Launching a Ship - Plans for Boat Launch - Episode 220 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2022
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It's a special event to launch a ship, and though she's too small to call her one, this 38' wooden sailboat will be launched in a place where 600-ton ships can be launched. When see Arabella afloat for the first time, we want it to be an all-out celebration... and we have found the best partner possible for our boat launch.
But before we can get too excited about this boat launch, there's still so much more to do. Pine is traditionally among some of the best wood for boat building, and we'll be decking Arabella with the clearest stock we have. In this episode, we'll see her true sheerline for the first time, too.
We hope you got Arabella’s wooden dinghy news. We talk through the plans with John Harris and discuss Bob's vision for an extra special sailboat tender worthy of keeping Arabella company: • LIVE from 2022 The Woo... We'll have more on that next week, too.
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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur boat builder building a 38' wooden boat 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 wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when he and the crew 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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Ben - your editing is great and your original scores are fantastic. Thank you for making it impossible to stop watching and then say “Wait, it’s over?”
Lots of videos to come! The project is about halfway done after four years.
Just to come with the exterior, bungs in the strakes, caulking the gaps, fairing, painting, thru hull (only one as a I recall), decking, covering boards, center boards, bungs for the decking, sealant between deck boards, cockpit, hatches, port lights, the safety rail (covered recently). If this is one week of work per item just the first third of the boat has 4-5 months of work left. fairing and painting will take weeks to get right, I would expect 3-4 initial coats and each is faired. The next third of the interior fitout seems to be 50% done with engine, finishing water lines, lighting and plugs, navigation systems, autopilot, solar, battery install, rudder and tiller, heater completion. And they started the mast work years ago and are maybe 15% done with the last third, the mast and booms, deck hardware, standing rigging, anchor, lines and sails. There will be more electrical work at that point too, lights, radios, sensors and such.
"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning!" 😊
That ending... Effin' adorable! Nice to see you all again. :)
What a fantastic journey you have reached so far, and who would have thought back in 2011 when you read 'Fifty Wooden Boats, a Catalog of Building Plans' that in the summer of 2022 you'd be one year left before launch ... As a loyal member of the video watching crew, I can honestly say, I am proud of your 10 year wood boat building success ..
As always thank you KP, your attention to detail is amazing, Anne B. I believe there are not to many that can match your skills from behind the camera, and Ben, your editing and music scores are impeccable that very few can master ...
Keep Doing Want Your Doing .. Because What You Are Doing Is Showing The World That Dreams Do Come True ..
Happy Independence Day, And Always Remember What It's Like To Be Free !!!
Steve, love the connection/heredity between farming, forestry, and boat building in your area. As far as a figure head under the bow sprit, it has to be an acorn!
Acorn in the front to Arabella on the transom.
I thought a figurehead of Akiva would be perfect. Who can carve a husky dog?
I love the idea of having a commemoration to the origin of Arabella, especially since some trees were planted by family members. A great visualization of the origins of Arabella.
Almost the entire boat is a direct reflection to the farm. I vote a beautiful carving of Akiva as he has been the mascot the entire time.
So we go best of both worlds. Akiva as the figurehead, but, put an Acorn on the collar where the dog tags would hang.
Growing up I spent more time with my parents friends than my own and I LOVE seeing Aaron working. You're teaching this kid so much more than how to use tools or building a boat.
I smile every time Steve makes Arabella just a little bit stronger. You’re building an icebreaker, my friend!
Just got to the end of the episode and thought "why was this one only 10 or 15 minutes!? "
Impressive visual progress. Such a rewarding set of steps this week. Can't wait for the decking too.
They all kinda feel like that to me.
Congratulations on getting the chance to celebrate your launch in such a glamorous site. Mystic is the perfect venue to showcase her first taste of seawater.
Sail on my friend.
Blessings, Don
You have done this for as long as I can remember, but I want to say I really like the video effect where you keep the sound at normal speed but speed up the video. It is a fun way to hear what is happening and see a ton of work at the same time. You use this video effect very well. Thank you. Keep up the great work. Also, excited about the announcement of the launch date.
