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Learning the Lines Barrier Coated His Trimaran with TotalProtect
Every boat owner keeps a project list, and most of us have one item that sits at the top for so long it starts to feel permanent. For Jordan of the YouTube channel Learning the Lines, that item was the...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory – Episode 8: Gluing with Epoxy
In Episode 8 of Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory, Lou continues with the building of the all-important jig that the Sport Dory itself will be built upon. In the last...
Read moreLou Shows Us How to Best Prep and Varnish a Boat
Calling all fans of our resident shipwright, Louis Sauzedde. While Lou is taking a break to catch up with the TotalBoat Sport Dory building this week, we are taking you...
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Patching a Hole in Fiberglass
TotalBoat Ambassadors Kent and Audrey Lewis from Small Boat Restoration in Florida did a great blog post about how to patch a hole in fiberglass. These pesky holes happen from...
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Building The TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 7 – The False Bottom
Louis Sauzedde, our favorite master shipwright, promises that the strongback he built for the TotalBoat Sport Dory can support not only his weight, but also the weight of the 3...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 6 – Q&A with Louis
Here we are at Episode 6 of the Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory series and already people have long lists of questions for Lou. There were lots of comments and...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 5 – A Dory in Sight
In episode 5 we can see that the Sport Dory is starting to take shape – as in, we can see the shape of the boat by the end! In...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 4 – Direct Transfer
Lou is getting his hands dirty in Episode 4 as he tackles the important job of converting his table of offsets, to actual cuts on pieces of wood he is...
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Waterlust Paints Teardrop Camper With TotalBoat Topside Paint & Varnish
When Waterlust filmed this latest video, they were adoring the “glorious weather” in Miami. As you read this, the team has evacuated with their newly painted Teardrop camper in tow,...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 3 – Table of Offsets
In Episode 3, Lou is getting into the math and measurements that will determine the shape and size of the TotalBoat Sport Dory. By using and transferring measurements from the...
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TotalBoating – Reaching Customers on the Water in the J Class
We know where to find you! If you’re like us, you’re under the boat in winter, up ON the boat on stands in the springtime, and we sure hope that...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 2 – Sourcing White Oak Logs
Episode 2 finds Lou at a bigger lumber yard that he refers to as more of a “production” yard where he is seeking more White Oak logs for the TotalBoat...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Season 2 Episode 1
Calling all Louis Sauzedde super fans, boat builders, tinkerers, hobbyists, sailors, rowers, woodworkers and dreamers! Season 2, Episode 1 of Louis Sauzedde’s new series, Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory, is...
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