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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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Art of Boatbuilding: Installing and Varnishing New Seats
Bob Emser is back in his boat shop after healing up an injury that kept him from completing his nearly christened Joel White designed Haven 12 1/2. He’s using a...
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Fiberglassing Lou Sauzedde’s V-Bottom Skiff
Our favorite shipwright, Louis Sauzedde, is hard at work on the V-Bottom skiff that he’s building on his Tips From A Shipwright YouTube channel. He’s got a team of helpers...
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Fairing and Sanding the MV Dauntless
Welcome to another couple building a boat for the cameras and for all of us on YouTube. Building MV Dauntless is the 2-man team of Cassie and Carl, who are...
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Epoxy 101 with Boatworks Today
Is there ever enough information to have in our knowledge bank about using epoxy resin? Those of us who use it often would likely tell you that we are always...
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Stripping and Refinishing C-Shels Motoryacht
Cyndi and Shell are attempting the liveaboard lifestyle on their Tollycraft 44 Motoryacht. They’re another couple documenting their effort on their YouTube Channel, Searching for C-Shels. In this video, they’re...
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Refinishing a Teak Cabin Sole with Onne van der Wal
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Restoring a Cabin Sole with Lust Matte Varnish
Step inside the refit of Onne van der Wal’s Grand Banks 32, Snow Goose. Onne, a nautical photographer by profession, previously documented his amazing restoration of a tired, older Pearson...
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Framing the Forward Cabin with the Sea Dreamer Project
Scott from Six Points WoodWorks is working on the forward cabin framing on his 41-foot wooden trawler that he is currently building in his backyard boatshed. A few years ago,...
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Acorn to Arabella: Graving Pieces on the Mast
In the backyard boatshop where the Atkins ketch, Arabella, is being built the team is working to finish the mizzen mast. They’ve removed some questionable knots and imperfections in their mast,...
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Solo Sailing and Deck Painting with White Spot Pirates
Meet Nike, the energetic solo sailor taking herself around the world, and most recently Panama, on her aluminum 37-foot sailboat. She’s been solo sailing aboard “KARL” since 2013 and is...
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Building the V Bottom Skiff with Lou Sauzedde: TotalFair on the Bottom
Back in Lou Sauzedde’s Open Door Boatshop, we find Lou hard at work on his third video boatbuilding series. He’s attached the second layer of planking to his V-bottom skiff...
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