Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Episode 100: Reroofing the Boathouse

In the last episode, we started to work on getting ready to change the roof on the boathouse. After a visit from the local building inspector a little while ago, we were told that we needed to replace the plastic we have with a membrane that is at least fire retardant. So that's what we did as well as strengthened our structure a lot more as well. The last trusses were just straight from the walls to the peak and did not shed the snow very well. On top of that, the cable we had up wasn't very tight and sagged in the middle. So, we beefed up the entire thing with a new pole at the end of the boathouse and used 5/8th inch elevator cable for all the connections. This gave us a very strong and tight ridge line. With that up, we put up the bow shed trusses that we built in the house the other week. These bowed trusses will give us a much steeper angle for the roof and help shed the snow much better, as well as give us a lot more room! None of this was easy work and took about a week to pull off! So, we hope you enjoy this week of tough work condensed into a twenty minute video! haha --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for our email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hn3Qyv 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Dreamer project: https://www.youtube.com/user/scott2640 Acorn to Arabella wishlist: http://www.acorntoarabella.com/acorn-to-arabella-wishlist Jamestown Distributors Referral: If you are going to shop at Jamestown Distributors, please consider using our Total Boat referral code: http://totalboat.refr.cc/steveandalixa?t=tg 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