What The First 6 Months Did to the Hull - Episode 292 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

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Steve orchestrates Arabella's inaugural haul out in Rockland, Maine, and it's our first time having a look at Arabella on the hard again. This DIY wooden boat, launched just this past June (2023), Arabella faces a couple of routine maintenance challenges for this short haul-out, notably, substantial damage to the bottom paint due to oak planking swelling.
Steve also gets to the replacement of the zinc anode on the propeller and the careful repacking of the stuffing box with flax packing-a choice informed by Nigel Calder's expertise to mitigate potential galvanic corrosion due to stray current. Whether you're a boat enthusiast or curious about vessel maintenance, Steve's hands-on approach and insights make this video an educational voyage into the world of boat care. After some sailing, let's delve into a maintenance adventure!
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@kyleabingdon6323 5 месяцев назад

Use some decent primer. (Oil based aluminium oxide) Primacon etc. It’s worth spending money on. I’ve been working on wooden boats for 18 years and have never seen primer come of timber in 6 months. Even on oak. Anti fouling failing off is one thing but your primer should be saturated into the wood not just sitting on the surface. Good luck with it all.

@TotalBoat 5 месяцев назад

SO happy to help anytime!! Awesome work guys!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

🙌thanks, team!

@Cadcare 5 месяцев назад

Total Boat is known in my loungeroom and I fly hang gliders, although I do also own a kayak. That's a good job at the TB Marketing Dept!

@timothyfoster6169 5 месяцев назад

Two guys workin on hindu are quite possibly the best wooden shipwrights in the area. Shoutout to mike and simon for keeping so many boats floatin.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Yeah we’re lucky here in Maine. I keep meaning to get down there to introduce myself! -Anne

@kurtcraig3421 5 месяцев назад

@@AcornToArabella be nice to see what their up to

@coolcreamykiwi 4 месяца назад

SOOOOOOO GLAD I DONT OWN A WOODEN BOAT!

@sarahjarvis6433 5 месяцев назад

Omg…..as a non mariner but a keen follower I could not believe what six months in the water had done to her. Enjoyed the video it was a real reflection on what a tight community the boating world is. The affection shown to your dog was heart warming. Have a great Christmas.

@jakleo337 4 месяца назад

Yeah, from museum piece to just another wooden project boat in six months.

@RechargeableLithium 5 месяцев назад

Please re-do the packing. You should have THREE pieces of packing in that nut! You want to cut the ends on a 45 degree angle relative to the centerline of the shaft. This double bevel keeps water from getting around the ends of the packing. Check marine how-to "Re-Packing A Traditional Stuffing Box" As my boat has a 1" shaft, I keep a short length of 1" stainless tubing on board. I use it to cut and perfectly trim the three pieces of packing in comfort so I don't destroy the packing while holding a boat yoga pose. 😄 Fair winds from SV Jane Ann

@d-rot 5 месяцев назад

Yes, I would have thought you'd have 3 lengths with the joints at 120 degrees from each other around the shaft as well as the 45 cuts on the end so that there was no ta single straight path through it for the water.

@snapperboat25 5 месяцев назад

Can confirm. Retired surveyor here.

@TheBeaker59 5 месяцев назад

Agree, my boat takes 5 pieces (it is a very old stuffing box) also we just use ordinary automotive grease and heaps of it. In loose but snug with lots of grease then first trip out adjust while running to get a drip of water about every 5 seconds. but nothing at rest. Also we have lots of shaft outside so wrap packing around it in a coil then cut the 45 against shaft all at same time. the gland has a grease niple which on ours has a copper tube up to convienient location so extra grease can be added when needed.

@snuggles243 5 месяцев назад

As a boat builder retired you beat me to it

@haydenwatson7987 5 месяцев назад

Everybody beat me to it. three rings with a 45º cut at the end and the cuts offset by 120º. It can be redone in the water although it is a bit scary.

@svlamancha9877 5 месяцев назад

A traditional stuffing box would usually have three pieces of packing. The ends should be cut at an angle to form an overlapping seal and these joints should be staggered around the stuffing box. 👍

@lbh002 5 месяцев назад

Sounds like rings on a piston. That makes sense!

@todddunn945 5 месяцев назад

I was just in the process of posting the same thing when I noticed this post.

@curtyoung3153 5 месяцев назад

Those are for high pressure applications. There should be no appreciable water pressure on this seal.

@curtyoung3153 5 месяцев назад

Unless Arabella sinks lower in the water.

@wurly164 5 месяцев назад

Thought the same, from working on pumps

@Mark-jp9dz 5 месяцев назад

Cheat code on the anodes. put a drop of nail polish over the bolts and their immediate surrounds. This helps hold the anode together and secured on the prop until it is completely worn away. Otherwise it is not unknown for the anode to erode around the securing pins and for the anode to fall off long before the majority of the anode is worn away.