The juxtaposition between the hay harvest and boat building scenes gave lots of scope for the imagination. Nicely done. Very exciting to see the stem and stern trimmed.
Outstanding! Great video and wonderful launch news! Thanks for keeping in the loop! Continued blessings to you all!
So visually pleasing to see the deck flush! Great progress in this video!! Go team!!!
Launch day!! So excited to see the decking go down.Simply amazing effort from everyone.😄
You guys are an inspiration for any "Makers" out everywhere. What I found most fascinating is the amount of teamwork and coordination it takes besides the usual attributes of skills and resources which are success or "killer factors" in any project. I am a retired scientist who has worked in the corporate world for over 40 years on big and mega projects but you guys have something that is a unique combination of "unlimited passion, dedication, and a willingness to share everything you are doing on this rather complex undertaking" which my view priceless. Can't wait to see you set sail on Arabella around the world
Great video KP and Steve awesome team, you caught their thinking through before doing process, very good.
Wow! I really wish I could attend the launch. 5 years watching Alix and Stephen building a boat has been my definition of Zen. I never watch someone doing this kind of work before, and not planing on building my own.
It’s a share joy knowing that every Friday after work I get to kick back and spend 30min in boat heaven.
Thank you so much Stephen! You’re a champ!!! I truly love this Crew❤️
Edit: TBH, I see myself telling stories of Arabella when I’m 70 and gray. As a Norwegian I’m so ridiculous proud that you mast will be of Norwegian origin. Don’t know how many times I’ve told this story when mentioning Arabella, but it’s so fun. Hope to see her in the waters some day
Cheers, Even! Messages like this fuel our fire!
Have not Seen Alix in a long time and hes not even on the webpage. Is he not apart of it anymore?
No, he’s moved on. We covered that a while back, perhaps best in episode 200.
I can t wait to see this launch (in the UK so don't think i can be there in person). What a journy, this is one of the "simple" idea of "let cut down a few trees and make a boat, that you get to see the real skill, patients, work and dedication that go into it make a simple dream a reality. The maker community and i do class Steve and the team as makers are showing that we still live in a world full of people with passion and drive to achieve their dreams.
And watching how kids like Aaron are encouraged to be part of the process gives you some faith that there will always be people like Steve, K,P and every one involved reminding us what it means to take life and live it to the full.
Woo Hoo, way to go, June 17th WOW. Steve one last year, you must be excited. Blessed be.♥️♥️♥️
Been following from the start, and supporting via Patreon as long as I've been able. Looking forward to this announcement for so long, as I'm absolutely going to fly over and see the launch. Love from Ireland!
It's a beautiful thing, a labor of love and skill. To see it unfold in weekly incurments is an evolution of pleasure. You've set a date to put her in her element. It will be a great day, but to see the next year pass and it's progress will be even better. Thanks so much Steve and crew.
And thanks for being here, Keith!
Beautiful lines once all the excess was removed. Great job Stephen and KP. Thanks for sharing.
I am very interested in watching your videos after launch and learning about boating in practice and what challenges are involved. Keep being awesome guys.
Outstanding!! Congrats on the launch date and kudos to Steve and KP for their most excellent demonstrations of skill. Arabella is looking MIGHTY fine...(NZ Fan)
Wow. Not much to say, except:
1) The music at the end reminded me of The Forbidden Planet movie! Groovy!
2) What an awesome episode! Arabella looks so sleek now!
3) My posters come in the mail today, yeah!
4) Those wood samples are worth their weight in gold. I now know the smells of the boat shed! It's important!!
5) Love the new sticker pack, too! What a treasure!
6) Whatever happened to that jack rabbet plane I sent you guys? Are you ever going to use it?
7) A food truck? I'm there!
8) Happy Friday, and happy Gettysburg day!!
9) KP has fancy hair and tiny feet. Anyone writing this down? 😉
Finally I am catching up your videos! You all are awesome!!!❤️
Wow, I didn't think fairing for the deck would be this cool, but it's absolutely amazing to see the true lines of the boat emerge at long last. Congratulations, for about the 40th time. lol.
