Boat Work: Roller Furler and Lazy Jacks - Episode 279 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2023
- For those of you missing some of the woodworking and boatbuilding projects, we get to some much-anticipated DIY projects while at the mooring in Portland, Maine, such as getting the cherry wood winch bases cut to size, shaped, and installed on the coamings. Spoiler alert, they're beautiful.
Other projects tackled: Lazy jacks were installed, and Steve does a cool hardware trick to get the rings he needed for them. It involves stainless steel chain. The roller furler for the furling jib has lengths of stainless steel that need to be cut to size and screwed to each other. Ever used Loctite AND 3M 5200 on a particular thing? This is definitely a measure 8 times cut once scenario, considering how very right it works when it's right, and how very wrong it can go if it's a little off-size.
A sunset sail?! Don't mind if we do! Thanks for coming out, friends.
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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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Somehow you know Ben came up with the "cut of his jib" tagline for Steve probably *years* ago and has been waiting to use it 😂 Admirable patience!
Hahah
'Likes the cut of his jib' was perfect.
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What a beautiful sunset sail! Can't wait to see Arabella under full sail next week!
Perfect start for my nightshift at the nighttrain going north in sweden, greatings
Oh wow, thanks for that visual meditation there. Safe travels and have a good day.
If there was ever a more naturally suited "land lubber/ civilian" in the world to instantly insert themselves into the life and become a great sailors and sailboat owner, I now know that such a person would be a mountain climber! Congratulations Steve,, you're a natural and you'll be a great sailor! DD
Cheers, Dennis!
Awesome. The furling jib looks very modern and contrasts nicely with a classic wooden boat like Arabella!
SLOWLY we learn that which will preserve us at sea and land.
The very best you Steve and those who sail with you.
Another Friday and here’s A2A with today’s sailing updates. Thanks guys,
Happy Friday!
It's called sailing for a reason, watch your show and its entirety it's heartfelt loving what you're doing Only Imagine never stop
Great Video !
I think many like the cut of Steve’s jib.
Super chilled vlog. It’s great to see Akiva and family becoming more at home in the new environment as confidence in both it and Arabella grows.
Thanks to all for sharing the product your efforts with us, the perfect antidote to a frustrating week on the farm due to unsettled weather.
Cheers, R. 😎👍🍻
Cheers!
What I see and hear is enjoyment at the fruits of one's labor. After watching the years of work (hard) i am so pleased at the results and the enjoyment . For me I have vicariously participated in this journey and I love it. Thanks.
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Happy Friday Steve and everyone else who worked on Arabella,
Willeke and I think it's great that Arabella has received Lazy Jacks and a furling jib sail. The only thing that can be added if necessary is a spinnaker sail. We also hope that all technical sailing terms have been properly translated so that we appear to be somewhat understandable. We look forward to your next vlog in which we hopefully will see Arabella sailing under full sails plus we send you love from the Netherlands
You’re always doing great with your English, Dick! Sending both you and Willeke hugs and good wishes from Maine! 💌 -Anne
@@AcornToArabella We don’t think this is Anne who reached to our comment
It’s totally me, no one else responds. I did switch it up a little this week, and also, I’m still awaiting your Facebook friend request… I tried to search you up but it didn’t work. facebook.com/sugarcauldron ♥️ -Anne
Kudos to Doyle for the beautiful sails. At some point, could we see a close up oh how the furler. Works
Thanks for the recommendation!
So cool to see Steve on the boat, speaking with some satisfaction and pride about her! (as well he should!) Watching the furler install was fascinating BTW...
Glad you liked it!
The new roller-furling jib will be a great time-saver and increase your safety! Nice installation! I always look forward to Fridays and another A2A video. The videos flow so well that they are over way too soon! Be well, be safe!
Steve hows Grandpa doing and Joe the machinist? Glad you're at sea, the occasional update from home would be wonderful
Grandpa’s doing well and you’ve reminded me that I should reach out to Joe. I miss them both. -Anne
Good nearly Saturday from New Zealand, Arabella fam. Good to see Captain Steve in his element!
Happy Saturday to you 😊
I drove by that swing bridge every day back in the day! A true test of a well balanced sail plan is to be able to lock the tiller and steer using your sails. I've done it on a few boats, some work well, some do not. Well done!
Akiska was just agreeing with you both on how great William Atkin's did on his overall designing of this boat and how well she sails with very little effort. LOL
Between that groovy bass and the 'cut of his jib' joke, Ben is the MVP of this video.
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Hats off to Atkin and hats off to you guys for getting her launched and away! What a joy to see her sailing those old familiar waters of New England! Looking good!
Great Video - Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
back from Sun and Sea(and pasta,) In Corsica and Sardinia....so catching up on missed episodes....cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.
Every Friday - on schedule and on time. Greatly appreciated professionalism.
Thanks for saying! It’s hard work to get it done most times, but we take all this very seriously.
Good to see Scott back. Another great episode.
Good mornin’ Bill!
Yes it is!! Highland Fling splashes tomorrow!!@@AcornToArabella
Glad to see it all coming together for you.
20:10 now that is a huge selfie stick!
I am super impressed with the change over a couple weeks in how nicely those beautiful Doyle sails are trimmed now versus the initial sail. I race, and seeing her go upwind I light air like that, sails perfectly trimmed is really awesome. She’s looking dialed in and yar!
Splendid the sail-shape (time code 0.31). 🤗🤗🤗
Arabella is beautiful under sail, a ream pleasure to see.😊
Bon courage and stay safe.👍👍👍👍👍
I can't wait to see how Arabella performs in rough sea.
It wouldn’t be a good time to take a camera out, so we’d have to tell you after probably!
@@AcornToArabella That seems like it could be a gopro mounted somewhere out of the way of operations but able to see something scenario.
We’re working on that.
Beautiful sails. Looks magnificent with a full set installed
CAN NOT get over how fast the crud is showing at the water line
That’s the ocean!
@@AcornToArabella did you use anti-fouling paint under Arabella?
Yes but she is sitting deeper than the expected waterline. So the topside paint is collecting the crud. He talked about that and their plans for haulout a couple of videos ago.
Huge thanks to Ben, who takes all the noises of power tools and the wind (and the workshop before that), and blends them into part of one of the most beautifully produced YT channels going; literally the only one I'll always reach for the headphones for! Your sound design is phenomenal, and I truly appreciate it!
Thanks for the catchup with KP as well - I'm already following the channel, but it's good to be shown what they're up to.
At the end (23.05 min) I accidentally read "Likes to cut off his Jib" at first glance. 🙈
At 2.43 min Akiva obviously agreed with a short howl that Arabella is a great, well balanced sail boat! 😁 ;-) Of course I totally agree too. It's quite impressive! 👍👌👏
Skipping on over to subscribe to KP RIGHT NOW! :) excited to see the future of their adventures! Anne either needs to start one too, or go into doing voice over work LOL. Thumbs up if anyone else would love to hear audiobooks read by anne!
Oh my goodness, that’s very kind. My channel is coming soon. Been making things over at Lowell’s Boat Shop and of course Restoring Rosalind! -Anne
I said I would leave this channel as the boat was launched and then the adventure was private ......but I'm totally hooked ......I can't let go ❤❤❤❤
So glad you’re enjoying it!
We knew that full keel and tidy cruising rig she should be easy to handle with not much leeway. Well done.
I love the new vibes on the videos. It feels really fun and good. You can Tell Steve Is Enjoying himself
Cheers!
Sat here with my chicken sandwiches and coffee happily watching. Happy Friday everyone from Plymouth UK
Happy Friday, Phil!
Good morning Steve! 😅
Imagine all the sailing clubs up and down the coast who would be thrilled to have Arabella come join them for a social evening or weekend sail with the club members
Working on that! We did do something with the American Yacht Club in Newburyport, too!
Tous les voilier remonte au vent tout seul
Parfois jusqu'au vent de travers.
Au vent portant, c'est une autre affaire.
En général,on cherche les vents portants, donc il faut soit un pilote électronique soit un régulateur d'allure qui fonctionne sans électricité c'est mieux. 🙏
One thing that surprised me was how much smaller the boat seems now. When building it, it looked huge on land in the boat house. Now that it's on the water and people walking around it looks much smaller now.
Yup, she’s definitely as big as she is, and no bigger. 😁
I found it interesting how the boat changed apparent size a few times for me during the build. The planking made it look bigger for example, then when the deck went on it looked smaller and in the water it looks kinda the size I initially expected it to be.
Arabella is bigger in person, I have been honored to walk the deck and see below at the launch.
I drive by that area every day. I'll have to look out for you guys. That old B&M bean factory is scheduled for demo soon.
We’ve moved on to rockland! Oh no! That’s a landmark!
