MotorCity Boat Werks

MotorCity Boat Werks Boat Restoration YouTube Channel MotorCity Boat Werks is my amateur boat restoration workshop. I built MotorCity Boat Werks as a sort of boat restoration studio.

I usually do old sailboat restorations, sailboat refits, and sometimes I make boat restoration videos.

What's the deal with using PVC foam board for boat building projects? What can you use it for? What are it's limitations...
01/10/2025

What's the deal with using PVC foam board for boat building projects? What can you use it for? What are it's limitations? What's the REAL TRUTH....

What's the real deal with PVC Foam Board? What is it? What can you do with it in amateur boat building and boat restoration? **MotorCity Boat Werks has no sp...

Ordering waste and water tanks for my boat restoration project 🙄
01/04/2025

Ordering waste and water tanks for my boat restoration project 🙄

This episode I talk about my experience buying RONCO PLASTIC water tanks for my pocket trawler restoration and the 5 lessons I learned. MotorCity Boat Werks ...

Happy New Year Message 2024
12/31/2024

Happy New Year Message 2024

Happy New ayeat! to all my YouTube subscribers. 2024 has been an amazing year. Thanks again for your support. Stay Motivated 😁👍

When I’m not in the Boat Werks, I’m traveling the World. This is my other YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe 😎
12/28/2024

When I’m not in the Boat Werks, I’m traveling the World. This is my other YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe 😎

How do you design a marine electrical system that uses lithium — and not blow yourself up in the process 🫣
12/28/2024

How do you design a marine electrical system that uses lithium — and not blow yourself up in the process 🫣

This episode I talk about what I learned trying to design the electrical system for my pocket trawler. Lithium batteries present some problems you need to be...

India is NOT what we expected😯 check out our trailer for the coming episodes. Be sure to like and subscribe 🙏
12/27/2024

India is NOT what we expected😯 check out our trailer for the coming episodes. Be sure to like and subscribe 🙏

India is NOT what we expected!😲 We’re traveling around the world one country at a time🌍 😁. This is our first trailer for India 2024. Please subscribe than...

Merry Christmas from India! 😁Please join us for amazing new episodes coming soon. Please subscribe and help spread the w...
12/25/2024

Merry Christmas from India! 😁Please join us for amazing new episodes coming soon. Please subscribe and help spread the word on social media. 🙏

Merry Christmas! I’ve traveled almost than 9,000 miles around the world to film my episode “Boatman of the Ganges”. Be s...
12/25/2024

Merry Christmas! I’ve traveled almost than 9,000 miles around the world to film my episode “Boatman of the Ganges”. Be sure to share and subscribe. New Episodes coming soon.

Searching for a 12v refrigerator for my boat restoration
12/20/2024

Searching for a 12v refrigerator for my boat restoration

This episode is about choosing a new 12v refrigerator for my boat restoration project. Welcome to my boat building channel! MotorCity Boat Werks is about REA...

How to paint the deck of your trailerable sailboat
12/13/2024

How to paint the deck of your trailerable sailboat

How do you paint the deck of your boat? Follow my five easy steps to get a great finish on your small sailboat restoration project.Welcome to my boat buildin...

Exciting progress on the Skipper 20 sailboat restoration
12/06/2024

Exciting progress on the Skipper 20 sailboat restoration

This episode I'm painting the Skipper 20 and talking about all my tips and tricks for painting the hull of your boat project. Welcome to my boat building cha...

Building a helm chair for the Albin 27 trailer trawler😀
11/22/2024

Building a helm chair for the Albin 27 trailer trawler😀

This episode I'm building the Captain's Helm Chair and installing it in my trawler restoration project. Welcome to MotorCity Boat Werks!**MotorCity Boat Werk...

100th Episode and what will be the future of the Boat Werks?Please subscribe and share on social media 😀
11/16/2024

100th Episode and what will be the future of the Boat Werks?
Please subscribe and share on social media 😀

In this 100th Episode I talk about the future of MotorCity Boat Werks and the status of my YouTube Channel.Please Join my Slow Travel Channel ✈️https://youtu...

Finish Teak --On the Boat or Off the Boat?Final bit of woodwork on the Skipper 20 sailboat, getting ready for final pain...
11/08/2024

Finish Teak --
On the Boat or Off the Boat?
Final bit of woodwork on the Skipper 20 sailboat, getting ready for final painting. 😀

This episode I give some tips and tricks about how to refinish your sailboat teak when it's still on the boat.Welcome to my boat building channel! MotorCity ...

Deck work in the Skipper 20 sailboat continues. A little bit of paint freshens everything nicely 😁
11/07/2024

Deck work in the Skipper 20 sailboat continues. A little bit of paint freshens everything nicely 😁

Designing and Building an Engine Well Plug for a Small Sailboat Restoration
11/01/2024

Designing and Building an Engine Well Plug for a Small Sailboat Restoration

This episode I'm building a plug for my small sailboat outboard engine well. Welcome to my boat building channel! MotorCity Boat Werks is about REAL amateur...

Boat Bucket List: An interesting motorsailer hidden in the Detroit area. Could you master the globe in this sailboat?
10/18/2024

Boat Bucket List: An interesting motorsailer hidden in the Detroit area. Could you master the globe in this sailboat?

Check out this 1973 Lindsey 39 Globemaster Motorsailer sailboat for sale for $25,000. Could you master the globe after a simple sailboat restoration and refi...

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Albin 27 Trawler to Motorsailer Conversion

Vivaldi in the Boat Werks. Working on the ultra light dinghy side by side with the Albin 27 😁

Happy Birthday Marines! Please share 🫡👍😁

2023 Marine Corps Birthday Message from MotorCity Boat Werks

Friesland Region of Netherlands in a 9 meter Dutch steel trawler

Abandoned in the Boat Werks

Building a Hard Top for the Albin 27 pocket trawler. Full video on Youtube

Building MotorCity Boat Werks
Building MotorCity Boat Werks

Welcome to my boat building channel! This is my trawler restoration of an Albin 27 pocket trawler. Every couple of weeks I post a boat building or boat repair video to document various boat projects, sailboat restorations, or boat repairs.

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