Will We Ever Get A Break From The Cold?? - Episode 331 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

[@oleran4569]

The cold, the cold, it never gets old. Seeping and creeping throughout. Comes fresh to flesh through clothing and mesh, converting ambition to doubt.

[@cameronstoneadams1183]

ambition to doubt

[@richardgreen1947]

For the past several months, I've been planning a winter getaway from the cold in Michigan to help out some friends in New Orleans. When we were just an hour's drive from our destination, it began to snow. A half hour later, we found they had closed the causeway across lake Ponchartrain. Two hours later, we finally managed to find our way to the destination. Over the next 12 hours, New Orleans accumulated 12 inches of fresh snow, the greatest accumulation they'd seen for well over 100 years. So much for a winter getaway!

[@carlthor91]

While that was happening we, at 55.75N, who should have -35°C weather, were close to the freezing mark. Then it got colder for a few days, now we have a week forecast of weather close to freezing, again!!!

[@bmxerkrantz]

from the pics I saw. apparently gnome Alaska made for a good winter getaway this last cold snap.

[@JamesMcColgan-t8n]

The light on your dingy reminded me of a time back in the early seventies when I was working at the Gloucester Yacht Yard. My buddy, Dick Rockwood and I decided to have dinner at the Rudder restaurant on Rocky Neck. It was daylight and with the tourist traffic all heading across the causeway to the neck, I grabbed a dingy from the yacht yard and proceeded across the harbor. By the time we finished dinner it was dark so Evy Parson, the owner of the restaurant, handed us a green and a red candle off the table. Dick held one on the bow while I held the other at the stern. Halfway across the harbor we were stopped by the harbor master. I determined he was a bit drunk when, in all seriousness, he said "I stopped you because I thought your boat was going sideways". Say what?

[@stevencarpenter8841]

When I was a kid, my dad taught me to sail (19 foot Lightning) and he would throw over a life jacket yelling man overboard! It was super good for me to practice that often and usually without warning. It is so great that Robin has more confidence ... She has to be ready if Steve were to be sick or injured at some point (God forbid). Victoria makes a great ice-breaker as well as her usual Akiva transport role. Another interesting thoughtful video. Stay warm & safe!

[@AndrexT]

So good to see Annie xx and Jack again. Not a very nice Shrimp Boat Captain wasting your time like that. Interesting to learn the anchor setting drill, and well done both of you on the ASA Certification, love it that the man overboard dummy is called 'Bob'. 😀

[@frompinetopalm]

@@AndrexT 👋🏼👋🏼😊

[@scotmhead]

Nice to see Anne again.

[@frompinetopalm]

@@scotmhead 😊👋🏼👋🏼

[@mjsmith1223]

A little bit of everything this week. Fun! Fair winds and following seas to the good crew of the Arabella.

[@andypandy955]

Takes me back to my sailing course weekend in Wales UK. We did the MOB as they say with a bouy too I have to say it was an amazing weekend. It was the best money I ever spent for a sailing course. The skipper Bernard had sailed the world a few times he was so nice and patient. One of the guys on board was a bit of a know it all and said that I was not pointing the boat correctly whilst I was steering, Bernard nicely said leave the lad alone he is doing well and we are not racing. Lots of lovely memories that's why I love boats and sailing. I went to La Rochelle yesterday and walked by the sea it was a bit rough but beautiful. Yet another great VLOG.

[@MysteryCompendium]

I’ve been following your journey, and it’s truly inspiring to see the dedication, craftsmanship, and passion that goes into every step. Watching Acorn to Arabella come to life has been an incredible experience. Wishing you all the best as you continue this amazing adventure-can’t wait to see where the journey takes you next!

[@n4837z]

Good explaination with the anchoring, thanks, Glenn

[@canonen100]

I am 65 and living a basically carnivorous lifestyle for 6 years. Solo sailor and really healthy. No meds no problems. I preserve meat and have no issues with food on my boat. I like your gizmo to check ketones.

[@firefighter4443]

13:58 did you ever think Victoria would be an icebreaker? 😂

[@BulletproofPastor]

This winter the ICW has become the icy-W. Stay warm.

[@joeatc735]

Hello everyone, greetings from Germany. I hope that you always have a hand's breadth of water under your keel.

