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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.

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Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Schooner BOWDOIN Re-Topping: Some Intriguing Details

Schooner BOWDOIN Re-Topping: Some Intriguing Details

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

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

BERET, A Low-Impact Coastal & River Cruiser by OCH Guide Doug Hylan

BERET, A Low-Impact Coastal & River Cruiser by OCH Guide Doug Hylan

All At Sea

All At Sea

Viva Vixen; New Life for a 15-Square Meter Sloop, Part 2

Viva Vixen; New Life for a 15-Square Meter Sloop, Part 2

Viva Vixen; New Life for a 15-Square Meter Sloop, Part I

Viva Vixen; New Life for a 15-Square Meter Sloop, Part I

Women Boatbuilders in Oregon, Tasmania, and Scotland — a Guest Blog by Anne Bray

Women Boatbuilders in Oregon, Tasmania, and Scotland — a Guest Blog by Anne Bray

Boatbuilding: Instruction in the Art of Life—A Guest Blog by Lawrence W. Cheek

Boatbuilding: Instruction in the Art of Life—A Guest Blog by Lawrence W. Cheek

Small Boats, High Calling. The Influence of Steve Corkery.

Small Boats, High Calling. The Influence of Steve Corkery.

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

Good Reads: A Recommendation by Alec Brainerd

Good Reads: A Recommendation by Alec Brainerd

Ask Her to Dance – The Music & Soul of Off Center Harbor

Ask Her to Dance – The Music & Soul of Off Center Harbor

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

1,200 Miles in Eight Days – Seeing the Intracoastal Waterway by Outboard

1,200 Miles in Eight Days – Seeing the Intracoastal Waterway by Outboard

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 2, The Village of Île-à-Vache

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 2, The Village of Île-à-Vache

My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss

My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss

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

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

Puffin Dinghy 10

Puffin Dinghy 10

IMPERFECTION AND THE WOODEN BOAT, A guest post by Larry Cheek

IMPERFECTION AND THE WOODEN BOAT, A guest post by Larry Cheek

Fatty Knees Dinghy

Fatty Knees Dinghy