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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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The storm trysail: A faithful and forgiving foul-weather friend, by Ed Zacko

The storm trysail: A faithful and forgiving foul-weather friend, by Ed Zacko

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

Surgery For TODDY II by Dr. Brion Rieff

Surgery For TODDY II by Dr. Brion Rieff

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

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

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

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

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

Projects at Two Daughters Boatworks

Projects at Two Daughters Boatworks

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

Surprise Me  Reload

Fine Boat Designs – LEGEND, A Straightforward Fast Cruising Sloop of 1951

Fine Boat Designs – LEGEND, A Straightforward Fast Cruising Sloop of 1951

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Toss

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Toss

The Straight Truth About OCH (from our Members)

The Straight Truth About OCH (from our Members)

In the Two Daughters Boatworks Shop

In the Two Daughters Boatworks Shop

Three Tricks of the Trade, by Capt. Havilah Hawkins, Jr.

Three Tricks of the Trade, by Capt. Havilah Hawkins, Jr.

Antique Ingenuity; The Shaw & Tenney Oar Lathe

Antique Ingenuity; The Shaw & Tenney Oar Lathe

IMPERFECTION AND THE WOODEN BOAT, A guest post by Larry Cheek

IMPERFECTION AND THE WOODEN BOAT, A guest post by Larry Cheek

Starship to Oceania by Steve Callahan

Starship to Oceania by Steve Callahan

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Hatches That Are Watertight, Easy to Maintain, and Handsome

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 12

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 12