[@JimMorgan-d9n]

At least a hand’s breadth!!

[@Ayns.L14A]

Hey Anne, great to see you back on Arabella it's been a while.....

[@frompinetopalm]

🎉❤

[@freestyla74]

her eyebrows and bubbly energy is FIRE

[@RussWabuda]

so glad you escaped new england, so cold, even in southern connecticut. send warn air, and enjoy

[@steveatkins1]

Good morning. Hope you’re getting closer to some warm weather!! Nice episode!!

[@robertwalsh5793]

Watch out for skim ice chafing/cutting into your planking. We ran a wooden boat out of Lynn, Ma through skim ice and cut into the planking quite deep. We put on some oak chafing guards which helped. Hope you get warm.

[@AcornToArabella]

Oak planking should be 👍

[@badcat4707]

Good frosty morning to Akiva 🐺 and Crew 😸😺

[@johnanderson8096]

So Nice to have Robin participate more in your videos... now that your traveling.......✌

[@billlippincott3937]

Good to see Anne and Jack aboard!!

[@frompinetopalm]

😊

[@donwilliams3626]

A beautiful silhouette with night light and and stunning seascapes in sunlight.

[@bbrockert]

Man those lights downward from the mast on Hindu are fantastic, that seems like such a quality of life improvement for trying to do stuff at night.

[@AcornToArabella]

Yes, Steve also just installed those on Arabella as you can see in the thumbnail to the video. A game changer.

[@bbrockert]

@@AcornToArabella If you're Ben Fundis, a story: I mostly live in Europe but went back to Iowa for Christmas and New Year's, and in between the meals and board games and episodes of Jeopardy! I had the TV play a recent video from this channel. One of my family members remarked "they must be really rich" because they had someone doing professional narration on their videos, compared to all the other youtubers doing everything themselves. So if you're Ben, good on you for making the channel seem so polished when I know that most sailing channels are basically sea hoboes, and if you're not Ben, please pass it along. Sincerely, another Ben.

[@frompinetopalm]

@@bbrockertHEAR HEAR!

[@AcornToArabella]

thanks friend. it’s all a labor of love. all the way down. -ben

[@petegraham1458]

Sailing in the cold is lonely fun , many trips in the fall in the islands off British Columbia in Canada, some snowy days involved, thanks Be to God for poly propylene fleece!

[@ryan_mcme]

Good morning, 'bella fam! 🥶☕ Happy Friday!

[@muchmorecoffee]

On Cape Cod the old timers always say to the visitors, "You bring this weather with ya?"

[@kenf1445]

We are stuck at the Great Bridge for the last few days thanks to the ice. Hopefully the warmer days coming up will allow us to head south as fast as we can!

[@tonyfiore4904]

Ice cold "All Day IPA" on a nice cold day Cheers from West Michigan

[@AcornToArabella]

Home to some of the finest suds in this land.

[@briankeeley6464]

Great episode. Well done team Arabella!

[@Bystander333]

Digging the music on this one.

[@schwabrichard9829]

You good folks picked a bad year to escape winter!

[@charles11ification]

Very instructional. Thank you.

[@markbrooks1111]

You guys came south just in time for the artic blast. We’ve got a little south wind finally here in the midwest for the warmup. Warmer weather further south 🎉.

[@ianb5949]

Etiquette! Forgive me for stating the obvious. When I first started sailing in the sixties, aluminium masts were a rarity. Then they became more common. In the old days it was common to tie the halyards away from the masts to protect the varnish. Your dinghy ride through the anchorage reminded me of the slapping of the halyards on aluminium masts. People would leave their boats in the new marinas and not hear the cacophony. If they were on board, the clanging soon stopped as they learned to tie off the halyards to the standing rigging, usually with a twist around the spreaders. It allowed for more peaceful slumbering. Beware too, of ice and a wooden hull. The ice always wins.

[@philparmenter53]

Happy Friday and A2A day from a very windy Plymouth UK. Off to Sri Lanka for next 3 weeks so will be watching late.

[@billsrq1788]

Hello from Siesta Key Florida One of the coldest Januarys in 42 years of living here

[@AcornToArabella]

Stay warm out there!

