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Guide Posts are written articles with accompanying still photos and/or video clips, usually written by our team of expert Guides and Founders, who each have many decades of experience.

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Announcing the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné

Announcing the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné

Schooner BOWDOIN Re-Topping: Some Intriguing Details

Schooner BOWDOIN Re-Topping: Some Intriguing Details

The Albury Runabout

The Albury Runabout

1,200 Miles in Eight Days – Seeing the Intracoastal Waterway by Outboard

1,200 Miles in Eight Days – Seeing the Intracoastal Waterway by Outboard

SHELDRAKE, A Charming Little Keel Sloop Designed by OCH Guide Nat Benjamin

SHELDRAKE, A Charming Little Keel Sloop Designed by OCH Guide Nat Benjamin

FLYING FISH Goes to Sea—a Guest Post by Jack Bassett and Carolyn Shubert

FLYING FISH Goes to Sea—a Guest Post by Jack Bassett and Carolyn Shubert

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

A Composting Head for the Tahiti Ketch EVELYN; A Guest Post by Astra Haldeman

A Composting Head for the Tahiti Ketch EVELYN; A Guest Post by Astra Haldeman

Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types

Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

The Inside Passage

The Inside Passage

Surprise Me  Reload

Good Reads: Recommendations by Harry Bryan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Harry Bryan

The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship

The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #2 from Tom’s Shore Team

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #2 from Tom’s Shore Team

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me.

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me.

The “Radical” Skeg

The “Radical” Skeg

Daisy Skiff

Daisy Skiff

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

JUNE BUG, A Cat Schooner by Bill Garden

JUNE BUG, A Cat Schooner by Bill Garden

Mixing and Using Shellac and Bedding Compound

Mixing and Using Shellac and Bedding Compound

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat