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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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Creating an Epoxy Resin Petri Dish with Jessie Jewels Art
We invited local resin artist Jessie Jewels to come into our new Narwhal Labs Makerspace and share her craft with us. Jessie is a teacher who has a classroom in...
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Spooky Halloween Epoxy Resin Tea Lights
Woodturner and maker Ken Moon had some fun last week making some spooky epoxy resin tea light holders. He grabbed the TotalBoat Tea Light Holder Kit (which also can make some...
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The Art of Boatbuilding: Fairing a Wooden Bottom
Last week Andy Miller’s video was a great demonstration of fairing the bottom of a fiberglass boat that needs some love. Today’s video from Bob Emser and the Art of...
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Boatworks Today: Andy Miller’s Tips for Fairing Boat Bottoms
Andy Miller is refinishing a little sailboat that is ultimately in need of some paint, but not before a decent amount of fairing work on her underside! Using gelcoat as...
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Acorn to Arabella: Fitting Hatches and House Tops
Steve and some helpful friends with sailing experience are in the Acorn to Arabella boathouse this week to help determine the best placement for some important parts of Arabella. With...
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Catching Up with Lou Sauzedde: Building the Evelyn Boat
If you’ve been a YouTube fan or TotalBoat customer for longer than a bit, then you’re likely a fan of our old friend, Lou Sauzedde. We were lucky to collaborate...
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Making Vinyl Graphics for Tim Sway’s Guitar Truck at Narwhal Labs
You might recall our joy earlier this summer when we had TotalBoat Ambassador Tim Sway on the TB “campus” in our makerspace, Narwhal Labs. He came to us for a...
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A River Paddle for Xyla’s Canoe
Xyla came to visit us in Narwhal Labs earlier this summer, bringing with her this beautiful river paddle she made with an epoxy river running through the blade. She jokes...
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Meet Tim Sway’s Upcycled Jambulance!
When the Tim Sway family literally pulled right into Narwhal Labs, we were excited at the chance to have some fun with Tim as he builds out his dream bread truck....
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Andy Miller is beginning to work on a fiberglass sailboat in need of many different repairs, from filling pinholes to repairing crazing and actual holes in the boat. The most...
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Acorn to Arabella: Sealing & Varnishing Wood
Finally, it’s time to begin preparing wood for the installation of Arabella’s knees and the clamp. Steve reached out to inquire about the best finish for the interior wood down...
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Summer Photo Contest 2020 Winners
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