Other roadway-related projects noted included the reconstruction of Pearl Street, along with another meeting in the coming months with MassDOT this time the topic will be the Route 6 corridor and ideas for improvements. He said comments most likely won’t be received for several months. Lorenco said that the 25% engineered drawings for Main Street repairs is now in the hands of MassDOT for comment. Lorenco also said that test borings will begin on Long Wharf on July 22, a procedure to determine the current condition of the wharf’s underpinnings. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco updated a fairly long list that included a meeting planned for June 27 with PARE, the engineering firm working on Phase 2a of the Mattapoisett multiuse pathway aka, the bike path. The board also discussed a number of major projects still in the cue. Sunday will find the food trucks open by 10:00 am, and public tours will begin with music at 11:30 am. Food trucks will be open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. At 11:30 am, live music will entertain the public, but tours of the vessel will be for major donors and patrons only on Saturday. If all goes to plan, the boat will be launched by 10:30 am. Saturday will find the crew and associated volunteers busy with the 10:00 am launch time and ceremonial speeches before the christening. Food trucks are planned to set up around 3:00 pm. On Friday, June 16, the Acorn to Arabella boat will arrive in Mattapoisett. Videos and information about the tender’s build will be presented on both channels.It’s been a mighty long time since a new wooden boat was launched from the historic wharves located in Mattapoisett’s harbor, but the long wait is over. Be sure to subscribe to The Art of Boat Building and Acorn to Arabella channels to follow both boat building journeys. See what he learns about its application with epoxy resin. Next, he temporarily clamps everything together and dry fits the bulkheads in place. This will ensure a smooth surface and help remove any amine blush. Bob also uses Peel Ply Release Fabric for the first time. This will give them some added reinforcement and abrasion resistance. Next, Bob applies epoxy to the inside of the daggerboard trunk as well as the inside of the bulkheads that form the center seat inside the daggerboard trunks are also going to get a layer of 6 oz fiberglass cloth. Once this process is complete and all the panels ready, Bob needs to get the bulkheads placed inside the boat and get them fitted so he can cut out the curve. He then uses TotalFair Epoxy Fairing Compound to fill any of the voids or holes that had been left in the planks. ![]() After picking out the wood from his planking stock, he preps the boards, glues them together and cuts the daggerboard trunk sides down to 12”x12”. Bob visited the Acorn crew over the summer to pick up the usable material salvaged from Victoria that will soon become Arabella’s tender.īob begins working on the two bulkheads that will hold the center seat and the daggerboard trunk. He got her knowing she was going to be a parts boat but it was still the first boat they ever owned, so it is bittersweet for them to take her apart and keep her legacy alive in these new builds. Many years ago, Steve had purchased his first wooden boat, Victoria. ![]() Steve Denette started as an amateur boat builder, building a 38’ wooden boat in his backyard from the ground up. ![]() And in today’s video, Bob shows how to make and fit the custom bulkheads!Īcorn to Arabella is a wooden sailboat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. In a collaboration with fellow YouTuber, Steve Denette, of channel Acorn To Arabella, Bob will redesign a William Atkins sailing dinghy. ![]() He has been given the pleasure to build the 9’ tender for her mother ship, Arabella. Bob Emser from The Art of Boat Building introduces us to a new boat build.
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