Wrapping Up the Mizzen Mast - Episode 165 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2021
- The mizzen mast has been tandem project as the planking has progressed. Alix chipped away at it between other important tasks, and now it's finally finished! Of course, the hounds and hardware need to be installed, but this big, beautiful, repurposed piece of Victoria's past and Arabella's future is shaped and painted. It will get stashed out of the way in the boathouse for when the time comes to work on the rigging.
Right as we were wrapping this important project, we had a fan come out to volunteer his time and talent. Greg was not only a huge help with some shop work, but as a filmmaker, picked up the camera a bit, offering us a different perspective of the project. We had a chat about the philosophies and ideas about this project.
We hope you enjoy this episode. Thank you for watching, subscribing and supporting! See you next Friday!
News Ben’s found something that will finally make it possible for us to have closed captioning again for those who need it. Accessibility is important to us, and we appreciate everyone’s patience with this. We should be able to roll this out soon.
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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve and Alix started as amateur boat builders building their own 38' wooden boat in their backyard: designer William Atkin's Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel's gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond-sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when they will travel and learn to cruise aboard the boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.
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What an emotional interview it ended up. I never realized, but indeed, it is a unique project. Taking down your family trees to build a boat and sail your freedom... Poetic indeed. Applause.
It was nice to take a moment to enjoy Greg’s thoughtful perspective. Thanks for watching!
Greg summed up the sentiment / romance of this project beautifully... He captured the essence of why I watch each and every week. Well done Greg. Well done guys. Love the dream. Enjoying the realisation even more.
I wonder what Greg does/did for a living. He seems to have a great mind.
"Tangible Poetry"… It doesn’t get much better than that.
Tangible Poetry is a great way of describing a project like this.
I built a small wooden boat just over ten years ago. I expected some questions about its construction etc. What I didn't expect was the amount of people that couldn't believe that it was built by hand with simple wood working tools and fasteners. A lot were completely astonished it wasn't bought from a store. I took that as a big compliment. Great work on Arabella. Looking forward to launch.
Even things from the store were mostly made by skilled human hands. Even our phones! Thanks for watching, congrats on your boat! Hope you’re enjoying it.
Alix, you've got to be so proud of that mizzen mast. It's stunning. Something that's always going to be on full view in Arabella and will always make the many hours of craftmanship you put into it so special and so worth it. Very well done.
Part of the beauty of this project is all the wonderful characters that become part of the story of Arabella, and Greg is one of the most beautiful examples of that.
Guys came to speak at my school. Class act. Both of em are stand up dudes.
I to started watching when they were poring the lead, been hooked ever sense. I hope they will take us on there excursions.
So did I. They've promised to bring us along for the ride.
*'their', not 'there'
The lead pour brought a lot of us onboard.
This project is just so beautiful, so fantastic.
I’m in awe of the dedication that you two have shown over the years.
Alex and Steve, you’re both due the highest of boat building accolades.
Thank you for all the smiles,
Land locked Bart😎
Happy Friday, Bart! Thanks so much.
'Tangible poetry'.
Thank you for the content. Been watching for a few years, and always look forward to Friday.
That's such an awesome quote. Greg seems like a really cool guy
Thanks for giving Akiva some camera time in the video , I love hearing him talk ;-) he's quite the character ;-)
♥️🐾♥️
I have never enjoyed screen time as much as this. Being a Patreon *really* made a difference, I am, as much as feasible making a contribution to get Arabella built and floating. I have dream of one day actually walking on her deck, be it ever so briefly.
Thank you so very much for your support, Lory. Happy Friday! Glad you’re on this journey with us.
This project gives me tingles every episode. The freedom on the seas, I can only imagine.
Alix, man, that mizzenmast is a work of art.
@@graham6229 They talked about this two weeks back, here ruclips.net/video/eZadBEJHc7Y/видео.html
I think you are being uncharitable in saying that they do not like taking advice - it sounds like they have taken advice from many corners. Perhaps you mean that they don't respond to every whim of the youtube comments?
