Boat Building and Boat Restoration like you've never seen before! Welcome to MotorCity Boat Werks, my boat building and boat restoration workshop. I make boat building and boat restoration videos for the DIY boat builder. My show documents my progress on old sailboat restorations, composite and fiberglass boat building, or my pocket trawler restoration. I show the tips and tricks, the ups and downs, the decision-making and design that goes into the passion of amateur boat building. This the real story of amateur boat building and amateur boat restoration.
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Boat Building and Boat Restoration like you've never seen before! Welcome to MotorCity Boat Werks, my boat building and boat restoration workshop. I make boat building and boat restoration videos for the DIY boat builder. My show documents my progress on old sailboat restorations, composite and fiberglass boat building, or my pocket trawler restoration. I show the tips and tricks, the ups and downs, the decision-making and design that goes into the passion of amateur boat building. This the real story of amateur boat building and amateur boat restoration.
This episode I discuss how I installed new boat deck non-skid to my pocket trawler. I replaced my trawler non-skid with a product called Soft Sand. I first heard about the product years ago on a boat restoration channel called Boat Works Today. I explain how to apply Soft Sand, some design considerations, and how […]
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. This episode I discuss building a stand alone shower in my Albin 27 Family Cruiser […]
This episode I discuss building a stand alone shower in my Albin 27 pocket Trawler. The Albin 27 Family Cruiser came with a small bathroom located in the forward cabin. It measured just 9 square feet. My plan for this boat restoration project was to enlarge the boat head by pushing out the bulkheads and […]
This episode I discuss how I finished building a hard top for my trawler using Coosa Board and fiberglass. Coosa Board is a great material for boat building. The Albin 27 Family Cruiser came from the factory with no cover over the cockpit of the boat. I wanted to build a hard top that was […]
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. This episode I discuss how I built a hard top for my boat using Coosa […]
This episode I discuss removing and repairing the marine diesel fuel tank from my pocket trawler. This is a great diy boat repair project. After removing the marine diesel engine and all the tanks, the boat fuel tank was the last one to go. The large diesel fuel tank appeared to be in good shape […]
This episode I discuss removing the tanks and the Nissan Ld-28 Diesel engine from the trawler. At some point during your trawler restoration you realize you have to remove everything from your boat in order to start from clean slate. While the marine diesel engine was a runner it needed to be repaired and overhauled. […]
Here is a boat project everyone needs. This episode I discuss installing new stainless steel handrails in place of the old teak ones. The Albin 27 came from the factory with only four to six teak handrails. I’ve installed twelve stainless handrails on the hardtop and the forward cabin top. Handrails were custom fabricated by […]
This episode I discuss my plan for a boat refit and boat remodel of the Albin 27. I’ve come up with a way to prioritize different boat projects and how I will be incorporating the boat restoration plan into my boat project videos. There will be a planning video every couple of months. I will […]
This is my boat restoration of an Albin 27 pocket trawler. Every week I post a boat restoration video to document my progress on my boat restoration project. This episode I explain how I repaired the rotted portholes on the Albin 27. This is a great diy boat repair project. If you have an old […]
This episode I discuss how I removed the headliner from the Albin 27. This is a great diy boat repair project that you may encounter if you have an old yacht or an abandoned sailboat. The headliner was a vinyl product glued and stapled to the interior of the boat covering the boat walls and […]
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.This episode is about how I painted the Albin 27. In every boat restoration there comes […]
This episode I discuss my plan for a boat refit and boat remodel of the Albin 27. I’m not sure what to do next. What is the order of work? What is the order that you put a boat back together? Which boat systems do you install in a pocket trawler and in what order? […]
The first step of my boat restoration project is to get the my Albin 27 off the trailer and into my boat restoration workshop. This episode I discuss how I got my big boat off the triple axle trailer. The Albin 27 pocket trawler weighs approximately 4,200 pounds as a bare hull. I needed to […]
In this episode we will discuss the Albin 27 Family Cruiser and its history and design. The Albin 27 Family Cruiser is a trailerable trawler built between 1984-1992 in the United States. It’s an affordable recreational trawler. It was originally called the Albin Diesel Cruiser. The Albin 27 came as a Albin 27 Family Cruiser […]
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. This boat restoration project is a bare hull rebuild of a 1986 Albin 27 Family […]
Boat Building and Boat Restoration like you've never seen before! Welcome to MotorCity Boat Werks, my boat building and boat restoration workshop. I make boat building and boat restoration videos for the DIY boat builder. My show documents my progress on old sailboat restorations, composite and fiberglass boat building, or my pocket trawler restoration. I show the tips and tricks, the ups and downs, the decision-making and design that goes into the passion of amateur boat building. This the real story of amateur boat building and amateur boat restoration.
