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At TotalBoat, we love hearing about your adventures, and we love when we can be a part of them! To kick off the new year, we’re sharing a recent video from Leading the Escapade, Janaya and Jason, 'two ocean loving...
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Video of the Week: Acorn to Arabella Visits Jamestown Distributors in RI
We loved hosting Steve and Alix from Acorn to Arabella here last month. Their project is so inspiring to us and, it seemed after sharing their story with you, that...
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JD & TotalBoat Gives Back – Helping Hurricane Victims
It’s been a tough hurricane season in many parts of the world, as you all know. And as the devastation spread through the Caribbean islands, Florida, and Texas, it became...
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Restoring Vela: Gone Sailing – The Final Episode
We can’t help but reflect back on this time last winter when the Graves Constellation, Vela was undergoing a full restoration in the TotalBoat Workshop. It was an impressive undertaking...
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TotalBoat Sport Dory Begins As the Work Skiff Series Ends
We are thankful for those of you who love Louis Sauzedde, the Tips from A Shipwright star, as much as we do. Everyone was enthusiastic about his first TotalBoat series,...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory Episode 11: Garboard Pattern and Plank
We hope you’ll be thankful that Lou is back this week – and a few days early – so you’re not pacing around the turkey table waiting for the Thursday...
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TotalBoat Gear For the Holidays – Belt, Hat and Tees!
You can be a star this holiday for wearing or gifting a TotalBoat belt, hat or tee. Many of you are familiar with the TotalBoat belt, worn by Lou in...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 10 – Compression Steam Bending
Louis is switching things up this week and stepping away from the Dory mold to start steam bending the wood for the stem. It’s going to be made out of a...
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Welcome Back to Shop Night!
The weather here in New England is finally indicating that it’s fall after a long, perfect summer, well into this first full week of November. With fall comes the hauling...
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Acorn to Arabella: Steaming & Laminating Timbers
The response was overwhelming with admiration and awe for the backyard boatbuilders, Steve and Alix, from the Acorn to Arabella video series. We thought you might love another episode of...
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Building The TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 9 – Routing Frames
Louis is back and he’s ready to get to work! With our jig complete, it’s time to start building the TotalBoat Sport Dory. Lou starts by planing down the edge of...
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TotalBoat Ambassadors Win The Seven Boat Volvo Ocean Race Fleet
Congrats to our two TotalBoat Ambassadors, Charlie Enright and Nick Dana, who have just thrown down an impressive victory in the seven boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet. Sure, it’s just the...
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Boatbuilding from Scratch: Meet the Acorn to Arabella Team
We got to meet with the insanely motivated 2-man crew of “Acorn to Arabella” last week and we think, like us, that you’ll appreciate what they have to share with...
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