Bowsprit and Main Boom - Episode 243 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

http://eepurl.com/hn3Qyv Never miss an episode. Volunteer. Stay in touch. https://www.acorntoarabella.com/merchandise Merch orders need as much time as possible to get to you in time for the holidays. Please take a moment to put in your order now. After about the middle of next week, we can't guarantee that things will get to U.S. destinations in time for some of the holidays. We'll do our best, though! The latest on tender Victoria from The Art of Boatbuilding: https://youtu.be/iwCX0vCEmqY Other wooden spars, the bowsprit and boom, are epoxy glued and laminated with 2" stock just like the wooden main mast. Steve covers his method for making a tapered spar. The marks made call on all the powers of simple geometry. How do we know how big to make any of this stuff? We return to the boat plans for a reminder on that. Also in here: neat little trick for finding the center of something, how and where to start a taper to ensure strength while still removing some material, and a sweet look in on an afternoon with Steve and Aaron, harvesting more bronze hardware. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Referral: Need something TotalBoat sells? They'll send us 10% of your purchase to support our videos! Click here, then shop: https://www.totalboat.com/acorntoarabella 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