Installing the Water Tanks - Episode 202 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2022
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The water tanks have been fetched from MS Fabrication in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where our talented metal worker, Evan, put together four water tanks for us. Three of them are storage, and one of them is a pickup tank into which will feed water from the various other tanks via ball valves. They'll be filled from a water maker which we'll be installing much later, but that will live in the head.
The tanks total 94.9 gallons according to our friendly neighborhood naval architect and water tank spiritual advisor, Satchel Douglas. As Steve explains, the pickup tank that will live in the bilge is exactly 9 gallons, and beside the fact that it will allow us to isolate water tanks and balance the water use so as to balance the loaded weight in the boat, it has an added benefit as it can act as a way of measuring daily water usage.
The water tanks are held in place with NRS straps, which shouldn't see too much movement (read: opportunity for chafe) as tie-downs inside the lockers. Steve deploys all kinds of other hardware and wooden supports to hold the tanks into place as well, and goes into a good level of detail on that.
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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 a 38' wooden boat in Steve's 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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It continues to astonish and impress me that even something that seems like an insignificant part of the infrastructure, like the supports for the water tanks, get as much attention to detail as everything else and becomes another visual masterpiece hidden away doing some essential job. The story of you, and this boat, is a story for the ages. Thank you for continuing to share it.
Hello and applause to the entire Acorn To Arabella team from here in the UK! I've been watching your videos since near the beginning, when you were still felling trees, sawing lumber and about to get the keel timber. For what it's worth, I consider this to be one of the very best channels on YT. Arabella just gets better and better and deserves twice as many subscribers. So looking forward to seeing her in the water... Keep going, everyone!
I'm continually amazed by the amount of skull sweat that goes into this build, from the very beginning when you were planning the infrastructure needed to build the boat, to the little, fiddly details of securing a tank, to how a bulkhead will look, ad infinitum. Kudos to all the crew. As usual, A2A makes my coffee taste better.
Having built two boats (smaller than this one) I can tell you it’s a continuous problem solving exercise, despite having plans. Plans show you what is required, not how to achieve it. And there’s a plethora of detail that’s not there anyway. Many times I’ve got to a point and thought, man why can’t this just be easy ffs!
Happy Friday, Bill!
Digital tank monitors will make your life sooo much easier in the long run, install a sending unit in each tank and connect them to something like a noland RS11 and you can monitor all the tanks from your chart plotter screen, no additional gauges needed, and you'll be able to get easy view of your tankage levels.
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Oooh fancy
@@bengelman2600 I live where there is no "town water" and am on tanks. I use the same system on my water tanks on the house. It's a good idea for more than just a boat 😃
EDIT.... 3 teen girls makes me paranoid about tank levels.... 20 min showers no matter how much I ask them to hurry up...
@@petert3355 "You got 5 min before I turn the hot water off" is how you hurry them up 🤣
@@Smokkedandslammed That would work.... but the wife would kill me...
I like sleeping in my bed mate 😜
I don't know why I find a fast-forward montage of the bandsaw, planer, and woodworking exceptionally satisfying and soothing. But it is. Steve's work is Zen and spiritual. Don't you agree?
Your videos provide a calm break in what can be a hectic day. Watching Arabella come together has been a pleasure. I look forward to my Friday morning Arabella breaks!
Thank you, Tim!
As always, excellent editing. You’re telling the story very, very well. Between Steve’s explanation of the task at hand, the camera work and the editing it’s very easy to follow the construction of Arabella.
Very well done and most enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
From Missouri
Thanks, Jack! What a thoughtful comment.
Very much agree, and I love the overlapping sound-tracks which lead from one shot into the next. There's real style and skill in there. Best of all, however, is the sheer honesty: no TV programme would be able to make a series like this without harping on about dramatic deadlines, critical decisions which could end in tragedy, the terrible privations caused by the cold... You just get on with the job in hand, because there's work to be done.
regarding the firewood - if you have a wood burner (rather than open fire) then you can compress sawdust/shavings into bricks that will burn for hours and hours! It would take some practice to get a jig setup to get it just right, but would help you maximise the resources you've got!
Now more than ever, the world needs to be able to sit down and watch Acorn To Arabella. :)
I think it's to soon for jokes about cellphone signal in subway tunnels... ☹️
@@HaroldKuilman Way too soon.
@@c.a.mcdivitt9722 was afraid of that, wonder what's next. I hope this situation settles soon 🤞
"Everything was pretty square and straight" - words we never expected to hear about any part of Arabella.