@stanRmeyer 5 месяцев назад

I would call the paint a failure

@kathywrightjohnson6804 5 месяцев назад

Awe Akiva! What an undignified exit from the boat. She will be back in the water soon enough. It is amazing how fast the deck looks worn. Aaron needs to come swab the deck! I hope he and his family are doing well. I miss his little self. I bet it feels great seeing her back in the water. Still praying for your mom. Have a great week.

@johnnunn8688 5 месяцев назад

Needs a holystone 🤣😂.

@218philip 5 месяцев назад

A boat that is treated like a piece of furniture should stay on your mantle, it’s use is where it’s character develops.

@johnanderson3842 5 месяцев назад

Usually the packing nut takes 3 layers of packing with the cut ends cut at a 45 and alternating opposite each other

@jeffbrebner6688 5 месяцев назад

My little dog will sit and stare at me with that exact look. Usually she wants food, but sometimes it's a complete mystery.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

😁🐾♥️

@jiefflerenard1228 5 месяцев назад

I do not know if it really maters but there is a way to cut and wrap box packing: First wrap the packing around the shaft in a most accessible place keeping the packing on the shaft (not overlapping 2 layers) pulling it tight, with a sharp box knife blade extended and parallel to the shaft while tilted at 45 dgr (or flatter) cut 2 consecutive sections of the packing to give you a nice fitting ring, (pay attention to the forward rotation of the shaft while making the cut left or right as to have forward motion tightening the packing not loosening it.

@TheBogolese 5 месяцев назад

A captain always goes up with his ship. ;-)

@sunrain4820 3 месяца назад

Thank you 🥰✌🏽💐

@stefanvanvuuren3931 5 месяцев назад

Wow seeing Arabella out of the water again, I only now realize how deep her draught is. She sits very deep in the water.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Ocean-going, displacement-hull boats are like that!

@mikecabral1579 5 месяцев назад

I was a pipe fitter when I was young. Every year factories would shut down for two weeks for maintenance. I have packed a lot of valve glands. If corse we didn’t want any leaks but the principal was the same. I was taught to cut the packing materials mostly graphite impregnated on a 45 degree angle and there were several layers stacked one over the other and stager the seams or ends so they wouldn’t lineup. I understand that you want some leakage but cutting at an angle made it easier to get the length correct. Some large valves would be 3-4 layers deep and we had tools to pull the packing out. Well that was nearly 60 years ago and still remember it clear as a bell. Bless you and be safe.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the note and sharing your experience.

@MichaelAllanTorrey 5 месяцев назад

Wood boats and paint problems are a fact of life. But, your energy and commitment to Arabella from the very beginning will guarantee a successful outcome. Good luck and a very Merry Christmas to you, Robin, Akiva and Arabella! Michael, Norwalk Ct. ❤️🇺🇸🎅🏻

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday and thank you, Michael!

@richardwilson2068 5 месяцев назад

When I was an engineering apprentice, I was taught that instead of butting the joins on the shaft packing it should be cut at an angle so that the ends create a seal when tightened. Like a scarf in a plank. This way the water can only leak between the shaft and packing gland, not through the butt joint aiding lubrication of the shaft.

@dickdegraaff5452 5 месяцев назад

Dear Anne, Robin, Steve and all others who worked on Arabella, When WIlleke and I saw this episode WIlleke asked me to call a guy we know who’s working with a museum shipyard where wooden boats still are made. He said that when wooden boats are only in freshwater the first paint layers are holding about 9 months because freshwater is less aggressive than saltwater. Expansion of the wood also takes slightly longer in freshwater than in saltwater, but he couldn’t explain the reason for this. So it's completely normal that Arabella had to go through this. The yard where our acquaintance works usually leaves wood in the water for a long time before it is used for the bow of a wooden boat he said. Whatever it’s good to see that Arabella iwent back in the water and hopefully these layers will hold a couple of months longer. We look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday, Dick and Willeke! I hadn’t thought about the salt water versus fresh water as far as its ability to enter wood but your friend is right. In this instance if you painted a surface that was 10x10 centimeters and then stretched the surface by a centimeter in one dimension, you’d be asking the paint to cover more area, and I don’t know any paint that grows with the surface it’s on! If someone does they should let me know. 😊 sending love from Maine! -Anne

@SirCrypt666 5 месяцев назад

New watterline is more realistic. But an actual issue is exessive weight, most likely on top.

@andrewstoll4548 5 месяцев назад

OMG it's been 6 months in the water already??? My how time flies

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

It does!

