How To Build a Small Wooden Boat From Scratch (with

[@alecalessandra9681]

Name the boat. Sandy. It’s a reference to all your Sanding.

[@AlwayzLong]

Rhode Runner, it's in the video

[@jimchasten9514]

Dusty

[@DetcordDedushka]

@@AlwayzLongshould name your boat “lost”. Its a reference to your sense of humor

[@AlwayzLong]

@@DetcordDedushka oh no are you sad, please dont cry...

[@mattjewett4473]

I named mine "side gig" because it's a second job AND takes the place of a girlfriend.

[@jacquelinechiasson1757]

Sophie, fantastic video. I love the story telling, the educational bits, the humour. As time passes you’ll forget the fatigue but you’ll have that beautiful “Polar Pup”

[@barryg.291]

So names... Sandling, Sand Bar, Shoal (which is made of sand), Dust, Stardust, Sand n Vac, Sand Clear, Power Tool, Fillet Queen, Fillet O Sole, Wet Sand, Dust in My Eyes. Ok, thats enough. Your video was very good! Entertaing, informative, very well edited, just a pleasure to watch! I know it was a massive process to stitch the vid together, but you did a great job. Bravo and thank you. BTW, the boat came out gorgeous.

[@KingAmarri]

I live on the river above a dam in South dakota & I have been wanting to build a boat for some time. Well, today, I was at a local restaurant, and I saw a man with a polo shirt advertising an oil tanker. I asked if he was military, and he said no. He explained how he got the shirt and then got into he was an engineer, plus he designed & built boats. Come to find out, his name is Dennis Schriver, one of the premier builders of boats in the world! I was able to exchange numbers, and I pray I can learn from him! He is working on something special for this area, and again, I hope I can be a part of that. What a man & what an experience today!

[@tomigomez]

It's not just that I enjoyed the video, the amount of work you dedicated to it is clearly noticeable. Thanks for sharing

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

I was so happy to spend the day with you both while you were working so hard on this project!

[@jamesutzschneider1955]

Hey Sophie - This is Jamie and Jenna from "Sophie". We are in Seattle and plan to build a stitch and glue boat this spring. Great video.

[@GoTerry]

In 1999, I decided to either learn to Fly or learn to Sail.. I wish I would have learned to sail, but flying is a one hour vacation I don't do often enough. This insight on your build has given me inspiration to consider it, I have worked in body shops, building amazing machines that have taught me the love of sanding until your fingerprints are virtually gone, I've done plenty of Glassing and used many types epoxy's and urethane's, Thank you for the most valuable thing we have as a species... your time

[@flynow5614]

i did both

[@GoTerry]

I’m envious you had the time to do that

[@grainneocarroll6427]

I saw this land a couple of days ago but it’s been such a manic and crazy week, I saved it to be able to watch on the big screen, with wine in hand, tonight. So glad I did. That was an epic build and an absolutely fabulous result! Looking forward to seeing the full build process, and your adventures in her.

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Thanks

[@GypsySonnetGirl]

So great to see this video. We met you and Ryan at CLC before you had started to build the boat. My husband had finished the Peeler Skiff and was beginning work on the Peapod sailboat which is now finished and on a trailer waiting for it to be moved to its New England home. Your boat turned out to be a real beauty. Hope you are enjoying boating on the Chesapeake.

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Amazing very nice

[@dgrant2467]

You did a wonderful job condensing all of the footage into a coherent, well stated, story! Thank you!

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

Both my wife and I enjoyed your video. Surprised you're still sane enough to edit a video like this.

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Good work ❣️

[@luckyrichardson1677]

Sophie & Ryan, thank you so much for posting this video and sharing your progress. I fully understand the "slog" that is video editing and commend your efforts to trim down way too many terabytes of video.

[@UTube354]

I love CLC! I build a 16ish foot cedar strip, bead and cove canoe about 20 years ago. Estimated time to build was 200 hours I think. I spent several times more than that just sanding b/c I wanted perfection, and it paid off. I have several canoes and kayaks and after all this time I’m approaching the tipping point of hours used vs build time for that one boat. Every hour in that boat brings back a flood of building and sanding memories. I don’t recall in detail each trip in that boat but I’ve got the memories of fitting each one of the 30+ strips to the strongback. Sanding was meditative, a labor of love, never a chore many describe it as.

[@bobhoyer]

Sophie, I did enjoy the video. Plus finding out about Chesapeake kits ... how nice! I am looking to build a wooden boat and I am considering several different types. Timing is perfect!

[@jonathanspindloe8854]

Sanding Ovation is clearly the best name for this amazing boat!!

