Huge Storm Surge & Sewing Sail Covers - Episode 298 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Let's make some sail covers! Last week, Steve cut used sail material from Victoria in preparation for going to work on the stack pack style sail covers with Paul, a friend of the channel, who answered Robin's call for help on Facebook. Equipped to sew them with a heavy duty Sailrite machine, Steve and Paul worked together to take Steve's notes and some new materials to make them into something that will keep the Doyle-designed and Doyle-built sails protected from the elements when the boat's not sailing.
We also have a look at the coastal flooding during the extreme high tides experienced on the east coast in the last couple of weeks, we move the boat to a new dock where southern winds won't be pushing Arabella into the dock, and Steve does some hand sewing to button details on the sail covers.
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Acorn to Arabella started as a wooden boat building project in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve began the journey as an amateur wooden boat builder crafting 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 now sailing the boat-sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that traditional wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project continues beyond the boat shop, as Steve and crew 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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Love it! I had such a great time hanging out with you guys! Learned a few things about my machine as well. Looking forward to seeing them installed! Until then, happy sailing my friends!
We’re so grateful, Paul!
That was really nice of you!
So nice and generous of you to use your skills to help Team Arabella.
it is good to show that sail life is not all martinis and sunshine. this is the reality of living on a wooden boat you built yourself.
Steve, keep a chunk of beeswax in your sewing kit and rub it on your threads when you're hand stitching... it'll keep the threads lubed and stuck together so they don't twist and get tangled. And maybe get yourself a sailors palm. Great videos.... please keep them coming.
Aw man, its always fun to be able to play with your new toys, especially when you're able to help a friend. It looks like Paul had a blast and I hope he found the experience rewarding. Thank you Paul for helping out the guys with the sail covers.
Hip hip!
Had a great time, learned a lot from Steve and Robin :)
Good afternoon, Friday and A2A day everybody from Plymouth UK. Last one for me for 4 weeks as I'm off to Australia and Mauritius with my wife to celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary
How wonderful, and congratulations to you both. What a great trip! Safe and fun travels, Phil. See you when you get back. 😊☕️ -Anne
The internet works in both places!
@@dermotbalaam5358 So it might, but the 12 hour time difference does make a differance
I wonder what you did for your 50th anniversary, if going to Australia is the 51st...
@@NoiseMakerX Bali; Darwin; Port Douglas for The Great Barrier Reef; Sydney; Melbourne; Launceston Tasmania; Perth & Mauritius. Unfortunately due to an accident, on the first whole day in Bali, with a sunbed and my wife losing the end third of her R ring finger which meant we had to fly home and lose the rest of our holiday. Unfortunately our holiday insure refused to pay any compensation.
A great sewing trick that a sailor taught me is to stitch certain things with waxed dental floss. I do buttons and all kinds of things with it and it’s amazingly strong.
It’s definitely good for repairs, but hard to wind on a bobbin.😉
The coffee is fantastic and so is this episode. Good morning Arabella family. Still in prayer over your mother. I'm hoping she is making improvement every day.
That dude who helped do the covers is a BOSS!!!
We’re so grateful!
😊
Steve: Do you have a sailmaker's palm now?! 😉
Hey Steve, how about just turning that whole stay upside down? Turnbuckle at the top in that spare foot above the sail... then you wouldn't need to modify or extend anything?
My thought exactly
I absolutely love that, even though the building of the boat is done, there's SO SO much more to do/learn! It's so dang complicated! You two are making the impossible look simple, if not easy.
Thank you Anne! For all the care you take of the Arabella crew and community.
I second that! How is Ernest doing, Anne?
Awww, thank you friends. That means so much and absolutely makes my whole ding dang week Ernest is stunningly handsome and behaves relatively well.😁-anne
Steve, always amazed at the range of your talents. Well done. Robin your film skills are soooo good. Best to you both.
