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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.

Starship to Oceania by Steve Callahan

Starship to Oceania by Steve Callahan

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

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

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

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

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

A Composting Head for the Tahiti Ketch EVELYN; A Guest Post by Astra Haldeman

A Composting Head for the Tahiti Ketch EVELYN; A Guest Post by Astra Haldeman

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

Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types

Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

The Influence of a Place and Many People

The Influence of a Place and Many People

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)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

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How Much Does My Boat Weigh? Weighing Your Boat with a Bathroom Scale

How Much Does My Boat Weigh? Weighing Your Boat with a Bathroom Scale

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

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

Three Tricks of the Trade That Others Should Know About, by Peter Neill

Three Tricks of the Trade That Others Should Know About, by Peter Neill

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

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 2: Frames; Fastenings; Stem; Sheer Clamps—All Upside Down

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 2: Frames; Fastenings; Stem; Sheer Clamps—All Upside Down

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Topside Seams Show? Consider Splining

Topside Seams Show? Consider Splining

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #16 – The Ship Arrives – My Departure Awaits

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #16 – The Ship Arrives – My Departure Awaits

Camp-Cruising the Maine Coast in the Caledonia Yawl HOWDY

Camp-Cruising the Maine Coast in the Caledonia Yawl HOWDY

Building a Quarter-sized Skiff; A Post by OCH Guide Harry Bryan

Building a Quarter-sized Skiff; A Post by OCH Guide Harry Bryan