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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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Beauty In the Hand of the Beholder

Beauty In the Hand of the Beholder

Gannon and Benjamin 10′ Tender

Gannon and Benjamin 10′ Tender

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Fine Boat Designs: CARINA, a Cute Ketch by Aage Nielsen

Fine Boat Designs: CARINA, a Cute Ketch by Aage Nielsen

Origins of the Keel/Centerboard: Why American Sailors Stuck with a Movable Appendage by Rob Mazza

Origins of the Keel/Centerboard: Why American Sailors Stuck with a Movable Appendage by Rob Mazza

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 3

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 3

Dyer Dhow Dinghy

Dyer Dhow Dinghy

Design Contest: A Better Flood Rescue Boat

Design Contest: A Better Flood Rescue Boat

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lin & Larry Pardey

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lin & Larry Pardey

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade