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Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

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

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

An Excerpt from ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion,’ by Roger Barnes

An Excerpt from ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion,’ by Roger Barnes

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Women Boatbuilders in Oregon, Tasmania, and Scotland — a Guest Blog by Anne Bray

Women Boatbuilders in Oregon, Tasmania, and Scotland — a Guest Blog by Anne Bray

Georgia’s Golden Isles, a Guest Blog by Anne Bryant

Georgia’s Golden Isles, a Guest Blog by Anne Bryant

Three Cruiser Friendly Towns in a Row; Aboard MIMI ROSE with Anne Bryant

Three Cruiser Friendly Towns in a Row; Aboard MIMI ROSE with Anne Bryant

A Sail Around the NE Atlantic, by Gubby Williams

A Sail Around the NE Atlantic, by Gubby Williams

They Don’t Make Postcards for This—Aboard MIMI ROSE with Guest Blogger Anne Bryant

They Don’t Make Postcards for This—Aboard MIMI ROSE with Guest Blogger Anne Bryant

Surprise Me  Reload

Restoring an Old Iceboat

Restoring an Old Iceboat

Fatty Knees Dinghy

Fatty Knees Dinghy

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why) – Rozinante, Beetle Cat and Scow Schooner

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why) – Rozinante, Beetle Cat and Scow Schooner

What About a Sailboat’s Displacement? Doug Hylan Discusses Light and Heavy

What About a Sailboat’s Displacement? Doug Hylan Discusses Light and Heavy

Bill Garden Designs from The Rudder Magazine

Bill Garden Designs from The Rudder Magazine

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #2 from Tom’s Shore Team

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #2 from Tom’s Shore Team

OCH Looks Different! – Website 2.0 Release

OCH Looks Different! – Website 2.0 Release

Murray Peterson’s Designs: CURLEW, a Cowhorn

Murray Peterson’s Designs: CURLEW, a Cowhorn

A Sail in the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

A Sail in the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

Coming Soon – New Website Features – Update #1

Coming Soon – New Website Features – Update #1