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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.

Visiting Bill Garden

Visiting Bill Garden

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

Carvel Construction; John’s Bay Boat Co. Builds a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part II

Carvel Construction; John’s Bay Boat Co. Builds a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part II

Carvel Construction; John’s Bay Boat Co. Builds a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part I

Carvel Construction; John’s Bay Boat Co. Builds a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part I

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

My Favorite Rig and Why — The Gaff Rig, a Guide Post by Tom Cunliffe

My Favorite Rig and Why — The Gaff Rig, a Guide Post by Tom Cunliffe

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

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

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Women Boatbuilders in Oregon, Tasmania, and Scotland — a Guest Blog by Anne Bray

Women Boatbuilders in Oregon, Tasmania, and Scotland — a Guest Blog by Anne Bray

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

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

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 4 – 10/22/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 4 – 10/22/12

Surprise Me 

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #17 – Farewell Penrhyn (Tongareva)

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #17 – Farewell Penrhyn (Tongareva)

How Much Does My Boat Weigh? Weighing Your Boat with a Bathroom Scale

How Much Does My Boat Weigh? Weighing Your Boat with a Bathroom Scale

Learning From Experience: My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me, by Alec Brainerd

Learning From Experience: My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me, by Alec Brainerd

Our Favorite Sailing Rig: The Cutter, by Lin and Larry Pardey

Our Favorite Sailing Rig: The Cutter, by Lin and Larry Pardey

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

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

“Dick Wagner: CWB’s True North” – Caren Crandall

“Dick Wagner: CWB’s True North” – Caren Crandall

Sharing Custom Toolbox Ideas; A Guest Post Hosted by OffCenterHarbor

Sharing Custom Toolbox Ideas; A Guest Post Hosted by OffCenterHarbor

Get Ready – The 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show is coming! (Feb 17-26)

Get Ready – The 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show is coming! (Feb 17-26)

CELESTE’s Arctic Voyage: Traversing the Bering Sea, Sailing to the Top of America and the Rough Autumn Passages in the Alaskan Arctic

CELESTE’s Arctic Voyage: Traversing the Bering Sea, Sailing to the Top of America and the Rough Autumn Passages in the Alaskan Arctic