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Building a Featherweight Roof: Duracell's Composite Bimini Takes Shape
Last week Matt and Janni from The Duracell Project tackled the supports for a new bimini on their Open 60 sailboat, Duracell. This week Matt moves up to the main event: a full composite hard top that will shade the...
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Lou’s Sticky Tip: Extending the Working Time of Epoxy
Lou is no novice when it comes to using epoxy resin, and as such he has some great advice for making epoxy use easier. Besides offering great tips on using...
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Building a Fleet with Louis Sauzedde
Lou always seems to have a few projects happening at once and we’re thrilled to be a part of all of them. From the first lines drawn for the TotalBoat...
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Tips That Stick with Louis Sauzedde
We are really excited to announce that we are again sponsoring our favorite shipwright, Louis Sauzedde, and his many video endeavors. We built the TotalBoat Skiff and the TotalBoat Sport...
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Acorn to Arabella: Making Headway
Arabella, the Atkins ketch being constructed in the backyard boat shop of Steve Denette’s Massachusetts property, is looking more like a yacht and less like a woodworking project. With the...
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Building the Ram’s Horn Sled with Shipwright Skills – Part 2
In part 2 of Keith Mitchell’s Rams Horn sled build, we see the sled that he started in Part 1, come to life with its beautiful curved “horns,” metal bracing,...
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Narwhal Labs: Casting a McRib in Epoxy Resin
Things are never as you might expect when you peek behind the doors of Narwhal Labs, the makerspace that lives inside the TotalBoat HQ. The team there is on a...
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Building the Ram’s Horn Sled with Keith from Shipwright Skills – Part 1
Shipwright Keith Mitchell is a bit of a legend when it comes to making things of wood that actually matter. Things like boats, beautiful fishing nets, spoons – intentional items...
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Epoxy Fillers: How & When to Use Them
What are Epoxy Fillers? Epoxy fillers are used to thicken liquid epoxy for various purposes other than coating or wetting out fiberglass. With fillers, you can use one epoxy system...
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Building a Carbon Fiber Ripsurf
We’re back with entertaining Friday videos to share with you, and there is no better place to start than in our own Narwhal Labs makerspace where the team put a...
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Table Top Epoxy Problems and How to Prevent Them
Working with table top epoxy is a piece of cake, right? Just mix 1 part resin with 1 part hardener, stir, and pour. But if you don’t do it right,...
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TotalBoat Tips Videos for Project Success
The TotalBoat team has been busy working on videos loaded with tips to help you succeed with your projects when you’re baffled by unforeseen setbacks. It’s easy to feel stumped...
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BourbonMoth: Learning To Be a Boatbuilder
It’s ok to laugh at Jason Hibbs, the comical bearded woodworker turned boatbuilder from Oregon. He’s making fun of himself and his lack of nautical know-how as he takes on...
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