With a Little Help From Our Friends-Episode 161-Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2021
- We're back to planking! We've asked some of our skilled friends to come back and help us get closer to closing up Arabella's hull. We have eight oak planks, a couple of cedar planks, and the black locust sheer strakes remaining for installation. After the remainder of the oak planks are in, we can either keep moving forward with the rest of the planking, or we'll be able to confidently move on to interior joinery. Carolyn's on hand, Jack's working here in this video, and Wes is due to arrive. Our goal is to see if we can get all the oak planks installed with their help. It's a tall order, as the fastest we've been able to put on planks, no matter the crew size, is three planks per week... But we are going to do our best!
In this video, Jack talks about his new business, Dara Forestry and Maritime Timber. We're glad he's decided to use his resources to supply lumber for boatbuilding, and we're sure we'll see him succeed and for others from boatyards and home builds to get more access to these ethically sourced resources. Contact him here: daratimber.com/
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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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I am a DIY woodworker after my retirement but I am so glad to see and hear both all the folks on this project talk about being environmentally conscious, caring for sustainability and generally socially responsible. These are the folks who make America GREAT one community at the time. Sadly that's not the case with the politicians in America or for that matter many developed countries in the world
Ahhhh, the sounds of spring. I can almost smell the grass.
The knees and mast visible @ 12:00 are just lovely to behold. What admirable craftmanship!
Coffee with Arabella and the crew! Now I've really got that Friday feeling!
Thanks guys. Nice to meet you Jack hope your business grows and grows .
Thank you for letting Jack talk with us. It was very interesting to listen to. To see it from a different perspective makes the building of Arabella more meaningful. It is not often we get to meet the passionate people who supply products or services to those lucky enough to be able to build boats like Arabella.
Thank you for Jack's monologue. It's unfortunately a rare occurrence to encounter craftsmen with his standards, intellect and understanding of the client's needs in our instant gratification society. I'm old school and that's probably why I have watched every episode. Kudos to Carolyn and all of the women out there that have ventured into traditionally male occupations. I love seeing anyone, man or woman, willing to go against the grain for their passion. Clearly, she can read the grain! Hope I spelled her name right. . .
I'm an historian by training and Jack's point about traditional construction methods is important and valuable. Hundreds of perfectly effective solutions to problems were discarded in the 19th and 20th centuries in the name of convenience and without a thought to the net global cost.
Thanks for this thoughtful comment!
Jack's narrative (15:50+) was a great addition. Thank you !
No, guys and gals, thank you all for sharing you journey with those of us that can't afford to financially support this wonderful project/dream.
Once a week I get to go order a cup of coffee from a local fast food restaurant and sit in the parking lot using their wifi ti watch a few videos, A2A being one if them, and relax out if the house for a little bit during this pandemic while unemployed/underemployed. My short-fall of income has me without cable/internet at home, so a litte time out if the house is a God-send, and a cup of coffee and entertainment is the cheapest way to get away I have found.
I love that Jake has found a niche market in milling to serve his passion and fulfill a need at the same time. Yeah, finding a sawyer who understand the specifc needs of boat or timber framing milling can be quite difficult these days. Most lean toward the typical home building max turnout from a log for typical building materials (2x#s and 4x#s). Good for Jake and his customer base. Love seeing more planks and stringers going in. Won't be long until the exterior wood is all on and you guys and gals will be caulking/corking and fairing. Then on to the interior projects.
The knees and Sampson post are looking mighty fine with the oils/varnish on them, so beautiful. Well done, crew. I can hardly wait each week for more, but I have to wait for other channels to upload their's so I can have content to watch while I have my weekly trip for coffee and RUclips time.
All I can say is... "I'm lovin' It".
Hope things improve for you soon Thomas! Regards from Sweden
@@marr1977
Thanks, Martin. Things will turn for the best, sooner or later. Until then, God will get us through. Cable/internet are a luxury thay we can live without, for now. When I am back to work, full time, we can have those luxuries again. I appreciate your thoughts.
Jake is so much more than a good hand in the boatyard; Thanks for letting him talk about his work. Lets load up his channel with subscribers people ! Here's a guy who needs some attention !
