Arabella's Spa Week, Swelling The Hull - Episode 265 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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Well, everyone's been wondering about swelling the planks, and here's the big reveal and most effective way we've found to do it. STEAM. Yup, we steam this whole wooden boat for about a week, stoking the fire each day in preparation for the torture boarding.
Satchel makes progress on the 12-volt marine electrical system. We test the fresh water tanks that are fed by the watermaker, and Kyle, who is doing all things fluid-related, explains a few things about the boat plumbing. Steve talks more about the base for the main sheet traveler, which when rigged, will be where the main sail is controlled from. Scott's beautiful cherry wood grab rails give a finished look to the saloon. More holes are sawn into the deck, this time for dorade vents and anchor chain inlets from the anchor windlass.
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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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If this were a Scandinavian boat building channel we would see you all sitting underneath Arabella, doing the Friday afternoon communal sauna thing...
😁
Yes Sir😂
I was going to say you could put a heap of deck chairs down there and sell tickets. Maybe cedar benches.
I was thinking the same thing. "Team building" sauna time🎉!
At 26:11....Instantly, I thought "Yeah, Anne is thinking about a disco!" Sure enough....2 seconds later.....Thanks for not disappointing Anne! I loved the sandpaper on the hole saw trick! For so long, I have been wondering why the bottom of the grey house top cabin is still not painted every time I saw it. Now I know...the hand rails!!! She's beautiful!! DD
You guys are doing a swell job! ⛵️⚓️👍😀
Did you just...
@@Romaobb, I suspect he did…..
You did what I see there.
I see you...😜
Hi Steve, I live on an offshore 42' cutter. I have a handhold rail similar to yours about the perimeter of the boat. While useful, the real stability and safety onboard while in "boisterous" seas are places to lean. While the boat is thrown around and you're trying to navigate the cabin and conduct life, having places to rest your hips, back, shoulders and rear is way more important. These days people like spacious cabins but this is bad no matter how good the handholds. Tight spaces, narrow walkways and passages are critical. Places where you can trap yourself while keeping arms free are the best. The good news is your boat seems to be laid out such. Successful cruising is about core strength and wedging yourself in. Arm strength and monkeying about is secondary. Tight seating. Tight berths. Tight spaces. All make life easier, believe it or not. I hope I can come to the launch. I should be in Narragansett or Buzzard's bay by then as I work my way up from the Bahamas. I hope you enjoy exploring by boat as much as we do!
I am pretty sure I commented this before but here I go again.
Of all the DIY youtube channels I visit, I come back here for sanity.
Thank you Mr. Dennett
Good morning, 'bella fam! Happy Friday! ☕
Happy Friday, Ryan! ☕️
So, two weeks till the boathouse comes down!?! Who would have thought we were that close to actually moving Arabella? Which brings us to the sadness of no more boat build videos. It will be interesting watching Steve learn to pilot this boat. This warm weather has me wanting to pull out the kayaks and hit my favorite lake. Continued prayers for your mom and KP. As well as the project finishing on time. Have a great week!
Happy Friday, Kathy!
I want to add my praise for the filming and editing work that has been done to present your adventure. As a small creator I know full well what is involved in getting things to an enjoyable product. Thanks for caring enough about what we see and experience. We would have liked it in black and white with captions and no music... this is stellar!
Y'all sure are some busy bees! Thanks, crew, for once again sweetening my coffee. The day is rapidly approaching when I'll be able to wish you fair winds.
Happy Friday, Bill!
It is amazing how a handful pieces of carved wood (the handrails) dramatically change the feel of the cabin! One moment it looks and feels like a workshop, the next an elegant cruiser! (maybe with a pull-up competition going on)
Wow. Every episode is a treat. She is going to turn heads everywhere she goes.
From the keel pour till now I have been fascinated.
Cheers from tinytown Colorado.
I love how she's creaking and they're still miles from the ocean.
Exciting to see the launch approaching so quickly - I wish I was a continent closer and could attend!
