Search With Filters

(Click the arrow to minimize)

Filtered (12)

On The Water (10)
In The Shop (2)

Canadian Maritimes (1)
Maine (7)

Hylan & Brown Boatbuilders (2)

Large Boats (41'-72') (2)
Small Boats (15'-24') (2)

Carvel/Plank-On-Frame (1)
Plywood-Epoxy (2)

Ketches (1)

1910s (1)
1970s (1)
2010s (2)

Brooklin Boat Yard (1)
Frank Rice (1)

Guide Posts Email these Posts to a Friend

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.

Search With Filters

Guide Posts Email these Posts to a Friend

Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

Camp-Cruising the Maine Coast in the Caledonia Yawl HOWDY

Camp-Cruising the Maine Coast in the Caledonia Yawl HOWDY

GRAYLING to Newfoundland, by Doug Hylan

GRAYLING to Newfoundland, by Doug Hylan

Kayak with a Water-Bed-Hammock in the Cuddle Corner

Kayak with a Water-Bed-Hammock in the Cuddle Corner

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types

Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types

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

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

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

In My Shop: A Fox, a Willow, a Phoenix, a Skerrie Skiff & a Pram

In My Shop: A Fox, a Willow, a Phoenix, a Skerrie Skiff & a Pram

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Surprise Me Reload

A Sneak Peek Into the World’s First Houseboat Design Contest

A Sneak Peek Into the World’s First Houseboat Design Contest

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

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 6 – 12/1/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 6 – 12/1/12

Boat Photos from Maynard Bray, Part 1

Boat Photos from Maynard Bray, Part 1

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

Celebrating 10 Years Together

Celebrating 10 Years Together

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Inside Passage

The Inside Passage

Captain Bligh or Captain Pugwash?

Captain Bligh or Captain Pugwash?

Surprise Me