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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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Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

Ruby Slipper, a 23′ Daysailer by Doug Hylan

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

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

Surgery For TODDY II by Dr. Brion Rieff

Surgery For TODDY II by Dr. Brion Rieff

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

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

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

Inadvertently Green, The Budget Cruising Dividend

Inadvertently Green, The Budget Cruising Dividend

Rare Birds: Classic Boats Offshore; A Guest Blog by Ellen Massey Leonard

Rare Birds: Classic Boats Offshore; A Guest Blog by Ellen Massey Leonard

Hybrid Propulsion for the 48′ Cutter LUCAYO; How Does it Compare to a Diesel Auxiliary?

Hybrid Propulsion for the 48′ Cutter LUCAYO; How Does it Compare to a Diesel Auxiliary?

Messing About—A Guest Blog by Ellen Massey Leonard

Messing About—A Guest Blog by Ellen Massey Leonard

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

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

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

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

Learning from Experience: Seasickness – My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Learning from Experience: Seasickness – My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Surprise Me  Reload

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

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

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

Small Boat Dolly

Small Boat Dolly

Tom Robinson’s Rescue

Tom Robinson’s Rescue

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Rieff

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Rieff

Good Reads: Recommendations by Ginny Jones

Good Reads: Recommendations by Ginny Jones

A Sense of the Sacred: Redwoods, Rivers and the Pacific

A Sense of the Sacred: Redwoods, Rivers and the Pacific

Eastport Nesting Pram

Eastport Nesting Pram

Barefoot August

Barefoot August