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Roaming in ROAMER

Roaming in ROAMER

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

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Dire Strait — An Excerpt from As Long As It’s Fun, by Herb McCormick

Dire Strait — An Excerpt from As Long As It’s Fun, by Herb McCormick

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

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

Giffy and Carol: A Hurricane Story from 1954

Giffy and Carol: A Hurricane Story from 1954

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

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

Surprise Me  Reload

Three Good Books You Should Consider

Three Good Books You Should Consider

Congratulating New Zealand’s Buzzards Bay 25 JONQUIL

Congratulating New Zealand’s Buzzards Bay 25 JONQUIL

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Miscellaneous Elements, by Maynard Bray

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Miscellaneous Elements, by Maynard Bray

What Puget Sound Pilots Want You to Know

What Puget Sound Pilots Want You to Know

The Sterns of Brooklin Boat Yard

The Sterns of Brooklin Boat Yard

Three Tricks of the Trade That I Think Others Should Know About, by Kaci Cronkhite

Three Tricks of the Trade That I Think Others Should Know About, by Kaci Cronkhite

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Newbert & Wallace of Thomaston, Maine, Part 1

Newbert & Wallace of Thomaston, Maine, Part 1

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 2 – 10/5/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 2 – 10/5/12

Restoring SPARKLE

Restoring SPARKLE