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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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Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Why This Skiff?

Why This Skiff?

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

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

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Gaff Rigged Schooner, by Havilah Hawkins

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Gaff Rigged Schooner, by Havilah Hawkins

CREEK CRAWLER, A Simple Trailerable Houseboat by Havilah Hawkins

CREEK CRAWLER, A Simple Trailerable Houseboat by Havilah Hawkins

Joel White on Ordering Wood for Plank-on-Frame Boats

Joel White on Ordering Wood for Plank-on-Frame Boats

Good Reads, Recommendations by Benjamin Mendlowitz

Good Reads, Recommendations by Benjamin Mendlowitz

Good Reads, Recommendations by Havilah Hawkins

Good Reads, Recommendations by Havilah Hawkins

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lin & Larry Pardey

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lin & Larry Pardey

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Surprise Me  Reload

In My Shop: The Rambler 18 Outboard Boat

In My Shop: The Rambler 18 Outboard Boat

Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Off Center Skiff

Off Center Skiff

Remembering Llewellyn Howland III

Remembering Llewellyn Howland III

Beauty In the Hand of the Beholder

Beauty In the Hand of the Beholder

How to Hack the Space-Time Continuum and Make Your Summer Last Ten Times Longer

How to Hack the Space-Time Continuum and Make Your Summer Last Ten Times Longer

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky

Murray Peterson’s Designs: A Proposed Pinky

Good Reads: Recommendations by Ellen Massey Leonard

Good Reads: Recommendations by Ellen Massey Leonard

Three Boats I Lust After (and Why), by Havilah Hawkins

Three Boats I Lust After (and Why), by Havilah Hawkins

Tricks of the Trade; Becoming a Cool Boat Dad

Tricks of the Trade; Becoming a Cool Boat Dad