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Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat

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

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

Rare Birds: Classic Boats Offshore; A Guest Blog by Ellen Massey Leonard

Rare Birds: Classic Boats Offshore; A Guest Blog by Ellen Massey Leonard

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

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Painting a Beetle Cat Sailboat on the Beach

Painting a Beetle Cat Sailboat on the Beach

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Reframing the 1934 Sloop PORPOISE

Reframing the 1934 Sloop PORPOISE

Surprise Me  Reload

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 4

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 4

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 1, The Voyage, by Nat Benjamin

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 1, The Voyage, by Nat Benjamin

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 2

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 2

GRAMP Heads to Mystic Seaport

GRAMP Heads to Mystic Seaport

Learning from Experience: Seasickness – My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Learning from Experience: Seasickness – My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Bill Garden Designs from The Rudder Magazine

Bill Garden Designs from The Rudder Magazine

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

New e-Book: Classic Wooden Fishing Boats of the Vietnamese Coast

New e-Book: Classic Wooden Fishing Boats of the Vietnamese Coast