Found his channel. :) ruclips.net/channel/UCQq8bmb0jpVhqyESGyLPvaw
Thanks for all the great work Jack. I wish there were more sawyers like you in Australia.
Most likely there are more than a few, but they’re so busy working they aren’t making videos. We hope to hear of some! 👍🏼 thanks for watching!
it's sometimes difficult to find a quiet morning to sit down and relax into an episode of A2A, nevertheless.... thanks for uploading
Interesting to hear about the timber production from Jake.
Fascinating! Jack needs his own channel. Thanks for sharing
I so look forward to these videos every Friday! Cup of coffee and some chill time. Thank you all for sharing with us. Cheers!
#a2acoffeeclub we see ya, R H!
Finally found you on Google Maps Street View! Epic!
Love Jack representing another quality craftsman in a unique trade from Maine!
Yes, this young generation is impressive. Very environment conscious. Hope for a better world.
As a structural engineer I can tell you that your diagonal strapping works exactly the same way as in a house. If you see a structural steel stud building going up, it will have the same thing and that is to resist lateral racking of the frame. It should add a lot of stiffness.
Jack has a great idea and business there, it's great to see someone like him doing that stuff. The skid steer that he uses is a great little machine obviously set up for his use. Arabella is looking lovely and I cant wait to see her with all her planking done.
Man Arabella and Tally Ho are going to be some of the strongest wooden boats built in decades. Even big custom boats are done as a business these boats are done to highest standard the guys can find. Love it. Wait is that the guy from the Sail cargo videos?
Yup! Jack came with us to sailcargo and had also been down there previously on a separate trip.
@@graham6229 TH is not a replica
@@graham6229 So that episode in which he says its a restoration and not a replica is a fake? Also do you remember his opening line in EVERY episode in which he uses the word "rebuild and restore"? How about you ask Leo mate?
@@graham6229 part of the transom is original too
@@graham6229 It's a restoration. A replica is when you're starting from scratch. Leo did not. He's taken the old TH out of commission and is rebuilding her in her own keel shade. He's also going to reuse all the existing pieces that can be reused, and so far, more than just the keel was reused. Seems you haven't been paying attention to his videos, skipped a few bits.
4:26 I don't know why but that simple shot of old tools, mantained with care, made me feel... Love? Nostalgic? Sometimes, it's the simple things that hits deepest.
Tha me you for that sweet thought.
Just been to our barn this morning, filled with 200yr old Walnut, Beech, Ash & Cherry that was going to rot or burned...so I planked it, now awaiting projects. Breaks my heart when people don't see the woods potential. Keep spreading the word!
Watching here in the UK, always enjoys the weekly updates. Very interested to listen to Jack and his very sustainable business.
Keep up the good work team. And thank you
The cinematography has improved sooo much over the years. Composition, lenses, speeds, colour. Wonderful. I follow for the craftsmanship but the camera and editing skills make it a full and involving experience.
Yep, that's National Geographic documentories grade since quite sometime.
Bravo to all involved ! 👏
I was just gonna post that Ben's editing is really good in this episode. I think what it goes to show is that having a specialist in every role REALLY makes a difference to the overall production quality.
Well said. I was thinking the same after watching the last few episodes.
as long aswe can see it hear no one cares about all that other crap
Really seeing your video and your associate and his saw mill. Great video
Good evening from Australia. Must be Friday night and another inspirational video. Joe
Hi mate ! from Varennes, Québec, Canada
WHAT WAS THE SKY LIKE ?
Great using wood in the right propher old way. This is nowaday a forgotten skill. One of this days we all need to learn how do a real craftmanskill. Being an old norwegian shipwright i’am glad to se this kind of old skills still exist among yonger gererasionens. Ps pardon my bad english , . All the best love your vlogs
Thanks for watching, Knut. There are many skilled friends of ours who do this for work, and cannot make videos, but who are very good at what they do. We hope to keep featuring their good skills. Wooden boats are a thing of the present!
Your English is fine, Knut.
Great segment about Jack. It's always fun to hear something "different" on your channel! DD
Wow, caught a glimpse of that samson post at 5 minutes all varnished up bright. Looks real purty.
At first, in the beginning of maintaining a watch on your build, I had found youse guys from Leo Goolden's build, I thought ya'll were a couple of yahoos and have since gained immense respect for you jokers, I must apologize for my first impressions, that was a journey and lesson for me as well. thank you!
Glad we've passed the yahoo test ;) Thanks so much for watching. Coming to this as beginners with a healthy amount of care and caution hopefully makes us relatable. We're sharing the process and journey, and glad you're here!
Another awesome episode, Jack did a great job giving us the details.
So good to see a concerted effort again on the planking. Looking good boys
I have followed this from the early days. I see this as being a very large model (being a model maker myself) and totally engrossed in what you guys all do.
A fascinating project. The highlight of my Friday.
Hot damn, that image at the end of today's intro NEEEDS to be on your merch. The coloring/shading, the font, the design of it all is
The hull distortions you describe where the planks move against each other is a result of what is known as "hogging," which occurs because of the action of waves where different parts of the hull receive different amounts of support as the hull moves through the water. The copper diagonals are there to reduce "hogging" to a minimum, much like the "Seppings system" used on British warships from about 1800 onward, and the diagonal bracing used in the hold in the original plans of the U. S. Frigate Constitution. You may find looking into the work of Sir Robert Seppings of interest.
I am loving this build and the series of vids that accompany it. So much respect for putting the learning/building process out for people to see and comment on. Bonus: fight between viewers about wether a wooden boat build thousands of miles away is a replica or a restoration. Who knew such passion existed in the armchair boat building world.
"Any questions, comments or concerns?" Boy does that bring back memories of corporate America...
Standard stuff when you are running a tight ship but the phrase has been corrupted over the years -- sadly.
Thank you for the bronze strap explanation, they do so much more than i thought to help the boat survive at sea.
That deck Jake was sitting on needs a little love. I am digging his coffee tree, though. Great work he’s doing there.
Love the philosophies expressed by the various people involved in this project
Thanks, Brian! We're surrounded by smart and thoughtful people, and thankful for it.
Watching as you install the bilge stringers we can see in the background some of the knees and other parts that have made and installed previously. The detail on some parts and the quality of the finish is second to none it is looking stunning !
Arabella is shaping up to be a real high quality vessel , you guys are doing a sterling job !
Wish you all well from here in Essex UK
Feeling like crap after taking a tumble in the forest yesterday. Then this comes to brighten up the day 😊😊. Boat is looking great..
Feel better soon!!!
Jake seems like a realy genuin and good spirited guy :)
Thanks folks, for your work and you youtube offerings.
Great progress on the boat and a very good segment on Jack and his business. Thanks for sharing!
Last time I was this early Arabella was still a log.
LOL - For me she was a Tree.
Hell, she was an acorn.
This whole thread gets a cookie. 💯
@@paulslevinsky580 ha ha ha,
Last time I was this late...
God had just created the very first Oak.....😉
Jack should touch base with UMaine Orono extension. In 2011 they were in touch with arborists that were exploring urban trees to lumber. Might be a good source for rare figure for knees and sweep. Looks like he can risk an LT40 band on a yard tree for the right profit.
Grace USA screwdriver - good choice
Thanks for another great video guys. Loving the new style of including shots from around the site at the start plus the variety of music in the intro. Also some extra wonderful framing and location of shots this week, just seemed like a new level, very rich!
Honestly, if they get through this and they all still have all of their fingers I'll consider it a massive win. (love you guys)
;) Thanks Jeff.
So true it's happening across the country every day. We have become a country of consumers. Not builder's.
If we vote for mass market products by our spending habits, we will get more mass market products.
Jack’s information about his business was great. I am not a tree hugger but I do love wood. Keep up the good work.
No needs to be an ardent "tree hugger" nowadays to be infuriated by big forest companies policies you know. Look at the crap sold at big box retailers, the Orange one especially. Cheap, fast grown 2 bys and or plywood, all sold at premium $$$ prices. 😠
What young guys like Jack here are doing is intelligent and ACTUALLY sustainable, not the BS big boxes are telling us. Same with "sustainable fishing" especially from the world over Chinese fleets. 😝
No-one expects everyone to go hug trees and stuff.
Its just about leaving the planet in a shape, about as good as you have found it.
Seems like not too much to ask, but unfortunately it currently is.
Man those knees are gorgeous!
Love those finished interior pieces. Really gives you an idea how nice that interior is going to be when it's done. I remember touring the USS Constillation in Baltimore. My Mrs and my kids were amazed at the cannons and accomodations and I was lost in the construction. All of it. Especially those enormous root ball carvings that held the front, sides and top together. I absolutely would have loved to have been any part of of it.
I like the term you used, "My Mrs." I often say "My Bride" Nice to know there's another guy out there who respects his Gal like I do. Cheers!
Always great to see what's up with Arabella. Thanks.
Happy Arabella Day everybody!
☕️🔥
Great work Gals and Guys, it is a wonderful Journey. I have been watching for a long time from Israel but I once lived in the USA and built boats as a hobby. I was a building contractor as a job and a boat builder as a hobby. So many little problems and such great solutions. Blessings to one and all for safety and health.
i love the videos !! thank you so much !!
Steve and Alex Keep on keeping on Gentlemen! I love your work and I appreciate the update to Patreon. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching and for your support!
Good to see my generation has passed the skills of proper tree harvesting to your generation. It's a tradition that goes well back to before Windsor Castle or Notre Dame Cathedral.
Remember doing this with Cedar guys? Oak rules!! Especially your oak lol
I can't wait until you sail to Texas or Louisiana so I can see her finished. I hope you plan to sell merch and give boat tours every so often once she's in the water.
Me too!
At 6:41 I couldn't help thinking of that marvelous scene from CROCODILE DUNDEE: you call that a clamp-- here's a clamp!
Really enjoy your content and clean edit. Learning so much. Thanks from SD, CA.
Thanks for watching and for your thoughtful comment!
Great episode!) Excellent content) cheers guys!
Well done to all of you, you’re doing a great job.
I got a palm nailer and I'm never going back to a hammer. You can nail overhead effortlessly, and you get a lot less bent nails from bad swings. And of course your arm gets some rest.
To a point that’s true. Got one for fencing, but your comment reminds me to use it more.
Keep on chipping away guys.
You’re really making some great progress.
Must be a struggle sometimes though.
Great progress? Is this sarcasm
"Thank you very much" From Barrett, my 5 year old son.
The expanding crew working on the boat is great to watch . wish i was closer and could stop by to help but from San Diego that's a long commute .
This reminds of the film Message in a Bottle when the estranged brother in law decides to come and help build the boat … 10:32
that sounds like a really fascinating job and you're a lucky guy to get to do that
You are all an amazing group of highly motivated craftsman and women builders. It’s been amazing to watch, I was hooked from the big lead pour, your foundation of an awesome build. Sorry wasn’t sure to call it a ship or a big boat. I’m still learning lol. Great video.
Glad you're here Sean! Thanks for the kind words. I think you could say this is a cruising sailboat, and definitely not a ship. Learning's what we're here for, you're not the only one!
Thank you, I love this learning platform.
Love the Skidder, used to run one of those units set up for fighting forest fires with side tanks, pump and hose. Also was set up with a huge "funnel" on the rear to fill the tanks from a helicopter bucket drop, fun times.
COOL!
Great stuff...Sun's out in Normandy...cheers...rr
I recognized today for the first time how Steven really starts sporting a visibly whitening beard.
Welcome to the greybeard-world!
(Coming from an all-silver beard'n hair oldtimer increasingly sporting that kinda "fading colour" for more that three decades now.)
I really mis the original acoustic guitar opening. How about doing a revisit?
I’ve been posting about bringing it back for episode 200
Also the blasphemy that the got rid of the Akiva Howl
I don’t get why there are any “thumbs down” for this, or any, of your videos . What is not to like? I look forward to Friday mornings to see what has been going on. This is way better entertainment than my crappy cable tv service. All the best guys!
Assholes, trolls, and other wastes of oxygen.
Like that halfwit that was screeching about how it was evil to cut down trees...
And I think I'm being generous about him having half a wit.
I’ve got an mba in sustainability and I’m pretty liberal.... And one heck of a tree hugger! what these people don’t understand is that logging is sustainable if done properly. I love working with wood, I’m not a fan of cutting old growth forests simply because those places are disappearing and are magical places and they don’t need to be cut...
@@grandenauto3214 there is something to be said for the harvest equivalent of the "stand-replacing fire" but that shouldn't be the go-to harvest style.
Email notification sooo much earlier that RUclips.
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Good video!
A tip, flatheads are rated for a specific torque, when that torque has been met the bit will slip regardless of how tight the screw is, this is why I prefer to use any other type of screw, it is also the reason flatheads are so hard to remove, the bit slips.
You need a bigger bit. There should be zero play. The slot should be filled for its whole length and width.
Friday noon (Israel time) I am watching your video, as always, and my son, without seeing my phone or hearing anything asks "so, have they finished building their boat?"
Glad to join you for lunch, and thanks for watching! Love that your son’s checking up on us.
Before you complete the boat stringers are you going to put insolation in to stop the sea cold water cold creating conversation inside?
Yep .so right ,let's live life as nature does .
Nice perfect b4 work watching
Excellent video on marketing! You got me hooked! Have been here for more then a year now on youtube, have seen probobly all the vieeos, coming home from work on friday watching you guys do cool work just makes my evening! Thank you for doing this! I will get to patron also now because of this explanation at the end. Much respect from Latvia! Stay hard and good luck further on with the interier!
Thank you for watching! We're glad you enjoy what we do!
You: Dolfinite & Resorcinol
Me, an intellectual: The forbidden PB&J
hahahaha
I was going to comment that they got the strawberry jelly out again :p
Good afternoon from my neck of the world
hi guys the boat is looking very good
that is a sweet little log skidder
Good Morning new opening nice
I finally know why I love this channel so much...Its the world's longest GUSTER video!
Is the sawmill guy single?
Christ, he's handsome
i warned u
Wish I could post a picture but am actually building tables from reclaimed pine wood that came from old barns being demolished while I'm watching and between glue cycles I'm also oiling up a walnut and maple edge grain cutting board made from locally cut and milled woods. So there's many of us out here. And must say, would drive to mass or even Maine if the opportunity came up to barter free demolition in exchange for the wood from a barn like that...
Cool projects Alex! If you’re on Instagram be sure to tag us, we’d love to see what you’re up to.
@@AcornToArabella will do, haven't been on much lately but will be starting to sell direct so I will be soon.
Been watching you guys go since back when she was just a pile of lead getting melted into a keel, would love to come up and volunteer if life ever allows, been too long since I spent time in western Mass, went to North Adam's for college at the infamous NASC/MCLA...
Is that the first permanent nail I've seen you drive in Arabella?
Kinda looked like spreading strawberry jam lol
apologies if you've already addressed this question, and I'm sure you have, but just wondering why you don't use the same join that you've used in the bilge stringers and shelves on the planking? thanks in advance
Some things have changed in the 100 years or so since this was designed. Some of which needs to be built in so you don't just stick it on later as an afterthought. Transducers, antennas, sacrificial anodes, lightning protection, and wiring for lights are a few that come to mind.
Eh, even that isn't a huge afterthought. Just gotta make sure that any holes you drill are in the center of the wood.
@@ScottKenny1978
How would you put flood lights on the solid wood mast? Where would you run the lightning cable? They get really hot I hear. Where is the safe area, bunks maybe? Inset the discharge plates into the hull? Run the cables in plastic conduits? There's a lot of plumbing and wiring that would be easier now than later. Shore power locker. Fresh water hoses on deck. Black and grey water pump outs. There is a lot of things that have changed in the last 100 years. Every board added will be in the way.
@@michaelvangundy226 all naval lighting needs to be fed with two wires, not one and grounded through the metal.
You're going to need to run power and data cabling up any mast, assuming that you're going to run a nav radar.
@@ScottKenny1978
The solid mast is the shorter of the two, but to me it still needs some wiring. The space under the floors and behind any panels are my major concern. I would put in all plumbing and wiring or conduits before the woodwork went any further. I get it that this is a romantic simple boat that is a dramatic throw back to a simpler time, but no girls are going with you unless there is a shower.
@@michaelvangundy226 have we seen what they're doing for the main mast yet?
Agreed about the hotel stuff, though their ladies do seem to like to camping out.
Neat work, where is the Closed Captioning for us folks with deterioring hearing?
Sorry about that. RUclips is taking longer to do the closed captioning. They should be there soon.