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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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The storm trysail: A faithful and forgiving foul-weather friend, by Ed Zacko

The storm trysail: A faithful and forgiving foul-weather friend, by Ed Zacko

Lodestar Books; Don’t Miss Checking It Out!

Lodestar Books; Don’t Miss Checking It Out!

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Catspaw Dinghy, A Guest Blog by Ben Emory

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

Good Reads: Recommendations by Dick Wagner

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Surprise Me  Reload

Long Ends or Short? A Design Blog by Doug Hylan

Long Ends or Short? A Design Blog by Doug Hylan

MAIWAR Has Been Found by Tom Robinson

MAIWAR Has Been Found by Tom Robinson

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Eastport Nesting Pram

Eastport Nesting Pram

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

Basket Case: Restoring a Watch Hill 15 at D.N. Hylan’s

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

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

Morbic 12

Morbic 12

Camp-Cruising the Maine Coast in the Caledonia Yawl HOWDY

Camp-Cruising the Maine Coast in the Caledonia Yawl HOWDY

A Stitch-and-Glue Teardrop Trailer

A Stitch-and-Glue Teardrop Trailer

Building Before Sailing

Building Before Sailing