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Building a Featherweight Roof: Duracell's Composite Bimini Takes Shape
Last week Matt and Janni from The Duracell Project tackled the supports for a new bimini on their Open 60 sailboat, Duracell. This week Matt moves up to the main event: a full composite hard top that will shade the...
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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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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 19: Q&A With Lou
It’s Q&A time! Tune in to Episode 19 to get answers to many of the pressing questions being asked of Louis Sauzedde and his unconventional Dory build. Some unusual boat...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 18: Adding a Layer of Carbon Fiber
Lou is back and like you, he’s anxious to progress on the worklist for his TotalBoat Sport Dory. With the first false bottom attached, it’s time to sharpen Lou’s composite...
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Save the Date for the Annual Jamestown Distributors Tent Sale
Save the Date! On April 14th from 8 am – 3 pm, swing over to the Annual Jamestown Distributors Tent Sale. There are many reasons to come for our massive One-Day...
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Acorn to Arabella & The Sea Dreamer Project: The Keels
The backyard boat shops of the SeaDreamer and Arabella builders have been busy with heavy work. And by heavy, we mean laden with tons (literally) of lead and laminated wood pieces. Scott...
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