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Fine Boat Designs: CARINA, a Cute Ketch by Aage Nielsen

Fine Boat Designs: CARINA, a Cute Ketch by Aage Nielsen

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

CREEK CRAWLER, A Simple Trailerable Houseboat by Havilah Hawkins

CREEK CRAWLER, A Simple Trailerable Houseboat by Havilah Hawkins

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt

A DAY’S WORK, Part II—an excerpt

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

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

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

DIY Vise Block; A Useful Gizmo For Clamping

DIY Vise Block; A Useful Gizmo For Clamping

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Rieff

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Rieff

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

Tammy Norrie Dinghy

Tammy Norrie Dinghy

Boat Photos from Maynard Bray, Part 2

Boat Photos from Maynard Bray, Part 2

Women of the Working Waterfront: Port Townsend

Women of the Working Waterfront: Port Townsend

Ladybug Wheelbarrow Boat

Ladybug Wheelbarrow Boat

The Secret to Happiness, Part 2

The Secret to Happiness, Part 2

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #17 – Farewell Penrhyn (Tongareva)

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #17 – Farewell Penrhyn (Tongareva)