I think everyone else is panicking seeing the launch date approaching so quickly!😂
That timber is amazing.
Good afternoon it's Friday and wish you all a fine day, Greetings from the Netherlands. ( North-East )
Good Morning All the AtoA team from Sheffield UK ( AkA the historic home of Excellent hand tools & steel ) hope you continue with the vids post launch. Avid viewer from the keel pour. It’s has been & continues to be a privilege to feel a part of the journey. Thank you to you all and Best Wishes going forward.
We’re definitely continuing the videos!
The sandpaper on the hole-saw was pretty smart. You all are awesome!
Thanks, Stephen!
She is so beautiful, well done you guys. Quick note on the boom traveler for anyone who is interested. It changes the angle you are pulling on the sail and thus can flatten it. Going down wind or on a beam reach you would want a full belly so you would move the traveler to the same side as the sail. Trying to point up more to windward you would want to bring the traveler to the center, or even move it off center "away" from the side the sail is on. This puts a slight twist in the sail, flattening it and making it more efficient for pointing up.
Thanks for sharing.
The AAAAAH's of satisfaction at 21:46 were universally shared around the world! Love how everyone took a pause out of their work to "support" Steve with that sanding! LoL
It'll be a very weird day when the boat house comes down and she will stand free in the open for the first time. Looking forward to that one.
And it’s very soon!
Early upload this evening? Gday again from down under! Can't wait to see the progress as usual. Keep up the great work team
Same time as always!
I'm okay with the product placements because it makes me happy to see Steve get cool stuff for free.
Thanks for the thought! We’re careful about what we take on for this sort of thing, too.
36 days to go!! Y'all are doing beautiful things...See you in Mattapoisett!!
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Both interior and exterior are looking amazing!!! Great work “Don’t blow a gasket” Steve and crew!
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Team Arabella full steam ahead ! The grab rails in the cabin really "floated my boat " and the main sheet traveler truely what .. great design Steves attention to detail always right on !
Anne busting a move at the end was worth the wait!💃
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It's looking beautiful! Such craftsmanship. And such great dance moves, Anne!!
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Yep, the dance moves really closed out the episode, leaving a smile on my face.
I would recommend drain holes in your grab rails, we had something similar and unable to drain it we had to keep tissue paper stuffed in there as a nappy.
Watching this for over a year. You are all so Blessed and this is a Beautiful project and Journey. Thank you!
Thank you very much, Cory!
Happy Friday, A2A crew!
Go Anne, go!
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12:39 Three ideas for improving the tank lid are now following me around...
1. A sandwiched donut flange cut from ¼", ⅜" or ½" sheet when clamped to the tank opening would offer an improvement in stability.
2. A machined version of a flange can add a vertical dimension and resistance to twisting. This could be tricked out with o-ring seals for both the flange and lid.
3. A pair of custom made o-rings glued on the gasket on both sides of the machine screws can greatly increase the sealing ability by compensating for irregularities. O-ring material to make your own is readily available and the adhesive is usually just a type of cyanoacrylate aka, super glue.
Anne dancing was so cute!
😊🙌 -Anne
The potable water system seems scary to me. Get a robust flange setup so you can have confidence the tank won't start leaking when under the most adverse conditions at sea. Test at 0.5 psi? Why not 50 psi? Pounding from waves produces dynamic forces not static.
The pace and scope of work continues to inspire! Steve must so pumped that his dream is so near to fruition!
I'm impressed with that solution for the traveller track! and the cabin grab rails - Wow!
And I find it amazing how much drilling holes in the boat is a bit of stress even for me who is just watching you from far, far away ...
Good to see you're making great progress!
Arabella is looking beautiful. love the dedication to the craftsmanship.
Thank you very much.
Having a DISCO moment at the end 😂
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I know that feeling well, of making an irreversible change to something irreplaceable and just hoping that it works out. Great tip with the sandpaper wrapped around the hole saw!
I've been watching you from the beginning... I grew gray alongside the build.
