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2023 Summer Make-Off Challenge: Boat Building Edition
To our entire Jamestown Distributors and TotalBoat community, we are honored and excited to announce that today begins the most awaited event of the summer: The TotalBoat Summer Make Off: Boat Building Edition! What started as just a wild...
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Bottom Painting Tula’s Trawler
In today’s featured video, we continue to follow Tula’s Endless Summer as they transform a $100 DeFever Trawler into a comfortable live-aboard yacht! She is starting to look mighty fine...
Read moreMost Common Fiberglass Mistakes with Andy Miller!
In today’s video of the week, we are back in the shop with Andy Miller from Boatworks Today as he goes over the most common mistakes with working with fiberglass...
Read moreGetting Hyped For Lou’s Biggest Project to Date!
Spend the summer binging on your favorite shipwright, Lou Sauzedde’s, former boat builds and get hyped up for the next big one: The ORCA replica! This week we are sharing...
Read morePlugging Away at the V-Bottom Skiff Build with Lou Sauzedde
Lou Sauzedde, from Tips from a Shipwright, is getting close to finishing up his V-Bottom Kkiff wooden boat build. In today’s video of the week, Lou shows us how he...
Read moreTula’s Endless Summer Trawler Transformation
Billy and Sierra of YouTube Channel, Tula’s Endless Summer, purchased a 1978 43’ DeFever Trawler project boat for $100 and have been transforming her into a comfortable live aboard yacht. ...
Read moreSV Delos’ Dinghy Gets a Facelift!
Brian Trautman of YouTube Channel, Sailing SV Delos, just finished his first circumnavigation around the world on his cruising sailboat, Delos, while welcoming family and friends aboard as crew. And,...
Read moreWorking With Epoxy in Hot Weather
Besides mix ratio, temperature is one of the key reasons epoxy projects turn out successfully – or not. And it’s not just the temperature of the epoxy that matters...
Read moreJackman adds Fiberglass & Carbon Fiber Spinners to his Lawn Mower!
Epoxy and fiberglass are no longer just for boats! Paul Jackman, from Jackman Works, brings his woodworking and epoxy skills, ingenious editing skills, and now rapping skills to this week’s...
Read moreLou’s V-Bottom Skiff: Finishing the Knees and Inwales
We are back in the shop with our favorite shipwright, Lou Sauzedde, from Tips of a Shipwright. Lou is getting close to finishing up his V-Bottom Skiff Wooden Boat build,...
Read moreSam Holmes Sailing: Making Waves With A Hydrofoil Surfboard Build!
When Sam Holmes is not off crossing oceans in his Cape Dory 28, he can always be found trying out new things like aerobatic gliding, cruising around in his 16’...
Read moreSzeto’s Stitch and Glue Skateboard Kayak: Will It Float?
We are back in Andrew Szeto’s makeshift boat shop where he is building a wooden stitch and glue kayak. Andrew glues up the joints and fiberglasses the hull with our...
Read moreHow Much Resin Does Your Fiberglass Layup Need?
Andy Miller from BoatworksToday, covers one of the most frequently asked questions he receives: “How do you know how much resin you are going to need when wetting out a...
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