Master Shipwright Builds a Boat He Designed Himself | Start to Finish by @TipsfromaShipwright
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Master shipwright Louis Sauzedde spent years waiting for the right moment to bring one of his own boat designs to life. When that moment finally came, he began turning raw lumber into a traditional wooden skiff — combining generations of boatbuilding knowledge with clever modern techniques.
From vacuum-laminating the white oak transom and shaping the hull by hand to building a layered V-bottom reinforced with fiberglass, almost every stage reveals a different solution to a difficult problem. Along the way, Louis relies on carefully selected timber, laminated structural parts, custom fittings, and small tricks learned through decades of working with wood.
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00:00 A Design He Carried for Years
01:20 Vacuum-Bagging the Transom
02:20 Fitting the Chine Logs
05:27 Building the Flat Sole
06:51 The Keel and the V-Bottom
08:55 Fiberglass Over Wood
10:25 Why He Uses a Power Planer
13:47 Flipping the Boat
15:10 Laminating the Cutwater
16:48 A Natural Crook for the Breasthook
21:40 A Hundred Plugs
22:55 The Sealer Goes On
24:45 It Floats
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Master Shipwright Builds a Boat He Designed Himself | Start to Finish by @TipsfromaShipwright
Makerium
69,170 views
Master shipwright Louis Sauzedde spent years waiting for the right moment to bring one of his own boat designs to life. When that moment finally came, he began turning raw lumber into a traditional wooden skiff — combining generations of boatbuilding knowledge with clever modern techniques.
From vacuum-laminating the white oak transom and shaping the hull by hand to building a layered V-bottom reinforced with fiberglass, almost every stage reveals a different solution to a difficult problem. Along the way, Louis relies on carefully selected timber, laminated structural parts, custom fittings, and small tricks learned through decades of working with wood.
Tips from a Shipwright
@tipsfromashipwright
Facebook: TipsFromAShipwright
Instagram: tipsfromashipwright
00:00 A Design He Carried for Years
01:20 Vacuum-Bagging the Transom
02:20 Fitting the Chine Logs
05:27 Building the Flat Sole
06:51 The Keel and the V-Bottom
08:55 Fiberglass Over Wood
10:25 Why He Uses a Power Planer
13:47 Flipping the Boat
15:10 Laminating the Cutwater
16:48 A Natural Crook for the Breasthook
21:40 A Hundred Plugs
22:55 The Sealer Goes On
24:45 It Floats