Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 13 - The Transom

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Opendoor Boatshop. In our latest episode Lou moves on from the stem and bottom to fashion a transom for his Sport Dory. Built from a single piece of lumber and mostly quarter sawn the transom will be strong enough to accept fastening of the planking on both sides. With the transom roughed to shape Lou needs to transfer the measurements already on the mold onto the transom so he can draw a center line. With this center line he can then use his Dory drawings to measure out and mark several stations on both sides that represent where he is to cut and bevel to. After quickly cutting the transom to its new lines at 90 degrees Lou takes it back over and mounts it to his bottom and mold. Once in position he can electric plane the two sides down to bevel to accept the planking.
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[@whitefields5595]

We should have a competition to guess the number of clamps in Lou's shop! Thanks for all your hard work passing on your skills.

[@dozer1642]

Lou, I want to tell you that I appreciate what you are doing. I live on the opposite side of this grand country from you but I feel like I could walk into your shop tomorrow and be right at home helping you out in this project. I hope you get some satisfaction in that. I know, at this point in your life, putting out videos on this dang KZbin doesn’t mean much to you, but there are a bunch of us out here that hold your videos near and dear to our hearts. Please don’t think this series is anything less than amazing. You are a National treasure. Thank you for doing what you do.

[@NRCarrillo]

Even with such a "simple" piece of wood serving a pretty basic purpose... you not only handle it with care but also manage to communicate the importance and methods for properly shaping to get this piece JUST right... Beautiful.

[@beaucointreau5665]

You are a natural teacher and a joy to follow. Love your methods.

[@TipsfromaShipwrightvideos]

+Beau Cointreau ru

[@clifover]

Thanks for the free course in boat building. If one pays real attention, and has some tool and woodworking skills, You could do this based on what this man is showing, for free.

[@CT_YANKEE1]

The appreciation I have for New England craftsmen.....just amazing

[@TheAnalogKid2]

"It wasn't too much of an effort." It's like skiing through a revolving door for the rest of us.

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

I’m so impressed with your electric plane work. I would say you’ve done that a few times! I’ve used mine but I have never trusted myself to sneak up on a line as close as you do. My hat is off to your great skill! Keep those videos coming Lou! Such a joy to watch. And Merry Christmas!

[@glennreach6930]

First of all a very Merry Christmas to you and yours. I just want to thank you for the many hours of enjoyment and learning. Your video's are really quite extraordinary.

[@matthewfetherston5322]

Nice to see the progression. I hope to build a classic clinker dingy at some point.

[@raytheron]

Merry Christmas, Lou, and everyone associated with these videos, and all the families involved, and a HUGE big thank you from me for all the hours of absolute delight you bring us. Can't wait for each episode, and when it does arrive, my whole day is lit up with joy!

[@Beaver-1]

Awesome, a new video. Goes perfect with my coffee. Thanks Louis! 👍

[@VencelBiro]

That piece of wood was the most satisfying thing I saw all week.

[@sunnysidecoops8941]

Got your own pencils now..... sweet.

[@raincoast2396]

Merry Christmas to you and yours Lou. Really enjoying this build. Thank you and Total Boat.

[@arkansas1336]

I love seeing a new video posted....especially when I forgot one was due! Great work with the power tool and selecting that perfect piece of lumber for the project. Thanks for the video!!!!!!!!! ....13

[@jakobhovman]

The Story of the Sport Dory...Winter solstice greetings to Lou and Crew...!

[@Snoopy_59]

Thanks Lou, your video comes in perfect time I just open my iPad to do my morning time (to wake up with coffee) and what did I found a new episode from you. That was a good day start. You give again a great tips how to do. Merry Christmas 🎄🌟🙋🏻‍♂️.

[@nssdesigns]

As Glenn below states Merry Christmas Louis and crew for again an inspirational series. I'm exactly at the same point with my boat build and after Christmas I'll be offering the transom up to the boat and faring it in. Its taken time as the transom is bowed so I had to laminate it over a jig and epoxy but it's very strong. Being a Graphic Designer of 30 years it's priceless to pick up tips from a master... this weeks episode I'll be using the bevelled bottom plank and clamping to get the angle of the transom correct. At the moment I went over board with a complex framing which is no in my way so I have to remove it.

[@williamdraper6916]

Thanks again, Lou! Another terrific installment. Have a Happy Holiday!

[@soratorus9649]

@15:29 haha I! - I hear you Lou - thanks and have a great Christmas & New Year !!

[@MartinFluteCompany]

So much knowledge, skill and developed techniques over decades in play here! Witnessing a mastered art, what an opportunity! Thank you so very much Lou; Merry Christmas to you as well my friend!

