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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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Varnishing with This Old House and Jimmy Diresta
Kevin O’Connor of This Old House has visited our friend Jimmy DiResta at his upstate NY farmhouse a few times for special projects. They have built a few dining tables, a...
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Meet Acorn to Arabella Stars Steve & Alix at the JD Tent Sale!
Tomorrow, come by the Annual JD Tent Sale for a boatload of great deals on spring commissioning products, but stick around for the entertainment in the tent. Backyard Boat Building...
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Boatworks Today: Reinforcing the Transom
When boat repair wizard Andy Miller of Boatworks Today bought this recently restored Bertram Moppie, he was not expecting to redo most of what the previous owner had already restored. But a close...
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Boatworks Today: Fixing the Helm Station on Bertram Moppie Powerboat
Boatwright and YouTuber, Andy Miller, left a lot of people wondering how he would repair the holes in his fiberglass helm station. He wants to reconfigure the layout of his...
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Video: The Making of Jackman’s Giant Epoxy Screwdriver
Our email to you last week promised a video to follow up and show the ingenious process used by TotalBoat Ambassador Paul Jackman in the making of his giant epoxy screwdriver. Rotocasting...
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Pouring a Giant Epoxy Screwdriver – Part 1
We know you like boats better than river tables and epoxy art. We’re curating our best videos to share with you here, in hopes of showing you some interesting and...
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Final Fairing and Sanding of the Bertram Foredeck Using TotalFair
Back in Andy Miller’s Boatworks Today boat shop, it’s likely no surprise to see him again on the bow of his Bertram Moppie. With a few coats of TotalBoat’s TotalFair epoxy-based...
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Fairing A Fiberglass Deck
With ample time, polyresin, and fiberglass applied to the foredeck, Andy Miller’s Bertram Moppie is well on its way to becoming a better boat. The next steps are sanding, filling, and...
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Restoring the Tally Ho: Cutting the Stern Post & Framing
We’re back on the West Coast in Washington State where experienced boat builder and sailor, Leo Goolden, is completely restoring an older English Channel Cutter named “Tally Ho.” Leo knew...
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A Fiberglass Fix for the Foredeck
Andy Miller is back on the foredeck of his Bertram Moppie that is in the midst of it’s second (or more) restoration. Andy is an expert and he knows enough...
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Acorn to Arabella Episode 53: Framed and Disassembling
The Atkins ketch Arabella has rounded a corner in her “from-the-ground-up construction. As of this week, Arabella is fully framed, with all of the individual frames steamed and bent into...
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Small Boat Restoration: Using TotalBoat Wet Edge Topside Paint
TotalBoat Ambassadors Kent and Audrey Lewis go the extra mile when working in their tiny, cramped boat shop. It’s less about the shop being too small, and more that it’s...
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