene su traje a medida bien ajustado y está muy linda. Pronto bailará con el viento, al son de las olas.⛵👌
Many have been watching since inception, I joined later after my partner who is an artisan carpenter, introduced me to the channel. This is an incredible group of dedicated individuals and the intern are awesome. It is such a pleasure to watch this journey and I wonder if we will see some of the far off places Arabella will journey?...
You sure will. Thank you so much for the kind words.
Congratulations. Although I do think this is a great achievement, I believe the whole Whiskey Plank milestone has become a little "over-dramatized." I would say the same thing to another wooden boat building project we all love "out west." The most impressive aspect of this build is the everyday and unseen continued grind and march forward to launching as Steve is aware. Keep grinding and moving forward guys!! DD
Laying the keel, whiskey plank, and launch. Those are the big ones for any build.
Good Morning y'all from South Texas
Good mornin'! Happy Friday!
Happy Birthday KP!!
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i know for Steve, it's just another plank. but the hull is done! congratulations! now it's time to flip it over :) :) :)
HAHAHHA normally for lots of boats, that would be the next thing!
Happy birthday KP.
Loved the beat at 16:00
Congrats!
Cheers!
Hi all from Christchurch, New Zealand
Happy Friday!
It’s been a great venture and it’s also been great to follow along this journey with you albeit far. From the lead keel to this last plank, thank you for sharing and let it continue…🇬🇧 👍🏼
That was a milestone :)
Well done❤
Cheers, Robert!
Congratulations, deck or no deck. 🇨🇦
Workin’ on it!
Congrats on the whiskey plank and the entire project to date!! A truly epic adventure for you and your followers. 😊😊
Congratulations, A2A Crew . . . and a scratch behind the ears for Radar :)
😊🐾
Way to go, Steve. On to the next task!
Onward!
In Norway the term is "fydlingsplank": the plank that fills the gap. This was celebrated with a wee dram, the "fydlingsskål", skål = cheers.
Thanks for sharing that!
What an achievement. Huge congratulations.I wonder looking back, what you would have done differently? Or as your boat building skills improve, look back at your earlier work and go - ooh that could have been better :)
Steve always answers this, “not much.”
Good Morning from Sandwich, MA
Hello hello! Happy Friday!
Congratulations! A huge milestone achieved. Kudos.
Good morning A2A crew! It was so cool watching the live video. KP had me in stitches when they took the camera that was filming the live. Ran amok with their friends was hysterical. So here we are with our coffee and the show. It is so nice seeing the planking done. Yes! The marking off of the planks on the list! What a cool episode. Have a great week.
Cheers, Kathy!
Now the fun begins . The Aka "Torture board" long board sanding the hull.
Bravo!!!
Cheers, Jeffrey!
A GREAT Milestone Steve and the gang! Congratulations! It's that bit closer to the launch date!
Congratulations Team Arabella, huge milestone, well done!!
Happy Arabella day everyone!
Happy Friday!!