[@Lanxe]

Fantastic - can't tell you how happy I was to sit down with a new video and relax after shifting house for the last few days. I'd much rather be in your workshop than lugging boxes.

[@robinengland5799]

Another great video, can't wait for the rest! Learning so much about these boatbuilding techniques that I could never figure out on my on!!! Thanks

[@MrPotatochips4]

Liking the looks on that so far. Thanks for all the great tips!

[@buildingsailboats4549]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Very nice and clear camera work. Everything is so well done.

[@johnferguson7235]

MERRY CHRISTMAS LOU, I hope Santa spoils ya. It's a joy watching you work. Thank you for taking the time to make the videos and post them. Take care, stay safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

[@georgejohnson1537]

Thanks for the free class Professor Lou........LOL I really enjoy watching you work on all these boats. I learn something new on just about everyone of them. Have a Merry Christmas

[@redjb1234567]

Could watch you all day.. Have a great xmas. From the south of the UK. Solent...

[@colinc5407]

Merry Christmas from New Zealand Lou keep up the good work its a pleasure to watch and learn from

[@StonyRC]

Happy Holidays Louis, I'm completely addicted to you and your video series'. You sir are a true artist.

[@BrunoWiebelt]

Thank you and Merry Christmas from Sweden! nice morning coffee watch :)

[@russellcole3549]

I recently bought sailboat number 10. I don't own them all at once. I got my first, a sabot, when I was 14, and my latest, a Cal 25, now that I am 58. In between has been everything from beach catamarans to a Ranger 33. I am a lawyer by trade, but often joke that I only practice law to support my true calling as an itinerant boat worker. I don't do wood, really. Well, I do wood to a paint-grade, but not wood like you do. The vast majority of my experience is with fiberglass and plywood and the kind of plastic-fantastic sailboats that are common here on the West Coast (I live in Long Beach, California). Nonetheless, I really enjoy watching you work. The rudder on my latest boat, built in 1967 for which I paid $1,975, has a split in it, probably from baking in the sun as the boat lives on the hard and is put in the water with a hoist to sail. So I need to drop the rudder and haul out the power sander and grind it down to laminate in some new material in. I imagine how I am going to do it as I watch you wield a power planer to scarf plywood for the false bottom on the dory. While I am at it I am going to correct the angle at which the tiller comes out of the tiller head. It is wrong, and, to make a long story short, the tiller sits too low, halfway to the cockpit sole. A new coat of varnish while I am at it, of course. Ah, boats. There is nothing like them. People wonder why I always buy boats that are neglected, or broken, and have cracks in the rudder. Well, I am cheap, for one thing. But the other is that the soul of the boat is revealed when you get into the real structure of the boat, as you know. I look at the lines, and imagine the water flowing over the hull and the wind blowing over the sails. Oh well, "He who would go to sea for pleasure would go to Hell for a pastime."

[@UweBehrendt]

its coming along fine

[@tomcurtis75]

I would love to see a traditional clinker dinghy for the next project!!

[@paulwharton1850]

You're truly heaven sent Lou - Happy holidays to you and your fab camera man !

[@bobbyjohnnascar]

Merry Christmas Lou , and thanks for the videos. This one is great looking forward to seeing how you use the carbon fiber.

[@mcpheonixx]

Excellent video Lou. I can't say enough how appreciated the time you spend making these video's and imparting your hard won knowledge onto us. Anyway, looking forward to many more, thanks Lou !!! Merry Christmas by the way 😁

[@TokyoCraftsman]

Now that is the way to start my moring! I really do enjoy how you adapt your tools to your way of working. Merry Christmas to you and your's Lou and all the best for the new year! Cheers from Tokyo Japan!

[@ot0m0t0]

Thank you for the videos. These are fantastic. Merry Christmas.

[@andreassund7822]

Love watching you work, Lou! Really skilled with that planer, and what a nice looking piece of oak you got there! Regards from Sweden!

[@paulryan9024]

Dear Louis, I hope you have a great Christmas and New Year. You deserve nothing but good things for all the pleasure you bring to so many thousands of people all over the world.

[@DellBrown]

Thanks for an early Christmas Lou.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Merry Christmas from down under

[@williamspanfelner7981]

Thank you for another great video! Wishing you the happiest holidays and a fantastic 2018.

[@normanboyes4983]

Brilliant stuff - as usual. Louis is the star 🌟

[@quintonvisser5688]

Hi Louis Marry Christmas from me and my family here out of South Africa once again a great video from u .