Here in Arkansas 9:00 PM I’m watching your video just below freezing outside sunshine today melted a lot of our ice Today. I never cease to be amazed at your skill level and confidence to tackle any job on this build. I’ve watched in amazement and loved every episode. Congratulations I wish you continued good luck with your work. Jim
To figure out the shape of the space you can't see or reach, stuff a trash bag back in there and fill it with spray foam. Once it dries and hardens, you'll have a rough mold to shape your supports. It's also a cool way to make removable padding and/or insulation...
The smell must be great in there with those fresh cedar shavings......long time since I used cedar but I could smell it from my living room in Yorkshire...you guys are awsome !!!
It’s for Dickvery interesting to learn all the wooden detail finishing even for the fixing of and the surrounding of the stainless steel tanks. Dick loves to work with wood a lot and he was glad to see how you Steve glued 2 layers of wood together to realize a laminated wood construction. He said he would have done this exactly in the same way so he regrets a lot that you live so far away because his drives to help building Arabella to the final end is almost unstoppable. He says all the time that Steve reminds him a lot to Willem Vos the founder of Batavia Wharf in Lelystad here in the Netherlands. You might understand that this commend is written by WIlleke (Dick’s wife) since Dick is sick in his bed for now. We both wish you both as well as Aaron lots of happiness in a good health and send you love from the Netherlands.
Best regards,
Willeke and Dick de Graaff,
Hello Willeke and Dick! Get well soon and thank you for the kind words. Always love hearing from you. Happy Friday!
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ruclips.net/video/IeRPbIHWW6o/видео.html This is one of the boats that willem vos build
Things are moving right along! Having those tanks in is a pretty big step. Looks like all the planning is paying off well.
22 comments and only 3 likes at this moment - if we all hit like it increases the revenue that A2A gets so if you watch these and love them as i do, get into the habit of hitting like - it's the least we can do.
Thanks for the rally, Richard! Glad you’re enjoying what we do.
I like the two pictures on the one screen
Thank you again for wrapping up my weekend with another inspiring show. You guys are amazing and Arabella is looking fantastic. Stay safe till next weekend.
See ya next week. 🙂
Seems I started watching this show after the pouring of the lead keel , went back to watch the early shows …. It’s been like 5 years … every Friday is something I look forward too , yes it was a longer before .
Thanks for being on the journey with us. Alan!
I’m even more invested on Friday mornings to watch the progress now that I’ve seen it in person at the open house! The best part though was meeting grandma and grandpa! Hi from Salt Lake City! And keep up the killer work Steve!
Great stuff!
Derek & Kara
Yaaay, Derek and Kara! Thanks for checkin' in! So glad you could come!
@@AcornToArabella Thank you so much for having us! Always good to meet some salt of the earth people!
I admire how detailed oriented you are. Well done.
love it when there is a bit more explanation on an almost technical level of what is being done :-)
Im sure you thought of this, but our tanks have little chunks of rubber between the straps and the tank itself, to mitigate chafing on the strap. Awesome progress!
So glad to see these latest several videos! It's like I can actually start to see Arabella making to the water in the next 12-18 months, what fun! Thanks for great and informative videos, blessings to the entire team for continued forward progress!
Thank you and happy Friday, Randy!
A nod to the efforts of the HR department
It’s a great feeling to spend a few minutes watching AtoA on Saturday mornings! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Hey and thanks for being with us on that journey, Matt!
The one phrase you keep using that I love hearing repeated is " we are still figuring this out" and by the end of process " so now we have it installed and on to the next item! So cool
Rubber strips will stop the metal tanks from sqeaking on the joining wood surfaces at sea,
Can't wait for launch day !
Great project.
Cheers.
Cheers, Rick!
They´ll not only quieten the whole setup, the´ll also reduce the flex of the tanks.
Halfway rigid on only one of its surfaces with some rubber, all the other contact points should have some foam-cushioned play.
Many stainless steels work-harden, constant flex may be a problem at some point in the future.
I have also used the foam sleeping mats or yoga mats cut to shape, but 1 or 2 mm Butyl rubber works. Works because it increases the surface area of all contact points.
Neoprene sheet gasket material would do the trick.
Another great video of the fantastic craftsmanship that you are putting into A2A. I love watching your thought processes and bringing them to reality. My dad was a professional carpenter/cabinet maker. He would have loved watching your progress. His statement was always, "If it doesn't look like it grew in place, it doesn't fit."
Here’s to your Dad, Mark! May his memory be a blessing.
True craftsmanship by all parties. Beautiful work, both in steel and wood.
