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After seven years of construction, the wooden boat *Arabella* launches in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.0:03 Final preparations include installing the throttle, finishing the cockpit coaming, and attaching chain plates with oak backing blocks and bronze carriage bolts.2:45 The crew uses traditional rigging techniques, including eye splices around dead eyes, to secure the forestay and shrouds.4:32 To prepare the hull for the water, the team floods the bilge to swell the planks and test the bilge pumps, which cycle every 20 to 30 minutes shortly after launch.8:37 A boomkin is added to extend the mizzen traveler and increase tiller clearance.2:56 The project concludes with the launch of *Victoria*, a wooden tender built by Bob Emser.32:25 The vessel is scheduled to travel to the Mystic boat show following the launch.37:24

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