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Duracell’s Essential Upgrade: Securing Heavy Systems in the Open 60 Systems Room
Last week, Matt and Janni from The Duracell Project took us deep into the systems room of their Open 60 sailboat, Duracell, tackling a seemingly small but vitally important project that will be huge for the boat’s livability. While anxiously...
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Summer 2019 Photo Contest Winners
Once again you all have treated us to a bounty of amazing images that let us peek into your workshops and see what you’ve been working on. There were so...
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Acorn to Arabella: Installing the Port Side Garboard Plank
We’re back with Alix and Steve from Acorn to Arabella this week, continuing to follow their planking process. This week they move on to the port side Garboard. They wanted...
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Acorn to Arabella: The Garboard Plank
It’s been a few years in the making and many more in the dreaming stages, but Arabella is finally ready for her first and most important plank – the garboard...
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Sea Dreamer Project: Building The Epoxy Diesel Fuel Tanks
There seems to be a lot of interest in discussing the dos and don’ts of building plywood and epoxy diesel and water tanks. The conversation continues this week as back...
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Woodworker and avid fly fisherman, Chris Schoenberg of Third Coast Craftsman, is building himself a hybrid drift boat. He’s combining two designs to build himself a drifter that he can...
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Sea Dreamer Project: Building Plywood and Epoxy Fuel Tanks
Scott Smith hadn’t built a boat when he started constructing his own 41′ full displacement trawler. But he knows a thing or two about building as an avid woodworker, so...
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Collective Wisdom from TotalBoat Ambassadors
If you are one of the many customers who are missing our favorite shipwright, Louis Sauzedde, rest easy. Lou is alive and well and working on his next big thing....
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Acorn to Arabella: Preparing for Planking
The backyard boatbuilders, Alix and Steve, are more than ready to move on to planking Arabella. It’s been years of precise measuring, cutting, and planning to get them to this...
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Handrails and Hatches with the Salvation Navy
When you’re given a winter season to haul your boat and get into and underneath all the systems, it’s a great time to look at what’s failing and rethink how...
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Sea Dreamer Project: Installing Plywood Bulkheads
TotalBoat Ambassador, Scott Smith, is among our squad of backyard boatbuilders who are making great progress on their wooden boat builds. Scott has poured all of his time and energy...
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Comparing TotalBoat Varnishes With Boatworks Today
Andy Miller knows a thing or two about boat work and marine finishes. He put a few of our TotalBoat marine varnish products to the test when he compared them...
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Meet The Salvation Navy: Boating Videos & How-To’s
TotalBoat customer & filmmaker, Matt Cline, wrote a review to tell us how much he loves using TotalBoat on his 1973 Herreshoff America Catboat restoration. This sweet little catboat is...
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