When rolling a furled sail first time make sure that the protective strips (from sun) are on the out side.
And in a gale always make sure the furling line is made fast!
Happy Friday, 'bella fam! ☕
Haaaappy Friday!
Being the backseat driver that I am, that winch pedestal almost looks like it needs a backer board on the coaming to help distribute the load. And nice repurpose on the stainless chain!
Friday boat show!! Woot!!
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Thank you for sharing. Wish I were there with you. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
The sails are performing beautifully. They look so nice driving the boat!
Lazy jacks my wife calls them “happy jacks” good informative video
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I really enjoy my roll on my jib. Enjoyed watching the process to build the system. Great work as always 😮😊
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Hello Steve and the team. I know there is no accounting for taste. But have you considered painting in white the chainplates, on the hull. I know that bronze is nice particularly on a "vintage boat" but I think that the horizontal line of the hull is "damaged" by the vertical bars drawn by the dark chainplates. Appart from that, I have nothing to say. You have built a marvelous boat and you can only be congratulated for that. Best regards from France,
Biskouaz
Hello all from Siesta Key Florida
👋Happy Friday!
It looks beautiful Steve. KP I got my eyes peeled. PS Steve how about your dog is he liking the Boating life or do you wish you was back on dry land. And Steve if you had to do it all over again what would you change different. Where would you have more or less material for creature comfort. Add to Steve's lady friend I'm sure she's enjoying all the sunsets and sunrises and what beautiful memories this is making for her. I always did glass and say hoorah to both of you.
Blows me away every week! Bummed I missed Newburyport!
Aw shucks, thanks!
Kp pt heron! Love it!
Steve, you have probably figured this out by now but, don't forget to consider how the battens will line up when you are raising the sails. Often the batten can get caught on the wrong side of the LJ when raising the sail. The remedy is to move the LJ's a bit forward and/or always be vigilant when raising the sail to avoid it. The sails look beautiful, Doyle is to be commended. Also, cleats (closed) are usually a better attachment solution for LJ. Cheers, you have a beautiful boat there. Reminds me a bit of the 30' Tahiti Ketch I sailed from Hawaii to San Francisco back in the 70's. It was all, and I mean all, wooden (Teak and Mahogany); it was slow, gaff rigged and solid. I wasn't in a rush in those days.
Busy day but finally some time to watch my favorite boat project 🎉 Happy Friday! 🎉
Happy belated Friday, Harold!!
Good Friday morn to A2A crew and fellow followers from Victoria 🇨🇦
Was visiting the boat shop back at the end of April and saw these cherry blocks in clamps and wondered what they would be used for. Now I know!
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Great idea about the ss chain! Would not have occurred to me.
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Good Morning from Sandwich, MA
Happy Friday, Bud!!
Looking forwards to seeing Arabella under full sail. Great work as ever. Thanks for the tip for KPs new channel too.
Coming from the world of high performance, lake sailing dinghies; it's fascinating to see the differences and small things that make for a good cruising setup on the rigs vs. what I'm used to.
Cool! Glad you’re finding it interesting. 🙌
Effective use of split screen, Ben.
Good morning Akiva and Crew 👋😸😺
Happy Friday!
SUPER VIDEO 👍👍👍👍👍💯💯🍀
Don’t have a clue about sailing but in the last several years watching I’ve been intrigued by how are your setting up your boat and making the advancements in the final leg of your build beautiful boat well done.
Cheers! 🙌
I was really amazed that storage bags for the main, mizzen and staysail weren't incorporated in the initial build. Never been a fan of cleats on a boom. Consider reefing down hauls that are operated from the cockpit. Doyles foils are top notch, narrow good sail shape when at full deployment and reduction. Rigging is always for worst conditions especially for offshore duty. The greatest joy is when sail set in 20 knot breeze an the helm isn't touched
You mean stack packs or sail covers? Those are always patterned outside the shop, after rigging. There’s no other way to do it. -Anne
I have never seen winch blocks fastened to the cockpit coamings. On boats I have sailed there was some serious load on the winches which were bolted through the deck into the structure of the boat. Are Arabella's cockpit coamings just massive or are the winches used differently?
