How To Build a Small Wooden Boat From Scratch (with

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Intro: 00:00
What does "Stitch & Glue" mean?: 02:30
Regular DIY kits VS Pro Kits: 03:14
Building steps: 04:24
What skills do you need to build a boat? 05:23
Epoxy basics: 06:19
Clear Coating: 08:49
Fiberglassing: 09:27
Filleting: 10:13
Making poops: 10:55
Sanding: 11:31
Where should you build a boat? 12:40
What tools & supplies do you need? 14:19
How much does it cost? 15:49
How much time does it take? 17:48
Name please! 20:57
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[@alecalessandra9681]

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

[@TheRealHawKing]

Rhode Runner, it's in the video

[@jimchasten9514]

Dusty

[@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.

[@tomigomez]

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

[@jonathanspindloe8854]

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

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Very nice

[@greglenoir7674]

Standing ovation, a clear winner.

[@barryg.291]

Ohhh, that is good!

[@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.

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Good work

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

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

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Good work ❣️

[@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

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

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

[@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.

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Amazing very nice

[@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.

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Thanks

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Amazing very nice ❤

[@thomasbrynwood8592]

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

[@PBoss0]

EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS!

[@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.

[@davidgrowse2041]

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

[@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 ! :)

[@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

[@BeerStache71]

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

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Garet job 🎉

[@quackedup4969]

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

[@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!

[@scottpiggott7600]

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

[@ocxb]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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❤

[@AndrewLucasPerth]

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

[@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 👍

[@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.

[@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

[@arxfarming]

Great video thanks for putting it together and sharing your experience 8n building your own boat.

[@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.

[@SailingTanker]

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

[@scottpoeppel591]

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

[@CarlD01]

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

[@kevindyer8507]

Amazing video. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@dgrant2467]

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

[@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.

[@chopperhehehe]

That was realy nice to see get built in those small clips and story how much work goes it to it . Well done all who helped . And even those who tried lol . Stunning results . 😊 I do fancy one my self to tow behind my old vwt4 😊 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

[@oh-brothers]

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

[@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!

[@luimackjohnson302]

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

[@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.

[@tcponte]

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

[@UKPete]

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

[@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”.

[@beardies]

great video. very informative. thanks.

[@SuperSventizeMe]

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

[@tylercagwin5431]

LOVED this video!

[@nwills100]

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

[@jamesashworth1975]

Lovely boat. I'm impressed. Well done

[@Tulasendlesssummer]

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

[@RuneCarverLLC]

Absolutely beautiful! 👍👍👍

[@charlesherdt]

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

[@splattbmd]

Polar Pup is a great name!

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Good work ❣️

[@searlearnold2867]

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

[@jimfernish5143]

You have sparked my interest in building a boat.

[@witteveenjeroen]

Beautifully made video!

[@larry323]

That boat is absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@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

[@pbear6251]

Great video!! Loved the depreciating🤣🤣 humour !!

[@johnsonpa25]

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

[@sailingarista]

love Love Love this, “Women are the better boat builder!”❤

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Right?!!! I think the World just needs more women boat builders... :)

[@PublicMixHardworking1]

Love you guys

[@thecarolinahoosier3596]

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

[@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.

[@Uukrul1]

Great job! I built the Tinderly Dinghy. their kits are great.

[@leanderhollaar9374]

Well done!! 😁

[@ramonsuarez1893]

I liked the video... great job!

[@tgmickey513]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@jlsinchina]

Congratulations, beautiful work of art. And the boat's nice too,😂

[@mikevogdes3940]

Wonderful job on that boat👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@kirill_gusev]

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

[@beachcomer007]

love the video!

[@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!

[@TRCAdventures]

Great video! So much time, but.....that's the way I like it. Though I guess it's still type 2 fun for me, because in the moment I "might" have some frustrations but in the end....it was all fun. Hope it was for the two of your too

[@toshibavoodoo]

Cool!

[@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.

[@TeddyAVRIL-m6s]

Trop bien ton bateau Sophie ! Ça donne envie. On verra quand j'aurai fini mon poti marara. Grosses bises à vous de Tahiti 🇵🇫

[@DouglasDoNascimento]

I loved this video. I would call the boat "Sophie & Ryan" or "Sailing SR".

[@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.

[@RaulMartinez-ln8zq]

Great GREAT video !!!!!!!

[@theo.r.bitter]

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

[@rickc303]

Saw the Rhode Runner when it was first announced. Must be nice to be 'sponsored' not only by CLC but everyone in the build. Definitely wouldn't have embarked on it having to pay for it all out of pocket

[@jacksgirl23]

❤️ beautiful

[@kylem324]

Really enjoyed this video Sophie. Well done. I’m sure you’ve already found the suitable food and drink to reward your efforts… bon appetite! Name suggestion - Mirthmobile - Ryan might like that more…

[@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!!!

[@pfeif1312]

Awesome

[@vmstanford]

Great video. Very interesting technique pointers. The boat should be named Sophie.

[@georgeb3008]

Looks Amazing!! You two did great. 4 months of film, yikes . Yea that's a lot of editing. Thanks for the show though Can't wait to see the rest of them. Looking forward to it....

[@terryboehler5752]

Yes, I enjoyed it. Even though I am experienced in this building process

[@thesailingviewfinder]

Love Love

[@raptorshootingsystems3379]

I would go with “crab cake” having had many crab cakes at the long gone Annapolis market, it is a great name and symbolic of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay.

[@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?

[@dbkiltz]

I vote for Polar Cub... keep the name in the family :)

[@xzbilman9142]

Well done! Very cool; PolarCrab