Happy Friday to you, Bill. 😊 -Anne
When people found out that I'd gotten a Sailrite machine, the offers of employment poured in. The most interesting was sewing a chain into the hem at the bottom of a theater curtain. I avoided using double-stick basting tape because the glue tended to stick to the thread and clog the needle.
Yes, I find that the tape is so useful, so I still use it but I have a bit of rubbing alcohol nearby to swipe on the needle from time to time.
Sailrite recommended rubbing the needle with ivory soap 🧼
Happy to help my friends :)
It's amazing how complex something as seemingly simple as sail covers actually is.
Oh my goodness, any sail covers, and especially stack packs, can interact with so many things on the boat that it’s very easy to make something that is annoying to use because of an ill placed or poorly chosen fastening, has an unforeseen weakness, that looks really baggy and silly, or is a little small and forever annoying. -Anne
Good morning from Sunny Co. Wicklow Ireland,. The storms have passed over our island and it feels like the end of winter. I hope the same will happen to all the a2a crew out west soon. Thoughts and prayers to Steves mother as usual.
Go n-eirí an bóthar chun bualadh leat
thank you. the first order of business each friday morning, when i get to the office is to enjoy your video. has been for years, will be for the foreseeable future. best wishes
That’s so kind, Russ!
Winter time. I’m here in Arkansas experiencing some difficulties dealing with our winter weather as I take time to watch today’s episode. I think I’m most thankful for the bigger box that I live in. With no sails.
Love to hear where people are watching from. Stay warm!
Interesting how these talented people like Paul show up and jump into helping Arabella . The sewing looks top quality and I'm sure the sail covers will be a big relief . The cabin / saloon looks so warm & cozy with the fireplace ..great episode !
We are so very grateful!
Robin was kind enough to lead me up Thin Air in New Hampshire a few years ago. it was a fantastic experience for me! This was my little way of giving back.:)
I learned to sew on my housemate's commercial machine in Utah's Wasatch. Brought back memories to see Paul doing God's work with a powerful, versatile professional unit. Looks like those beautiful sails will be well protected!
Question: Could the turnbuckle be moved to the top of the stay where there's a foot of room rather than the bottom where it currently lives, thereby retaining the adjustability?
Bless you🥰✌🏽💐
Dude's sailright machine needs some adjustments. Dropping a lot of stitches. Check timing, insertion of needle (make sure flat on the tip is toward the bobbin), make sure bobbin direction is right, having the thread reflex back through the spring instead of it coming straight off the bobbin. On a zig zag sometimes you need to loosen the top tension a scoshe because it will drag the needle over and pull the thread too tight and pulls the loop shut at the needle when the bobbin shuttle hook comes around. Many things can be the problem. But it stinks when it's on a important project.
I was wondering why his machine was dropping stitches. I've been sewing my jib and mainsail this week ( same Sailrite machine, which I love) Not having any issues but was curious. Thanks for the information.
As for the skipped stitches, we found out from Sailrite that this particular machine doesn’t do well with lubricated thread. As an insurance agent, and not a seamstress, this was a learning curve lol. PS: this was my very first attempt at a job like this. Definitely learned a lot on this one. By the end of the job, the stitches were running smooth thank you for the advice! Next time around will be better I’m sure.
And the jury continues ❤glad we can be a small part of it along with you guys..
Good Morning neighbor, from Barnstable. That tidal surge was crazy high! I was thinking about you guys when I was driving around looking at the flooding. Glad you made it through OKAY.
Aw thanks so much! Happy Friday, neighbor!
Way to go! Betsy Ross would have been proud!
Another great video and amazing how many skills it takes to build and manage a sailboat. Paul did a fantastic job on the covers.
Thank you!
Thank you sir. Not bad for first attempt😊
casper be going hard on that punching bag lol
A flap with Velcro closures over the top zipper will prevent water from seeping down into the bundled sail and freezing in winter or getting moldy in summer...