@TRFerron 5 месяцев назад

@AcornToArabella since your stuffing box is connected by the rubber hose to the boat/shaft pipe there can not be an electrical connection where the stuffing material an its electrical connectivity would be important. The only thing which would be connected by the old (graphite) stuffing material would be the stuffing box itself. Only thing i could imagine is that there are steel wires in the rubber hose that would make a connection. Simply test the connectivity between the stuffing vox and the shaft pipe with the multimeter.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

That’s what we did a little while back in the episode with Nigel Calder, we went step by step through the assembly to see if anything obvious like that was happening. As you’ll see in the video, for the materials that we could reach with a multimeter, the only thing that was different from best practices with a cruising boat such as this was the packing material… which of course we couldn’t test/isolate at the time. -Anne

@TRFerron 5 месяцев назад

@@AcornToArabella i have seen the video. There are 2 pathways for the current: Water - shaft - motor - motormounts - boat and Water - shaft - packing - stuffingbox - rubber hose - shaft pipe - boat In the second path the rubber hose should be a good isolator so there shouldn't be an electrical connection. And therefore the connectivity of the stuffing material would be irrelevant

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

But, and maybe you can’t see here, it’s packed onto the bronze and does come in contact with water.

@jthepickle7 5 месяцев назад

Cabinet makers, way back when, used to scrub new Oak with a solution of water and lye - to 'melt' the sap and make a 'footing' for the first coat of clear. Here's to hoping seawater has done that to your new planks. Always employ a mechanical paint mixer as soon before application.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Everyone should be quite cautious about what they add to antifouling paint. The stuff is pretty persnickety about its effectiveness after certain additives are introduced, and if there’s any question, technical help should be sought before potentially ruining a whole can of expensive coating. 👍🙌 -Anne

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

AH! I added that little PSA, realizing that you meant “mix that paint real good before you put it up there,” which is super sound advice. Cheers!

@AndrexT 5 месяцев назад

Wow that 28 minutes went quickly and wow what a mess the hull was and barnacles as well! At least is is painted and smooth now and should last much longer. Kudos to Total Boat for their support. Love the new waterline.

@johnnya9001 5 месяцев назад

Well, now I am really impressed. You backed up Arabella like a pro. Not an easy task with a heavy full keel boat. Cheers.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

It’s not! One time I was cruising a full-keeled boat and we backed into the free docks in Elizabeth city, North Carolina, and it took so many attempts (4?) that the bridge operator who we had just talked to over VHF to open the bridge offered to open the bridge again for us so that we could go to a different dock on the other side where we wouldn’t have to back in. 😅 ha! -Anne

@jameswood2711 5 месяцев назад

Well done Steve , Akeva stole the show, what a beautiful nature he has, have a great Christmas.

@aaronpreston47 5 месяцев назад

I remember seeing some of those seams as big as 1/4” at the back. Amazing how tight the seams got.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Oak!

@karenfyhr2363 5 месяцев назад

That's perfectly normal on a wood planked hull..

@timothyrepp4259 4 месяца назад

@@AcornToArabellaWhat type of oak did you use? Was it true white oak? From my experience most of what is called white oak is not and will absorb a lot of water. True white oak will not absorb much water. Of course any species of wood will absorb some water, so I understand planks are always going to expand and cause the seams to shrink. Just curious about what species you used. I’m sure you told us but I can’t remember. I always thought it was neat how some wooden boat builders would shovel sawdust into the water around the boat when it’s first launched. The sawdust would get sucked into the seams, temporarily sealing them until the planks had time to swell making the seams watertight. Anyway the boat is looking awesome and I hope you had a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

@johnbrown-so3vz 5 месяцев назад

The packing looks like graphite valve stem packing. The PTFE will be a better fit. We used to use dry flax and marine stable grease. With a weekly greasing schedule via a nipple PTFE is SO much better 🤞

@Nick-ye5kk 5 месяцев назад

Greetings from a slighly damp Bedfordshire. The joys of wooden boats! Looking forward to the next sailing season..

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday! We are too!

@claudehopper9813 5 месяцев назад

In true Arabella spirit you found a problem , got after it and managed to get her back in the water looking solid . Glad you raised the waterline that looks much tidier as Capt. Q would say . Season Greeting from San Diego to the whole Arabella crew !

@williamloe5435 5 месяцев назад

Steve, Usually one adds two or three rings of packing with the joints opposing. Looked like you used just one in the video but that may have been just editing. This allows easier control of water flow, less tight and lots of "slack" for adjustments as the packing settles in to position.

@taleg1 Месяц назад

Wounds to the hull like you see after the lift, is why I'm so very much for solutions that seals the wood properly long before the bottom paint and antifouling goes on. Even if you do that right, there will be damage, but it will be less deep and there will be little time needed for drying. The challenge sealing the materials using some modern two component fluid is to get the coverage to be 100% or the water will penetrate behind. Think of it as wood armor, that's how I see it. To add it though the hell need to be clean and pristine bare wood, so that it can penetrate into the wood before layering over the protection. I know this is something mostly done on glassfiber boats, but it works for wood too.

@enja001 5 месяцев назад

In future cut the shaft packing like this / it will reduce the wtaer seeping through by a good amount but will still let some by

@gavinferguson 5 месяцев назад

not surprised as you said the wood moved more than the paint can cope with ist all part of boat life great job on the bottom paint and other fixes

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Except that most boats are planked in cedar. Cedar doesn’t move as much dimensionally, and most boats will only get hauled out for a few months at a time and then put back in. Arabella, being a completely new boat planked in oak means that we painted surfaces that were one size, and then asked hybrid hard/ablative paint to cover a larger size a few months later. Thanks for watching! -Anne

@Ayns.L14A 5 месяцев назад

Happy friday everyone , please don't forget to hit the like button , Can i just wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas, and a successful and happy New Year, may all your dreams come true........

@woodenu2 5 месяцев назад

Steve, I have not seen only one packing, have always placed 2 and most of the time 3 rings in. Offset the seams if you add more.

@TomLeg 5 месяцев назад

Measure the stuffing box packing material with an ohmmeter to see whether or not it is conducting.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

The flax definitely won’t be, which is the goal here.

@Gottenhimfella 5 месяцев назад

@@AcornToArabella Surely it's a valuable data point to assist in understanding what the exact problem(s) was (were)? You have usually been much more scientific in seeking to learn about mechanisms which led to a failure even if you were eliminating them.

@kaydog2008 5 месяцев назад

Yup I made the suggestion before you painted. To do a low brine wash on the haul planks to swell them while measuring the gaps closing. Just to keep this from happening, But you replyed back it will be fine. By no means am I gloating. ❤❤Just very sorry I had to say I told you so. Teflon packing rope is the best to use in stuffing boxes and valve bonnets we used them in the U.S. Navy to no ends.

@daleanderson88 5 месяцев назад

You didn't HAVE to say I told you so, you chose to gloat.

@kaydog2008 5 месяцев назад

@@daleanderson88 By no means am I gloating. ❤❤Just very sorry I had to say I told you so.👈👈👉👉Learn how to read before you comment.

@ChimeraActual 5 месяцев назад

Did someone tell you owning a wooden boat would be easy, not to mention cheap, in New England? It would be worse here in Texas. Oh, well they'll always be someone to take it off your hands for pennies on the dollar. You may have left a little less of a gap between planks than that Oak expected. Don't worry, you can open her up and make that right... My father came back from WWII and bought an old dry lobster boat on the south shore, just for "pleasure". Recaulked her and took her out for a spin. Looked aft and found long ribbons of cotton following him. It's all learning and stories in the end.

@danhallatt4954 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday from the north of France!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday! ☕️

@Slikx666 5 месяцев назад

Akiva is such a polite boy. Giving his paw like that for a treat is part of the 'guide dogs for the blind' puppy training her in the UK. Personally I think it's just a good bit of manners when it comes to food. Good boy Akiva. 😄👍

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Akiva says AWOOOOO! ♥️🐾♥️

@mumblbeebee6546 5 месяцев назад

@@AcornToArabellaAwoooooooo!

@friesm2000 3 месяца назад

I know later to the party, but get rid of those perforated hose clamps on the stuffing box hose, and install the clamps on opposing sides/180° apart on each end

@billlippincott3937 5 месяцев назад

Good morning gang!! Arabella is looking great!!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday, Bill!

@bendaves77 3 месяца назад

Just came across your channel after watching the channel A boat by the river, they're building a beautiful cold molded strip planked sailboat.. I'd love to see you guys put together a video of all the highs , lows and in-betweens of your journey in a single hour long or so video of just the build.

@ronhowe9913 5 месяцев назад

Always something to do...gotta roll with the punches...she is a beautiful boat in and out of the water.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Cheers!

@dhincks1 5 месяцев назад

Hi, I think it's typically 2 or 3 pieces of packing in the stuffing altering where the seam lays. An old timer on my first vessel suggested a zurk fitting on the packing nut. While dripping, when running is necessary. Not so at anchor or dock side. One dose of greese when finished kept my wooden boat bilge dry. Cheers from Northern California!!!

@RechargeableLithium 5 месяцев назад

You do not want a traditional stuffing box to be dry if the boat has a stainless prop shaft! 316 stainless must be exposed to oxygen in order to resist rust and crevice corrosion. The stuffing box MUST leak in order to keep the water in the shaft log oxygenated. Keeping a couple of sponges on board is a LOT less expensive than (best case) replacing a shaft or (worse case) the prop and shaft falling off because thr shaft corroded and broke.

