From Acorn To Arabella.

Farewell, Annapolis. It’s time for this handcrafted wooden sailboat to keep cruising South towards warmer weather.

After visiting a few quiet anchorages in the Chesapeake, Robin, and Akiva stop for a few days in Seaford to get some "life stuff" done…but not before getting the boat stuck in the mud. Fortunately, "Southern hospitality" is a real thing, and there was no shortage of helping hands to get Akiva to shore and help pass the time waiting for the tide to rise. Planning around tides is tricky business when the days are long, but the daylight is short…

Prior to heading into the Dismal Swamp Canal, Steve rigs a 45 lb. Mantus anchor on the stern—or, as he likes to say, he "gave Arabella some brakes." Using a stern anchor will help them safely anchor in tight, congested areas, preventing Arabella from swinging where she shouldn’t.

After a quick, Christmassy visit to Colonial Williamsburg, Steve and Robin head out of Seaford (at high tide, this time), navigating a very foggy Chesapeake River, and making their way through Norfolk, VA, one of the busiest shipping corridors in the United States and the largest naval base in the world.

A few bridges, and voilà…Arabella makes it out of Norfolk and into the Swamp. But more about that next week…

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Acorn to Arabella started as a wooden boat building project in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve began the journey as an amateur wooden boat builder crafting 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 now sailing the boat—sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that traditional wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project continues beyond the boat shop, as Steve and crew 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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