@@graham6229 steve seems to be a know it all he does not listen the mistakes hes making in this bliuld is unreal hot water a head and all thats needed to power stuff he seems to say our needs you need all the stuff becauce hes not even a sailor
Greg summed it all up. I feel the same way. Trees from your own land....hand made rivets....the full nine yards....is what has kept me coming back each Friday for the next instalment. Marvellous series, well made.
I enjoy it every week, it just caps off the week for me.
Oh thank God! Six episodes of turning a round pole into a round pole is enough!
That was cool! Well done Greg! Fantastic questions, and great to see you inviting people who are interested in what you are doing! Their interest is very much reflected by the broad number of us just casually watching!
Love Greg's philosophy. From the beginning of this channel its link to nature has always impressed me. Greg, thanks Greg, has put it into words for me.
There will be tears when that beautiful mast gets it's first scratch! Well done, and that was a great interview by Greg. See ya next Friday. 👌
Greg nailed it, exactly how I feel about this project: tangible poetry.
From stem to stern every single piece has its own unique beauty.
Acorn to Arabella : where even watching paint dry is interesting
Hahahah 😎
Another interesting episode, the Total Boat finish for the mizzen mast looks amazing and capped with Greg's insight into the project - many thanks for sharing
Thanks, Nic!
Watched your chat with the bloke from Alaska.
Please keep your dream alive!
Take a break as required.
Do not loose your focus.
Can’t wait until splash day!
I must express my absolute agreement with your guest Greg’s closing comments. Your project goes against every desire of our modern world behavior. It’s about time we got back to the proper, really way of living a fulfilled life. Well done Guys!👌🏻👍🏻
Part of living a fulfilled life is to have the support of others, or at the very least, no boundaries set up by others around you. No matter what someone wants to pursue, imagine a world in which everyone is encouraged to find their path. No gatekeepers telling them they couldn’t or shouldn’t do this or that... whether they pursue boat, house, farm, city life, kids, no kids, wooden boat, fiberglass boat... makes money, doesn’t make money at all... there are myriad fulfilling paths, but some would seem completely improper to or for another. So huzzah to a full life, out the window with proper, and in turn, make life easeful for others on their path, too.
Thanks for posting and sharing. The Mizzen mast looks GREAT!
"Innovation is the oldest tradition" What a great quote!
To the builders of this beautiful boat. I have watching ever sense the very first episode. This the first time I have posted. Your work with hand tools pretty much showed me that your wonder craftsmen. Not many left in this country. I was told by my doctor's that I have CHF. and IPf of the lungs. My time is about a year or a little longer. My worry is that the crew won't finish before my time is done. I really want to see this beautiful boat in the water with the air filling the sails. It's become now a important thing in my shorten life. This boat will be a very majestic in every way. I will keep watching as long as I can thanks.
Russ, thank you so very much for watching and for sharing your story. We’ll do our best, and would rather be in the water over doing the building (we’re adventurers!) though this part is a journey too. May your health hold out. Do stay in touch. Are you subscribed to our newsletter? The link to sign up is in the description.
As for craftsfolk who can wield hand tools-there are many out there who quietly and diligently do their work and don’t film it. Take heart on that. Timber framers, furniture makers, tool restorers... they’re definitely out there.
All the best! See you next Friday.
Our favorite way to start the Friday! Great episode, the mizzen mast looks stunning!
That was a really interesting interview. Thanks for that Greg!
Greg led a great interview and offered a perfect recap of the big picture of the project.
We think so too, Doug. Thanks for watching!
Greg is a tangible poet. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to his take of the adventure so far. May I recommend he take a short journey with you, once the boat is complete, for posterity’s sake? He is the journalist we didn’t know the boat needed.
It just looks better and better every week! You guys are amazing and your craftsmanship is fantastic. Cheers!
I also enjoyed the work in progress talk at the end of this video. The uniqueness of you build is and his historical values adds such depth I believe it would be hard to find another of comparable connections.
Seems like Alix really came into his own on this mizzen. Well done sir.
15 weeks
That attention to detail may come in handy in the middle of the ocean.... LOL..