@dhincks1 5 месяцев назад

@@RechargeableLithium Hi, a little greese dosen't render the box dry when running it only stops the dripping when at anchor. Dripless boxes stop all water all the time from entering the boat. It's wet like a traditional to the point whare the graphite plate meets the stainless barrier. On a traditional same place as the stuffing nut. Hay I was 28 then I'm 70 now the old timer was in his 80's then. Don't like it Don't use it. I do and I'll continue. Cheers

@RechargeableLithium 5 месяцев назад

@dhincks1 Thanks for the info about the grease. I use synthetic packing with impregnated PTFE as it is with no added lube (per manufacturer recommendations, in other words - for both stuffing box and packing). I have no problem adjusting the stuffing box to drip when the shaft is turning and not drip when stopped. Check marine how-to "Re-Packing A Traditional Stuffing Box" for the best info I've found, with photos of why the "don't do this" is as it is. Separately, as someone with a past life in high tech lubricants, I'd be careful with using modern lubes in very old ways. While 80 year old grease might be compatible with 80 year old packing, mixing modern lubricants and synthetic packing can lead to damage to packing and corrosion In metals. I'm only 60 and grew up seeing people hold on to beliefs that went from tolerable to harmful as time and materials progressed. Old isn't always better. You use 'what' grease in 'what' stuffing box made from 'what' materials with 'what' packing and 'what' shaft? All are important! Cheers, Andy

@RechargeableLithium 5 месяцев назад

@dhincks1 Additionally, there is no "dripless" seal - the ones with the graphite disk is "drip-LESS" and should never 'not' drip. The shaft needs oxygenated water, and the seal must leak in order to bleed any air that might be pushed in when in reverse. Trapped air removes the lubrication (water!) from the packing and it can reach 300 ° F - too hot for grease, too.

@americanbaldguy4238 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday! The fresh paint looks good!! A continuity test on that gasket material would be revealing..

@samrodian919 5 месяцев назад

Yes I agree, the first thing I would have done is get out my test meter and see if there were any conductivity on that stuffing material. Looking at it I'm pretty sure that there is plenty of graphite in the woven strands, thus making it conductive. Come on Steve, do the test and show us!

@jimtitt3571 5 месяцев назад

Of course it has continuity, it's graphite impregnated. Makes no difference in a stern gland anyway (unless it is itself causing corrosion). There is a distinct lack of any anodes for the rest of the stern gear and rudder hangings, engine etc and in fact the hull itself, correctly it all should be connected by a bonding cable and to the relevant hull anodes. The prop anode is only there for the propellor itself and isn't sized for the entire vessel. I'm a marine engineer and boat builder/surveyor and the first (and last) thing you do is measure the voltage difference between the water and all the metal components (with and without the electrical circuits switched on) under about 0.5V is good. Then start bonding everything to the primary hull anode. There's an engine amongst other things in there and depending on how well it was marinised there can be electricity wandering everywhere. On a marine engine the entire electrical sytem must be isolated seperately.

@script.kitchen8543 5 месяцев назад

That's our baby.

@ton73z28 5 месяцев назад

We've all heard about going down with the ship, this is the first time I've ever seen someone go up with the ship 😊😊

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

😊

@markchodroff250 5 месяцев назад

Steve , looks like the bottom paint and seams were a one time experience because everything was new , she looks beautiful , raising the waterline looks better, a red one inch strip above the bottom paint makes it look nice , I did that to my boat years ago , made the topsides pop ? Think about it next time , use red tape to test the look first ? It helps.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

I dislike the extra work of taping for a boot stripe, and it’s largely aesthetic, so when I painted the boat back in May and June, with all the other work, there was NO WAY that was going to happen. 😊 happy Friday to you and thanks for watching! -Anne

@JakobEngl 5 месяцев назад

Great video

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Myseadreams 5 месяцев назад

Thank for sharing your adventures. The correct way to cut the packing is to angle the cut at both ends like a scarf joint to extend the overlap compared to a straight cut. Then you should also offset the joint areas by 120 to 180 degrees depending on how many pieces you use.

@garymalm 5 месяцев назад

Next important job. Sail covers!!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Indeeeeed! -Anne

@francisgribben6931 4 месяца назад

Hi Steve, when we pack or repack glands we scarf the packing ends. I am sure with your knowledge, thinking about, it you will realise why. better sealing face. Best wishes from Scotland and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. Francie

@AcornToArabella 4 месяца назад

Happy New Year!

@changurr2705 5 месяцев назад

for seams with good caulking, or when you're done, then it's time for international slick seam

@randysavage3660 5 месяцев назад

The white PTFE or whatever packing has no graphite and I saw the shaft anode looks like it wasnt secured correctly. Unless you were in the middle of changing it lol

@emilkaveby5448 5 месяцев назад

Could have been interesting to see a comparative ohms reading of an inch of the old and new stuffing material... Hope you got rid of the galvanic corrosion! Have a great friday!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Here’s hoping! Happy Friday! 🙌

@Synssins 5 месяцев назад

@@AcornToArabella The staining on your fingers from handling the original packing indicates it is graphite impregnated. Glad to see Arabella held up as well as she did, though I never doubted she would.

@GregoryVeizades 5 месяцев назад

@@singlekceven a simple continuity test.

@Gottenhimfella 5 месяцев назад

I was similarly thinking thatit would be in the future interests of the many people watching this series if you were to check for electrical conductivity through the original sterntube packing material. I get that you don't know the source, but that seems all the more reason to check if it's conductive (and to check if there is now isolation between sterntube and propshaft)

@TheAirzuki 5 месяцев назад

Why not use a garlock packing?

@ryan_mcme 5 месяцев назад

She looked good when I saw her! Keep on keepin' on, 'bella fam. Happy Friday! ☕

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Awww thanks! Happy Friday!

@Bluenoser613 5 месяцев назад

Sail covers will greatly extend the life of your sails.

@paulheitkemper1559 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, he's going to end up with ruined sails pretty quick. UV is a thing.

@tomnewsom9124 5 месяцев назад

They're planned for and coming soon, IIRC

@paulheitkemper1559 5 месяцев назад

@@tomnewsom9124 yeah, but "soon" is a funny word. They've been months exposed to the UV. That's no bueno.

@cowcreekwoodduck9074 5 месяцев назад

Nice job getting that done quickly, in less than ideal temperatures! good to see that the packing has been replaced. It will be interesting to see if that solves things.

@jonathangreedy 5 месяцев назад

It’s great that the planks have taken up so well. Back in the deep blue 👍

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday, and thanks!

@jonathangreedy 5 месяцев назад

Thanks. Never seen that stuffing go in like that. It’s normally 3-4 turns and opposing 45° joins. Having said that there doesn’t seem room for that many winds.

@glacierwulf26 5 месяцев назад

To quote a friend, “Cruising is just boat repair in exotic places.”

@stevencarpenter8841 5 месяцев назад

Another really interesting video. This ongoing adventure will continue to be fascinating and I enjoy watching. I can see now too why continued financial support is important as the ongoing maintenance costs of a nice boat is not insignificant. I really appreciate the videos and Anne's thoughtful and patient responses to questions and criticisms. Hope Steve's Mom is doing ok and am curious how Alix is doing and if he and his family have had an opportunity to go out on the boat with Steve. Thanks again for the great videos! Steve is amazing.

@charlesmoore456 5 месяцев назад

9:58 Did anyone else see the mallard on the hull? I think that's a good omen!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

We’ll take it! Happy Friday, Charles!

@charlesmoore456 5 месяцев назад

💙🤍@@AcornToArabella

@sallyb3 5 месяцев назад

Cheers🎉

@maneki9neko 4 месяца назад

Three thoughts about the flaking paint. 1) The paint flakes are relatively hard, the wet wood is soft, and so, with a scraper you may find yourself removing more wood than you want to remove. This is especially when the scraper blade transitions from the paint to the wood. You may find yourself removing more paint and less wood if you are working along the seams with a 6 inch disk sander with about a 120 grit disk, the point of contact between disk and paint at 90 degrees to the seam. This, done with a light touch, will tend to lift the paint along the edge where the sanding disk is going into the edge. To work the other side, just turn around, 2) I am impressed that the paint, where it lifts, lifts completely, with nothing remaining on the wood. The job of a good primer is to penetrate into the wood slightly. The paint then binds to the primer more securely than to the wood alone, and the primer extends into the wood. Air quality standards are changing paint chemistry completely, and the number of new wood boats being generated is tiny, so primers for wood that is immersed in the water, are not a high priority for paint manufacturers. 3) Primers: Total Boat, if I understand this video correctly, encouraged you to use a thinned layer of the paint. This will penetrate far more on soft wood than it will on oar. However the lifting paint will not occur with a primer than penetrates more than a thinned paint, To solve the complete failure of the bond between paint & wood, a product is needed that is flexible, yet actually penetrates into the wood about about 0.010 inch (250 micrometers) or more. There are some urethanes that may do this. Thinned epoxy does this, but does not flex sufficiently, I think, for a boat that dries out in the winter. Just my thoughts.

@AcornToArabella 4 месяца назад

Yeah, epoxy isn’t the right thing for a carvel planked boat, because of movement as you said.