Please, don't hurry and choose less just because of launching date... nobody sane will take it against you. Godspeed
Instead of rushing, we’ve gotten more help. Nothing’s being compromised. We agree it’d be a shame, our standards remain high. -Anne
Sirocco II Elite fans are brushless and have a 10x motor life. They're a bear to find available, but they're worth it. (I've burned thru 4 Sirocco IIs over the past 9 years (In each cabin). They just don't last very long if you're running them continuously.
Thanks for the tip! And if anyone’s looking for some, I did see them at Hamilton Marine in Maine recently. Great business and they do sell through their site. -Anne
Those Railing look pretty dern cool. Less than eight wks you'll be in the water. so awesome.
From experience; I suspect that the leaky water tank inspection cover will need twice as many fasteners to prevent the distortion between the fasteners that is reducing gasket pressure between them, so allowing leakage.
It’s a very large surface area for so few compression points.
Other than that, great work guys, she’s looking absolutely gorgeous.
Also! You should consider cutting a hole in the flange gasket, to make it a ring instead of disc. That will free up any given point of the gasket from influence from what's going on on the other side (180 degrees) of the seal.
@@JBLewis But than then allows two surfaces to develop a leak across. More screws i think should do the trick.
Dish the existing cover to increase the stiffness. Use a silicon gasket with a durometer hardness of 60 or so, and stiffer than foam, more durable than that and the rubber. Test. I hate leaks on boat.
@@johnmcanulty7341 makes an often overlooked point. The spacing of fasteners around a large opening in relatively thin flat material is governed by the need to reduce midspan deflection induced by the gasket compressing at the fastener points. A softer gasket will not necessarily help unless it is graduated (stiffer at the fastener points, softer in between. This can be achieved by letting in washers of stiffer material around the fasteners, which should be slightly thinner than the soft gasket, but this is fiddly to get right. Flanging or dishing the cover (or making it thicker) will go half way to resolving the problem (the underlying tank will still deflect as before). The simplest solution is to double the number of fasteners.
At 12:50 a helper suggests that the leaky tank inspection port can be accomodated by lowering the level of water. Unfortunately sailboats heel, and can stay there for a while. I was once on the same tack for ten days...
Arabella is looking fantastic!
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Such an amazing journey, glad to have been following from the start
Thanks for being on the journey with us, Andrew!
The Sailboat sous vide turned out great! Looks to be cooked evenly! Get some Pitch Parfait plated up and she's good to go!
Ha!
This countdown to splash down is exciting to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Don!
Hello Steven and crew, i’m watching the episode today from here in my kitchen and North East, Arkansas. I have been following Arabella from the poor the lead keel. It has been a most remarkable journey. I really enjoyed seeing the beautiful work done these last month or two to the boat. She, “ Arabella.” is turning into a beautiful young lady.
Thanks for watching, Jim!
More the beautiful, she is so particle, and a tribute to everyone’s talent.
Scott, the grabrails are superb.
That's very kind, Mike! We'll let him know you said so.
Ben... Thanks for your delightful sense of humor re "Youth Services" in the credits. LOL! And thank you, Aaron for being a part of the journey of Arabella. Cheers!
I know it's a weird thing to focus on but those grabrails are absolutely gorgeous.
It weird at all! Thanks for saying!
Steve, simply put, you and every person building Arabella are inspirational! Please look after everyone's physical and mental health as you near launch. What a beautiful vessel!
That’s very kind, thank you, Gordon!
Steve, it's not only the physical thing that's been built. It's the community around that thing, those working on it, donating, watching, the conglomerate that is stunning. Been watching for years and it's just stunning. Thanks for sharing the journey.
And thanks for being on the journey with us. Cheers! We're so grateful for this community. -Anne
lololol. "and with all his extra time". Nice one Ben!
Hahaha yeah my favorite part, too. I mean, besides the Aaaaah! after the chain hardware went into the deck. 😁-Anne
I will say the finish work looks great. I have been following from the beginning and I am getting anxious for the launch.