Greg is a great interviewer. Well done.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the last planks in place. Thinking about that,I’m also wondering how you will manipulate and clamp them with no opening above or below. That wasn’t a question ...I’m happy to wait and see! I’ve been watching since you started your build -one of the few things that’s given me joy in the last five years.
Comin’ right up! Thanks so much for watching. Comments like this fuel our fire. 🙌🏼
Thank you for that interview. I haven’t been a viewer from the start, and to understand the breadth of the project is awe inspiring. Bravo!
Very interesting discussion, I think the real answer is that you guys design from the heart and the Arabella will be a 1000% Unique, each part has its own story, part of grandfather`s tree, part of Victoria etc etc., made by a tool you built or a tool that was donated to you and so on. You will at one point be sitting inside the boat and telling some future grandson or nephew the story of each part of the Arabella. You are not simply building a boat, you are building a character... a living legend. Well done guys.
Thanks for watching, Victor!
Tangible poetry . What a perfect description.
That white mast is going to look so good. So fresh so clean
Need a sign that reads tangible poetry in progress.
Sailed a wooden cutter in the 80's with Green Hull/Mast/Boom and Tanbark Sails. Color combo really worked.
Fortitude is an excellent way to describe one of the many qualities required to take on such an ambitious project!
Great interview which opened an interesting window into the philosophy of this project. Greg is an articulate bloke!
Steve answered Greg's design and build questions beautifully substantiating why the mix of traditional and modern. Whatever makes the most sense. Utilize what's within your resources which is my DIY philosophy too.
Audacious! That's the perfect word for this project! This is the reason I find it all so interesting.
Hello Gents. I just wanted to mention something that is often forgotten related to using a cartridge respirator. After 8 hours of use you want to replace those filter. Just an FYI of something not though of very often. Cheers!
And keep them in a zip top bag when not in use.
Whoo Hoo! I love this channel, your design philosophy, you guys, Akiva, and, of course, Arabella! I'm extremely fascinated by the motivations of your patrons (I'm a buck a month dude {only due to Pandemic Unemployment, else I'd be on a higher tier}) and the volunteers showing up. It shows how your work and video documentation gives something important to people. It surprises me how I have gotten this wrapped up in someone else's project and living vicariously, tangible poetry, indeed!
Thank you very much for your support, Michael, and at a tough time, too! We’re honored and humbled. Very glad you’re on this journey with us. Cheers!!
In the car world, this is called resto-modding. Old school body with modern running gear and comforts. Best of both worlds.
Yes, it is, and its the only way to go.
Eh, depending on the running gear I may leave it original, but I do insist on modern safety gear like brakes.
Great interview
great explanations! thanks
His closing dissertation is so awesome. You guys really moved this man. As you do to all of us I think. I wonder if he watches Salt and Tar. They are almost finished. Of course they didn't cut down all the lumber and mill it. They did cut down the trees for the masts though.
We’re grateful that Greg came. Thanks for watching and for this thoughtful comment.
I thoroughly enjoyed your guest and his comments. Sorry I forgot his name. I too am fascinated with this project and I've shared episodes with friends that I think would really enjoy it. Thank you for another interesting video! I wish I could come there and do ANYTHING to help! What an honor! Oh well, I'll let you have the dream and I'll live vicariously through you!
Happy Friday, Patricia. As always, thanks for your kind comments. We’re grateful that Greg made time during a trip out East to spend time helping in the shop. Cheers!
"I've never known anyone who's finished something this intense" Oooh, Yeah, Let's hope that's not prophetic. I'm hoping to meet Steve and Alex on the pier in Santa Cruz some day.
👍👌👏 Nice interview, Sirs.
I went the same route with Satori. She's also based on Atkin's Eric, with tons of teak and bronze with fiberglass hull. The biggest struggle has been keeping the plastic components to a minimum inside. The only allowed exceptions have been the VHF and SSB. Everything else is hidden away to keep her looking bristol with only brass lamps and wood showing. It's amazing how much plastic can ruin the appeal of a traditional double ender. On the other hand, I am all for using carbon fiber and dyneema for rigging. It looks great even on old rigs. Dyneema doesn't clash and carbon fiber (spinnaker pole) can be painted to hide the tech. Varnish can be canvassed to reduce the maintenance. Spare no expense on it.
