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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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Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

EVE, An Electric Launch by Doug Hylan

EVE, An Electric Launch by Doug Hylan

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

The Long Affair: David Bradley and his Herreshoff S-Boat MISCHIEF. A Guest Blog by Ben Bradley

The Long Affair: David Bradley and his Herreshoff S-Boat MISCHIEF. A Guest Blog by Ben Bradley

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

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me, by Havilah Hawkins.

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me, by Havilah Hawkins.

A Simple Electrical System for the Herreshoff S-class Sloop Mischief

A Simple Electrical System for the Herreshoff S-class Sloop Mischief

Projects at Two Daughters Boatworks

Projects at Two Daughters Boatworks

A Sail in the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

A Sail in the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

Surprise Me  Reload

How to Hack the Space-Time Continuum and Make Your Summer Last Ten Times Longer

How to Hack the Space-Time Continuum and Make Your Summer Last Ten Times Longer

Bill Garden Designs from The Rudder Magazine

Bill Garden Designs from The Rudder Magazine

The Sculptor Within

The Sculptor Within

How to Install A Teak Boat Deck: Laying It Out and Laying It Down

How to Install A Teak Boat Deck: Laying It Out and Laying It Down

The Influence of Uncle Bill Barker

The Influence of Uncle Bill Barker

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 1

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 1

Rescuing the 83-foot Motor Yacht KALMIA, Part II; An Excerpt by Anne (Pete) Baker

Rescuing the 83-foot Motor Yacht KALMIA, Part II; An Excerpt by Anne (Pete) Baker

Good Reads: Recommendations by Gubby Williams

Good Reads: Recommendations by Gubby Williams

A Voyage Through Tasmania’s Southwest Wilderness – Part II, by Bruce Stannard

A Voyage Through Tasmania’s Southwest Wilderness – Part II, by Bruce Stannard

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: Friendship Sloops

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: Friendship Sloops