Thanks for being on the journey with us!
Love the windlass and handrails!
Good morning crew. A beautiful start this Friday with clear weather in northern Ontario. Thanks Ben for all your help.
Happy Friday, Tom!
I miss Ontario, say hi to the rocks and lakes for me while im living abroad. I can almost smell the pine trees reading your comment.
I've waited so long for those seams under the hand rails to be covered up. Looks great!
Interior pieces are coming together. Great grab bars.
Those handrails are just art. Great job.
If you ever consider doing a box set dvd collection covering all the years of construction of Arabella to help finance the sailing side of this journey I will gladly put my dollars down for a copy. I am waiting for payday so I can get a few shirts and a hoodie to help you guys and gals along. Arabella is getting more gorgeous each Friday
Thanks for your support!
Love the handrails! They will be very handy.
Wow! Work is moving at a fast pace now. Everything is looking great! Water and electrical is in means you're about ready to float her. Looking forward to launch day!
Another lubricant for stainless machine screws is pencil graphite, just rub your pencil along the thread and it provides enough slip to stop any binding.
And it doesn’t leave a residue. Best thing for lubricating locks, and it’s recommended over WD40 type products. -Anne
It is abrasive though, so keep it away from machine tools and edges you like to keep sharp!
@@tomnewsom9124 an abrasive lubricant, like graphite grease. First I’ve heard that.
How time flies when you're having fun!
Ha!
So much happening at once. This one episode looks like it could easily have been three!
Feels like it over here, too!
So, I went right to the t-shirt and it came to me that you don’t have a plain Acorn to Arabella t-shirt. One with the acorn behind the boat. I know most are special purpose but a general purpose A to A t-shirt would be pretty great. You could even wear them aboard as the crew shirt.
Just a thought.
Can’t believe how much your doing. Good luck and keep up the good work.
Dave
Here’s where we sell our merch, which is different from the short campaigns we do on Bonfire: www.acorntoarabella.com/merchandise
Joe did an amazing job with the restoration of that Windlass 🙀 Wow it's a real beauty 👍👍😸😺
the handrails are one of the nicest details for a while, just beautiful work, soul looks nice too, really nice you guys keep it up
locust is a really pretty wood
It is!
I commend Steve for his efforts. It’s been interesting to see him grow from grandpas hand planes and chisels to the most efficient tool for the job. KISS (keep it simple stupid) is a saying we live by at the wooden boat shop where I work. It’s easy to add but hard to take away.
PS. You don’t know what you don’t know. So if you don’t know, don’t talk like you know. Because it’s clear. You don’t know.
Good morning Akiva and Crew and Annie B 😸😸😺 / How's Steves Mum doing ? she hasn't been mentioned in a while 🙏🙏
She’s doing well! The chemo worked fairly well, but she’s got to take a break between treatments. Thanks for asking!
@@AcornToArabella / You're welcome 🙏 , thanks for the update , wishing her a full recovery 🙏❤😺
@@AcornToArabella this is terrific to hear.
The "handrails" are brilliant, as well as beautiful. Moving about the Saloon, no matter which way the sea throws you, your hand will land on a solid hold. Plus, little shelves for pocket plunder, glasses, etc, at anchor or dock. A great detail I have never seen before. Kudos to Atkins for the design, and to the Arabella Wrights for the execution. So much better than the typical, poorly placed, inch-worm style handrails we are used to.
Dear Anne, Steve and all others who are working on Arabella,
Happy Friday first of all. The cabin of Arabella starts to look awesome and als cozy plus at the other hand very economically what will offer you a nice place for living during sailing. Regarding the outside it looks a bit like Arabella is in a slow cooker 😀. Willeke and I are very impressed to see how Arabella is getting more ready -by every vlog of yours- to be launched so we hardly can wait for this and wish you lots of success with all the rest what still needs to be done and look forward to your next vlog. We send you love from the Netherlands
Happy Friday, Dick and Willeke! Hahahah Yes, Arabella has now been prepared sous vide :D Sending you love and well wishes from Massachusetts! -Anne
Good morning from tasmania Australia, keep up the good work not that far away from your dream be coming a reality.
