Strip Built Hatches and Housetop - Episode 239 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2022
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Strip building, for us, is cost-effective, materials-conscious, and practical. Where a wooden boat builder might not have wide, clear, stock, this approach would work- but also, hulls are built this way for both strength and affordability. It's also very repairable, which is important if you're taking a DIY approach to wooden boat ownership.
All of the superstructures on Arabella will be strip-built, which we show this week. We're starting to get into "no gluing season" here in the United State's northeast corner, and so it's important for us to boogie on these elements that rely on epoxy for their success.
Pretty soon, because of this closing weather window and in an effort to stay warm as we finish interior elements this winter, we will be fiberglassing the cabin trunk and finishing off these pieces. We'll also be gluing the main mast together. Keep an eye on here during the coming weeks!
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Acorn to Arabella is a wooden boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur wooden boat builder building a 38' wooden sailboat 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 classic wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY boatbuilding project will continue well past launch, when he and the crew will travel and learn to cruise aboard the handmade wooden boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.
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Such a good question, “do you care where you start?” 👍👍👍
You can hear the hull resonating as you nail the hatch together. Tight boat! Also, your next t-shirt should have Steve w/ a chain saw and a maniacal look in his eye ;^)
As in the 'Clockwork Orange' film posters. 👍
Years from now. I would love to see Aaron being in the same shoes as you and you helping him out build his own boat
Or timber frame. Or nonprofit. Or thriving maple sugaring business. Or goat farm. Or as crew on tall ships. Or as a teacher. Or building furniture. We’d like to see wherever this kid goes. He’s a curious and helpful one with lots of empathy and chutzpah. Those are the traits to watch. 😊 -Anne
Steve, Anne, KP, and Robin are getting a lifetime experience. Aaron is getting an experience of a life time. Just wow.
Hello all, from Central Queensland, Australia.
Happy Friday, Greg!
Not very 'traditional', but if you want to increase the light coming in through that 'periscope' hatch, make the final coat on the inner walls 'Chrome Aluminum'. The mirror like finish will reflect even incidental light down into the cabin just like a 'light tube' in a woodland cabin... 😛
I love it when the chain saw comes out.
Braaaaaaap!
I hear you call it "less than great cedar," but I think the knots and imperfections are stunning. It makes for a very attractive house top.
I agree with you there! -Anne
OK. I'll watch this till the end.
Aaron was very clever with the yeast and baking reference being a chemical reaction. Way to go Aaron!! DD
Also the throw the cord over the line. I'm so impressed
+1; was thinking the same, a very mature analogy to identify between two different processes
That's quite a bit of glue work. Also, love Aaron's commentary :)
😁
That house top flipping was well done
I like how you spread the epoxy to fill void before fairing
Wow that cedar is so light that I might have gone for a clear/bright finish on the underside of the cabin top instead of paint. I know white paint will make it lighter and brighter inside the boat, but the cedar was already pretty light itself, and a bright shiny finish may have been enough to reflect light around. But hey, it isn't my boat. Y'all do you, Steve. You're doing something I could never do, as I am disabled and far too broke to even consider starting. I am still in awe of your project years after starting to watch this channel. Just sending my two cents worth as always. I know you appreciate viewer's thoughts. I'm not telling you how to do it, just sharing my thought on what my choice may have been. Still living the channel after years of viewing. Sorry I fell behind. Lost my cell and internet for a bit do to a high heating bill after a sub-zero freeze spell hit the bank book. Had to fill the propane tank and catch up on the other bills the following pay period.
Really nice to see Anne, we know she is there but rarely see her.
👋I’m here! 😊 thanks. -Anne
95% through the episode and I thought “what no chain saw?” Then, The Chainsaw Builder” returned!!
the buck starts here 🪚💪
Hello from Adelaide Australia
Good morning from a tasmanian working in western Australia
Ahoy, Mark!
Steve, every time I see you interacting with Aaron, I think , “Yep, that’s the kind of teacher we need.”
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I can't wait to see what becomes of young Aaron in another 10 years. All this access to boat building and his hands-on apprentice has got to make a measurable influence on the boy. Aaron, you have the best teacher around! Bill from Texas
I loved listening the whole boat reverberating while you were nailing the hatches!
Teamwork makes the dreamwork! Awesome progress this week friends!
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I've said it before, but Ben's sound design is utterly delightful - listening to "Steve peels the housetop off the mold" was actually exhilarating!
Lovely to see the A2A crew through another week, in all sorts on combinations of tasks and people - but I think we all feel for Anne & Robyn getting to the limits of how far up a piece of a boat one actually reach this time.
Thanks so much, and looking forward to seeing next week's episode already.
Cheers, Tom! We always appreciate your thoughts. Happy Friday!
Very hard not to be getting excited as the boat gets closer and closer to completion.😎 less then a year to be floating in water. Thanks for the journey guys and gals….
Most excellent Team. Looking amazing. Have a great week.
After a year of “we got a plank on this week” there has been some bonkers progress lately! Looks so good!!
Yes nice to something really done for a change 🙂.. Really like to see the mechanical and electrical systems the most.. This piece by piece wood gets old.. be well.
Good to see you again Aaron, keep up the good work. 😃👍
Great work all!!!
Great progress and interesting discussion. The sound fade to the crows at the end was awesome.
Thanks Ben. Another great Friday with my coffee and A2A. What a great way to end the week
Another enjoyable episode--like the time lapse of the frosted grass thawing what a gorgeous fall we've had here in the eastern U.S.
The nail caddy is Fage 2%, a staple in our house and the ONLY yogurt worth eating. I knew we had something in common. I helped Alix build the stairs up to the platform back in the day before you guys hit the stratosphere and when Akiva gave us the sweetest growly moan to start each episode. Keep on truckin!!!!
Cheers, David!
And here I thought they were using low-fat nails!? 🤪
Low fat...is there added sugar instead ?
Yogurt snob
@@Mahalo_83 Harsh, but fair. 😂
Play nicely, lads.
😎👍🍻
Excellent stuff bro
g'day from western australia!
G’day and happy Friday!
I would have been seriously tempted to put a clear finish on the interior of the cabin top. It was beautiful in a rustic kind of way.
Dear Arabellas acorns.
👍👌👏 Simply fantastic again and as always (video and work). A lot of progress is shown in this video. I love the nailed and glued together house top and hatches. Very sturdy and good looking too. It definitely mustn't always be expensive teak wood or something similar. Additionally I love the fact, that you always try to use every piece of wood. And even the not usable rest is still used as fire wood. By the way: I wonder if... uhm... looking back you could've built a wood pellet/wood briquette press. There is always sooooo much saw dust and wood shavings. Maybe it's still not too late for such a device. 😇 And maybe your old ingenious metal specialist and your grandfather would like to build such a contraption. I bet that your young neighbor would love to feed the machine. I guess, that "Arabella's wood pellets/briquettes" would sell well.
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).
Solid Solid Solid, Built Tough , Very Good 👍
looks as though you've managed to have a productive week there Steve. Congrats.
Ben…Loren Ipsum Dolor. Nice touch😉
Good morning. Thank you for another chapter in the life of A2A. I don't know what Friday mornings would be like without you. And Aaron! I'm always glad to see him. Lots of progress y'all have made! Can't wait for the next one and I just finished watching this one. Y'all take care and see you next week. ❤️⛵❤️
'Lorem ipsum dolor' had me laughing out loud.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi sit amet varius purus. Curabitur dapibus nisi egestas est viverra, sit amet bibendum nunc ornare.
In other words : another great episode. Love how you use every bit of wood and love as well how you take your young neighbour under your wing. I bet he is learning a lot from you.
We learn from him, too! And that’s not a platitude. Happy Friday!
@@AcornToArabella That is the beauty of working together. Learning from each other.
Happy Friday!
I was hoping someone had a translation for that.
@@dangerrangerlstc me too!
@@dangerrangerlstc It's gibberish, it's a language that was invented as placeholder text. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum
Stephen "The Filler" Denette 😂 Just like a great film, you must watch every episode to the end to catch all of the brilliance.
Great Progress guys looking good , Hard to believe i remember watching them carve and fit the Bow and stern posts and pouring the lead keel .My how time flies . Cant wait to see her bobbing in the water .⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵
Thank you Steve, Anne and KP for making my Friday morning an enjoyable one... look forward to the Live From The Boat Shed this afternoon with my glass (or 3) of Pinot Noir!!