Those zippers from sail rite are supposed to be water resistant, i have used them a lot with good success , but you are correct
I'd be mostly concerned with ice forming on top of the zip itself. @@11THEFEZMAN11
Sailrite are the absolute BOMB! our company owns 3 of them, sewing theatrical curtains out on the road. ( or at sea, we do Cruise ship theatres) If you can get it under the presser foot, it will sew it. I've even accidentally sewn through the lead weight tape you sometimes put in sheer curtains. It didn't even slow down!
Nice sail covers! I was wondering why Steve didn't use a thimble like my mother and grandmother used to use to prevent stabbing your fingers with the needle. Too much strange weather in these parts for sure. Thanks for a fine episode.
Because he is a man 😊😊 and we men like danger 😁😁😁
Actually I was thinking the same thing, Id have a bloody thumb in no time 😊
Could you flip the stay wire so the turnbuckle is at the top instead?
After sewing the zipper end. Epoxy or heat press it together (melt it).
Among local sailors it's pretty common to use a soldering iron to weld the bottom end of a plastic zipper in order to make a stop. But some plastics aren't amenable to plastic welding so.... depends on what you've got I guess.
Just a thought. It's 80 degrees in central Florida today! Become a pair of snowbirds.....
Sailrite is a great resource not only for supplies and sewing machines but also videos on how to make all sorts of things with a sewing machine. I was pleasantly surprised at how well a basic $100 machine worked for a boat cover project a few years ago. A machine with a walking foot would have been nice though!
Happy Friday, A2A crew. Glad to see you're moving for storms now. Much more comfortable sleeping that way, I'm sure!
Definitely! And less wear and tear on the boat
I admit -- I fully watched the ad. Interesting solution! Talking about sump pump backup brought it home for me. Keep keepin' on, Team Arabella.
Glad you found it Informative! We are extremely committed to having these things be very pertinent to what we need or what we think people might find interesting. Thanks for watching!
Fifty years I lived in a flood zone with a house built in 1840. Ben I feel your pain .
Supervisor puppers! 🐶
The birds at the beginning appear to be buffleheads, which have come south for the winter from their breeding grounds in the far north. Perhaps next winter Arabella should go south too!
Dear Anne, Robin, Steve and all others who worked on Arabella,
The sail covers are looking very nice and the color fit so well with the varnish painted wood on board of Arabella. Willeke and I learned via our news bulletins on TV that there was a lot of floods going on in the neighborhood where Arabella is in the marina. Also in the North states of the USA and in Canada the freezing temperatures broke records and thousands and thousands of people had to live without electricity. With us the winter broke all records in raining for days and even weeks what caused a unknown water level in rivers and canals. It was in certain places really creepy because as you might know about 68% of our country is below sea level. We are happy that our dikes turned out to be strong enough, but as the sea water level rises, the dikes will have to become considerably higher and therefore wider. This will be accompanied by indescribably high costs, so the most heavily taxed country in the world (as we are) will collect even more taxes from its citizens.
Never the less WIlleke and I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
😢 ❤️ Please do your best, to be safe.
The rate of sea level rise is going at about one foot per century. Given the impressive History of the Netherlands, my bet is that they can handle that.
@@freesk8 well when the ice at both poles are melting , as what is going on at the moment, than the seawater will significantly raise more faster than in history. Some islands in the Great Ocean where people are living are already reduced in habitable area and when sea level is continuing in raising you can’t live on these islands any longer
@@dickdegraaff5452 I am not convinced that that is going to happen.
G' morning, 'bella fam! Happy Friday! ☕
Haaaappy Friday. 😊☕️
You can use copperwire for stopping the zipper, just use a thick wire and hammer it flat then a quick bit of solder and rapid cooling to prevent melting the nylon.
Sail cover templates, turnbuckle, wind/sea surge/berth/portable battery power.
Great to see sail making, it should be taught to all Sailors especially Cadets. Good wishes.
# HeroesAtSea.
I have a small Anker battery pack and I absolutely love it! They make good products.
Thanks for sharing that review!
would it not be better to fuse the end of the zipper together before serging the end of the zipper for strength? Added precaution against the zipper parting at the open end.
Great video
I had to laugh at the opening "I want to film them. All of them !"... what ? Oh the ducks and other water fowl. You have to love'm. They mark the seasons and offer endless entertainment ;)
Hand stitching ? Do you knot have a hand work ditty kit put together with a 'palm' ?
The turnbuckle on the head stay impeding a full jib drop - you will most likely just 'strop' the stay at the top and have the solution. But if it wasn't that easy tou could always put a 'jackline' on your lower two or three sail hanks. ;)
Steve walks into the sewing room and the boxing bag starts trembling. Legend.
Hahahaha
Hi Steve, can't you turn the stay upside down? With the turnbuckle beeing at the top of the mast?
An interesting episode with lots of things going on... battery packs, sewing, stay re-engineering and moving Arabella. All in a half hour! One thing I was curious about and may have missed. 75 mph winds coming, relocated the boat and I saw the flooded access to the shore... nothing really about the storm/wind itself. In previous episodes you showed how you secured the boat, let us see a glimpse of mother nature's power, etc. but I missed that this week. Will you share an update? Should I look on other social media? Or was it just too crazy to try and film. In any case, hope all is well. I am curious about what "a day in the life" of living aboard is like. How do you guys sleep in what seems like a small bunk, breakfast prep? Showers? Hanging out time? How is Akiva doing? So much to take in. Continued blessings and safety for the skipper & crew!
We probably won’t do and update on the storm that was mentioned, and I’m not sure what happened there. Maybe it was uncomfortable to be outside. Thanks for your questions and suggestions, and especially for watching!
The first zipper invented was installed in a carpet down the middle of a ballroom in a hotel, so they could convert for dancing more easily. No idea how wide it was, but definitely long.
That is such a completely fun fact. I very much appreciate you sharing it! -anne
You could do with a palm to make the stitching a little more comfortable.
Sail rite has some videos on ways the make zipper stops that are pretty clever 👍
They do a great job with their help videos!
I know Tally Ho has a system that will let it charge just from moving through the water. Knowing that is not part of your system, I wonder if they make a small windmill for sailboats.
Hai sodaraku saya sangat senang sekali menyaksikan video yang di kemas dengan baik sehingga menghasilkan video yang sangat berkualitas,, Happy Friday,, ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Haaaaaapppy Friday! Thank you!
It is interesting in the US , petrol is described as gas, it is a liquid. The Solid Oxide fuel cell powered by Gas (. Not liquid Petrol) is the solution for electric at source for home and business.
I have that sailrite LZ1 it’s a fantastic machine
Is there already a turnbuckle at the top of the wire? If not, could you flip the position of the turnbuckle and wire so that the turnbuckle is at the top? That way everything stays relatively the same
Fit the turnbuckle up on the stay . That gets the sail down and you still can pull it tight . . .
We get a lot of help here but we never know where a piece of advice is coming from. Can you elaborate? Do you have rigging experience and a reason you think it’d be ok to do that?
What restricts you from placing the turnbuckle at thr top?
Happy Friday!⛵️👍👍👍👍✌️
Happy Friday! 😊☕️🎉
Happy Friday from Normandy....cheers...richard
Happy Friday, Richard!
Good morning Akiva and Crew 😸😺
☕️🛟💌
Happy friday everyone...........
Happy Friday, Aynsley!
So what was the conclusion of the sacrificial anode? used the wrong bedding compound? Are you basically just going to keep replacing it because theres nothing you can do about it?
At the end of this episode you mentioned replacing the wire for a longer one and removing the turnbuckle. Could you temporarily just move the turnbuckle to the top since you have nearly a foot of room available up top. Loved watching the construction of arabella.
Id be headed to warmer weather by now. Got to hand it to ya for toughing it out
We do prefer this over warm weather, truly!
