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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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Meet us at the 2018 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT with Acorn and Louis
The JD Team, Louis Sauzedde & The Acorn to Arabella Boatbuilders Will Be With Us! Come down to Mystic Seaport this coming weekend to soak up a beautiful collection of...
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TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 24 – Getting out the Second Binder Strake
The TotalBoat Sport Dory is looking pretty sporty with her second binder strake attached. In today’s video, Lou shows us a revolutionary solution to a problem he was having clamping the...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 23: Fastening the Binder Strake
We’re back with another episode of the TotalBoat Sport Dory build. Our master shipwright, Louis Sauzedde, is working to shape and fasten the binder strake on the Dory. Using his...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 22: The Binder Strake
Episode 22 finds Louis Sauzedde back in the Open Door Boatshop where he is fitting a binder strake to the TotalBoat Sport Dory. With some hollowing, planing, and adjusting, Lou...
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Ship Saws and Boat Builds
Many of our salty, sawdust encrusted friends who are building backyard boats have discovered that a piece of equipment that is paramount to a successful boat build is the ship...
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Making a New Boat Hatch From a Mold Using TotalBoat Gelcoat
We’ve been busy touring you around cool backyard boat builders who are cranking out massive projects that most of you likely enjoy watching because let’s be honest, you won’t likely...
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Video of the Week: Sea Dreamer’s Transom, Frames & A Name
Today for our backyard boat shop tour, we’re back inside the boat shed of Scott Smith and the Sea Dreamer Project, a home built “Diesel Duck” trawler. Like many of our...
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Acorn to Arabella: The Keel Timber
It was such a pleasure to host the Acorn to Arabella filmmaking boatbuilders at our Tent Sale a few weeks ago. They were perfect guests, entertaining our customers who were...
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TotalBoat and JD YouTube How-To Videos For Your Boating Projects
As you work through this nasty spring to prepare your boat for launch day, it’s been our experience that some of the best-laid plans for boating projects don’t always go...
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Supporting Stevens Institute Students Solar Boat Competition
When the students from Stevens Institute of Technology reached out to ask if TotalBoat would sponsor their 2nd Solar Boat entry in the Solar Boat competition, we knew this was a great opportunity...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 21: Starboard Broadstrakes
Now that Lou’s TotalBoat Sport Dory bottom is complete, it’s time for planking! The next pieces are the port and starboard broadstrakes. These planks will be bedded and screwed together...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory – Episode 20
If you can’t make it next Saturday the 14th to our Annual Tent Sale to meet Louis Sauzedde and see the Dory in progress, then we really hope you’ll tune...
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