![]() “I wish everyone could row a boat, go sailing, smell the ocean, know what it’s like to lose sight of land and find the place you were looking for after navigating an impartial and unforgiving ocean,” said Bryant, who also emphasized the importance of getting to know the other spectators watching the launch. Throughout the process of building the Arabella, said Bryant, Denette sought the help of experts and boating professionals. ![]() Working alongside Denette and Bryant was boat carpenter KP, video editor and composer Ben Fundis, filmmaker Adin, and a small group of paid staff and volunteers. “ knows and wants deeply this unique opportunity.”Īs a trailer from Brownell Boatyard lowered the Arabella into Mattapoisett Harbor, Denette stood atop the vessel with a small crew.īryant told spectators that Denette “didn’t exhibit any kind of rugged individualism in any of it.” “To build a boat and have your very first sail aboard the same boat is, at best, very rare,” said Bryant. “You have a guy in a small town in Massachusetts who decides he’s going to build a boat … it’s an amazing story of someone’s determination, their brains, their go-to.”Īccording to project member Anne Bryant, Denette “doesn’t know how to sail - but he didn’t exactly know how to build a boat either” before beginning this project. “To me it’s a big epic story,” said Cal Brodie, who traveled from Puyallup Washington to watch the launch. The Arabella is based on a 1934 design by shipbuilder William Atkin. The project to build the Arabella was started in 2016 by Stephen Denette, a fifth generation farmer from Granby, Massachusetts, and was chronicled on the YouTube channel “Acorn to Arabella.” The YouTube channel has approximately 181,000 subscribers.Īccording to the project’s website, Denette sourced the wood used for the boat from trees planted by his great grandfather on his family’s property. MATTAPOISETT - Of all the boats in Mattapoisett Harbor, only one had never sailed the sea before Saturday, June 17.Īs a crowd of spectators from as far away as Wyoming and Washington lined the docks, the Arabella, a 38-foot, hand-built wooden sailboat was launched for the first time to cheers and applause.
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