See ya then, Casey!
It is so exciting to watch the structure come together. I am not going to lie watching you pull the housetop off to flip it had me on the edge of my seat. The sound of the crack as the epoxy let go and watching it flex was intense. I am excited to see the next phase. What is it the cool kids say now? Oh yeah, LET'S GO!!!
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My eyes were also rivetted to the screen as the house-top came off. Spectacular footage!
😁 real life tension! -Anne
She's starting to look more and more like a boat!
A lot of progress! Got my A2A cap, Annie. Thanks, I love it! 🙂
Hoooray! Glad you like it!
Fun stuff this week folks.
The next time (!) you could make the temporary supports for the roof, arched on both sides (sort of like an hour-glass) which would make it lay still when working.
Thanks for the video.. a good show..
Cheers, Paul!
The weather will not stop you just slow you down. Looks really good using fiberglass was a good move for the house top and hatches.
With a surprise sighting of Anne and Robin! Happy Friday ladies. Can't wait to see how the hatches and housetop turn out. Very creative way to go about it.
Happy Friday, Dwayne! -Annie B
The house top and hatches looked really nice.
Thanks!
Good morning Akiva and Crew , first coffee of the day and an A2A episode - it's gonna be a great day ! 😸😸😺
🙌happy Friday!
What a great bunch of people !
Aw shucks, thanks!
I like your trimming tool of choice!
😁I can’t believe there isn’t a chainsaw emoji. 🧐
Keep the faith brother the pain is coming to an end
Smarty pants. 🙌
Watching Steve with the chainsaw reminds me of my late father-in-law who was a builder. One of his favorite tools was the sawzall. I can't remember the number of wires I had to repair on remodels. Arabella is really starting to look almost finished. What a testament to true craftsmanship. Great job guys!
We launch in June!
Nice to see someone who knows how to hold a hammer, I see so many people choke them.
Well, I do believe Stephen was a cabinetry maker (or framer?) previously.
HOUSE TOP looks very nice
Cheers, Rodney!
I was glued (no pun intended) to the screen watching this episode which was so interesting that I couldn't even hit the pause button to make a coffee.
Holy cannoli! That’s high praise!
Good morning it's going great great keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀
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We all want to see "what happens next," but I was especially riveted how the deck would pull up and flip......the cradle molds were a very cool idea!! DD
Necessary for all the fairing that needed to be done!
"You could put that over the rope…" - smart kid!
Happy friday guys!!
Happy Friday, Aynsley!
Is “Lorum Ipsum Dolor” Steve’s new role description in this enterprise?😂
Great work as ever.
No problem with the construction, but I am very dubious about the height of that hatch. I see that as being the first casualty in a major wave sweeping over your bow. The water will then quickly fill your boat and you will be swimming. I urge you to reconsider the height of that.
If they can't build it tough enough to take a wave, they should give up right now.
Happy Friday 🎉
Haaaaaaappy Friday, Harold!
Happy Friday A2A crew!
Lorem Ipsum dolor. Ha! Well done, Ben.
Happy Friday, Paul!
looks like a perfect spot for a skylight,going to be dark in there.
The hatch covers will have acrylic sheets/panels. In land speak: windows. -Anne
Stay safe and warm.
Happy Friday everyone from Plymouth UK
Happy Friday, Phil!
And Bristol , uk .
23:10 Ben, as a designer myself, you have my sympathy, it happens to all of us...
Amazing work gang, another Friday starting off on the right foot!
Take it back to its roots in Cicero, and relate it to a very large project for which burnout is a constant threat. Ah HA! INTENT! Ben’s too clever. -Anne
Vinegar is a great solvent for getting wet epoxy off hands and skin. Once its starting to go off, bust out the denatured alcohol. 👍
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A joyous Arabella day to one and all. Remember, it is like Festivus without the airing of grievances.
"Lorem Ipsum dolor" Stephen Denette! Classic! Is this a statement or a question?
I'm always jealous when I watch these build videos. I have decided that I will be starting my own project so I can just be supportive.
What are you thinking of doing, Joseph?