Thank you, Kevin. That’s very kind.
Always a pleasue to watch how you and others put her together.
That beautiful stainless work looks splendid mounted to that magnificent woodwork.
Just fascinating to watch Steve think through, design, and accomplish these complicated and challenging spatial problems, matching Arabella's curves and angles to installed components like the tanks. Especially appreciated by a guy who has to think about how to put his arms through his sweatshirt and come out able to reach the back and pull it down.
I have to think about that too! Hahaha -Anne
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Big up Evan!
Thankyou for showcasing his work.
Great episode of A2A. Anne is so all in as a producer and a hand in making things get done on the project. Thanks for sharing!
Great job on the video as always! Steve I really like your method for creating the templates to the back side of the tank. Really creative “string theory”! Thanks for letting me be a part of this project and I will be getting the rest of the work out to you folks asap.
Wouldn't have been easier to make that templates before the tanks?
Damn! That welding is out of this world! Wow! Wow!!!
I don't envy you working in the cold temps this time of year. I went into my garage yesterday (Los Angeles area) and was almost miserable in a hoodie and a beanie...and it was only 49F...LOL. Watching you place the water tanks with no gloves makes my hands hurt...
Those Tanks don't look like their going to go anywhere, which is what you want. Nice Job Steve very well thought out and well executed plans for your water tanks system thus far looks fantastic.
This is exciting ! I mean at some point you guys must be getting goose bumps at how close you're all getting !
(I know I did when Steve was saying "That's a lot of welding ....." and then set them down into the boat ) Good Times
It’s exciting and overwhelming! So much to do, but seeing it in our sights is awesome.
@@AcornToArabella I can't think of anything as educating as 'Acorn To Arabella' (anywhere at this point) She's come alive and needs you more than ever . Your crest is great ! Arabella is better than Batavia because She'll actually breathe the salt air , not languish in it . So proud of you all . Thanks
What an incredibly satisfying video though - watching the tanks come in and be fitted to Arabella, and go into their respective slots just right is very pleasing to see - great crafting skills from Evan!
I remember you showing us the tanks in the livestream for episode 200, so I guess very soon we'll also get to see what KP is bringing to the project and their talents & contribution as well - which is very exciting too.
With everything else, it's lovely to see the progress and artistry continuing here.
So well edited and filmed, a joy to watch.
I am kinda starting to get excited to watch videos of Arabella sailing to remote locations....
We are too! 😁
A lot left to do so you can launch in 2023. Your pace has picked up accordingly. Love your project and greatly enjoy seeing how you do things. Fair winds and following seas to you and your crew! :-)
Thanks Felipe!
You guys have to draw a funny character on that dust collection bag.
YES that’s a great idea.
I think with a couple of extra 5 gallon water jugs stashed here and there for long crossings/excursions you’d probably be OK. Looking awesome! The tanks make it real. Keep up the great work to all involved!
Love the progress. This is my daily escape and something to keep my momentum going for my dreams and aspirations.
Thanks for watching!
Exciting! Something to look forward to in a pretty weird time(living in Europe.) cheers...rr
Here’s to peace and safety.
Just a thought..
Push a trash bag between the tank and the inner wall of the boat. Get a can of expand a foam, shoot it into the trash bag. The foam forms to the shape that can not be seen... Pull out the trash bag... You now have the shape and the size, so you can make and cut PCs... Accordingly.
Devin
Oklahoma USA ❤️
Interesting!
Day off today ! 👍Cup of coffee,Friday ,Payday and Acorn to Arabella 🙃
It’s a Good Day …
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watching you plane the wood..... my G 0891 gets delivered today.... a replacement for the one I lost in the fire. great plane
Nice to see those tanks go in. Just got me a long sleeve T on the Bonfire site, happy to help out. I'm going to have to come to one of your open houses, I'm only 2 hrs away in SE MA. Amazing to see your work ethic and determination. Can't wait to see her float!!
Thanks for your support!
Handling steel tanks in those temps, might as well be installing ice. Another week in the books!
Stainless panel over the then pressurized alcohol stove and a well placed extingisher save my 1959 Concordia from almost certain destruction in Burnt Coat (we now call it Burnt Boat) Harbor on Swan's Island. Glad you included a protection panel!!
I love that spot and that island! Thanks for sharing your story and glad it worked out. -Anne
FYI: Assuming you are going to have a water heater, you'll probably get another 5 or 6 gallons sitting in the heater at any given time. Even when it's not hot, it's still storage.
