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PACIFIC and the McMenemys

PACIFIC and the McMenemys

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

Fine Boat Designs – DIVERSION & WUNDERBAR (by Kenneth Smith & Philip Rhodes)

Fine Boat Designs – DIVERSION & WUNDERBAR (by Kenneth Smith & Philip Rhodes)

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

A Composting Head for the Tahiti Ketch EVELYN; A Guest Post by Astra Haldeman

A Composting Head for the Tahiti Ketch EVELYN; A Guest Post by Astra Haldeman

The Long Affair: David Bradley and his Herreshoff S-Boat MISCHIEF. A Guest Blog by Ben Bradley

The Long Affair: David Bradley and his Herreshoff S-Boat MISCHIEF. A Guest Blog by Ben Bradley

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

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

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

TUVA II, A New Concept for Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway

TUVA II, A New Concept for Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway

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

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

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 3 – 10/14/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 3 – 10/14/12

Surprise Me  Reload

Tom Robinson’s “Thank You Card” to Off Center Harbor

Tom Robinson’s “Thank You Card” to Off Center Harbor

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 Dick Wagner

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

CREEK CRAWLER, A Simple Trailerable Houseboat by Havilah Hawkins

CREEK CRAWLER, A Simple Trailerable Houseboat by Havilah Hawkins

2016 Annual Update — Passing Like a Dream

2016 Annual Update — Passing Like a Dream

Good Reads: Recommendations by Bill Mayher

Good Reads: Recommendations by Bill Mayher

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

Restoring an Old Iceboat

Restoring an Old Iceboat

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

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

Wineglass Wherry

Wineglass Wherry