@maneki9neko 4 месяца назад

@@AcornToArabella If this flaking continues, and I think it might, you may want to consider using an Awlgrip primer for wood below the waterline. This is an epoxy, but it goes on with a lot of reducer. This is Awlgrip 545. From the application notes: "Seal the wood with a light coat of 545 Epoxy Primer (spray) reduced 40% with T0006. Allow to cure 12-16 hours." Because the primer sits in the wood, and not on the wood, a kind of polymer mesh is formed, rather than a surface film with high tensile stiffness. The penetration is lower in the wood fibers, and higher in the surrounding lignin, and this creates a kind of polymer mesh inside the wood. Meshes can flex in a way that surface films cannot. Paints have changed enormously in the last couple of decades, and the number of years of experience with the new formulations is small. Total Boat makes a good product, generally, but something is wrong here. You should not be seeing this kind of flaking after 6 months. By the way, I have no involvement with Awlgrip. I did my graduate work in a polymer processing program, and I am interested in paints, films, plastics, coatings & adhesives, www.bottompaintstore.com/images/File/Awlgrip/ApplicationGuideR.pdf

@AcornToArabella 4 месяца назад

I would definitely not use awlgrip on a carvel- planked hull. It’s essentially an epoxy paint, and is not recommended for surfaces that are dynamic, or need to be.

@fordfan3179 5 месяцев назад

You could set up a test stack of a piece of stainless, some of the suspected graphite and a piece of bronze to see if you have continuity through the stack. Then compare that to a continuity test on the new configuration in the boat.

@willyshopdotcom 5 месяцев назад

The problem Nigel called out wasn't graphite's conductivity, it was graphite's position in the galvanic series.

@fordfan3179 5 месяцев назад

@@willyshopdotcom ahhh, missed that part. Thank you

@studentjohn35 5 месяцев назад

While on the hard in Rockland, you HAVE to visit Capt.'s Doug and Linda Lee, builders of the HERITAGE.

@scottwooster4102 5 месяцев назад

The packing on Arabella is different from on my boat for sure. I am surprised you don't need two rings of packing where the seems are 180 degrees apposed. Stay warm!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

I’m sure Steve did that, mine has always needed same. -Anne

@workingdiligently8458 5 месяцев назад

yeah i'd be worried there's another layer in the cap. for my rudder box i've got three strips of packing - one just doesn't seem sufficient.

@brentchalmers1436 5 месяцев назад

I agree. Used to pack mill pumps with gland packing. Two layers and angle cuts not square. Cuts aligned 180 degrees.

@seth094978 5 месяцев назад

@@brentchalmers1436 Yeah I used to pack pumps for paper mills and we did 3 to 4 layers with angled cuts. Lasted about 16mo of 24hr operation before replacement. Smarter customers bought labyrinth seals.

@sparknflash3 5 месяцев назад

She looks great after 6 months. Again great work, Steve, Robin, George and of course Akiva.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

The morale officer is hard at work! 😁🐾

@gaylespencer6188 5 месяцев назад

No, it doesn't look great at all. Maybe it's par for owning a boat, but there's a lot of restorative work to do.

@flyerbluedog 4 месяца назад

A good idea for a new wooden boat like that would be to sail down south to warmer climes because you know your first haul out you’ll have to scrape and repaint the bottom. If you’re already down south, the temperature at which you’ll apply the paint won’t be an issue anymore. And generally speaking, I’d say it’s always a better idea to go down south to do maintenance and repairs, and I mean wayyy down south, like Central or South America, as everything (save US materials) will be cheaper down there. One To Grow On! 🌈

@coronapack 5 месяцев назад

Top tip: try your best when painting parts with partially painted surface, to feather the paint edges of what patches are there before adding new paint. Will bond the new paint to old paint better.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Luckily, bottom paint will stick to just about anything that you sand with 80 grit sandpaper, as most instructions on bottom paint will recommend. it doesn’t behave like a lot of other paints, because it is a very different job. -Anne

@chicobicalho5621 4 месяца назад

Those 10 inches of blue paint above the water line look really good. I know it was done for practical reasons, but it was an aesthetic plus.

@theconfessionsof_a 5 месяцев назад

Great work getting the bottom painted in less than ideal conditions, so great to see her pulling away from the lift, smooth as silk!

@allandewar 4 месяца назад

Also the gland packing should be cut at opposing 45degrees on the ends for a good overlap

@davidc6510 5 месяцев назад

A great video update Ben. Nice to see Arabella has a nice new coat of bottom paint to protect her until the spring. Thanks for sharing!

@Riiyan 5 месяцев назад

I'm with George, wouldn't have any problem working on such a awesome wooden boat. Stuff happens, you gotta get it done to get back on sail!

@brianpesci 5 месяцев назад

Safe travels, prayers for your mom❤!

@skipper2285 5 месяцев назад

Here I am in a reasonable climate overflowing with advice and "should have done." There you are in a climate that includes something called "winter" where water has a solid state. You guys are getting it done. I'll save all of my sagacity for when I decide to thin out a forest and build my own boat from scratch. No doubt, should I live so long, I'll be reviewing your videos when I come across issues. Good job, folks!

@rick91443 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday from Normandy,....cheers richard

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday, Richard!

@leoncolyer9420 5 месяцев назад

Hi guys from Australia 🇦🇺 😊

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday to you!

