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CELESTE’s Arctic Voyage: Traversing the Bering Sea, Sailing to the Top of America and the Rough Autumn Passages in the Alaskan Arctic

CELESTE’s Arctic Voyage: Traversing the Bering Sea, Sailing to the Top of America and the Rough Autumn Passages in the Alaskan Arctic

Schooner BOWDOIN Re-Topping: Some Intriguing Details

Schooner BOWDOIN Re-Topping: Some Intriguing Details

Passage to the Aleutians; a Voyage Along the Alaskan Coast

Passage to the Aleutians; a Voyage Along the Alaskan Coast

SHELDRAKE, A Charming Little Keel Sloop Designed by OCH Guide Nat Benjamin

SHELDRAKE, A Charming Little Keel Sloop Designed by OCH Guide Nat Benjamin

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Surgery For TODDY II by Dr. Brion Rieff

Surgery For TODDY II by Dr. Brion Rieff

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

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

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

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why) – The Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25, Herreshoff 12.5 & Whio

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why) – The Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25, Herreshoff 12.5 & Whio

Surprise Me  Reload

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

Learning From Experience: My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Learning From Experience: My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

The Inside Passage

The Inside Passage

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years

Are You Scared of Your Boat? (Reality Check)

Are You Scared of Your Boat? (Reality Check)

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 6: The Circumnavigation

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 6: The Circumnavigation

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #2 from Tom’s Shore Team

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #2 from Tom’s Shore Team

Murray Peterson’s Designs: The JOSEPH H. STUART Story

Murray Peterson’s Designs: The JOSEPH H. STUART Story

The Snow Row

The Snow Row

Three Tricks of the Trade — Some Sage Advice by OCH Guide Dick Wagner

Three Tricks of the Trade — Some Sage Advice by OCH Guide Dick Wagner