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Ignite Your Passion for High-Powered Rocketry: TotalBoat Teams Up with Xyla Foxlin for the Miss Fire Rocket Kit
At TotalBoat, we’re all about empowering makers to create extraordinary things, whether that’s a hand-carved wooden masterpiece, a perfectly polished boat, or a rocket that soars high into the stratosphere. That’s why we couldn’t be more thrilled to announce our...
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Finishing Louis Sauzedde’s Signature Work Skiff
After the popularity of Louis Sauzedde’s first TotalBoat Work Skiff that he built with us on his Tips from A Shipwright channel, the world has been hungry for more. In...
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Introducing the Scrap Boat Challenge!
When TotalBoat Ambassador Xyla Foxlin rolled into Boston, nearby to TotalBoat HQ and our Narwhal Labs Makerspace, we had to invite her into the Lab to make something awesome with...
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Finishing a Plywood Boat in 5 Days
Boaters, boat builders, and craftsmen, both skilled and unskilled alike, had a great appreciation for the seemingly impossible 5-Day boat build that we shared with you last week. (check out...
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The Ultimate 5-Day DIY Plywood Boat Build
When Jason Hibbs of Borbon Moth Woodworking and Michael Alm of Alm Fabrications asked TotalBoat for support during their 5-day, no-real-plan boat build, we knew we needed to send a...
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Boatbuilding YouTubers Take on the Wooden Boat Show
If you’re a New Englander and aren’t pulling out boats ahead of the impending tropical storm, get busy working your way to the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic this weekend....
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Acorn to Arabella: Mahogany Trim and Thixo
Steve is noticeably excited about reaching this stage in the Arabella build. It’s time to pattern bulkheads, start to place large pieces, like the engine and wood stove, in the...
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Meet MJ Sailing: Barrier Coating and Boat Building
Matt and Jessica Johnson of MJ Sailing on YouTube, started their adventure in 2008 when they purchased their first boat, a 1998 Hunter 240. With no sailing experience, they participated...
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How to Use Mica Powder With Epoxy Resin
There are lots of ways to add sparkle to epoxy river tables, ocean wave effect tables, jewelry, coasters, paintings, turning blanks, and wall art. Glitter comes to mind of course,...
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The Art of Boatbuilding: Painting Tread and Varnishing with Lust
Bob Emser’s Haven 12 1/2 is looking very shipshape, and every piece of wood or pail of paint that he adds moves him that much closer to the finish line....
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Acorn to Arabella: Fairing and Painting the House Top
In the backyard boat shop of Steve and Alix who are building the Atkins ketch, Arabella, the boat is taking shape into a recognizable form that will be a beauty...
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Art of Boatbuilding: Installing and Varnishing New Seats
Bob Emser is back in his boat shop after healing up an injury that kept him from completing his nearly christened Joel White designed Haven 12 1/2. He’s using a...
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Fiberglassing Lou Sauzedde’s V-Bottom Skiff
Our favorite shipwright, Louis Sauzedde, is hard at work on the V-Bottom skiff that he’s building on his Tips From A Shipwright YouTube channel. He’s got a team of helpers...
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