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In today's day and age of step-by-step instructional YouTube videos, the thought of building a motorized, sea-faring vessel for my kids from just 5 pages of prose and 5 diagrams was both terrifying, and exciting...
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Design and build of a kids 8' runabout, complete with custom logo and naming