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From CAD to Catamaran: Sail Life Crafts New Hatches for Spiffy
Mads and Ava of Sail Life are back, tackling another crucial repair on their 44 ft hurricane-damaged DIY catamaran, Spiffy. The immediate problem? Leaky, temporary plywood hatch covers that allowed a "massive amount of water" into the port forward cabin. This...
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Building The Sport Dory’s Stem With TotalBoat 2:1 Epoxy – Episode 28
Louis is back for Episode 28 in his series on Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory. With a fresh coat of Penetrating Epoxy applied to protect the wood, Lou gets to...
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Andy Miller from Boatworks Today YouTube show always makes boat repairs look easy and straightforward. But as boat owners, we know otherwise. You can count on Andy to show you...
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The WoodenBoat Show with Lou Sauzedde | Rowing on the Mystic River | Part 2
Part 2 of Louis Sauzedde’s walk around the WoodenBoat Show brings you along for a row on the Mystic River. It’s Lou’s first time being on the waters off of...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 26 – The Wooden Boat Show
The Wooden Boat Show brought together Tips from a Shipwright star, Louis Sauzedde with many of his fans. The TotalBoat Sport Dory greeted people at the door and attracted new...
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TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 25: Flipping Off The Mold
This is it! It’s finally time for Lou to remove the TotalBoat Sport Dory from the jig and flip it over! We have put all the planks on it the...
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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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