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Duracell’s Essential Upgrade: Securing Heavy Systems in the Open 60 Systems Room
Last week, Matt and Janni from The Duracell Project took us deep into the systems room of their Open 60 sailboat, Duracell, tackling a seemingly small but vitally important project that will be huge for the boat’s livability. While anxiously...
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How Deep Can I Pour Epoxy in a Single Layer?
Bubbles, bubbles, toil and trouble is what you get when you pour epoxy too deep. It’ll bubble, smoke, shrink, crack, and you’ll have to start over. Hey – we’ve all...
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Szeto’s Stitch and Glue Skateboard Kayak
In this Video of the Week, woodworker Andrew Szeto, is bringing us part 1 of his newest project: a wooden stitch and glue kayak. Andrew has previously built cedar strip...
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Sculptor and boat builder, Bob Emser from The Art of Boat Building, continues to make progress on this Haven 12 ½ wooden boat build. In this week’s episode, Bob shapes...
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Building A Fiberglass Shower Pan
When woodworker Andy Rawls reached out to ask for some advice on how to build a shower pan for his Airstream, we knew of just the video to have him...
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Tips for Spraying Gelcoat from Hold Fast Marine
Will from Hold Fast Marine has been working hard on creating helpful content for DIY boaters. We found his recent Gelcoat video to be very helpful, as we are very...
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Andy Miller’s Epoxy 101: Thickeners & Viscosities
Here is the video that will demystify and clarify all of your epoxy thickening questions and concerns. Andy Miller suffered through some overly runny epoxy that set back his Moppie...
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In the Boatyard with Sailing Parlay Revival
Meet Colin, another YouTubing sailor who has a few claims to fame, among them being his time spent as a crew member on the popular yachting TV Show, Below Deck....
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Thickening Epoxy The Right Way
Andy Miller had to make another video this week to clarify the mess he made on his Bertram Moppie transom rebuild last week. He found himself with sagging thickened epoxy...
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Andy Miller’s Lesson in Thickening Epoxy Resin
It’s great to be back inside Andy Miller’s boat shop where he is filming his Boatworks Today video series. Andy is still working on his Bertram Moppie rehab, and this...
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Working with Epoxy in Cold Weather
If cold weather has turned your workshop into a winter wonderland, as in, “I wonder if my resin will cure in cold weather?” or “I wonder why my epoxy is...
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Doing It Right The Second Time, for the Last Time
Meet Sailing Soulianis, another lucky couple making their way around the world on their boat. filming it all for us and YouTube. Kirk and Lauren are moving back aboard their...
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Epoxy Countertops on Expedition Evans – Part 2
Jade and Brett Evans were in the TotalBoat Makerspace, making new countertops for their Beneteau 50 and this week’s video gets to the fun part of building and designing their...
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