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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.

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Tapering Molded Sheerstrake Endings, Step-By-Step

Tapering Molded Sheerstrake Endings, Step-By-Step

PACIFIC and the McMenemys

PACIFIC and the McMenemys

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Visiting Bill Garden

Visiting Bill Garden

Restoring SPARKLE

Restoring SPARKLE

Fine Boat Designs – SPARKLE, A Speedy Sloop With A Whaleboat Heritage

Fine Boat Designs – SPARKLE, A Speedy Sloop With A Whaleboat Heritage

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

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

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

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

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

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Painting a Beetle Cat Sailboat on the Beach

Painting a Beetle Cat Sailboat on the Beach

Surprise Me  Reload

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt

Tom Robinson’s Rescue

Tom Robinson’s Rescue

Why Attempt the Northwest Passage? One Woman’s Inspiration and Goals

Why Attempt the Northwest Passage? One Woman’s Inspiration and Goals

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

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

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

IMPERFECTION AND THE WOODEN BOAT, A guest post by Larry Cheek

IMPERFECTION AND THE WOODEN BOAT, A guest post by Larry Cheek

A Sail in the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

A Sail in the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 1 – Reframing Upside Down

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 1 – Reframing Upside Down

My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss

My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 7

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 7