@billgiles3261 5 месяцев назад

Always nerve wracking to watch one’s boat being lifted in strops. Good to see the bottom refinished.

@ianlangley987 5 месяцев назад

Great to see you have some sea miles under Arabelle but its a shame about the anti fouling coming off. However it almost looks as if you were expecting something like this but maybe not to the degree it happened. Regarding the stuffing box, I see another watcher has commented on this and I agree. I served an apprentices ship in a marine environment with a large shipping company and have packed many shafts. I notice you using scissors to cut the packing, may I suggest wrapping the packing around the shaft and cut using a sharp bladed knife at 45 degree. Go past the full turn and then cut across both ends. When installing put the joints opposite each other. Certainly do need more that one turn of packing. Maybe next time you haul consider modifying the nut to accommodate. Hope this helps. Enjoy a safe and Merry Christmas. Cheers Ian New Zealand

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Steve was a little surprised (hopeful? He had so much work to do already) about the antifouling paint chipping, but I wasn’t really all that surprised. Aside from oak not taking paint as easily as does cedar, the surface area of the boat increased, asking paint to do something that it simply would not do. It’d be an unreasonable expectation, really. Given the way that the paint adhered to areas where grain was tighter, and how little marine growth there was… this new boat faired well, I think. Thanks for the packing tips, I think this comment section will be very useful to people on down the line searching for good info! -Anne

@richardredling3291 5 месяцев назад

You really did a great job on the bottom. She will sail faster.

@budschermerhorn6062 5 месяцев назад

Good Morning From Sandwich, MA

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Happy Friday, Bud! We were just there for a little bit!

@budschermerhorn6062 5 месяцев назад

Sorry I missed you. @@AcornToArabella

@schaefer32100 5 месяцев назад

Nice work on repainting the haul. Hope the new material ends the stray voltage problem. Are you planning to winter near Boston ?sure. Enjoy the updates on Friday as you get about lives aboard.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and glad you’re enjoying! I think the boat will end up below the cape. -Anne

@MadelynRusco 5 месяцев назад

hey, i lived for some time in Rockport! again i urge you to head over to the center for furniture craftsmanship! they have some of the best woodworking there, and are very friendly. their gallery is worth seeing too!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

Very cool! Thanks for the recommendation!

@sveinungchr 5 месяцев назад

Amazing episode. Thank you for sharing it.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

And thanks for watching! Happy Friday!

@AzraelsTear 5 месяцев назад

Akiva is quite the ladies man, makin friends. Couldn't ask for a better PR Manager.

@davidduffy9806 5 месяцев назад

The galvanic corrosion you’ve experienced maybe more far spread than initial investigation may suggest. Corrosion of this type spreads “green death” you’ve evidence of that corrosion happening. Btw run your multimeter across the old packing material, the suggestion that this innocent seeming material is the cause is most likely, the meter will show. Also more zinc anodes on the boat, don’t worry about drag the anodes will form a good measure. Though I’ve never had the privilege of a timber boat I’ve had plate alloy, in over a decade of use zero green death, I was a real pedant, it worked. After 10 years not a single paint bubble. Keep looking through the boat paying very close attention to any areas of green death. Beautiful boat, magnificent achievement!

@lancedaniels 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for posting and sharing.

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

And thanks for watching! Glad you’re here!

@myfavoritemartian1 5 месяцев назад

Three steps forward, one step back. (As expected) Good work!

@AcornToArabella 5 месяцев назад

🙌happy Friday!

@gregworkshop5713 5 месяцев назад

MERRY CHRISTMAS👍👍👍👍👍👍😄😄

@d-rot 5 месяцев назад

25:06 Channel locks have a direction for proper usage. Yours here are the wrong way for the direction of rotation. You want to be applying force to the small side of the jaws and you won't even have to be squeezing them together, the small side will have leverage and lock on just with the pressure of your hand against it. They're more likely to slip as you're using them here and marring your nut. You should consider also getting a smooth jaw set for brass work as well. If you need more force or counter force that strap wrench is perfect for wrapping around the shaft itself or anything else there without damaging it.

@user-pe7si7cf7k 5 месяцев назад

I am a boatbuilder and when watching you do the packing on your stuffing box you square cut the packing it should be cut at 45 as you would do a scarf joint

@ritste1654 5 месяцев назад

I know this is a big request but, I would to see a picture of the biggest seam before you steamed the wood, just before you painted the seam, and what it looks like now. I know you showed these seams in the prior videos and hope you already have a picture pulled from videos. For the packing, The Navy told me to scarf the ends of the packing and to make sure the joints are staggered. Something to think of for the next repacking, on a Repair ship and learned a lot about repacking pumps and other things.

@paulheitkemper1559 5 месяцев назад

Best practice on hose clamps is to offset the heads.