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From CAD to Catamaran: Sail Life Crafts New Hatches for Spiffy
Mads and Ava of Sail Life are back, tackling another crucial repair on their 44 ft hurricane-damaged DIY catamaran, Spiffy. The immediate problem? Leaky, temporary plywood hatch covers that allowed a "massive amount of water" into the port forward cabin. This...
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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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Designing and Planning Epoxy Marble Countertops for a Sailboat – Part 1
We had a blast and learned a ton, too when Jade and Brett Evans of the YouTube Channel Expedition Evans came into our Narwhal Labs maker space at TotalBoat HQ....
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How to Measure Epoxy by Weight vs. Volume
Epoxy is the most finicky of all resins – if you don’t measure the components precisely, the material can stay tacky and never reach its full strength and hardness. The...
Read moreBuilding a Hard Top Bimini for a Cruising Catmaran
Jessica and Ryan have a pretty solid cruising program aboard their Lagoon 410, considering they are raising two babies aboard their liveaboard catamaran. But when Ryan decides it’s time to...
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Sea Dreamer Project: A Lesson in Temperature
Scott Smith is deep in the bilge of his trawler build, a 41′ Diesel Duck designed by George Buehler. He’s making sure to coat all the below-deck surfaces with a...
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Louis Sauzedde’s V-Bottom Skiff: Time for Fairing
Lou’s boat shop is back up and running with the V-bottom skiff and it’s time to crank out the filling and fairing. Lou loves using our TotalFair Epoxy Fairing Compound...
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Brett and Jade Evans, of the YouTube Channel Expedition Evans, are serious about the appearance of their salvaged Beneteau 49, now that they’ve poured their soul into almost every inch...
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Acorn to Arabella: Galley Counter Build
Progress is visible down below on the Atkins Ketch build by Acorn to Arabella. With galley drawers being built and varnished with our thinned TotalBoat Wood Sealer Varnish Primer, it’s...
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