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Peter Sripol's Latest Adventure: From Cardboard Dreams to Amphibious Reality
Peter Sripol, the renowned YouTuber known for his boundless creativity and ambitious do-it-yourself projects, is back with another captivating build in his latest video, "DIY Cheapest mini Amphibian BOAT!". At TotalBoat, we're always excited to see what Peter engineers next,...
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JD Winter Photo Contest – Working in the Workshop
While it might feel like time has slowed down this spring, the winter was busy for our customers who have been working inside their garages, boat sheds, and workshops on...
Read moreProgress and Productivity with Acorn to Arabella
These strange days, you never know where opportunity or amusement may find you. For the Acorn to Arabella duo of Steve and Alix, it was just outside their back door...
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How to Do Bent Lamination Using Epoxy
If you’ve attempted to bend wood then you know it’s an art and skill that takes some practice, or at least some knowledge of what works and what doesn’t. Steam...
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Henry Red with the Sea Dreamer Project: Planking Wooden Trawler
It must be planking season because many of the backyard boatbuilders are doing the planking thing these days. Scott, who is building a trawler in his upstate NY boatshed, is...
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Tips from A Shipwright: Lou in the Chilean Boatyards
If boatbuilding is a universal language then you can expect our friend, Louis Sauzedde, to be fluent. In this third episode from his South American visit, he’s discovered another very...
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Designing and Building Fuel Locker Covers
With a little help from his YouTube friends, boatbuilder Andy Miller has designed the fuel locker covers for his Bertram’s fuel tanks. In a prior video, he asked for input...
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Rolling and Tipping Topside Paint with Third Coast Craftsman
It took a little help from some experienced friends and a few calls into the TotalBoat Support Team, but Chris from Third Coast Craftsman has been both frustrated and exhilarated...
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The Perfect Entry to Epoxy Art: The Valentine Mini Kit
Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to try your hand at the epoxy resin crafting trend that you may have noticed we noticed. We took our super glossy, easy-to-use MakerPoxy...
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Acorn to Arabella: Getting an Antique Thicknesser
As the Acorn to Arabella team works through their stash of boards for planking their Atkins ketch, they are finding more pieces with defects that require attention in order to...
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Third Coast Boatbuilding: Fiberglassing the Drift Boat
Talented woodworker, Chris Schoenberg of Third Coast Craftsman (now Boatbuilding!), has had good luck so far with his wooden drift boat boatbuilding project. This week’s video, however, shows that not...
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Tips from a Shipwright: Another Chilean Boatyard Visit
Louis Sauzedde’s famous stature as a boatbuilding video star extends far beyond New England and the United States. Chileans in the town of Lota flocked to meet Louis when he...
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Louis Sauzedde: A Trip to Chile
You can catch up on Lou’s series we did with him in years past like the TotalBoat Work Skiff and the TotalBoat Sport Dory. Catch up, binge watch, and relive...
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