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How Onboard Lifestyle Repaired Cracked Fiberglass Tabbing Aboard SV bāsik
Teal, Linh, Emma, and their Yorkshire terrier, Compass, are the crew behind Onboard Lifestyle. They live full-time aboard SV bāsik, a custom 43.5-foot Featherlight catamaran, and share their refit projects with a growing community of DIY boaters. You may remember...
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How Onboard Lifestyle Repaired Cracked Fiberglass Tabbing Aboard SV bāsik
Teal, Linh, Emma, and their Yorkshire terrier, Compass, are the crew behind Onboard Lifestyle. They live full-time aboard SV bāsik, a custom 43.5-foot Featherlight catamaran, and share their refit projects...
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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...
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Common Wood Stain Problems: Causes, Fixes, and How to Prevent Them
If you've ever pulled the rag away to find blotches, streaks, or a color that looks nothing like the can, you already know how frustrating wood staining problems can be....
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FixWood Wood Putty
Rotted windowsills. Chewed-up door frames. Gouged deck boards. Wood damage has a way of showing up in the spots you notice every single day, and replacing that section outright isn't...
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Bulkheads, Backing Plates, and a Bigger Plan with Spear It Animal
Raff and Sasha, the modern-day pirates behind Spear It Animal, are back at it in Grenada, and this episode finds them making a decision most refitters would lose sleep over:...
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Bring Your Own Boat: TotalBoat is Heading Back to Catskill Mountain Maker Camp
Every October, TotalBoat packs up the tent and heads to the Catskills for one of our favorite weekends of the year. Catskill Mountain Maker Camp brings together an incredible mix...
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Sealing and Protecting Lead Keel Bulbs: Inside Perry's Scow Bow 14 Build
Perry has been building his Scow Bow 14, a foam-core sailboat designed for trailerable ocean passages, one careful step at a time. This video picks up where his lead-pouring episode...
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Sarinda's New Roof: How Ship Happens Rebuilt a Rotten Deck Cover From the Beams Up
A Rotten Roof, a Five-Year Project, and One Last Push If you've followed Ship Happens for any length of time, you know the drill by now: Simon and Gemma have...
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Join TotalBoat at the Annapolis Sailboat Show
We're heading back to the Annapolis Sailboat Show this October, and we've got a hands-on class, a booth full of live demos, and a free seminar with two of your...
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Common Varnish Problems
Varnishing looks simple enough — open the can, pick up a brush, apply and call it a day. But anyone who's actually done it knows that varnish can be fickle. It can...
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How to Install a Transom Drain Bung Without Causing Rot
There's a cruel irony built into one of the most common fittings on any boat. The transom drain bung exists to protect your boat, letting water drain out from inside...
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Acorn to Arabella Is Back — and Victoria Got a New Transom
If you've been following TotalBoat for a while, the name Acorn to Arabella probably brings back some good memories. Steve Denette and his crew spent years building a 38-foot wooden...
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