For some, including us, practicality goes a long way to making something aesthetically pleasing. Thanks so much for watching! Send us a picture of your boat, would ya?
Thanks to Ben I now know what is going on 😀J 🏴
Phenomenal interview by your visitor!
Enjoyed your Q&A, keep up the quality work, love your ethos
Alex, excellent work and presentation!
I'd like to hear Steve and Alix giving more overview of where the project will go over the next few months.
Next Friday we have a live question and answer session for our Patreon supporters in certain levels. Sometimes we send out special one-time invites for that, send us an email and you can ask your question. Also if you search up our live video from a few weeks back called Live from the Boat Shed 4, I do believe we run over the schedule of upcoming work at least running through the end of June.
Looking good Lads! See you next week ,
Hi Guys, Great job on that mast Alix!!!
Thanks for watching! Happy Friday 😎
Tangible poetry. You nailed it ;-)
Excellence once again. Thanks, boatbuilders!
Atkins was my dad's surveyor when we owned the boat yard in Cos Cob, CT.
We lived in the same town as Atkins.
Wife just said she was starting lunch; great timing as usual...cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.
Sweet!
Beautiful
Although the first video I saw of this project featured fire and melting lead, I'd rather not see it end that way.
Hopefully as paint and solvents enter the boat house you lads have acquired some proper metal storage cabinets and metal waste cans for fire prevention?
Most excellent gentlemen.
Cheers!
The thick spots are due to needing to roll a little more thoroughly-less dips into the pan, using that tool to lay it out with long strokes. 👍🏼 That two-part stuff is bullet proof.
Like literally bullet proof? Haha wasn't sure if you saw some YT video where they shot at it or something. Ha
Bit disappointing to see that wood hidden under white paint.
But then, I wouldn't want to deal with that kind of upkeep either. And the white does look good too.
Everyone likes varnish on someone else’s boat. 😁 thanks for the kind words and for watching!
@@AcornToArabella LOL so true. Ease of maintenance > looks is the better long term decision
Even the Royal Navy and USN painted their masts white.
Yeah... But the grain in that wood... How good does that look!
Much better than the white, and you're dead right about the someone else's boat bit!
Does Greg Chaney have a channel? He's well spoken, and I'd like to see what he's up to.
I was enjoying his commentary and questions as well. I share his passion for this project. It is amazing and rare in a modern world.
I can't wait for the Main mast series = all the way from the felling to the stepping.
This era of internet is more positive than negative though. The books are accessible even if the local library doesn't have them. The materials are available in spite of the local hardware store never having heard of them. The advice and encouragement come from forum members who live states away. And that's all before you get to the fact that these guys have been able to turn this into a full time endeavor with earnings from internet sources.
We feel gratitude daily that we’re able to do this full-time and share it with others. Thanks for watching!
Such awesomeness.
Shucks, Roy. Thanks!
Did you plant a new tree for the mast of the boat your grandson/daughter is going to build?
Three new trees : mizzen mast, tall mast and foremast.
@@tomf3150 Only one tree harvested for masts. A Yawl only has two masts - a Mizzen and a Main (which in the case of a Yawl IS the forward or fore mast). They are reusing a mast from another Atkins boat for the Mizzen Mast so that is not a new tree used. That only leaves the Main Mast coming out of a new tree!
Very good question. Maybe a assortment of useful boat building timber.
Tangible Poetry Indeed
Not only will this boat contain wood from Steve's land and a mast planted by his great grandfather it will also contain part of his dna and that of others who have worked on this project. Each and every person has had their sweat and in some cases their blood dropped on materials used in this project.
Quite the thought, Michael. Thanks for sharing it and for watching.
The ghosts of Victorias builders and owners also! The mizen is only one piece getting a new life on a new boat! Arabella will have the DNA of history!
@@AcornToArabella Every woodworker knows that a project isn't really finished without a few drops of their blood on it somewhere!
Audacious is right on! Fortitude for sure!!
Always great stuff.
Shucks, Gary. Thanks for watching!
Nice show
An RO Water maker is a 100% must have on any boat of any type.
