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How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 25: Trim Details: Eric talks through trim details and how trim can accentuates the lines of Aroha. NOTE ON THE SERIES: With the trim and f...
How to Build a Wooden Boat–AROHA, Part 24–Interior Joinery: Eric walks us through the lightweight construction of the interior furniture....
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 23 – Building the Pilot House: Eric breaks down the build of the pilot house and shows us how he did it.   NOTE: Part 24 of this series is in the...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 22 – Milling Parts for the Pilot House: Some handy pointers for milling up pieces of wood straight off the plans.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA Part 21 – Tops for the Cabin & Pilothouse: The crew at Brooklin Boat Yard scarfs, laminates and vacuum bags the roof-tops for the cabin and pilothouse. After which...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 20 – Floors, Sole, & Bilge: Eric walks us through the process of laying out and then beginning to build the interior of AROHA.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 19 – Coamings and Cabin House Sides & Top: Eric walks us through the making of the coamings, cabin house sides, and cabin house top, and how these complex shapes c...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 18 – Templating the Decks: A quick and easy walk through of template making for the fore, aft, and side decks.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat—AROHA, Part 17 – Deck Structure and Sub-Deck Prepping: In part 17, we learn how to build the structure that supports the deck of the boat....
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 16 – Glassing, Priming, and Flipping the Hull: Watch as the Brooklin Boat Yard crew sheaths the hull in fiberglass and zeros in on the exact fairing, shaping in prepar...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 15 – Outer Keel & Skeg Assembly: In Part 15 of the Aroha series, we see how the outer skeg and keel assembly is mounted.    ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 14 – Sculpting the Skeg: Sculpting the skeg: Wood carving at its best.   NOTE: Part 15 of this series is in the editing queue now so look fo...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 13 – Shaping the Stern, Stem, and Chine Lines: Eric walks us through some of the important hull lines that create the look of this beautiful boat.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 12 – Diagonal Planking with Plywood: Diagonal planking with 3 layers of 4 millimeter mahogany plywood demonstrates what sort of bends and twists this materia...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 11 – Fairing for Planking: Fairing the ribbands, chine and sheer clamp provides a safe landing place for AROHA’s planking.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 10 – The Sheer & Chine: Installing the sheer plank and the chine provide crucial shape .  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 9 – The Stringers: Fore and aft stringers are critical for the the lightweight structure of AROHA as well as providing the shape of her pla...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 8 – Setting Up the Molds: Setting up AROHA’s molds and then making sure they are straight and level is a crucial challenge at the start of the p...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 7 – Stem and Stern Post: Gluing-up and then shaping large laminations to form the stems of this double-ender brings the shape of the vessel to li...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 6 – Making an Effective Scarf Joint: Mastering the scarf joint is essential to making parts to go the entire length of a boat and longer.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 5 – Laminating Parts in Advance: Laminating parts and pieces demonstrates critical boat building skills in the modern era.  ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 4 – Wood, Cutlists, & Ordering: As Eric gets started on building AROHA he offers important tips that will save time and make for a smoother process. &nb...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 3 – Unpacking the Kit: What comes in a kit for a beautiful power boat like AROHA? See for yourself as Eric opens the box, unpacks, and points o...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 2 – A Close Look at the Plans: Watch a pro begin the boat building process — step one: pore over the plans. NOTE: “Part 1” of this series...
How to Build a Wooden Boat — AROHA, Part 1 – A Close Look at the Original Boat WHIO, a New Zealand Weekend Cruiser: When WHIO hove into view across our camera lenses, the entire OCH crew found a new boat to fall in love with. As easy on...

 

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