I would love to do something too. Like you I would start with something SMALL, you know like a replica of the USS Constitution, but with modern sails and mechanicals. That should take me only a couple decades. LOL, but really, I would love to do something memorable, especially now that my Grandkids are getting to be about Aaron's age.
Holy heck! A model of the constitution is no joke!!! Small but mighty among models!!! A Chesapeake Light Craft kit would be less work, bigger in size but simpler and you and those kids could use the boat. -Anne
Glad to see KP and Steve wearing the knee pads, you only get one set of "original" knees, happy Friday from the UK.
😊 happy Friday, Terry!
A quick tip for getting excellent epoxy flow into small cracks is to spread it, the quickly hit it with moderate heat from a heat gun. If using slow cure, the batch can be warmed first. These techniques can drastically reduce the viscosity for long enough for capillary action to pull the epoxy into areas it will never get to otherwise.
Nice tip!
And I'm milling up ceder to make a friend 50 bee hive additions..Happy Frideay...richard
Nice video
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Watching the calendar evaporate is a great device to add a sense of urgency to the videos. Except for a couple of casual mentions, the stack of dates gets thinner and the numbers get smaller. Sort of like the A2A hoody gets thinner with every wash... :-) If you haven't gotten one yet, go to the store, the prices are reasonable and the money goes to the cause.
Cheers for the recommendation, Matthew! Mine’s been through a lot, too! 😊 -Anne
23:14 - finally I know who does the Lorem Ipsum around the boat
Ha!
Very geeky ! Well spotted . Lol, had me checking it out too !
Dear Anne, Steve, Aaron and Kaylyn,
Sorry that I forgot the name of the other lady who’s helping you with Arabella but let me start to wish you in the first place a VERRY HAPPY FRIDAY. I’ve been starting to wish this to people in the Netherlands as well and it brings a smile on people’s faces 😃 Willeke and I have watched your vlog together of course and she loves the autumn colors in your nature over there. I’d love to see how the hatches and the housetop of Arabella is made and for me it’s still funny to see Steve sawing with a chainsaw. Also on behalf of WIlleke our warm greetings from the Netherlands
Happy Friday Dick and Willeke! All of the leaves are off the trees now and we’re glad you enjoyed their colors while they were there! It was a particularly colorful year. I plan to send postcards along as you have recommended, from here in Massachusetts and from where I live and sail in Maine. Keep making people smile! You do that for us, too. With ❤️ from Massachusetts.
Emm. Didn't know that a new project coordinator had been appointed??? 23.12 Lorem Ipsum Dolor, Opps!!!!!
Ok, I had to look that one up as I don’t speak Latin. Well played, sir!
Loving the episode as usual. I'm sure you will have considered it but the sheets of the foresails forever getting snagged on a forehatch is a real pain in the proverbial. Regular trips to the foredeck especially in big weather are not much fun.
The staysail boom will swing over it, and the jib sheets already need to be passed between the forestay and staysail stay… as Steve says, having a little extra room will be nice and the height of the strips as we see them here isn’t final… we built above the final height, of course.
👌let it bake👍interested to see if you vacuum bag the layup.
Nope! Vacuum bagging is for when you’re laminating many layers and want all the material impregnated. This will be fiberglass sheathing… wetting out the surface, followed by flow coats is sufficient. -Anne
It is so exciting to see the whole crew working in harmony. Arabella really comes together in big steps now.
Good morning may favorite Friday people!
Happy Friday, Kathy!
There goes Steve with the grownup's sawsall again!
Appreciate the deft use of the Husqvarna Bar Router. Good to see you and KP taking care of your knees. Get Aaron a pair of kneepads too please.
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Yay, KP is a member of Team Fun Socks.
First impression when you walk into the cabin… “Wow… Steve put the dance floor on the ceiling.”
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A little mold release goes a long way! And compressed air
Coffee and Arabella. Life is good.
#a2acoffeeclub
"lorum ipsum dolor" ... nice one
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After seeing so much saw dust, I can see acorn to Arabella floating on a sea of saw dust. Amazing team. Great progress.
thats some heka good glue right there!
Yuuuuup!
More Husky fine wood working :)
Lorem ipsum dolor...translates to "In which we learn Latin and Boatbuilding" ......well loosely translated! I love it!! DD