The Mizzen Mast Step - Episode 154 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2021
- With the main mast step finished, it's time to make the mizzen mast step. This one is significantly smaller as it will hold a significantly smaller mast and take less of a load. It feels like we're installing a sculpture as integral part of the boat! It's very satisfying to be making beautiful things that then come together into a working final product.
We also get started on another very exciting project which will be coming up in more videos soon. Many of the re-sawn offcuts from the planking material have been sitting in the shop waiting to be used. Now is their time to shine!
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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve and Alix started as amateur boat builders building their own 38' wooden boat in their 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 they 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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Hi, I love the look of the technical drawings shirt, do you have any left by any chance?
Your dog wants a steak.
Bought the shirt. Loved the last one to the point it fell apart. Hope this one will be just as good.
What size does Steve wear? We're roughly the same size so it will help me choose a shirt size that will fit. Thanks! :D
ordered!
Even if I don't understand everything you can say (I am French), I admire your long-term work (French expression) which means that you have an energy, incredible to work in the cold, and a " know-how "to succeed in building what will be a magnificent sailboat ... !! super Bravo, and continue to amaze us ... !! Vincent in France (Bretagne)
Mizzen mast= mât d'artimon (derriere le grand mât)
Mât de misaine= foremast (devant le grand mât)
Rien n'est simple.
@@graham6229 eat a clown lately ?
@@tomf3150 comique ce biscuit Gr... Denis (Québec)
Good Morning anyone else HAPPY it's Friday with Arabella
Happy it's Friday, and also happy it's Arabella. So happy twice. I've never thought about the two together. 😃
of course best moment of the week
I watch the videos before working friday nights at a busy restaurant, it helps
Many years ago my family, my dad and the rest of us, built a colin archer replicated ship with some changes to make it look a bit like a pirate ship. We had lots of fun with that ship and lived on it each summer months for several years. Anyway, form that I learned a lot about ship building and one thing we had to change was how the mast was locked into the hull. We followed the original plans, but soon found out that the seating was not good enough, the mast turned due to the sailing we did. Because of that we redesigned the whole thing and made a track that the mast had to go into before it was fully seated. The bottom of the mast had 1/4 of it flattened out and a match hole to fit into. That stopped the turning problem and we gained a function that was unplanned. Suddenly the mast was able to stand up by it self as long as you seated it correctly.
Everything about that ship was add hocked or fix to work, but still it worked and gave us a lot of memories, both good and some bad.
This has been a fantastic learning experience for me.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a naval architect. That never happened but I still have a passion for watching wooden boats getting built. Keep up the good work young men!!
Thanks for watching!
it's great to see some CAD Design work.
Cardboard Aided Design lol
So, I'm thinking about the year 2142 ( I will be 190 years old then) when someone finds Arabella tucked away behind a sail loft in Freeport, ME. She's been on the hard for 30 years. These guys that find her are impressed with the artisanship, skill, and care that went into her construction and think, "she's well-founded, maybe replace a few planks here and there and let's go sailing". This boat will last well into the next century. Keep it up.
Drilling those long holes straight, true and level is an underrated skill! I am still amazed how well you guys do that!
Saying theres a lot of quality hard work done is an understatement, You guys have done GREAT WORK and the fit and finish is Perfection, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!!
I bet the smell coming in the boathouse is fantastic.
Hard to believe how far this has come
its friday time for some relaxing Acorn to Arabella
16:21 I can imagine this repetitive task might lead to board 'em 😁
Thats what it looks like on video, but my experience with wood is every piece will hold its own challange for you and if you try to make every piece better than the pieces before its quite exhausting and not boring at all.
Some people missed the pun....
@@direbearcoat7551 So I noticed ... haha
Ohhh, that was over in no time! I've barely even drunk any of my coffee. Those medullary rays, pity to bury that step.
The life of a modern boatbuilder at 6'00"-lumber in one hand, GoPro camera in the other 🙂
Hi from Texas. It’s 73 and sunny.
My favourite part of working from home is that every friday I have some acorn to arabella to enjoy during lunch
Dear Arabellas Acorns.
👍👏👌 Very well done again and as always. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all of you (including Akiva of course).
What a thrill it has been to watch this project from the beginning!!
Thanks so much for taking us along with you.
From Oklahoma USA ❤️
The ratchet should be the official "bleep" sound for your vids! I laughed so hard at that. Love what you guys are doing and Ben is killing the editing and music. AWESOME!!
Thanks for putting out your videos. It's really nice to see the progress
why does an adze make me so nervous every time???
all the best from Canada. Really enjoy your videos every Friday
As long as you're not thinking about trimming your toenails with one, they're safe to use.
probably because the skill of those who wield them is the only thing preventing them from cutting their legs off at the shin....IMO. :)
The adze doesn't bother me as much as where he was standing while using it. I got rather badly injured in a fall a few years ago!
@@Trebuchet48 so you fell on an adze? that's a rarity. usually people injure themselves with an adze by hitting themselves with it.