Thanks, James!
Great contrast between the harvest of hay and boat building. Lyndoch SA. Down under.
Wow! What clean lines she has now! Another milestone.
tisk tisk sir, not keeping a hand wrapped around the chain brake - kickback takes no prisoners!
I said on your IG earlier this week that she looks like she's had a haircut, and it's amazing - and the video work today has really done it justice as well (and Ben's music just hitting perfect for watching it with too).
Also how exciting to hear a definitive date and place you'll be putting her in the water!
It was great to see your announcement of the launch, followed by seeing the beautiful upper lines of the hull and the deck. Of course it was sad too. The end of volume one is approaching. I love the part of my Friday where I can relax with your video. I was in sailing boats with my father from my earliest memories, now 62yr I am looking forward to volume two as you launch, make shipshape and sail. But I going to enjoy every Friday from now to then as the finished Arabella appears. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thanks for being on the journey with us, Simon!
She is really looking great! Good idea on the set of bronze strapping aft
If it looks right, it is right.
Arabella looks right. She definitely has great lines and seeing the uninterrupted sheer makes such a huge difference.
I had no idea the stem and stern posts were going. But wow, what a clean look you have now. Certainly another of those moments. Thank you Surgeon General and the team.
What a great location and timing for the launch. Arabella sure looks sleeker now. Looking forward toseeing the decking installed.
Wow.. Just another astonishingly beautiful video.
This just keeps getting better and more exciting! Less than a year to launch!!! The evolution of this project is a wonderful thing to behold. As always, thanks .
Thank you!
Very proud of you guys. Great Job
She looks really good right, can't wait to see her with a full interior and rig.
I just smiled this entire video!!! I am so happy for the whole crew and hope the date you set works out. Good luck and I will be there!!
Cheers, Jerome!
There's an old saying " Why is it taking so long ...because I know what I'm doing ! " great vid , lots of work to go and great sound track . Well done Captain Steve and team .
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From Viking longship to My Fair Lady in a single episode! What a transformation. Also, dug the tunes! Reminded me of late 80's Genesis.
Dear Arabellas Acorns.
👍👌👏 Extremely well done again and as always (video and work). Great to see that you found the perfect place to launch Arabella. I'm totally flabbergasted how different and more elegant Arabella looks, after the frames have been cut! What a wonderful/beautiful/impressive shape she has.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Arabella is really beautiful already! Really excited by how far y’all have come!
❤️ Lovely . . . & 😳 clean!
I have to say that this was, for me, the best video you've done. It was exciting and relaxing at the same time. It came across as a huge milestone, among many, even though there's still a long way to go.
For us there are a few huge milestones in here, thank you so much for seeing it!
Wow...a set date...and alot alot of work to go.. GO .K.P and Steve I started watching from the KEEL Pour.... what a journey
Looking smoooth guys... she is going to be a beauty.
So just one year left to get all the animals together!
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Soooo satisfying! Thanks for take'n us along.
Thanks for being here, Thomas!
Quick word of caution: be very very thoughtful about adding rigidity. It can cause catastrophic failure by moving torsional forces to weak spots, or concentrating them at corners. In some cases the best way to deal with torsional forces is to allow a flexible structure to absorb and distribute them evenly.
how many boats have you seen have a catastrophic failure due to too much rigidity?
@@dayz_bob_bob_bob boat building isn't my area of expertise. I build out-buildings and renovate my 110yo home. That's why I urged caution. I have seen torsional forces turn a part of a home that was supposed to increase rigidity to the whole structure instead break the wall and ceiling around it, because the house moved, but the ridged wall did not.
Working is such a chill thing. I could watch for hours!
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So glad I moved back to NH! I'll see you next year!
See ya next year and happy Friday!
I have been watching you from near the beginning and when I looked at the boat after the fore piece was cut it all became verry real to me. Great work, keep it up. Your channel is one the bright sparks in my week.