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Very nice

[@greglenoir7674]

Standing ovation, a clear winner.

[@barryg.291]

Ohhh, that is good!

[@mikeh720]

She turned out beautifully! That is a project to be proud of, for sure. Congrats Sophie for putting together an amazing looking finished product (and for introducing me to a company I had no idea existed in, essentially, my backyard!) Definitely looking forward to the outfitting of electrics and rigging.

[@TheCenterStudio_Pilates]

Taking the time to edit and post videos is daunting. I have trouble posting an instagram post on any kind of regular basis. You are one of the few KZbin channels I follow and I miss you when you don’t post for a while.

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Good work

[@kevins7363]

The boat looks incredible! You did a great job on both the boat and the video. One of the most underappreciated aspects of finish work is prep, (i.e. sanding). When people see the beautiful shine in the finish as a glistens back at them, one the key things got it there was all the time hard work spent sanding and attention to the details. Now you’ve been rewarded! Great job!

[@scottpiggott7600]

That was, for sure, Excellence in production! Filming, editing , voice overs…..all very professional. Nice job.

[@BeerStache71]

Sophie, Awesome job on the video it was great. Your dedication to details on the boat shows. Great Job!!!

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Garet job 🎉

[@tchri1976]

Great video. Very comprehensive. I just finished a class for a much less intense CLC kit and you gave a wonderful synopsis of so much! Well done!

[@carenclemmons5002]

Loved the carpet shark idea with ruined mixture of pooh. You made a great movie about the kit and its construction. Great to see you two. Hope lil Barnacle is hanging tough. The electric motor and all the finishing touches look marvelous together. Glad you made a boat builder out of youselves. TTYL

[@PBoss0]

EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS!

[@ernestbuchanan5305]

Hi Sophie, my wife and I were walking across the Spa Creek Bridge yesterday evening and saw you in the little power boat! Yes, that was me, saying "I saw your video!". Such a small world. We keep our small cruising sailboat in Eastport on Back Creek.

[@cliffcampen4033]

I've wanted to build a stitch and glue boat for a long time unfortunately I am too old and feeble to do so at this point in life. I liked your narration of the video and the shots you chose to use. Chesapeake Light Craft is a company whose products I admire and the finished product is both elegant and handsome. Thank you for sharing this with us and I look forward to seeing some of the videos of the details.

[@douglaschamorro3642]

Best video yet, great job. I built the 17 kayak and that was a big job but I still use it 18 years later.

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Amazing very nice ❤

[@atienooij]

This is such an awesome video. Thanks for taking the time to make a very nice and funny story out of your huge effort project.

[@davidgrowse2041]

You did a fantastic job on the video Sophie!...and also an incredible job on building the boat!

[@EricSmith-lf6cz]

Great Job Sophie! I also built my own (very small) row boat and it is a lot of work but also a lot of fun. Just taking some photos for facebook seemed to be a big deal to me, so I can imagine what it was like to put together this video. Can't wait to see what is next.

[@lostinseale]

Great video and great job on the boat. You definitely have cured me of wanting to do this myself. I have the room, I have the tools, I have the woodworking skills, but I hate sanding.

[@gillespeloquin911]

Yes, I really enjoyed your video... and I must add that you have a true talent with pictures and sound, and for a vivid presentation of your subject ! Having spent half of my life producing and directing documentary films for the National Film board of Canada, I very well know how much work and crafwomanship it takes to make an instructive and still captivating video about a subject as complex and also as dry as building a wood-epoxy watercraft ! Congratulation for your achievemet and be sure that I will be eagerly waiting for the rest of the story ! :)

[@JackmanWorks]

Enlisting your friends to sand, why didn't I think of that?! This is the best, such an amazing build, I can't wait to see it this weekend! I had the same reaction when seeing this in the catalog but I think I'll need some time after my latest round of sanding to convince myself this is a good idea haha

[@gcarson19]

Asking friends to help sand is on par with giving orchids or kittens for gifts...

[@billlippincott3937]

Great episode! Really enjoyed the build process and the storytelling. Looking forward to seeing you both and the boat in Mystic. Bill from Boston. Cheers.

[@scottpoeppel591]

Looks super cool! Hope we will see it at the boat show in October. Great job with the video too.

[@donnyrocket672]

Awesome work! I am considering doing a 16’ inboard runabout boat, and this video was very helpful in giving a good idea of the scope of that project. But I am excited to get started!

[@RKDogTrainer]

Thank you Sophie for the great video and the boat looks beautiful.

[@jasonworles9395]

You guys are such great story tellers. We probably don''t get it all the pain and missing finger prints, but I like how you make me think I did.

[@KASumwalt]

Thank you very much for this video. I'm planning on building a strip built kayak. I have been doing woodworking for years and this taught me some of the little things i had not learned it thought of. Mostly about the fiberglass process and the amount of disposables I'll go through. As for a name for your boat, I think either Sook or Sally. Sook is a mature female crab while Sally is an immature female crab. From the top of the bay, I wish you all the best!

[@Tulasendlesssummer]

Incredible you guys!!!! Both the boat and the video are true works of art. I vote "Crab Pup" btw...

[@warrenwalker8170]

also a fun source for boat names is a fishing lure collectors books - they had very insightful lure names as they tried to catch the angler first, and the fish second

[@BigFiveJack]

1- You are a charming hostess for this video, so take a well deserved bow! 2- We all, who have tried nothing like this, are tremendously more informed about what sounds like the big challenge, the monotonous SANDING. 3- Compliments galore to you for the end result of your efforts as the boat looks like a GEM.

[@thomasw5430]

Happy to see this video! Can’t wait to see the whole series. The finished product looks great!! Put me down for crab cake for the name. I like polar pup, but lets face it, it’s not going to be the tender for Polar Seal. Sophie, you and Jessica from @mjsailing, could probably use some happy hour therapy to get over “the endless hours spent sanding”.

[@michaelkruck1444]

May I ask, what show in Annapolis in October are you referring to? The power boat show Oct 3-6 ? Or another show I am not aware of. I would like to view your boat up close. Thanks in advance for your replay.

[@johnchristopherrobert1839]

Your content was fantastic thank you. I’ve been going through a terrible time in my life and this video made my day a bit brighter

[@robertjacobsfishing]

Great and inspiring video. Loved seeing the build!

[@richardm6542]

My vote is for S $ E. Could be cardinal points. Could be for S and E. (Sandy). Thank you for the video. Transparent and self effacing. Loved it.

[@alfredgrafke1792]

Fantastic. You did an incredible job. Mind blowing that you never built anything before. Your boat came out beautiful. And your video was very well made. Fun, entertaining and very informative. Thank you so much for sharing. 😊

[@johnsonpa25]

Great to see you making videos! Boat name: 220 GRIT (in honor of the sandpaper)

[@Hobbies4Hire]

Great job on the video! Thanks for making it.

[@dmitrikozlov]

An inspiring video! Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@MM-vv8mt]

"I have sanded away my soul". Such a Bergmanesque line!

[@UKPete]

Congratulations, the boat looks stunning. (Very well made and professional video also!)

[@theo.r.bitter]

Very enjoyable video, Sophie. How about compromising on "Polar Crab" for the boat's name?

[@thecarolinahoosier3596]

Excellent video, and I'd name your creation Sophie's Choice!

[@DowneastUS]

The finished project looks fantastik! I can't imagine how much time it must have taken to pick which less than 1/10,000 of the footage to make this video.

[@jimfernish5143]

You have sparked my interest in building a boat.

[@seazgw]

Sophie, random question I know, but I saw one of your old videos a while back where you recommended a good boat shoe, and I can’t find that video anymore…… do you recall what kind of shoe that was?

[@tawpsych25]

This is a tremendous video beautiful craftsmanship as well I really really really wanna do this project and I am heading into the winter so the timing is also very apropos you did the company a great service and they definitely got their money's worth out of what you did for them amazing job

[@timeconomu7395]

Love the kit build, but how fun is the boat? Does the Elco get the boat on plane? What's the top speed?

[@mikeg2939]

A few years ago in Great Britain there was a public poll to name a new polar research ship and the name 'Boaty Mc Boatface' won with 3 times more votes than the next contender. However, the boat was eventually name Sir David Attenborough. So the name Boaty Mc Boatface is still available.

[@woodsmn8047]

Funny .. but not a serious candidate ...!

[@quackedup4969]

Great video. The boat looks great and I am looking forward to seeing more videos on the build process.

[@ocxb]

Bravo Bravo! Great job on all three the boat, the video, and your sanity!

[@tylercagwin5431]

LOVED this video!

[@kirill_gusev]

Bummer I missed the CT show. Would be really interested to see the boat. Especially because it's electric! Great job!

[@SailingFridaafWisby]

Thank you Sophie great job building the boat and great job for the editing I can imagine it took a lot of time. Tack så mycket!! Hope you will get many happy memories with it❤

[@mattjewett4473]

Is there a drift boat kit? I'm going to look.