[@charlesbey8636]

Hey,you guys stole our cold! Its raining in Anchorage! HaHa

[@dsionkiewicz]

Now we know why it snowed in Florida.. 🙂

[@johankotze42]

Tongue in cheek, the term "anchor aweigh" refers to an anchor being lifted off the bottom in preparation to get underway.

[@glencrandall7051]

Freezing in N FL. No joy here.🙂🙂

[@fireantsarestrange]

It has been snowing in Florida... good luck getting away from it. You still have about 2 months of cold left. Ah I almost forgot. Make sure you stop in for a couple days in St. Augustine when you get to Florida. You guys would really enjoy it's nautical history as it is the oldest place in Florida and has deep history as far back as the Spanish and Portuguese. There is a really cool fort there at the port along with the oldest Town in Florida. Don't miss it.

[@AcornToArabella]

😫

[@plfreeman111]

In Charleston. It's still cold here, but warm weather is coming soon! Predicted 70 on Wednesday!

[@inveterateforeigner2780]

'...comes with them.' Might as well say they brought it with them.

[@frompinetopalm]

What is this about?

[@leinie6683]

When its 100 and dead calm, you may be wishing for 40-50 degrees again ! Im certain Akiva will be.

[@daviddial7010]

We sail a 19’ on a lake in Wi. We do a mob drill every time we sail. Very important for crew to have the experience in case captain is in the water.

[@ronniemcneese9805]

Hey I know that you’re heading south. So you have to stop and stay in Savannah Ga. It’s a blast. You won’t be sorry.

[@Strada62]

Hey, It's Bob up n down! & of course every new sailor NEEDS to learn proper sea shanty's! I'm starting to think that this winter, you guys may need to sail to the equator to escape the cold weather!

[@charlesmoore456]

Hoping to see you guys in shorts and t-shirts by now! Weather the weather, I guess.

[@keg1dog]

I was stationed in Charleston for 4 years while in the Navy, it is a beautiful city and lots of things to see and do. I think you have plenty of advice to give to your followers and the comments given by “professional” sailors is just sour grapes. I would be a willing participant in your sailing knowledge. Hope you have some video of Charleston, and if you are in Mt Pleasant, Patriots point has a memorial to the submarine sailors and in particular there is a bench memorial for the Francis Scot key SSBN 657 the sub I was stationed on and the sail from one of the boomers of the type. If you get a chance please go and take it in.

[@frompinetopalm]

I ended up needing to leave after our arrival in Charleston, and am grateful to have had an entire day there. I’ll be sharing some footage of my adventures there in my next episode. -Anne

[@gregkilgour4545]

That's one hell of an ice breaker you have there.

[@president2]

Love it so much keep it up as always 💘

[@Sailingengineer74]

😂😂cold?? You have no idea, here in Finland its cold dark winter for at least 5months with mostly c..p weather, doesnt look that bad where you are 😊

[@rick91443]

Happy Friday from COLD, RAINY Normandy....richard

[@BarrieHarmsworth]

Remember the old saying, when in doubt Panic

[@charlesbey8636]

We need a lesson on anchor scope now Steve

[@patmancrowley8509]

India needs to purchase another anchor. They must be good friends to LOAN them an anchor. I have "loaned" people stuff only they have not returned it, ever. And it should be "MAN OVERBOARD, STARBOARD SIDE!" It reduces the visual search area but I'm used to C.G. high endurance cutters where you have to make an evasive turn to swing the end of the ship away from the man in the water to prevent them from going into the screws and getting chopped to death.

[@sartorst3376]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Poor seamanship on their part on multiple levels

[@Bob_Burton]

18:58 When you are lowering the anchor you refer to "anchors aweigh", which is a common nautical term I believe that "anchors aweigh" should refer to raising the anchor, not lowering it, and indicates that the anchor has left the bottom, ie you have weighed anchor

[@wardy89]

Man overboard practice is very important and something everyone should practice regularly. As a dingy instructor the most common mistake I saw is people trying to manoeuvre back to the man overboard too quickly and in too small of an area. I don’t have enough experience with yachts and sailing in the US to know what is the norm there, but I was very surprised to see your turn back manoeuvres starting at a distance of just 4 boat lengths. I am much more used to teaching people to sail a minimum of 10 boat lengths before starting your manoeuvre back.

