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Learning the Lines Barrier Coated His Trimaran with TotalProtect
Every boat owner keeps a project list, and most of us have one item that sits at the top for so long it starts to feel permanent. For Jordan of the YouTube channel Learning the Lines, that item was the...
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Refinishing a Teak Cabin Sole with Onne van der Wal
TotalBoat Lust Varnish – A Good Way to Restore Your Sole When you’re a world-renowned sailing photographer, world-class sailor, and self-proclaimed “lover of the sea” whose professional life has been...
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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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How to Clean and Restore Teak Wood
Does your dirty gray outdoor teak furniture look like it should go in the fire pit, not around it? How about your dull, weathered teak boat deck – does it...
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Varnish and Tread Paint on the Haven 12 1/2
Back in the sculpture-turned boatbuilding shop of the Art of Boatbuilding’s Bob Emser, Bob is finishing up shaping and installing the beautiful black walnut coamings. After scarfing and routing the...
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Acorn to Arabella: In the Bilge and on the Mast
Back in the Massachusetts boat shop where the Atkins ketch, Arabella, is being built, Alix and Steve are working on some satisfying pieces of the boat, from the heights of...
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The Art of Boatbuilding – Scarfing Planks for the Coaming
The Art of Boatbuilding’s Bob Emser has built himself a beautiful wooden Joel White designed Haven 12 1/2. This week he’s building and attaching one of the most beautiful parts...
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Planking the Bottom of the V-Bottom Skiff with Lou Sauzedde
Lou and his team have been busy building the V-Bottom Skiff in his Tips From A Shipwright boat shop. He’s already planked and fiberglassed the first layer of the boat’s...
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Building Bulkheads with Acorn to Arabella
Steve and Alix are working hard on all of the parts required to go on the inside of Arabella while the boat is open and easily accessed. Building the bulkheads...
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