That's an elegant solution for the main sheet traveller.
I have never second guessed you, but I am concerned about the traveler. The height and the strength make me nervous. Enough force to tip that boat over will be on that point. And then tip it back the other way.. and back. Have you considered metal? Im sure you could modify a used one. Keep it up man!
Another quick tip for you once you get on board. To control mold and musty smells on the boat get some pool chlorine tablets, put them in a butter dish with or without lids maybe pop some holes in the lid if you want to have a lid on it. And keep them in places where mold and musty smells acumulate. Also keeps out the bugs....
I like tea tree oil products for that. Thanks for the tip! -Anne
Amazing progress. Bittersweet for Steve I bet, as launch day approaches. But there will be endless projects even after she is in the water.
Oh yeah. And no, not bittersweet. Something a little different.
Happy Freya's Day to all. Gawds, this is all coming together real fast... It seems like yesterday that the keel was being poured.
It’s nice to watch someone else work by the way I’ve been in boats all my life how I know that is my dad told me I was conceived in a boat, it’s really nice and relaxing to watch all of you work and I’m learning all kinds of things, nice channel you tube give these guys and gals a thumbs up
"Youth Services" That's a cute title for Aaron. He's been a big help!
Imagining her hull painted. That would be grand.
Ooooo get ready! If you join us for the Patreon livestream tonight (5 pm et for patrons in tiers $5/mo and up), you’ll have a peek.
Kinda funny you spend all that time making a boat watertight and one piece, smooth and then at the end you drill holes everywhere! 😂😂 I just ordered my Launch Tee-shirt.
Hooray! Thanks as always for your support, Andrew!
It's a good video when it's entertaining. It's great when I learn something. Sandpaper glued to a hole saw. Thanks
Sometimes it's the simple things that work well.
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So great to see the final touches being put into Arabella. So close to finally launching after all those years of work.
Getting close. Love the dance. Cheers.
Been watching this channel since 2015. The launch is set June 17. My 21st birthday
Awesome! Thanks for being on the journey with us and happy birthday!
Thanks Anne, that was a hilarious and great ending. Loved it. Great work everyone on the boat.
She's looking Amazing well done everyone involved.
Thanks, Peter! Happy Friday!
Just a quick shoutout to KP, and sincere hopes that that her recovery is progressing - but much too slowly, I know. I can only imagine how frustrated she must feel to be missing all this great progress.
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Who doesn't love a good bonfire?
Ha!
There is such an air of excitement among Steve and crew. I believe the finish line is within view !!
Yeah, it's Friday - Happy A2A day from Plymouth UK
Hooray and cheers, Phil!
Happy Friday everyone.
Happy Friday to you, Aynsley!
I think your hand grip fit right fit for your boat design. Their classic and solid, there will be times you'll need the sturdiness. Good luck Steve with the few weeks left.
Gym, disco…..what else do you need you got it all ❤
I love the interior hand rails...practicality, extra strength and beauty all wrapped up in one item. Well done!
Consult your gasket guy, but having a ring-shaped gasket rather than a disk will allow the gasket to seat properly. A disk design doesn't give the edge distortion anywhere to go and thus induces creases i.e. leaks. Looking good guys, keep at 'er.
Great tip! Similar to why cans have circular bottoms, a ring is able to more easily form an even contact
So cool
I like the no nonsense approach to problem solving , simple is best, vis a vis the rope around the boat and the hole cleaning,
Best wishes to the crew and you , and your mother
Cheers, Mark
Very exciting - followed since the grandpa's tree.
Nice! Thanks!
best video in the last few months
Wow, Bob, thank you very much. What’d you like so much about it?
@@AcornToArabella not too much talking mostly , im not sure but lately i was pretty much skipping true but this one i watched it all.
Thanks!
Beautiful work as usual with no detail too small to be finished superbly.