[@frompinetopalm]

I have an ASA instructor friend I’ve practiced with in the Bahamas, and she taught me the quick stop method. Less distance, more likely to keep an eye on the MOB. I don’t know why it’d be necessary to leave a person in the water longer, and the quick stop method brings the boat close to the victim gently and quickly.

[@wardy89]

@ I don’t think there is any perfect answer, but personally I think practicing 10 boat lengths is more realistic. When someone goes overboard, you you have to identify it, have some one keep an eye on them immediately, but you also have to make sure your own situation is stable and the rest of the crew is safe before thinking about how best to recover your man overboard. Dynamic manoeuvres such as gybes are one of the most common times for a man overboard stabilising your situation first and not putting others in danger is really important, also if you are sailing short handed trying to preform the manoeuvre too quickly will lead to problems more often than not. I am sure there are also other considerations for man over-boards during ocean passages ect.

[@StephanieGuess-y7u5z]

In the world of ASA, the quick stop maneuver is generally taught in the ASA 103/104 courses. ASA 101 goes over the figure 8, the optimal distance for the MOB is 4-6 boat lengths depending on the winds, sea state, and characteristics of how your boat handles.

[@jimanderson3549]

Charleston, SC where the Ashley and Cooper rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean.:)

[@joefin5900]

Down south is cool, downeast is cold!

[@Ayns.L14A]

Happy Friday everyone !! Please don't forget to like and Share !!!!

[@frompinetopalm]

Happy Friday, Aynsley! 😊

[@Rainmakerlm]

you are better off with 3 strand as your snubber line because it has stretch. the dyneema has minimal stretch and is slightly better than the chain coming tight if the boat is pitching a lot but dyneema will put almost as much strain on you gear as just chain.

[@AcornToArabella]

I don't think it is Dyneema actually. According to the Mantus website it's "Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber". At any rate, its all supplied by Mantus who we trust to have figured out the anchor system materials.

[@Rainmakerlm]

@@AcornToArabellaUHMWPF is Dyneema. I know it was made by an anchor hardware company but it is not the best choice for rough weather. I would recommend a 3/4" triple strand with 2 20ft legs to spread the load to your bow cleats for a serious blow/rough seas so you do not have a single point pulling down on your bow roller with essentially a cable. Dyneema is designed for applications where no stretch is wanted. its super strong but that is the wrong application for it if the conditions are bad. in calm weather a single dyneema snubber over the roller is no problem at all. If your boat was steel or aluminum no big deal but the dyneema is stronger than your fasteners and the wood everything is mounted to, i would hate to see you sustain damage to your beautiful boat.

[@Odocksailing]

I'm surprised your instructor didn't advise backing down on the anchor. You should get in the habit.

[@joecioe8566]

Got to wonder when Robin will get to warm up. There is snow in Florida.

[@JamesEdwards780]

Just keep sailing South until the butter melts.

[@frompinetopalm]

I used to check the Coco Lopez. 😉

[@finnliland3665]

You make it easy. Exercise getting an unconscious Person onboard again, and do the same in dark. Then you get it real. Skipper on rescue boat. Finn

[@JoBianco]

I have shrimp boat captains snub me all the time!

[@ljames6452]

FWIW "Anchors aweigh" is the condition that means you are preparing to sail. The opposite of that is to "drop anchor."

[@robdye5228]

Maybe next time the weather will be nicer and you can stay longer in Charleston. I would have loved a chance to see Arabella in person.

[@OutdoorsSky]

Cold.. this isn’t Southern Florida, and our only almost cold months here in NC are Dec - Feb. looks like yall picked the wrong months for warm weather lol. Good luck with the rest of your trip. Yall should come to Beaufort NC for a good time !

[@kathysarmcandy1992]

Wondering if you had chain telltales, I see the wire tie. We've used Triptease orange guyline, so it can easily be seen in the dark. Holds up in the water for quite a while.

[@Chris_Moncada]

Shrimpin’ ain’t easy

[@charlesbey8636]

Taint hard either really

[@MusicMike939]

Imagine their surprise when Akiva got the highest score 😎😜🤓

[@unclespongehead]

In this episode, Steve practices water rescue, and Ben identifies him as "Certifiable." Do I see a double entendre here?!

