100 Days Until Boat Launch - Episode 259 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Marine electrical, woodworking, an epoxy pour, KP update, Akiva update, wood finishing and varnishing, hull fairing, bilge pump installation, navigation equipment, and spiffing up the shaper to do the big work of making the cherry wood grab rails for the interior. There's a lot going on in the shop, and to give you the inside baseball perspective, Steve has about four things going on so he can be working on something when people are working around and about the galley and he can't get to it. His main project, though, is definitely working out the stowage in the galley and rebuilding the elements that support the galley sink. Thank you very much for your support through our push to the water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for our email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hn3Qyv Acorn to Arabella is a wooden boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur wooden boat builder building a 38' wooden sailboat in his backyard: designer William Atkin's Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel's gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond—sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that classic wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY boatbuilding project will continue well past launch, when he and the crew will travel and learn to cruise aboard the handmade wooden boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are interested in supporting/helping here are a few ways: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/how-to-help Acorn to Arabella's wishlist: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/wishlistpriority TotalBoat supports A2A! Please consider using our Total Boat referral code. Click here, then shop: https://www.totalboat.com/acorntoarabella They'll kick 10% our way! In this video, we use Gleam 2.0 Spar Varnish: https://www.totalboat.com/products/gleam-marine-spar-varnish To offer recurring support via Patreon, CLICK BELOW. Just $5 a month gets you an invite to our monthly patron-only livestream Q&A sessions! https://www.patreon.com/acorntoarabella Original Soundtrack available at benfundis.bandcamp.com FOLLOW US: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acorntoarabella Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acorntoarabella/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acorntoarabella Website: http://www.acorntoarabella.com