Nah, not for any boat of any type, but it’s a handy thing in remote places for some people doing some types of cruising.
I feel I could build a boat like this easily.....all I need is a big front yard.......oh and help......oh and some youthful energy
“Tangible poetry”, indeed! Please sail her to Dana Point, CA. I’m buying the crew a round!
Alex, just one correction on the Total Protect. The thumb print test is only when applying oil based bottom paint over it. TotalBoat TotalProtect can be recoated over itself for up to 60 days. If that time window is missed, sand with 80-grit sandpaper, and
wipe the surface clean with a clean, lint-free cotton rag wetted with TotalBoat Dewaxer & Surface Prep, and allow the solvent to
evaporate completely. Recoat with TotalProtect.
Ooh! Thank you for the correction. That’s even better than what I thought!
varnishing: apply with brush in one direction, toward the wet edge, don't keep brushing over the same spot. painting: roll on and tip off with a brush.
Apply like it's free, definitely tip it off with a brush after rolling. Roll then just using tip of brush tip of towards wet edge in one direction and if possible only once.
It’s a new build resto mod. What’s better than a 1960’s mustang? A 1960s mustang with modern day amenities and driveability.
Yea who wants to drink stale water from a wooden keg right!
@@johnjenkins8782 Water gets worse than "stale" when laying in a tank of any type.
@@pauleohl The Pilgrims decided to stay at Plymouth because they had run out of beer, the “fresh” water was not even fit to bath in as it had become putrid from contaminates in the barrels.
@@july8xx Henry David Thoreau used the same word, "putrid" in Walden Pond, to describe what happened to pond water that he saved in his cabin.
40 years ago I had an engineering gig for the winter in Traverse City Michigan. Huge icicles formed outside of my motel room and I decided to keep a few for drinking water. They tasted fine but in a few days they were flocculant with string like stuff. I never got sick from them.
@@pauleohl when we cleaned the potable water tanks on the sub, we had to add some specific algae to leave the water good.
In fact, it took a week or so for the water to taste ok after the tanks were closed up!
hi guys the boat is looking very good
Yay!
Those definitely are the bees knees! LMBO
You may want to bed all fasteners into the mast with epoxy. This will help prevent any water intrusion. Great work!
Thanks! We won’t use epoxy for that... Bedding with wax or Dolfinite is where it’s at. Epoxy makes it darn near impossible to remove later for regular maintenance. We have a few friends who have had to remove epoxied fasteners and epoxied bungs, and it’s a nightmare.
Bring on the shutters, way to go Team A2A.
Shout out for Juneau!
Happy Arabella day! I can not get over the beauty of that mizzen mast. When will you be starting on the main mast? I can only imagine how the main mast will look along side the mizzen. Your granddad I'm sure is so proud of how you chose to utilize that tree he planted forever ago. When will you start on things like the water and fuel tanks? Will you get pre made or will you build those also? As always another great video. Welcome to the new guy. I didn't catch his name but welcome and thanks for your perspective.
Hi Kathy, happy Friday! Will start on the main mast a little bit into the future, and as for some interior details like the tankage, we’re right around the corner from doing interior fit out! We will most likely use a couple of monel tanks that we harvested from another boat, among other things.
That's cool. I am looking forward to seeing some of the interior work done. It gives a better picture on how to manage such things as fitting things in tight spaces. How much living space is there? I'm also excited to see her planking done and corking to begin. Seeing all those cracks filled in and faired out will be a great video. Closer and closer. Would you do all this again in the future? After you have sailed around the world. Or do you think you will get an ordinary job and take Arabella out on vacation?
in the automotive world this is classified as a resto mod. traditional beauty with modern reliability. best of both worlds really.
If you’re after a resto mod check out the corvair build by Matt’s off-road recovery.
🇳🇱As for the mast, I think the lower part where you can see the original wood is more beautiful than the white part. I hope you will not regret it. I wish you a lot of work pleasure with this beautiful boat, greetings Hans from Roosendaal, the Netherlands.
I think they will not regret it at all for exactly the reasons they gave. The upkeep is simply impractical.