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

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

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

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

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmania & the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 3: Day Tripping North, then West

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 3: Day Tripping North, then West

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

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

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Wooden Boats from Tasmania, Part 1

Walkabout Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 10 – 3/24/13

Walkabout Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 10 – 3/24/13

Projects at Two Daughters Boatworks

Projects at Two Daughters Boatworks

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

The Yawl Rig – My Favorite Rig and Why by Dick Wagner

The Yawl Rig – My Favorite Rig and Why by Dick Wagner

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Rieff

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Rieff

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

Coming Soon – New Website Features – Update #1

Coming Soon – New Website Features – Update #1

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #18 – Shore Team: Samoa-bound

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #18 – Shore Team: Samoa-bound

Fine Boat Designs – The Herreshoff Fish Class

Fine Boat Designs – The Herreshoff Fish Class

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard — Foam Core Hull on the Frers 74′ Sloop

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard — Foam Core Hull on the Frers 74′ Sloop

Bob Douglas

Bob Douglas

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape