What If This Doesn't Work? - Episode 193 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

What a payoff! Layers and layers of all sorts of foam, 'glass, epoxy, and fairing compound have come to this big reveal of how this refrigerated chest will look when it goes into the boat—covered in contrasting cherry wood. Before then, though, it did seem like perhaps our experiment might have cost us our hard work on the three-piece lid we've been making! Between coats of this and that to get to the big reveal, we meet up with our new stainless steel fabricator friend, Evan Kelly, who comes to make three-dimensional patterns for the water tanks. He'll put those together sometime in the coming weeks at MS Fabrication, the business he owns in Dorchester, Massachusetts. See a few of his projects here: https://www.instagram.com/msfabboston You'll get a peek at some of the material for the cabin sole, which Steve and Aaron mill up from Victoria's deck planking. It'll be a very Arabella version of "teak and holly"... mahogany and cherry. Think it'll catch on? Don't forget about Norna! She's for sale: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CXhDV4BghCw Check out last week's episode if you want to hear and see more about this well equipped cruising boat. And yeah yeah yeah, Anne knows she needs to comb her hair. She's always been a puddle-jumping, hat-head having, drips-of-coffee-on-her-dress kind of gal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We've been sending discounts and first looks at things through our weekly newsletter. Don't miss out! Sign up for it here: 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 a 38' wooden boat in Steve's 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 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: 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