Thanks for saying so, Paul!
The music is so awesome. Thanks
Ben! You've knocked it out of the park with this week's music! Wonderful editing, too!
June 17th is on our calendar!
Good work getting that all level!
Ben, I just want to give you a huge cred, your dulcet calming voice and explanations helps we non tradespeople a greater understanding of what's what. Mike 🇦🇺
He’s the best!
great stuff
Ben, really nice ending music.
Nice to see this progress on the boat.
Outstanding
I was inspired by today's sponsor and Anne B's choice of skill to learn. I think it would be really cool to take the offcut from the stern and have someone carve it into a replica of Arabella at sea. If no one on the crew wants it, it could be a nice raffle/fundraiser item.
That’s what we’re thinking too!
Loved the camera montage of mowing and boatbuilding.
Great work guys!
Cheers, Richard!
I saw you cutting off the bow stem and said to myself that it was like losing an old friend as I remember when you and Alex put the frame together a million years ago and seeing the images at night as the frames were going in. I hope you feel "lighter" but in a good way, not because you amputated what was the most obvious part of Arabella for the past many years. Mazel tov!
Seeing her shape, uninhibited by extra lengths of stem, sternpost, and frames makes us feel amazing. Thank you!
@@AcornToArabella, I'm funny about changes. And I get attached to some things for likely very irrational reasons. But having said that, even at my age of 55 I realize that it's important to remove attachments from material things and old and unproductive ways and things that get in the way to make way for better thinking and in your case especially "smooth sailing." Me, I'm an equestrian and a land-lubber despite so many reasons why I shouldn't be having grown up on the south shore of Long Island and a Dad who was in the Navy in his youth and who built a small dagger-board sailboat at home, and a brother who graduated Kings Point and was a merchant seaman for a while, and who taught me to sail and kayak. The ocean and sailing never took with me.
What a big milestone, making that cut on the top of the stem! Congrats!
Greatvideo again. She's looking more like a boat week after hard working week.
I must say I was clinching a bit seeing Steven cutting the frames with such a common DIYer tool as a Saws all !
After years of finely tuning wood pieces with fine hand tools ! 😳
PS The astonishing quote of the week by Ben at 2:09 : "this humble video editor can't wait". 😳again !
Serious Ben ? Working with the awesome shots by Anne as a canvas - like at 6:41, seeing Granpa harvesting his hay in the background ! - to produce beautiful videos and sound track, every week is a great, professionnal grade achievement ! 👏🤗👍
All credit to KP and Steve this week for that beautiful footage!
@@AcornToArabella Of course ! 👍😘
WoW that is an amazing announcement, exciting, scary, but also a bit saddenning , I know this has been the plan from the start and I am really happy for you Steve but I'm gonna miss lurking while you create this beautiful thing, you guys have been a large lump of my Friday Happiness since the keel pouring and it's sad to have a finish date knowing you won't be there anymore. It's funny i remember the first time I saw the keel pouring and did a bit of research about you and discovered exactly what you were doing, I immediately went back to your first post on youtube and spent a weekend just watching all your vids just to bring myself up to date and I've been here ever since. Once again, thank you guys for the smiles
Thanks for being here Aynsley! Keep lurking when we’re out there! 😁
Day-yum! love that new look, and could not be more psyched about the launch location. I believe I'll be sailing up the the Chesapeake for that event! It's already blocked off in my planner. Bravo Zulu
Awesome!
As a car guy that repaired and restored cars for years I like the bronze diagonals race cars are built by triangulation. Boat building is my hobby and retirement job
I can't wait till you fair the hull planks. That will look awesome.
The soundtrack is always so good
She's looking smooth, and sleek. 👍💫
I LOVE ❤️ it fine wood working with a chainsaw. Your boat looks great. I’ve been watching since the lead keel pour
Glad you’re here, Matt!
Omg I can't believe the launch is going to be sooner then my next birthday 😯#happyfriday!
Happy Friday indeeeeeed!
Really taking shape now, looking good!
Amazing ans ambitous to set a launch date , also to have moved on a stage . Fantastic to be able to view it thanks .
