Search With Filters

(Click the arrow to minimize)

On The Water (13)
In The Shop (9)

A DAY'S WORK (1)
Fine Boat Designs (1)
Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me (1)
Notes on Boat Design (1)
PART II (1)
The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why) (2)
Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard (1)
Wooden Boats from Tasmania (1)

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

1900s (1)
1940s (2)
1960s (5)

Alex Irving (2)
Gannon & Benjamin (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

Roaming in ROAMER

Roaming in ROAMER

The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship

The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

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

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

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

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

Our Favorite Sailing Rig: The Cutter, by Lin and Larry Pardey

Our Favorite Sailing Rig: The Cutter, by Lin and Larry Pardey

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Why Attempt the Northwest Passage? One Woman’s Inspiration and Goals

Why Attempt the Northwest Passage? One Woman’s Inspiration and Goals

Dire Strait — An Excerpt from As Long As It’s Fun, by Herb McCormick

Dire Strait — An Excerpt from As Long As It’s Fun, by Herb McCormick

Surprise Me Reload

Inadvertently Green, The Budget Cruising Dividend

Inadvertently Green, The Budget Cruising Dividend

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

The Houseboat Design Contest

The Houseboat Design Contest

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Miscellaneous Elements, by Maynard Bray

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Miscellaneous Elements, by Maynard Bray

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

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

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

Nutshell Pram

Nutshell Pram

Houseboat Design Contest – Honorable Mentions

Houseboat Design Contest – Honorable Mentions

My Time With BARNSWALLOW—By Roger Taylor

My Time With BARNSWALLOW—By Roger Taylor

Surprise Me