Launching a Ship - Plans for Boat Launch - Episode 220 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

The first 1,000 people to use our link to sign up will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/acorntoarabella07221 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: https://youtu.be/41Q9jDJJEDw We'll have more on that next week, too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for our email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hn3Qyv 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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