I had a hell of a week! Saturday my bathtub faucet went from a steady leak to full on running so I had to turn off the main water line to the house . It wasn't till wed afternoon before I had water. AND if that wasn't bad enough Tuesday the furnace failed on me. It was ok on Tuesday night. But Wednesday night to Thursday morning was brutal! If I didn't sleep in a heated waterbed I would have been a frozen Kathycicle. Luckily the furnace guy was here by nine am and took all of fifteen minutes fixing it. Then it took me all day to warm up. Today is FRIDAY and I have heat, water, coffee and A2A! Happy Friday all!
Happy Friday, Kathy! Hope things slow down for you a bit in the home department!
Awesome work as always, once warmer weather hits I'm going to take a ride up from CT to finally see Arabella in person.
Sounds good, Steve! We have a visitor spot all ready for ya. 😁 www.acorntoarabella.com/visitor-welcome
Each we know Spring 23 comes to mind. If I could afforded it I would buy a thousand T shirts to aid in this sprint to spring. Thousands will be watching and many will contribute. God bless!
Thank you so very much, Michael. That's a sweet thought to share. -Anne
Proud to support! Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks Jeremy! 🙌🏼
Nice to see things come together 😊 Happy Friday!
Happy Friday, Harold!
I think there are commercial water level sensors available that you can put inside the tanks that can tell you the water level via bluetooth or wifi.
Depending on the latitudes you want to sail, insulating the tank from the hull may cut down on condensation and fresh water in your bilge. Just a thouht.
Beautiful work on those tanks.
Evan is so great!
Always love the work you guys do. Speaking of temps it was 70 on Tuesday and 4 on Weds morning here is kansas city
I have been following you for some time now and had to chuckle thinking I was the only one working on a 30 plus ketch this far from the water . My hauler out RI did a great job and charged me so little . And I'm just up the road from you .
Angus
Nice, Angus!
I have ordered my shirt and looking forward to its arrival. The first time purchasing merch.
Thank you very much for your support!
Nice use of NRS straps! I use them for all sorts of stuff other than their originally intended use!
Good progress there. Hint, I think that the straps should be protected from the sharp corners of the tanks. Hint 2, one can never have enough water. Hint 3, always assume that the water maker will fail when you need it most.
Was thinking the same thing regarding the strap protection.
WOW your precision and hard work is awesome.
Thanks, Daniel!
@@AcornToArabella i have been watching you since the beginning, I am 71 yrs. old and hope to see you take off in some great adventures in Arabella. Before i kick the bucket. You and your helpers are magical and hardworking precision builders. Bless you and your family and great helpers. Dan Keirstead sr from Guilford, CT.
I can't wait to see this Water Maker. I bet it's like the one on the ISS. LOL
hahahhaah
Very nice. A lot of thought put into the placement of the tanks & securing. Good work.
Thanks! Happy Friday, Joe!
She’s looking great lads 👏👏👏👏
Just bought a t-for my better half and long sleeve t for me. Keep up the great work. We look forward to Friday to see the progress of Arabella.
Hooray! Thank you for your support!
Perfect thanks for sharing with us
Great episode. Been with you since the great lead melting.
33 minutes of sunshine on a snowy Vermont day. Now back to the cave till next Friday. Cheers !!
Happy Friday, Irwin!
Great work by MS Fabrication... Hopefully lots of work flows their way.
We hope so too!
Getting those water tanks fabricated instead of trying to build them yourselves was totally worth it!
Agreed!
Awesome water tanks looking sharp!! Very nice! Keep rolling Arabella crew!! 👍👍👊👊⛵⛵
Thanks! Happy Friday!
@@AcornToArabella Thank you and Happy Friday to you all too! 👍👍👊👊
Great video. The production values are consistently great.
Wow, thanks! That’s high praise.
1 Something as simple as “I can’t fit my hand, let’s use a strap” is so simple, it’s smart. And I wouldn’t have thought of it. 2 Figuring out where the tanks are hitting the frames, for the supports, lost me! Will have to watch several times, just to wrap my head around it. 3 Getting a very nice collection of clamps.
"2 Figuring out where the tanks are hitting the frames, for the supports, lost me! Will have to watch several times..."
For me too ! As a retired engineering draftman, I usually get mechanical concepts well.
But not this time ! Steve really lost me on this one ! 😳
Me too. I think the idea was that he measured the length of the string, knew the length of the vertical back face of the tank from the ruler he stuck behind it, and could measure a diagonal from the back-top of the tank to the front-bottom, when the tank is removed. That gives him a triangle with the length of 2 sides known, and the sum of the lengths of 2 sides known, so he could figure out the angle of the bottom, and make supports to suit.
