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GRAMP Heads to Mystic Seaport

GRAMP Heads to Mystic Seaport

Fine Boat Designs – LEGEND, A Straightforward Fast Cruising Sloop of 1951

Fine Boat Designs – LEGEND, A Straightforward Fast Cruising Sloop of 1951

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 — The Gaff Rig, a Guide Post by Tom Cunliffe

My Favorite Rig and Why — The Gaff Rig, a Guide Post by Tom Cunliffe

Ginny Jones Reviews THE WHALEBOAT’s Latest Edition

Ginny Jones Reviews THE WHALEBOAT’s Latest Edition

173-Year-Old Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Comes to Vineyard Haven

173-Year-Old Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Comes to Vineyard Haven

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

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

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

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

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

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

Walkabout in Port Townsend, Washington

Walkabout in Port Townsend, Washington

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Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

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

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

The Sterns of Brooklin Boat Yard

The Sterns of Brooklin Boat Yard

Three Tricks of the Trade — Some Sage Advice by OCH Guide Dick Wagner

Three Tricks of the Trade — Some Sage Advice by OCH Guide Dick Wagner

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

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

Inadvertently Green, The Budget Cruising Dividend

Inadvertently Green, The Budget Cruising Dividend

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Houseboat Design Contest – Semi-Finalists

Houseboat Design Contest – Semi-Finalists

Short Ends; Long Waterlines

Short Ends; Long Waterlines

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 12

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 12

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