The closer you get to being finished the more exciting it is I think
Crank starting the engine with the mast right in front looks like it could be an issue. Maybe drilling a hole through the mizzen for the crank? Beautiful work, look forward to the day she is on the water.
Hey,
Been watching the build. Your attention to detail is beyond reproach as is the focus you both have.
Using the hand tools must be rewarding.
Gentlemen stop and smell the roses. From where I sit your completion date, given the progress,
Is a lot further than you had ever anticipated.
Don't let this dream come to an untimely end.
SEMPER FI
Mark Dombrowski
Steve, you are an absolute artist with that shipwright's adze! I have to mention again that the design of that mizzen step is the same structural time bomb as the mainmast step. If your floor web welds fatigue and fracture, the floor web is an end loaded column which is unstable. The webs will collapse under the forces from the masts and the step will drop between the "ears" of the floors possibly wedging the hull planks open...the forces will be in that direction. Strongly recommend that you have a practicing structural engineer look at the design. Still, it's a lovely piece of woodworking!
Replying to my own post, At a minimum I'd suggest blocking under both steps so that the failsafe configuration transfers the vertical mast loads directly to the keel and not laterally to the ribs and planking.
@@geoffreystearns1690 I emphatically agree with you..."time bomb" is an appropriate metaphor.
Arabella has come a long way. She’s a beauty already.
I love the way the boat is taking shape with all the individual pieces being installed towards completion. Thanks for sharing your passion and keeping the skills of wooden boat building alive. Joe
Hi, (,roly, from the uk)the way we used to stop cracks from running was to drill a hole at the end of it.great video,s
I like the removable cockpit idea. Should make life easier if major repairs are needed.
Wow guy's, Things really seem to moving right along and looking REALLY good! I gotta say, I really look forward to my first cup of coffee with Arabella every Friday morning. Be safe and stay healthy my friends.
And so the week finally begins.
Dude!!! I reckon you gonna hate that mast when you gonna have to change an impeller or service the pulleys!
Every time I see an adze being used I wince. Keep up the great work folks.
Always great to see what you guys are up to.
Hey Guys, just a quick note to the viewers, please don't forget to comment on the vids, even if it's just a simple HI, every little helps with the algorithm..
Shucks, thanks for the rally, Aynsley!
Well Hi..... 😋
Does it help to actually watch the ads and not hit the “Skip Ads” button?
Is hello ok?
And hello from California
The adz is back!
Good work! I hope the mast steps are fine.
I can imagine the hew and out cry generated by your standing on that bench beside the one story drop. It must have driven Karen wild!
so much respect for your constant attitude of ,what is the best way possible ,she will be showing her quality for generations
It's a great to see how you get further with your wonderful woodworking on the ⛵️, I pray that you will be safe from covid and blessings to you both,it's a must to open RUclips and see what you have in this video section.
OUTSTANDING
What a beautiful chunk of wood. It found its way from a bed in the earth to the sea. Amazing ! Great introduction of the music.
I would still give the mizzen blocking bolt heads a whack after tightening on one end. Main concern would be that all that friction you mentioned is preventing the stretch to be distributed across the entire length. Drive through --> torque --> a few more whacks --> re-check torque.
I built a bit of wood working because I found your channel... thx
That's great! Comments about people getting into their own shops and projects are our favorite.
@@AcornToArabella It is a dice randomizer... I built it as a prototype... to use for D&D type games...to store dice and to make it difficult for people to use loaded dice in my games... I had to buy loaded dice to see if it works... and hey it does :P ... the next one will have felt on the inside... it is loud. Again, thank you.
I kinda like how Ben got promoted from behind the scenes editor into narrator too.
For ages I thought it was Alex. Their voices are so similar.
The Adze work is amazing.
Thank you for the chance to help support you guys and all the efforts you put in. I just placed an order for one of the shirts. The young Lady who did the artwork sure has got a lot of talent
This journey is so exciting to watch.
You guys were very inspirational for me to start my boat building series. I am now a Totalboat ambassador.
Simple pleasure, just a joy to watch!
The new t-shirt design is the most adorable thing I've ever seen, congrats to the artist!
Sweet dreams. I just ordered two shirts. I really cherish the time I spent working on Arabella last year and hoping to come volunteer again before too long. I'm fully vaccinated and feeling ready to start traveling again. Best wishes to all you folks and hope to see you soon.
Thank you for your support and for the kind words, Robert!
Go acorn to arabella!! Sooo many hot tips and tricks on this channel. Content is always clear never too wordy and super smooth editing. Keep up great work boys!!!
Fascinating camera position! I watched on a relatively big screen and almost thought the frickin Adze might hit me in the head!
Yeah, a 52" is pretty scary to watch sometimes. Lot more detail than a monitor screen.
I look forward to Fridays for a whole new reason since watching you guys pour the keel. Thank you so much for sharing your journey. Truly inspiring!
....gonna be so beautiful a ship....thanks for taking us along...
Great progress the boat is really starting to come together. I look forward to your videos every Friday morning.
Well there goes a twenty five minute video that seems to last five minutes. Nice work Stephen.
Are you going to have enough room to service the engine from inside the boat? Looks like there might not be much room between pulleys and mast to change belts, pull pulleys etc?
I had similar thought, it reduces access to the engine, creates another hole in a deck above, which needs proper seal, and actually it is an over-engineering. The down forces of the mast are not that great and I would think that original design was properly calculated for that. Masts in general, take forward and side forces and they are of much greater magnitude. Also, mizzen mast has only single sail. For me, the only good reason for doing so would be removal of shrouds, so having self-holding mast.
Don't get me wrong, I admire all your fantastic work, skills, precision and forward thinking. It is very interesting project and I can't wait to see her sail :)
I have watched every episode so far and I so excited as more and more of Arabella comes to fruition.
Great episode!
ROTFLMAO. If the boat is upside down I think the least of your worries will be the mast step falling out of place.
haha i was thinking the same thing. I picture Steve and Alix in a small inflatable life boat and Steve mentioning to Alix, "Hey, there's a silver lining..."
Exactly my thoughts
@@justinharris7771 "But did you see that mast step not move?!...also did you bring a flashlight?"
i beg to differ: if the boat capsizes it might roll back up, there are storrys of boats capsizing and geting rerighted up to some hours later. Also it rolling over and back up can happen. And then, when you have no mast an engine that got hit by the mast step and is out of order will be your worry.
@@schuttrostig5729 EPIRB Time!
can't wait till you guys start carving those wings....
Awesome episode! Reminds me of the old ones! Thanks for listening to feedback.
Excellent video!
An episode about oak vaneers small blocks of wood and offcuts that most of us would call timbers All a matter of scale . Happy Friday everyone spring approaches
Nice work this week. And now I can show my Foster Huskie (Georgio) how a good huskie boy dreams about! hehe
Looks so good guys
I find myself saying this on your channel a lot... if Arabella ends up upside down I would posit that the mizzenmast mast step “floating around” will be the least of your worries.
Wooo!!! Another great Friday with Arabella
I wish I could visualize the installation of the mast and how it will be secured. You've probably been over it but I don't remember. (I'm old...lol) Thanks for explaining so well as you work. You both do such a great job at that. At all you do really. Your dream had inspired me to try to follow a dream I have. I want to convert a van/bus/truck and live in it. I'll travel and see at least the continental US. I'm studying and learning all I can about it. I hope it happens! Take care, stay healthy and thanks again for another great episode.
The fastest 24 minutes of my week!
So happy to have caught up with this series and be in time to buy a T-Shirt. Keep up the great work, I look forward to watching more episodes!
Boat's really shaping up nice. Looking forward to interior design and installations.
I have to say, I've gotten a couple shirts from your merch stores, and they have been very comfortable, I was very impressed with that!
Definitely going to try to get one of these Akiva shirts!
Got my Acorn to Arabella Friday fix and came away with two Akiva/Arebella shirts. Sweet!!
Awesome!
awesome as always
Good god...the entire video I thought you were going to tell us Akiva crossed over the rainbow bridge..Glad he's still around to dream!
One day at a time and one board at a time.
Or one board taking two grown men a week
Great to see Aaron again!! We raise a mug to him and Casey!
thanks for uploading
Nice to see some CAD work coming to the fore. ;-)
Excellent stuff
just bought the tshirt, thank you, been watching a long time and I'm glad I can help, love the shows!
awesome guys!
Good job !!
Good windy cold rainy day. lol from the old Connecticut Swamp Yankee.
Nice job guy. Looking great!
SV Ness from Port Townsend Wa. capsized while on the Atlantic, it nearly killed the skipper Phillip Sax, twice. once on the way over, again on the way back right. he thought to sell her after that... but, he reconsidered after realizing he didn't die. She is now homed in NC. God bless you Phillip.
The Atlantic is a mean piece of water.
I've heard of submarines 400ft down getting smacked with 45deg rolls! Edit: and you normally can't feel the rolls *at all* below 200ft, even though subs roll like a drunken pig on the surface due to the round hull.
@@ScottKenny1978 Not for much longer tho. As a species, we've managed to frak things up so badly, marine currents are changing patterns and intensities right under our very noses. It's gone from "it will never happen" to "not in our life time" to "oh, shit, "that" movie was actually pretty damn spot on, if you ignore the hollywood killer ice storms".
@@aserta so, what, the Gulf Stream is going to stop heating Europe?
That T-shirt is awesome!
Love this channel
Thanks for watching!
Imagine inturupting that beautiful music by inserting _adze_ at 9:50... ; )
Tee ordered
Love the show can’t wait for the next one
Another great video 👍
I frequently wonder how fast this boat could have been built with any army running nonstop
ya, being in construction and having lived the last 40 years playing the game 'how fast can you build this' I often wonder myself. The project manager in me says I could build it in 6 months..... ok need about 25 men to do so.... AND all wood cured and ready for assembly..... AND a full shop with quadruple the machinery..... but, this is the fun way, I envy Steve getting do do all of this himself. Leading 25 men you wouldn't get the chance to touch much of the wood. great job guys, we live vicariously through you
It all adz up!
nothing like free firewood!!