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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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Dreaming of a Herreshoff Golden Ball, with Wayne Roberts

Dreaming of a Herreshoff Golden Ball, with Wayne Roberts

Visiting Bill Garden

Visiting Bill Garden

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

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

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

Herstory Matters: the Spidsgatter Pax

Herstory Matters: the Spidsgatter Pax

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Three Boats I Lust After (and Why), by Peter Neill

Three Boats I Lust After (and Why), by Peter Neill

Painting a Beetle Cat Sailboat on the Beach

Painting a Beetle Cat Sailboat on the Beach

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Surprise Me  Reload

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me by Jane Ahlfeld

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me by Jane Ahlfeld

EVE, An Electric Launch by Doug Hylan

EVE, An Electric Launch by Doug Hylan

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #4 from Tom’s Shore Team

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #4 from Tom’s Shore Team

Are You Scared of Your Boat? (Reality Check)

Are You Scared of Your Boat? (Reality Check)