Good morning from the deep south. You may need to add reinforcement where the end of each pipe is. Even after rounding mine off, the ends eventually rubbed through the fabric. Not sure what type of piping you will use, I have 3/4" PVC.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
could you put that turnbuckle at the top of that cable, instead of at the bottom?
Theres a few people id give my life for. Fewer that id take down sails in that cold for. 😂 i dont do cold.
A little beeswax on your sewing thread would make your work much easier.
Good tip!
Good Morning from Sandwich, MA
Happy Friday bud! Hope you’re staying warm, neighbor.
The punching bag wiggling in the time lapse makes me giggle for some reason.
Smart move to a slip!
I'm guessing that Robbie Doyle (Doyle Sails) is grinning from ear-to-ear as he hears you learn the minutiae of sails and rigging and sharing your discoveries with us. Did Robbie ever meet Australia's Ben Lexcen? If he did, then there's sure to be a story there. (18:55)
Good morning from the Motor City my friends.
Happy Friday to you! Thanks so much for watching. Hope you’re staying warm there!
Can you just reverse that cable so the turnbuckle is at the top where there's room for it?
I bet those sail covers will last longer than the 2 years you estimated.
I still can't quite believe you built a boat from scratch...
We’ve got photographic proof. 😁
I think your man there has a poltergeist at his punchbag 😂
Hahahah I was thinking about that too! -Anne
I sew what you did there.
Could you put the turnbuckle up top an invert the stay !!!!!
Any problem with putting the turnbuckle at the top?
put the turnbuckle to the top? or is that too hard to reach to fix it?
Wow! - I'd hate to get my Winkie caught in THAT zipper!
Could you just turn the cable around and put the turnbuckle at the top?
As far as the forestay...why not just flip it upside down and have the turn buckle on top??
What's the status of the diesel alternator?
Is it not necessary to tension the stay? Or if it is, how do you do it without the turnbuckle?
On the staysail it’s not important to be able to fine-tune what is there. Now that the rig has been tuned and the boat has swelled It’s possible that the turnbuckle is completely unnecessary. I’m sure Steve will talk about it a lot more in the future, Robbie Doyle has been very, very helpful
Steve you know they make zipper stops made out brass
Can you put the turnbuckle at the top or is that too much weight up high? Should be exactly the same strength, you can still adjust it (although you have to climb up to do it), and you don't have to use a Dynema strap. Enjoyed the video a lot!
It’s not common practice because sometimes it needs adjusting, so it’s put down at deck. Not sure how this one will resolve! -Anne
@@AcornToArabella I would also suggest at least temporarily putting the turnbuckle at the top because it will be much easier to tension that the dyneema strop. While it's not ideal to have it up there, it won't be a problem for Steve to get it adjusted, it's not much heavier than the wire itself and will not need to be inspected as often as dyneema.
im sure this is a dumb sergestion but why not put the turnbuckle at the top as the sail seems to not reach the top of the cable anyway?
Aft corner of the sail is called the clue.
For those who care, here are the names of the edges and corners of a triangular sail. The edge along the mast is called the luff. When you let the sail out too far, and the wind catches the sail from the back side and makes it wrinkle and flap, that is called luffing the sail. The bottom edge of the sail, along the boom, is called the foot. The free edge of the sail, to the aft, the part that has battens, is called the leech. As for the corners of the sail, the top is called the head. The corner where the mast meets the boom is called the tack. And as mentioned above, the aft corner of the sail, at the far end of the boom, is called the clue. Why that is, I haven't a clue! :)
*clew, but yup!
@@AcornToArabella Thanks! Right, you are! :)
Turnbuckle at the top?
Dumb question, perhaps... is it not possible to just turn the cable upside down and run the turnbuckle at the top?
We’ll find out!
cant you just put the turnbuckle on the top?
At the 33 second mark, does anyone know the species of duck that is? I see them in the winter and have not been able to identify them in my bird app. I don’t think they’re buffleheads or mergansers but I could be mistaken.
I would move out of there there is too much ice around.