[@Snozzbucket]

In all my boats, both sail and power, a blown off hat from anyone on board became an automatic man overboard drill. Person overboard?

[@frompinetopalm]

Yup! Or things like plastic bags and balloons, too!

[@jasond7229]

Shucks its 1-24-25, it just snowed in the Florida pan handle, poor guys

[@timstull1355]

I think those guys were pulling your leg with the shrimp boat... Look up the slang definition of a "shrimp boat captain"

[@budschermerhorn6062]

Good morning from Sandwich, MA

[@AcornToArabella]

Morning!

[@nickmail7604]

To be fair if you stop "staying a few days longer" everywhere you might beat the weather

[@johnmagnan759]

Are y'all responsible for bringing us some snow down to Charleston SC?

[@briansmith8967]

Why do you want the anchor so far away from the boat? Why not just below the boat? I am not a sailor :)

[@Shady-Shane]

one day Bob will bob for the last time.

[@fish1860]

Unfortunately your spotter made a critical error, spotter never takes his eyes off the object in the water!!

[@williammajor6768]

I hope you are selecting an autopilot for Arabella.

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

That was so crazy that you wound up cutting through ice in Oriental North Carolina I didn't realize the water was so brackish if it was pure ocean water you would have never gotten ice because it never got below zero another thing that I wanted to ask you is why not tie off that black line on the anchor with the Dynema to the Samsung post instead of a cleat on the rail I probably don't even know what I'm talking about but I thought that that would be the more central location for the tie off and a more secure tie off I love you guys I hope you find the place where you're going to finish up the hull now that it's done all the moving in contorting that it can do hopefully you can smooth out the lines and make it beautiful even though you don't know me I consider you my friends I've been watching you since you laid the lead for the keel ballast that was about the same time that a doctor messed up my neck surgery and I became more disabled then before if not I would have joined you in the shed been a part of the team shaping up Arabella I still say that maybe this spring you could burnished in some tung oil on the deck and it will keep it beautiful and light I learned that trick for old antique oak floors I stripped them clean sanded them down and burnished in tung oil they still look beautiful today I wish you all the best in this new year can't wait to see the next video ciao for now

[@frompinetopalm]

We have full-on salt water get a skin of ice on it up here in Maine in temps above freezing, given that fresh water floats. A bit of freshwater runoff, condensation as temps drop during the night, a little bit of precipitation… a thin skin of ice forms and is normally gone by mid morning.

[@rick91443]

Well, not THAT COLD...Holy cow....rr

[@n4837z]

And, BTW, it's not sposed to be that/this COLD in NC.

[@bawrytr]

You know, I dislike the shoulda coulda woulda shoulda comments on these kind of posts. But WTF sets on on any trip, much less in winter, even down the ICW, on a boat with no tender and one apparently inadequate anchor??? I mean great that he was there to drive the tender through the night to help. But...

[@dremein]

Steve, "Anchors Aweigh" is the proper term and it means that the anchor is just touching the sea floor, thus the boat is "weighing" the anchor. The term is typically used when raising the anchor to notify the helmsman (or woman) that the boat is no longer fixed and may begin to drift, depending on conditions. Shame on you for misuse of a good ol' nautical term like that! That said I still thoroughly enjoy the channel (but will correct any misused nautical terms in the future, should this be required). P.S. please don't ask me about any sailing terms, all my nautical knowledge comes from the US Navy and serving on a heavy cruiser in the early 1970's :-)

[@randolphfriend8260]

😁 💜 🎉 🥶

[@TedHouk]

OK dear don’t lose muscle mass, be sure to do a minimum of 0.8 g per kilogram of body weight of protein daily but get it up to 1.2 to 1.5 to build muscle mass with at least 1/2h anaerobic strengthening thrice weekly…

[@rickvangunten4800]

Bet you never thought Victoria would ever become an Ice Breaker.............................>

[@Frederwin]

What’s with the baby talk..?

[@mattwilson8290]

The term "anchors aweigh"? actually refers to raising the anchor? Not dropping it? Just a friendly fyi? in language you young kids will understand? 🤣🤣🤣

[@NathanEdwards-r9i]

Hey if a person was looking for portage to say Hawaii or Indonesia. would you charge? Or is that something you would consider doing. 🤔🫡