Building Arabella By Hand
Who We AreBEN [he/him] Ben edits our videos, finds the story in the footage we send him, writes all of Acorn to Arabella’s incidental music, and is also tasked with nailing down exactly what Steve’s job description is every week. We have absolutely no idea what we’d do without this thoughtful and skilled person in our lives. He and his family own a beautiful independent theater in. You can now receive the latest newsletter from the Daily Hampshire Gazette directly in your inbox and never miss a headline. According to Alix Kreder, his college buddy Steve Denette had been working on a certain project for years — but only in his head. 
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Check out this story about Alix Kreder and Steve Denette, who met at Unity College!. Growing tired of the grind at their day jobs, friends Stephen Denette and Alix Kreder decided to drop what they were doing and attempt something many people would call crazy: building a foot Atkins ketch in their backyard, more than miles from the nearest coastline, using trees they felled and milled themselves by hand. When they are finished, they will sail their handcrafted, two-masted sailboat Arabella around the world.
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The journey of a wooden boat begins with a single step. Or, in this case, an idea, a "tickle in the back of my throat since I was a kid," as Steve Denette calls it. From childhood, he dreamed of building his own boat and now he and his friend Alix Kreder are working on doing just that in. Producer Dave Fraser brings us the story. Hear KP, one of the people working on the Arabella, talks about their experience as a non-binary craftsperson in a digital exclusive interview. Acorn to Arabella
According to Alix Kreder, his college buddy Steve Denette had been working on a certain project. He plans to launch Arabella into the Atlantic on June 17 from Mattapoisett, more than miles from where she was built. It will be his first time sailing.
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He and Steve met in college and worked together in construction for a time. According to his “About” page on the Acorn to Arabella site, Alix hails from Paris, France. I don’t recall any other hints that Alix is French other than a quick mention of the fact early in the series. Most of my YouTube viewing is of people fixing stuff. My list is chock full of how-to and restoration videos.
Setting Sail with Steve Denette
Stephen Denette and Alix Kreder are building a foot Atkins ketch sailboat named Arabella by cutting down trees in Stephen's backyard. After three years, the boat is still in the shed. The Acorn. . A modern shipbuilder's journey
In November, Stephen Denette docked Arabella at Barters Island before heading south, hosted by local sailing enthusiast Peter Neidhardt. Denette powered up a small generator and set up a mobile shop on the dock as he made repairs with the help of two team members. They worked on varnish, rigging. . The Journey of a Wooden Boat
Steve Denette: When you take YouTube ad revenue and you add it to Patreon and some merchandise sales and a few donations and maybe a sponsorship, none of them in themselves are terribly big money, but all combined they can be enough to get by on. Dave Fraser: Well, he was right. Acorn to Arabella has over , YouTube subscribers and counting. .