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Why This Skiff?

Why This Skiff?

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

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

A Sense of the Sacred: Redwoods, Rivers and the Pacific

A Sense of the Sacred: Redwoods, Rivers and the Pacific

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

Good Reads, Recommendations by Havilah Hawkins

Good Reads, Recommendations by Havilah Hawkins

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

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

Good Reads: A Recommendation by Alec Brainerd

Good Reads: A Recommendation by Alec Brainerd

Learning From Experience: My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me, by Alec Brainerd

Learning From Experience: My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me, by Alec Brainerd

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me, by Havilah Hawkins.

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me, by Havilah Hawkins.

The Influence of Captain Douglas & My Family

The Influence of Captain Douglas & My Family

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

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

Surprise Me  Reload

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

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

Good Reads: Recommendations by Peter Neill

An Exotic Vacation, Only a Day’s Drive Away—or, Call Me Ishmael

An Exotic Vacation, Only a Day’s Drive Away—or, Call Me Ishmael

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 6

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 6

Houseboat Design Contest – Honorable Mentions

Houseboat Design Contest – Honorable Mentions

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 4 – 10/22/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 4 – 10/22/12

Eastport Nesting Pram

Eastport Nesting Pram

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

The First of Three Sailing Yawlboats Takes Shape

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #15 – Penrhyn Life, Part 4 – The Church

Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific – Update #15 – Penrhyn Life, Part 4 – The Church