[@MrChrisKnowlton]

Love watching this guy work. Keep em coming Lou!! You are actually slowing down my life (which normally goes way too fast) the week is very long while waiting for your next installment :) Merry Christmas Lou and to your videographer!

[@djdrives]

I think the manufacturer of the electric plane owes you for the handle/ chute attachment design. Big time. Hello from next door (CT)

[@kimfucku8074]

Merry Christmas to you and all viewers of this channel. May all your wishes com true in 2018!

[@usedbrickie9166]

Thanks Lou, Happy Holidays and give the dog a bone. Thank you.

[@984francis]

Enthusiasm + real knowhow = 😀

[@daleskidmore1685]

Really nice surprise to get up to. You made that look easy, Lou. I have seen some vids where the transom is discussed and it gets confusing, because the dimensions off the drawing are not accurate due to the rake of the stern in reality. Happy X Mas.

[@cpobyrne1]

Another really great video. I don't quite understand why the transom isn't cut to stand proud of the bottom of the jig - but I'm sure all will be revealed in later videos! Thanks for sharing this great project.

[@seantap1415]

its a good day....merry xmass

[@shantytownshipwright7334]

Right on!!!

[@klausrachuy6411]

Shantytown Shipwright

[@Mikelectric]

legend

[@Edward_John]

yay

[@konaok1]

Starting to get her "Sexy" lines. Looking Good Lou! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[@ronaldwilkes1814]

I would like to have seen the tree that board came out of, must have been a monster

[@SB-gt1pv]

I just thumbs up before I watch so I don’t forget :)

[@sandromake]

Interessante

[@nathanklamerus1640]

Love the Dory Build! Quick question for Lou, do you follow any other specific boat builds/restorations on KZbin? Any recommendations?

[@airplanegeorge]

that's a pretty little sloop you got in the shop. when are you going to start working on that? I have used melted wax to keep stuff from sticking to jigs. might be faster than lining all those slots with plastic film.

[@vraczok]

Another great video thank you!

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Another great episode Lou. As a person who also builds wooden boats for a living you are making me raise an eyebrow and say "what the hell?" with each episode of this build. I know there's method to your madness but it's kind of like you're coming at this one upside down and sideways. Not a criticism. I also like to think outside the box. Looking forward to the next one. One request. Throw a couple of braces onto your strongback there. It's making me crazy watching it jump around whenever you plane soemething. Oh, and I like your shirt sleeve dust collection bag. I'll have to get me one of those.

[@20252529]

Oak?

[@rodneywroten2994]

like Mr. Glenn Reach said Merry Christmas love your shows. a wile back you were looking for another shop. is this shop deffernt?

[@hanfordcreek5309]

Fasten some diagonals between the stations on your jig.

[@efrentorres5787]

How much does it take to make a boat

[@maciejtrybilo]

I'm watching these biting my nails.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Great work as always ps I think the audio is out of sink

[@WatchGriffTV]

Hello Lou could you tell me, I want to use the plastic ribs but on a much larger scale maybe on a Colin Archer double ender 35/40 foot would it work, would it be cheaper?

[@gs032009]

Lou: why do you feel you need to use a falso bottom to build the dory? Is there an advantage versus using the real bottom?

[@keithknight2194]

I have a great idea for your next boat. Not many people can afford to buy a whole tree to build a boat. Why not make a boat out of pallet boards and scrap wood from a construction site or a board or two from you local Home Depot. something any fella could come up with at little or no cost.

[@buckhorton1100]

Lou, just wondered if you would take on a 71-yr-old apprentice?

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

I was wondering the same thing at 73!

[@jimc4731]

Sorry you didn't show how you determined how to pre shape the angles of the transom, prior to you fitting it to the hull. JIM

[@bizim_eller]

almost 76 K viewing and only 1.8 K likes, I do not get it, where else can anybody find info this good! :??????????????I do not get it.I do not get it!

[@TSODInc]

Wheres Ep 12?

[@isavedtheuniverse]

Yeah...

[@trout4bait549]

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[@royfcjr]

If it feels right it is getting close enough to slow down...

[@mikesides617]

Lou, next Q n A, tell us about the boat in the background of the Sport Dory Transom video!!!

[@bobtwc]

What happened to episode 12? :(

[@trustmeppl]

Yea, not seeing it...

[@bobtwc]

never mind, its back :)

[@hradnyVietor]

Where is your new dog

[@rizdalegend]

Carpenter first! then shipwright

[@sethwarner2540]

man, dontcha just love those massive deep throat c clamps?

[@kevinhornbuckle]

Give that man a sandwich.

[@zidanethalib]

Please eat fruit before your video

[@as22dark]

You talk a lot.