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Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Fine Boat Designs – LEGEND, A Straightforward Fast Cruising Sloop of 1951

Fine Boat Designs – LEGEND, A Straightforward Fast Cruising Sloop of 1951

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

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 5 – 11/11/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 5 – 11/11/12

Walkabout in Port Townsend, Washington

Walkabout in Port Townsend, Washington

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me, by Havilah Hawkins.

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me, by Havilah Hawkins.

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Bob Douglas

Bob Douglas

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 DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: River Scows

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt: River Scows

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

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

“How’s Tom Robinson Doing?”

“How’s Tom Robinson Doing?”

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Urban Outlaw and Porsche Passion

Urban Outlaw and Porsche Passion

Barefoot August

Barefoot August

A Rock And a Hard Place: Lessons Learned in Going Aground in HOI AN—a guest post by Bob Stephens

A Rock And a Hard Place: Lessons Learned in Going Aground in HOI AN—a guest post by Bob Stephens

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky