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GRAMP Heads to Mystic Seaport

GRAMP Heads to Mystic Seaport

Kayak with a Water-Bed-Hammock in the Cuddle Corner

Kayak with a Water-Bed-Hammock in the Cuddle Corner

Fine Boat Designs: CARINA, a Cute Ketch by Aage Nielsen

Fine Boat Designs: CARINA, a Cute Ketch by Aage Nielsen

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Fine Boat Designs – DIVERSION & WUNDERBAR (by Kenneth Smith & Philip Rhodes)

Fine Boat Designs – DIVERSION & WUNDERBAR (by Kenneth Smith & Philip Rhodes)

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 3: Day Tripping North, then West

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 3: Day Tripping North, then West

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 2: Rescuing the 8-Meter Sailboat VARG

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 2: Rescuing the 8-Meter Sailboat VARG

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

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

Three Boats I Lust After and Why; A Guest Blog by Jim Giblin

Three Boats I Lust After and Why; A Guest Blog by Jim Giblin

Learning From Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Learning From Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Surprise Me  Reload

The Sterns of Brooklin Boat Yard

The Sterns of Brooklin Boat Yard

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 4

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 4

Are You Scared of Your Boat? (Reality Check)

Are You Scared of Your Boat? (Reality Check)

Murray Peterson’s Designs: CURLEW, a Cowhorn

Murray Peterson’s Designs: CURLEW, a Cowhorn

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 10: Sailing

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 10: Sailing

Congratulating New Zealand’s Buzzards Bay 25 JONQUIL

Congratulating New Zealand’s Buzzards Bay 25 JONQUIL

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)

Roaming in ROAMER

Roaming in ROAMER

Lodestar Books; Don’t Miss Checking It Out!

Lodestar Books; Don’t Miss Checking It Out!