Holes In the Boat and Deck Waterproofing - Episode 257 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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That's right, it's time to cut some holes in the boat... not the through hulls yet for things like the marine diesel engine, but a wire chase for the Garmin navigation equipment, a place for the aft ventilator cowl to pass through, and a dead light for over the galley sink.
There's continuing progress on the fore hatch, the 'midship skylight, pitch scraping on the boat deck and some melting to waterproof the deck... and of course all the little bits and bobs and parts for the boat interior are getting thorough sanding. We could probably have a whole separate channel that just covers sanding. Maybe we've sanded away a boat's worth of wood.
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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.
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You've done a wonderful job editing! Love your voice and videos 💯. Only one small thing though, you keep missing an extra half hour somehow each episode 🤷♂️ 😊.
Anyone who has ever edited video knows how time-consuming and painstaking it is. Anne provides you with quality footage, but your editing and music bring this effort to life, Ben.
Adin and Steve do a great job with footage more than I do these days, and thanks! -Anne
Can't help but wonder if, at the beginning, Steve could have envisioned such a cadre of help. A tribute to a great fan base, mightily gathered by such engaging videography.
enjoyed Adin being the on site PPE manager this episode 🤣
Great episode! Congrats Ben on the milestone, your work both with the editing, music and narration have been a huge part of why I watch every Friday! Can’t imagine how much work recording the original music is on top of everything else
All the people who built on this dream, can actually see what they have accomplished. Great teamwork!!!
Happy Friday everyone!!.
Happy Friday!!
A2A has been a wondrous project to connect a community of workers, donors, and volunteers from across the globe. May she live long and prosper.
Thank you, Joseph!
............G'day from Cairns,
23:57 goes past in a flash; four years has been nothing at all. At 81 now I watch each video multiple times not wishing to miss anything. This project from the very start has been such a labour of love. From the selection of trees on the family property to pieces saved from Acorn, Arabella is a fine and beautiful vessel bringing skills of the past into the present, absorbing modern technology along the journey. Shellac, fiberglass, tar, epoxy, sealers, and satellite navigation with sails.
Sending love, admiration, thanks and best wishes,
Malcolm.
Hello Malcolm,
Thanks for your note! We’re so glad you’re out there watching-it’s notes like yours that really fuel our fire. Cheers to you!
Anne
Ben, as I've told you before, your music is what separates Arabella from everyday channels. I've looked forward to it week-after-week, year-after-year. Your editing skills are top notch! Your musical output is sublime! And if I can hang, I'm up for another 20. I'm 67 now. Peace
Thank you very much! That’s so kind.
I am down for another 200+ Ben. I greatly admire and appreciate all the work you do behind the scenes. I would love to see part or a whole episode on what you do and how you do it!
Good morning Akiva 😸 and Crew 😸😺 / Congrats at doing 200 episodes Ben ! 🔥⚒🎆🎉 and yes to your commitment for the
next 200 more !! 🎉😸😺
Happy Friday!
Missed seeing a clever job title for Steve this AM. As usual, the A2A crew did great work. I've been following since trees were harvested and have yet to be disappointed. Thanks!
always get a kick out of his title of the week
I propose “His Hole-liness.”😊
Happy Friday Bill! We’ll have one for ya next week l, thank you so much for being here every week. 🙌
I like the timing of your posts lately.
Good morning everyone! It's nice to see the deck again.
Happy Friday, Dan! Thanks!
👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! Looks like a bunch of diligent/industrious beee working. Boat people respectively the boat community is obviously really something else! 2) Congrats Mr. Fundis, you did really, really well.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and health in particular. To all involved people of course.
Oh I'm here for the duration. Keep making them and I'll watch them. I've been here from the start and I love all of everybody's work. Monumental.
Bring on the next 200, great job Ben, you're a star
A big shout out to all the volunteers, you're stars too, great job
Fair winds all, that day's getting closer ⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵
I remember when you came onboard, Ben. You have been a valuable asset to a tremendous crew! 200 more, please.
Another great A2A update. Great job on the videos Ben. Hard to believe you have been behind 200 well done jobs. Thanks for sharing.
We appreciate your editing and voice over work immensely, Ben! I don’t know whether it will take another 200 episodes before Arabella is launched though. Keep up your excellent work!
Good morning A2A crew. What a great way to start this Friday. Always a pleasure to watch. Take care guys.
Happy Friday, Tom!
Ben and Anne - You both do great work behind the scenes to put things on the screen! Keep it up. This channel has so many fans because of YOUR work too!
Oh shucks, you’ve made our day. Thank you! -Anne
It really warms my heart to see so many volunteers coming to help you out, just go’s to show good people still exist even in these troubled times, if only I lived in the US being retired I would join you in a heartbeat 👍
The times aren’t troubled by the many, Steven. Thanks for watching!
@@AcornToArabella That's a comforting observation. Thanks.
I wanna know more about the Amistad and the history surrounding her. That sounds fascinating.
Here’s the website, and also, not sure where you’re at in the world but they’re having a Juneteenth celebration at Mystic Seaport on June 18, the second day of our launch party and not far from Mattapoisett.
I’ve crewed on her (just a couple of days filling in when crew was short) and she’s a great boat! www.discoveringamistad.org
-Anne
@@AcornToArabella Thanks for posting that website link, Ben, and thank you for editing out most of my prattling.
Can't believe it's been 4 years since you strated Ben. Great work nice to have an editor who seems part of the on-screen crew
Thanks for the editing and narration, Ben! Hoping that KP is getting better. We’re missing their shining face! 😊
Not sure if I missed something, but where is KP?
BTW the point you're at right now is a treat for viewers! So much happiness per episode now! So good!
KP is recovering from long Covid. Thanks for checking in!
Thank You Ben for these last 200 videos - Yes, make some more please :)...
Ditto, love it all, especially the wonderful music Ben! 🍾❤️
Hey Ben, Thank you so much for your narrative-building for all these episodes. Your work has been such a gift to me. Thanks to everyone else as well, of course.
Oh it’s Ben’s day in the sun for sure! 🏆
Nice job Ben, your editing is flawless and always enjoyable in the way your portray the build, and of course with your original music. Sorry for the delay, I am on catch-up.
😊👋
A well earned salute to all trades working on Arabella. A fine body of crafts-people indeed. It seems to be galloping along now. Well done to videographer,sounds and editor. Great video. My Friday is done. Good night chaps and chapettes from across the pond in Scotland
it's been unreal the change and progress I've see happen over 7 years. From 2 guys, a dream and pappy's trees, to a paid staff and a nearly finished boat. It's awesome watching something like this coming to fruition rather than petering out and going silent.
Thank you!
So glad to join all on episode 200…. Can not believe it has been 4 years. I can still see the fires melting the lead for Arabella’s Keel. 😊
I've missed your progress and serenity ❤️ Thank you Team Arabella
Thank you for sharing. 4 years and 200 episodes. Congratulations.🙂🙂
Love the energy in the boat shed and the progress many hands can make 😊.
We do too!
Hello for Boston. The days are counting down!! Great work Steve and crew.
Hiya Bill!
Thank you Ben! I have appreciated your work from the start. Looking forward to the next 200! Cheers, Toby
Congratulations, Ben! I've been a fan of your commentary and your music, not to mention your editing skill. I've been watching from the very beginning, and one of my favorite aspects of the project has been how it has grown a community. It started out to be about a couple of guys making a boat. Now it's so much more than that...this episode in particular did a great job of shining the light on that community.
Ben I love your narration and your music. Yes please to 200 more.
So so great to see so many volunteers sharing our collective dream. Thought to myself: so many strangers, then thought again, no, they are just our extended family extended family! Mike 🇦🇺
Yessir, what a nice way of thinking about it.
I enjoy the style you bring to the videos, Ben! Great to see this team bringing the project together!
Wondering about KP, I miss watching her Boatwrighting. Enjoyed the well put together video. Thank you.
Still recuperating, thanks for asking!
Ben. It's been a pleasure to have seen your work and hearing your voice.
You may not be on camera cutting and sanding wood, but you're still an important member of the crew. 🙂👍
Bravo for you, the Invisible, mellow toned, Ben.
I'll see your two Hundred and raise you two Hundred more! Your work is Not going unnoticed.
Can't believe it's been 4 years! Congratulations and long may you continue!
Quality editing has certainly contributed a large amount to the success of the channel. Good on you!
Congrats on 200 Ben, I hope for 200 more too. Great work!
Hey Ben, I will be here waiting for the 200 upcoming episodes! Thanks so much for sharing your art with us.
Hey Ben - Just wanted to say I think your efforts in the editing are a big part of the enjoyment I get from watching these videos. Your interludes and choice of music are brilliant! That's not to say the camera work and the subject are any less, but you tie it all together wonderfully! I'm down for 200 more 😊
Thank you for these thoughtful compliments!
Good Morning Granby!⛵️👍✌️
Happy Friday, Mel!
Thx Ben. 200 more please. I really enjoy seeing the progress and all the eager volunteers. Each project like this is a joy to see and helps us all appreciate the drive and skills it takes to achieve the end goal. BZ guys.
Ben, I have edited thousands of hours of of video so I know what sort of time and creativity it takes to make a 30 minute video. You do a really great job not only with the video, but with the voice-overs. Keep up the great work. I look forward every week to seeing your work and the work done on the boat! Congratulations on reaching 200 episodes!!
Thank you, Dean!
Great job Ben! We really appreciate your hard work! DD
Keep them coming, Ben. Great job, as always. Good to see so many passionate people helping on the boat, too.
