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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

Announcing the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné

Announcing the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné

The Buzzards Bay 25: An Evolution, of Sorts

The Buzzards Bay 25: An Evolution, of Sorts

Passage to the Aleutians; a Voyage Along the Alaskan Coast

Passage to the Aleutians; a Voyage Along the Alaskan Coast

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

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

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Herreshoff Classic Regatta of 2014—A Report from Bryan Burdick

Herreshoff Classic Regatta of 2014—A Report from Bryan Burdick

TUVA II, A New Concept for Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway

TUVA II, A New Concept for Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

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

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

Herstory Matters: the Spidsgatter Pax

Herstory Matters: the Spidsgatter Pax

Surprise Me  Reload

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)

The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship

The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship

Sherpa Dinghy

Sherpa Dinghy

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 3: The Transom

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 3: The Transom

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Floorboards, Seats, and Backrests, by Maynard Bray

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Floorboards, Seats, and Backrests, by Maynard Bray

Delivering a Leaker in the “Tin Pump” Era; A Tale From a 1927 Motorboat magazine.

Delivering a Leaker in the “Tin Pump” Era; A Tale From a 1927 Motorboat magazine.

Three Tricks of the Trade That Others Should Know About, by Peter Neill

Three Tricks of the Trade That Others Should Know About, by Peter Neill

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

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

Am I A Luddite?

Am I A Luddite?