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Fine Boat Designs – GROS MORNE, A 40′ Motorsailer by Eldredge-McInnis

Fine Boat Designs – GROS MORNE, A 40′ Motorsailer by Eldredge-McInnis

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 2: Rescuing the 8-Meter Sailboat VARG

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 2: Rescuing the 8-Meter Sailboat VARG

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

Diagnosis: Hemofungiosis; a Guest Blog by Gibby Conrad

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

Giffy and Carol: A Hurricane Story from 1954

Giffy and Carol: A Hurricane Story from 1954

James Wakefield Rescue Row on Lake Champlain

James Wakefield Rescue Row on Lake Champlain

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

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

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

Building Before Sailing

Building Before Sailing

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?

Surprise Me  Reload

Insider’s Guide to the 2016 WoodenBoat Show

Insider’s Guide to the 2016 WoodenBoat Show

EVE, An Electric Launch by Doug Hylan

EVE, An Electric Launch by Doug Hylan

Am I A Luddite?

Am I A Luddite?

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 5

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 5

Small Boats, High Calling. The Influence of Steve Corkery.

Small Boats, High Calling. The Influence of Steve Corkery.

Good Reads: Recommendations by Jane Ahlfeld

Good Reads: Recommendations by Jane Ahlfeld

Life in a Drop

Life in a Drop

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #4 from Tom’s Shore Team

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #4 from Tom’s Shore Team

Fitz Henry Lane by Bill Mayher and Maynard Bray

Fitz Henry Lane by Bill Mayher and Maynard Bray

Dreaming of a Herreshoff Golden Ball, with Wayne Roberts

Dreaming of a Herreshoff Golden Ball, with Wayne Roberts