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Building and Launching JIMMY D, a 32′ Cornish Gig from the “Champlain Longboats” Program

Building and Launching JIMMY D, a 32′ Cornish Gig from the “Champlain Longboats” Program

SHELDRAKE, A Charming Little Keel Sloop Designed by OCH Guide Nat Benjamin

SHELDRAKE, A Charming Little Keel Sloop Designed by OCH Guide Nat Benjamin

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

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

Fine Boat Designs – GROS MORNE, A 40′ Motorsailer by Eldredge-McInnis

Fine Boat Designs – GROS MORNE, A 40′ Motorsailer by Eldredge-McInnis

Restoring SPARKLE

Restoring SPARKLE

Fine Boat Designs – SPARKLE, A Speedy Sloop With A Whaleboat Heritage

Fine Boat Designs – SPARKLE, A Speedy Sloop With A Whaleboat Heritage

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 2: Rescuing the 8-Meter Sailboat VARG

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 2: Rescuing the 8-Meter Sailboat VARG

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

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 1 – 9/27/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 1 – 9/27/12

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Building Before Sailing

Building Before Sailing

Surprise Me  Reload

Chopping Dugouts in Japan; a post by Douglas Brooks

Chopping Dugouts in Japan; a post by Douglas Brooks

Urban Outlaw and Porsche Passion

Urban Outlaw and Porsche Passion

Murray Peterson’s Designs: SUSAN a Lovely Little Cruising Schooner

Murray Peterson’s Designs: SUSAN a Lovely Little Cruising Schooner

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #14 – Penrhyn Life, Part 3 – Fishing

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #14 – Penrhyn Life, Part 3 – Fishing

In the Two Daughters Boatworks Shop

In the Two Daughters Boatworks Shop

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

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

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Toss

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Toss

JUNE BUG, A Cat Schooner by Bill Garden

JUNE BUG, A Cat Schooner by Bill Garden

Walkabout Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 10 – 3/24/13

Walkabout Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 10 – 3/24/13