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Why This Skiff?

Why This Skiff?

Charter VELA in Maine This Summer

Charter VELA in Maine This Summer

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

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

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 5 – 11/11/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 5 – 11/11/12

Boatbuilding: Instruction in the Art of Life—A Guest Blog by Lawrence W. Cheek

Boatbuilding: Instruction in the Art of Life—A Guest Blog by Lawrence W. Cheek

James Wakefield Rescue Row on Lake Champlain

James Wakefield Rescue Row on Lake Champlain

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 1 – 9/27/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 1 – 9/27/12

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Surprise Me  Reload

Dreaming of a Houseboat and a Simple Life

Dreaming of a Houseboat and a Simple Life

Traditional Peapod Tender

Traditional Peapod Tender

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: River Scows

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: River Scows

Help Support the Film “VANISHING SAIL”

Help Support the Film “VANISHING SAIL”

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Breasthooks & Knees, by Maynard Bray

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Breasthooks & Knees, by Maynard Bray

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

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

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky