The building process has finally come to an end and now it is time to let the skylark fly. I am glad and honoured I have been part of the journey!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Thank you. It’s been nice having you come along.

Awesome work Bob! Skylark sure is a beauty! It has to be hard not to take Skylark down to the local lake and go sailing! I look forward to watching the launch video. Thanks for sharing!

Incroyable de voir que ce couteau se fait encore. Le miens a duré 27 ans avant de casser. Je garde le lien. Bravo pour la qualité de votre travail sur votre bateau.

Really amazing work, Bob! Well done! 😃 Looking forward to see it in the water! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

What a beautiful boat! So fun watching this project. Thanks!

This looks beautiful! Great craftsmanship all the aspects of the build. Looking forwards to launch.

I really can’t wait to see her in the water. 20:18 the „loose“ end looking out on the eye of the forestay. Please put some electrical tabe or some tube over it. This will be a catch/chafing point that might damage your sail.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

20 күн бұрын

The tails will be cut off.

I know how your work is. Please make a half wooden hull of Tally Ho for Leo. A beautiful baptism gift and a beautiful souvenir in his living room

She’s a fine looking craft, Bob! Won’t be able to make Mystic, but I’ve ordered the shirt and will wear it proudly on the day. Cheers!

That’s a fine boat you have built there. Congratulations!

Great video Bob, enjoyed the detailed explanation of the hows and whys of the rigging. As I found out many years ago rigging my 18 ft sailboat the wind will kick up about the time you get it almost finished even on a calm day.

Absolutely ingenious as to all phases of the building process. You have created a beautiful boat and a beautiful documentary. I watched and listened to every second of the process. Thank you for creating this. BTW, I am jealous of your studio and can only imagine what beautiful works of art are crafted here.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

24 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

Excellent as always. Can't wait to see Skylark in person!!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Thanks Bill. Looking forward to reconnecting with you.

@frompinetopalm

20 күн бұрын

Can't wait to see you at the show, Bill!

Really nice work! Just one comment. If you tie of your marlin hitches at the ends of the booms and not start with a knot in the sail you avoid pulling in the leach when you tension the hitches.

What a beautiful boat Skylark is.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Thanks

This boat is just beautiful

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Thank You!

Hi Bob, I'm Nevel Marcano, from Margarita Island, Venezuela, I've been following your videos on the art of boat building for some time now. I love it! to such an extent that soon to retire at 60 years of age, I have been enthusiastic about a personal project, now in design, following the pattern of the Haven and the Cuillin. The question is that, initially in one of his videos he showed on the blackboard how the planks were distributed, for this he gave an explanation with a compass on the curvature of the frames and took as a reference a certain distance from the beam. I have not found this explanation in his videos! Will it be possible to see it again? Thank you. I have a plan with this project, is to teach young people how good it can be to build these boats and more to be able to sail them. I come from a family of fishermen and I have been teaching physics for 30 years. Greetings and thank you very much.

Perfect beautiful boat.

Gittin anxious to see that beauty meet the water Bob..

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

24 күн бұрын

Me Too!

@eddybear771

24 күн бұрын

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding I been watching her come together & always await the final touches. I start gittin anxious at the whiskey plank. Lol

Beautiful! It's been a true pleasure watching the process!! Enjoy!

I’m so happy for you Bob! Such great moments. Cheers, Chuck

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Chuck!

Such a joy to watch your progress. Beautiful? Certainly.

Fantastic work

Nice work Bob

Skylark is a beautiful little bird! Im really hoping to be able to see her in person in Mystic!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Thank you. I hope to see you there!

Thank you very much.

Thats s very pretty boat,Bob

I am very much looking forward to seeing Skylark sail. I'm not sure if you are familiar with Lowell's Boat Shop & Museum in Amesbury, MA. They have several teaching programs including an Apprenticeship Program. It turns out that their current students in the program are finishing up a Haven 12 1/2 as well which should be ready in the spring. Thought you might be interested.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

10 күн бұрын

I am quite familiar with Lowell's. Anne B., who works with Lowells is helping to produce my launch. I'm told that the students have been watching my videos. Thanks for watching!

I should have said this two weeks ago but I thought no you will see it. Anyway just if you don’t, you need a leather cover to go over your mast band so you don’t scratch your mast.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

10 күн бұрын

HI Captain, I did install a leather band at the point of the mast partner. Unfortunately, it increased the mast circumference so that the mast partner would not close. Thanks for watching! Bob

What are the odds? Skylark and Tally Ho raising sails on the same week!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

24 күн бұрын

I'll be officially raising mine in 45 days. Last I heard Leo said 2 years🤣 Could be pretty good odds! Thanks for watching.

She looks exceptional!!! Can’t wait to see her under sail.

Very nice work, as always. I would be interested in seeing what you’ll have to do to unstep/destep the mast for storage and transport and how much rerigging you’ll have to do to use the boat each time. Good luck at the launch.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

24 күн бұрын

There will be a storage transportation video before I leave for Mystic! Thank!

Gaff rig the best with a tops'l if the boat allows Great looking boat

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Thank you

It's interesting you used a track. Is that common with gaffs? I always assumed there was some concern about damage to the track or jaws from this arrangement.

When are you coming back on line Bob

I have an old pocket knife with a round point spike only now I know what it is for

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Can you tell me where you buy the dacron sail twine? Everything I find in a google search is showing me polyesther instead of dacron.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

19 күн бұрын

It came from Sailrite.however, it is polyester

Impressive as always. I don't think you explained why you chose closed turnbuckles, although your solution was excellent.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

They are some old turnbuckles I refinished. I cover them in Episode 78. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o3l6sNugc5fbn5s.html Thanks for Watching!

@terrulian

25 күн бұрын

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding I can't believe I didn't see that one. Thanks for responding!

She looks beautiful 👏👏😀.

When you tap a left-hand thread, the tap should be going in from right to left, your lathe mandrel should be going up not down.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

The shot in the video is of the right hand tap.

Just for my own curiosity, why didn't you part off the nut and chamfer it using your lathe?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

17 күн бұрын

The hex bar stock and my mini lathe did not play together well. Thanks for watching

I would have expected a forestay halyard instead of a tensioner. That's how we always used to raise and lower our masts. Takes a lot less effort and enables raising a much heavier mast safely. If you hold the end of the line with your pinky finger, it saves you from having to find it again.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

24 күн бұрын

I'm just here following Joel White and Nat Herreshoff's plans. The mast with the rigging weighs 25 Lbs. Stepping the mast is quit easy, even by myself. Thanks for watching! Hope to see you in Mystic.

@ThaJay

24 күн бұрын

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding In our case, the boats were fitted to be able to quickly drop the mast while sailing to go under a bridge. Our masts were also a lot heavier, we needed 2 people to lift it off the ground. Have fun on your first sail, I can imagine its sailing characteristics will be amazing, judging by the hull shape.

“Fair winds and following seas” …

Cleevis? have I been saying clivis wrong all this time?

@charlesxix

25 күн бұрын

It's his strange accent. For me in the UK It's Clevis pin.

I'm 666-th likers. Sorry about that :)

Well I can see the seagulls are going to love to expell thier excrement all over your lil birdy hope you got a few coats of varnish on it 😂😂😂 Looks good nice clean crisp ❤ 🎉❤

Orange hoody alert!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding

25 күн бұрын

Indeed. Never know what you’ll see on the neighbors clothesline.

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