[@tcponte]

Congratulations! Even with all the pain that comes with it, after watching the video I got really excited to build my own boat 🙂

[@larry323]

That boat is absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@0dysseus42]

Polar Pup is good. I would go with "Baby Seal" Excellent narrative by the way, for what could be a relatively dry story this was a shockingly engaging video.

[@FatherMarty]

I loved the video! No plans to ever build a boat - I live in Iowa, after all - but really enjoy how you make it real - but keep it fun.

[@dholbert74]

Are these strong enough to pull skiers or tubers?

[@splattbmd]

Polar Pup is a great name!

[@BoatbuildingIndia]

Good work ❣️

[@JonathanVanVuren]

Great Video! I’m curious if the hull behind Andrew during his segments is a Melonseed, I’d be super stoked if CLC made a Melinseed kit!!!

[@SailingTanker]

The boat is gorgeous, job well done ! I also like Polar Pup.

[@oh-brothers]

Call the new boat "Dakota" for brand recognition !!!

[@ianjones4071]

Thank you for making this video it has opened my eyes on possibilities in construction of a wooden boat, love your beautiful boat, cheers mate 👍

[@tgmickey513]

I've long dreamt of building my own boat, yours looks amazing!

[@thomasbrynwood8592]

Wow, great job! I really look forward to watching the up coming videos. Thanks!

[@chrishamman9432]

Yes, enjoyed immensely. Thank you.

[@searlearnold2867]

You built a very pretty boat ! Loved the video, Polar Pup gets my vote.

[@luimackjohnson302]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!

[@charlesherdt]

Enjoyed it so much I feel I have an extra reason to make the trip down to Annapolis!

[@geniksonthego8963]

Oh Sophie! I feel your pain of sanding. We have spent the past week fiberglassing our boat, and the amount of sanding to take off the primer that the previous owner put on before they probably should have is a lot. Filming too much seems to be my downfall, which is won't edit until probably we at least get the top painted or have enough rain in can't work. The boat looks beautiful that you built. I can't wait to see it in the water. Oh, and crab cakes for a name? awesome!

[@AhmedBKR]

You are amazing 😍 Big Respect from Algeria 🇩🇿 thank you for this informations 🎉

[@bolerkai]

A big fan of CLC Boats, building one of their boats now... but fortunately, I don't need to video it. Nice work on the boat and the video.

[@jeremiah1059]

I dont mean to be nit-picky but the title of your video says, "how to build a boat from scratch', however, building from a "kit" is hardly building it from "scratch'. The boat looks great, and you did a really good job (I know because I build stitch and glue wooden small boats from scratch, too) and it really IS a great deal of tedious work, so Kudos to you. I mention any of this because "kits" are super (perhaps unnecessarily) expensive and if you have patience and a steady hand you can trace the patterns and cut them out yourself and pay an order of magnitude less money for it.

[@AndrewLucasPerth]

Loved your video. Inspiring and appreciate the huge efforts that are responsible. Thanks a lot.

[@n4837z]

Hello, I like your work. Have a couple of questions. If the answers are in the video, just let me know aprox. where and that's good. 1. Why did you choose electric propulsion? 2. Why did you choose Elco for your motor? I'm finishing Peeler Skiff and would like to seriously consider electric propulsion. Thanks a lot. Glenn

[@KenWallaceFilms]

Great video--and wow, what a beautiful boat you've made!! My idea for a name is "Sand Crab" so you never forget the joy of spending hundreds of hours sanding epoxy. :D

[@CarlD01]

Great video! I’d love to see more. Keep up the great work.

[@dougsrepair1060]

Your boat looks absolutely gorgeous. You should be so proud. Ps. You will be surprised how quickly you will forget about the time you put into it.

[@SuperSventizeMe]

Very interesting video, and so different from your previous work. Great overview of wooden boat building. Polar Pup!

[@nwills100]

Well done on the videos… thankyou for your time and content.. and I agree the boat should be called Sandy!!!!!

[@garysavich5073]

I like your boat. Would have preferred around a 50 horse Evinrude. But to each his own.

[@timeconomu7395]

I like the Elco, but I would really like if we actually knew how it performed...

[@witteveenjeroen]

Beautifully made video!

[@MrPILOTSTEVE59]

how far and how fast does the boat go?

[@jamesashworth1975]

Lovely boat. I'm impressed. Well done

[@RonaldoMoura]

The videô is fantastic Sophie! Good to see you're doing good. The boat could be named Polar Barnie. Will you be doing the social media in the expedition boat?

[@stanleybest8833]

In the movie " The Perfect Storm ", local skills were making fish nets and framing a boat like yours with a draw blade.