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Why This Skiff?

Why This Skiff?

Charter VELA in Maine This Summer

Charter VELA in Maine This Summer

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

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

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

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: Kilnwood Schooners HEATHER BELLE and C.M. GRAY

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: Kilnwood Schooners HEATHER BELLE and C.M. GRAY

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Learning From Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Learning From Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Bob Douglas

Bob Douglas

In the Two Daughters Boatworks Shop

In the Two Daughters Boatworks Shop

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Surprise Me  Reload

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

Celebrating 10 Years Together

Celebrating 10 Years Together

Re-skinning a Boothbay Harbor One-Design Sloop with Veneers and Epoxy, by Eric Blake

Re-skinning a Boothbay Harbor One-Design Sloop with Veneers and Epoxy, by Eric Blake

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 2

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 2

Fatty Knees Dinghy

Fatty Knees Dinghy

Jim Payne’s Crooked Nutshell Oars

Jim Payne’s Crooked Nutshell Oars

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Congratulating New Zealand’s Buzzards Bay 25 JONQUIL

Congratulating New Zealand’s Buzzards Bay 25 JONQUIL

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower