Restoring Victoria's Knees - Episode 135 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wreck and would have been a handful to restore but she had character and more beautiful bronze than we could have imagined. We decided that if she didn't get snatched up for a repair we would get her before she went to the scrap yard and that we did. That boat was the very first boat we have owned and we spent many a days and nights aboard (on the hard of course) dreaming about where our project would lead. She kept us going through some hard times and just like the giving tree, she has given all she could. We salvaged as much as we could from that old boat with the plan to incorporate much of her soul into Arabella. We are now at the point where we are restoring some of her knees to instal under the deck carlines to support the house top. While I work on restoring Victorias knees with a could laminations, Steve works on pulling out the deck framing so that it can get sealed and varnished before being reinstalled for good. There are also a couple announcements in this video which we would appreciate people take heed of. One about our discussion in the last video and the other to say... GO VOTE!! Scott Ouderkirk from the channel GLASS GOAT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu02y4RfEyiHqjTCaYpeq4w Thank you all for the support! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are interesting in supporting/helping here are a few ways: 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 Recurring support via Patreon: 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