Wow time flies, congratulations Ben. It’s been a great fit and you bring so much more to the table besides just editing, the music is first class and narration it on point. Thanks for tying the story together for us each week.
Thank you Editor! 🙏🙏🙏
So excited to see this beauty in the water!
Arabella is coming at great pace all down to your organisation Steve and Ben's filming and editing is brilliant
Ben, stellar job on the editing. Both visual, and audio. Getting clear speech out of a noisy workshop can be a challenge. You tackle it well.
Unrelated, I have yet to see KP return. I hope they're still on the mend. Its been several weeks since they got sick.
Hi Nathan! We had KP join us last Friday for our monthly Livestream. Progress toward healing is very slow, and it’s hard for them to keep up energy or breathe after short walks. Thanks for asking, we miss them!
Thanks for mentioning the special challenge of tool noise and good sound for video! It’s a real struggle! -Anne
This episode flew by! Seemed 5 minutes long. Thank you!
Thank YOU!
Ben, your editing (and especially your sound design) are an absolute delight and bring me such joy in watching the Arabella Boathouse's progress. Congratulations on the anniversary, and I hope to enjoy more of your contributions!
And of course thanks to all the Arabella team - seen or unseen - it's still so enjoyable to see boat being built week by week.
Great job as always Ben!
Steve, it is nice to see so many eager volunteers in the boathouse.
Outstanding body of work Ben. Keep on!
Looks like 117 days to launch is really 91 days to launch and 74 days to transport as of today. I imagine lots more is as actually done in the 26 day difference, then wala it's ready. So much to be done! Good luck!
Yup!
Great progress! So nice to see the beautiful deck again! I'm starting to believe the splash date!
Happy Friday(waiting for lunch,) as usual in good old Normandy...Looking GREAT....richard
Happy Friday, Richard!
Thanks Ben for the great job you have done on editing AtoA.
Excellent job, Ben!
Appreciate your work Ben, congratulations on 200 episodes.
Ben, congrats on 200. They had me hooked before you started, but you have done great work from day one.
Greetings from Sunny Queensland Australia, great job Ben, we are all looking for more and more and more. Keep up the great work you are all doing. Looking foreword to next Friday.
Lol love all the little moments of the younger workers offering PPE to the senior workers. Handled very well on both sides for the choice offered and the decline.😂
Congrats on the 200th for you. Certainly wouldn't have been the same without that work. Very well done. Will follow happily. Thanks
I hope Alix gets to come back one more time before the boat launches, it would be really nice to see you two finish the boat together! :) A special episode with just the two of you together finishing the last project?
Not to be too cheeky, but there’s never a last project on a boat. 😉 Alix might attend launch for a bit, but he’s moved on from working in the shop.
Ben, thanks you do a great job, I like your narration!
Beautiful, professional editing, and great music to boot.
We’re so grateful and lucky to have him! -Anne
Very appropriate morning dew-esque music for the port light bedding- nothing keeps the dew out like butyl tape and total boat! Great vid, many thanks
True story!
thanks ben and some really cool volunteers aswell.
I’m definitely down for another 200, I’m blown away by the craftsmanship that goes into this beautiful boat and the skill and effort involved in the production of your videos. Can’t wait for her to be in the water as you begin the next phase of this amazing adventure.
Thank you, that’s very kind!
Gosh it is looking great
Great work Ben !
Very much enjoyed your 200 video's here in Holland!
Great video.. thanks for posting it..
Ben, your editing and music are what make this such a highlight of the week.
That’s so kind Zack, thank you.
Happy Friday morn from Victoria BC to Arabella crew. Thank you for showing us the involvement of the volunteers. Great to see such support. These are exciting videos to watch with all that's going on at once. Special shootout to Ben... great episode!
Happy Friday!
Thank you for sharing!
This was great! With Steve managing so many volunteers who pitched in their time to get some of that work done! And Ben Fundis, thank you for your style in putting this video work together. It really is a work of art, not just educational, but in journalling the progress being done in the building process of the Acorn to Arabella.
Thank you! That’s very kind.
The video production value of Acorn to Arabella is simply top notch.
High praise! Thank you.
Happy 200 Ben. You do a great job.
Four Years?!?! Where did that time go? You definitely bring a lot to the project Ben. Good on you.
Thank you, Doug!
KP-Out of sight, but by no means out of mind. Your many fans are keeping good thoughts for your steady recovery and return to doing the things that bring that infectious laughter and smile of yours to your lips. GET WELL DUDETTE!
Ben , I and I'm sure many, many others, love your work. It is an art and you are a master. 👌👌
That’s very kind, thank you.
Great video
Ben, I’m totally down for another 200 eps if you’re at the wheel! Thanks for the great work you do.
Great editing Ben... you're a Master Storyteller amigo!!!
Nice job Ben. Rarely seen but not forgotten ;-)