The coaming, besides being large, has massive brackets that will be through-bolted, doing basically what you’re saying but from even wider positions. Seems solid to me, and solid to the crew when in use. -Anne
@@AcornToArabella I think also that people don't realise that the sheet loads are way lower on a traditional rig. In the case of a cutter the headsails are much smaller both in area and in aspect ratio (ie shorter hoist in relation to girth) than a modern headsail on a similar sized boat, and because the boat is less close-winded, they are also never sheeted as hard. Often a tackle is sufficient and winches can be dispensed with altogether.
^this.
Might be good to have that jib modified to include sail cover material on the leech so that the sun doesn't eat the sail up when furled.
It does have that, it’s just that it’s the same color as the sail. 👍 basically it’s a sacrificial layer that can be repaired or replaced without taking the leech apart. -Anne
Happy Friday, everyone!!
Happy Friday!!
Well done Steve living the dream 😊😊
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When putting the boat on the hard, and then splashing again, I find that dealing with the luff extruder on the furler is the most frustrating part of the day. Think about whether that channel needs to be lubricated. Arabella is feeling like a beauty!
Hot diggety! Time to enjoy my 2nd cup w/A2A.
Happy Friday!
very beautiful video. thank you... best wishes
That’s very kind, thanks for watching!
Congrats to KP too. I'll definitely subscribe.
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Love it
magnifique bateau !
Thank you!
That Mark 4 has been a great furler for Satori. The only issue is how much it gets loaded when close hauled, so it can be a bit challenging to roll up in 20+ knot winds. I will sometimes turn dead downwind with a reefed main and that completely unloads the jib so it's a snap to roll. Just have to be careful with the main because it's on the verge of jibing.
The high cut clew on the job may not be the easiest thing to take to windward, but Arabella is going to sail like a dream when she's 4 sail reaching!
Why did the picture of KP flying the jolly rodger pop into my mind😮
I've actually been seasick in that harbor. One of several places I've chosen to be seasick. Side trip during a conference at UNH.
I've been seasick in a harbor, too! Oh wait... CHOSEN TO BE SEASICK. hahahah Ok I get it. -Anne
Lovely! Steve's skills, patience, and tenacity put him right in his element, whether workshop, boathouse, or up the mast. This is going to be even better - how is it possible?
That’s very kind of you to say, thank you! -Anne
YES!
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Good to see the jib up and yes a great tagline from Ben as always. I always thought furlers were electric, but that looked like rope operated? I am already subscribed to K.P.'s channel and for those that aren't it is short, concise, but great content. Looking forward to the restoration. I remember K.P. being so excited at Mattapoisett when sharing the news.
Hi Andrew! Happy Friday :) Yes, furlers can be electric but a vast majority are simply a drum rigged with a line around it, either wound around like a spool, or a continuous loop of line (check out this week's video). Cheers to you, hope everything's going great where you are! -Anne
@@AcornToArabella Hello Anne, lovely to hear from you and I hope you are doing well xx.. All good in Chilly Ontario, after an excellent summer. Thanks for the furler information. As an aside, I just opened up my little credit card wallet and came across Make Space by KP business card. It did make me smile as I forgot I had it and watched the video just last night.
The Doyle sails are magnificent. I have seen Doyle sails on catamarans built in Korea
Yeah, they’re truly everywhere.
Steve, us fans have watched you do this over what 7 (Freaking SEVEN) years. I have to believe having the channel helped keep you from quitting. Were there times you looked in the mirror thinking you're crazy for continuing?
I don’t think Steve has ever been to the point of literally quitting, no, and if he was to quit something it wouldn’t be the boat, but maybe the channel. He loves the community we’ve built but making the videos is a lot of work! We’re glad to be telling the next chapter! -Anne
I suggest that you learn to make soft shackles with dyneema. These are simple and fast to make and should be a part of your tool kit as they can solve many problems on any boat.
Yup, they’re pretty easy to make.
Been watching for years, love the whole concept and the humanity. Stephen, how are your tools holding up in the marine environment?
It looks like it's quite a bit heavier than expected, especially in the bow.
Painted waterlines do that. 👍 we came pretty close!
Hahbah cruise. Maine is so islandy. Worth a visit but then again maybe it’s better to stay away.. Then there’s winter. 😊
Islandy as heck!!
those sharp corners on the temporary dodger and the solar panel corners I hope can be alleviated in the final rendering
Of course.
Hooray for KP for keeping my wooden boat building requirements met !
Everything moves because she's alive.
get some covers for those fresh sails stat ;)
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!
Happy Friday, Aynsley!
Love AKIVA Hey i got this living the life YOW! 2.41