That’s how we roll: ambitiously!
Looking like more progress! Keep rolling Arabella crew!! Launch date confirmed should be awesome!!! 👍👍👊👊
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@@AcornToArabella 👍👍
That deck is going to be stunning. Can't believe a date for launch has been set. Great work again.
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Dear. Anne and Steve,
First of all we’ll follow your habit by wishing you a a happy Friday. As always we loved to see your vlog and the way Steve and Kaylyn are working on Arabella in all kind of details. Especially Dick is watching your vlog a couple of times on an IPad after we both have seen your vlog on our 65” screen. He often wish he’s able to be there to help you as a volontair with finishing Arabella. We wish both you as well as Kaylyn including the entire families of the 3 of you all the happiness of the world plus we send you ❤️ from the Netherlands. Best regards,
Willeke and Dick de Graaff
Happy Friday, Dick and Willeke! As always, knowing you’re out there enjoying the journey with us makes our hearts big. Wishing you a lovely week and continued good health! -Anne
Stoked for you Steve. I have become surprisingly invested in seeing Arabella come to life.
Cheers, Ryan!
Hey, really lovely music this episode. Very atmospheric--very summery. !!!
Thanks!
Looking good :)
It seems the launch is in sight. Can’t wait to see the decking going in.
Oh, it’s well in sight for sure!
Interesting to see such an aggressive schedule, especially after watching Leo break down and illustrate in detail what's left with Tally Ho, which seems to be more or less apace with Arabella, but with a larger crew working it--and him saying it's more than 2 years out.
And a different scale of boat, as well. Our interior is nearly finished, and we have a collaboration taking place for spar building and the dinghy.
My wife and I have been watching faithfully every week for the last 3 years (I’ve been watching for 4). I just made hotel reservations a little before and after the weekend of June 17th - 1.2 miles from the museum.
We will be traveling from Montana and have zero experience with sailing and watercraft in general. What a wonderful time it’s going to be to meet new friends and learn a little first hand knowledge of an industry that is so far removed from our local experience (but I’m sure growing up on a Montana cattle ranch has its mysteries for the native locals of Mystic).
We’ll be watching with such a new level of anticipation now!!
Hooray! You’re in for a treat at the museum… it’s essentially a recreated village and a working shipyard. Huge! Glad you’re excited! I will be making a page with lots of links to local resources that you can enjoy while you are in the area. Be sure you have a subscription to our newsletter to know when that goes live. Link is in the description. Cheers, Steve! -Anne
GREAT NEWS. 👍
Trimming up the frames....so beautiful!! It looks like "she" just gained 12 Knots of speed!! DD
Wow wow wow, cant wait
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Might head out there. My son and daughter in law are in grad school in VA, I’ll try to time the visit to see the launch.
Come on out, Richard! We’ll have a page of travel resources on our website soon.
Good morning, 'bella fam. Happy Friday! ☕
She's beautiful!
I can already hear the ocean💚
Nice one! The start is an amazing announcement, the main part is an amazing development and the end is one great featured character of the channel praising another such! 😁
Thanks for interesting, entertaining and aesthetically crafted content!
Cheers!
Been with you since episode 2. My wife and I will be at the launch. Coming from Ohio.
Hooray!
As a youth in NZ in the early 1970s I served my turn following a bailer like your granddads and had the job of hoisting the bails up onto the trailer. That bailer was already old way back then! It almost killed me in the hot sun. Thanks for the flashback!
Thanks for sharing your memories, Bill!
Wonderful news about the launch date, Steve! I am planning to be there. It's been a long journey, and you have more journeys ahead. I do hope, though, that you and Alix are still on good terms and he can be there for the launch. It seems only right that, since he was there for the beginning, he should be there for the end (or next beginning as I like to think of it).
See ya there, Christopher!
The whole team must be so excited, and you should be all proud of what’s been done up to this point.
Thank you very much, Romeo!
You the man Steve, never doubted you for a second
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great video guys
Cheers, Rodney!