Dear Arabellas Acorns.
👍👌👏 Extremely well done again and as always (video and work).
As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all involved people and dogs.
I refer to myself as an Acorn nut.
We're all nuts here. :)
Thanks for the reminder - as I needed to replace some anyway, two hoodies are now on their way. On to launch in 2023!
Hooray! Thanks for your support!
Steve, I've watched and sometimes re-watched from the lead keel pouring. It struck me this morning that you have by necessity been required to "invent" or otherwise adapt many steps in order BUILD Arabella. I would love to see a "behind the scenes" collection of obstacles you have had to overcome, from the first lead pour attempt, the flipping of keel and on and on. You climb the mountain every day.
Thank you, R J!
I bet that you really like having that workbench and vise inside the boat as you do more finishing work in there!
It’s been so great.
If I can humbly add my two cents. I'd put a insulating wrap of some sort on the tanks to prevent condensation from occurring behind your bulkheads and setties and galvanic issues if there's any unforseeable hidden metal contacts. Also maybe adding one way valves to your upper tanks to prevent back flow. I figure if your heeled over in rough seas water back flowing could change the center of gravity at a less than desirable time. Just a thought. Love the build. Been watching for many years. One day I'll get off cape make it for an open house.
Thanks for watching, Garry!
In the yellow wall room of the house the pictures showing the 1000 sea clamps on your work! Wow that’s a lot of clamps! Lol
They make ultrasonic fluid level sensors that glue to the outside of the tank. With calibration they can be very accurate with oddly shaped tanks.
I would question the straps idea. Welded tabs on the tank and lag bolts work great on alaska commercial boats we build. We also found out that slipping garbage bags behind the tanks and fill them up with close cell expanding foam will keep the tanks from flexing and cracking the welds down the road. It does a great job supporting the tanks from behind. Just my thoughts.
Thanks!
❤❤❤ absolute beautiful.... keep warm as much as you can 👍🤘
Excellent video, excellent progress...thanks! (O--and congrats on the new career in HR)
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Awesome job on the tanks Sir
Evan is so good at what he does 🙌🏼
You know steve you could put a "T" off of the drain on the tank and run it anywhere on the boat. Then attach it somewhere on the bulkhead with a sight glass or a see threw hose. Then ad 5 gallons at a time to the tank and mark every 5 gallons on the hose. Then there will be no guessing and you will always know how much is in the tank.
Before lasers, if you needed a level line on a wall or needed to have the exact height on the other side of the room, we would just use a see-through hose filled with water and hold it up to the marked height on one side. When you got the level of water in one end of the hose at the right height then you would know the other side was at the right height.
@@thegoodtom1718I agree but it doesn't have to be open. It can be looped back into the top of the tank.
I hope he put a little pressure in those tanks to check the welds because they don't look great.
The welds are beautiful *and* we’ll be testing them. Thanks for watching!
@@AcornToArabella I have welded for 30 years and was a welding instructor for 10 and they don't look beautiful.
Shame Australia has mail issues from the US. Would really like that T Shirt. Your welder is a gem you are very fortunate to have him. So much work and so well done. Really nice to be on board in spirit Cheers
I hope to open the campaign again especially for Aussies. Stay in touch via our newsletter-I’ll definitely announce it there. -Anne
Great I have a new video on my RUclips John McHardy if you have a jammed spark plug. I got one out of my Camry. I made a tool to remove the damage and refit a new spark plug and not have is seize up as well. Cheers all good here am along for the ride with you folks.🙂
An old bicycle inner tube will cut down on rattles and squeak with the water tank. They give little air-cushioned to between the wood and the metal. I would have super glue on rivets. will cut down on the squeaks and superglue the bicycle inner tube on the rivets will cut down on noise and cavitation sound I believe
as usual, great job, CREW !!!!
Hi just a suggestion you might want to put a bit of rubber underneath the strap buckles it will stop any Clatter between the two metals in rough weather especially where you don't have easy access to them you don't want to be out at sea listening to them rattle it will drive you nuts keep up the good work.👍
I like the split screen showing the explanation and execution at the same time. Nice touch!
Hello, love your channel. It’s very entertaining and educational. If all tanks are connected to the bilge tank with an open feed, you could install a pilot glas somewhere in the cabin to see the water level. Similar to the gage in a steam engine showing the water level in the boiler. Just a random thought. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thanks for watching Norbert!