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Educating Stella — A Father’s Wish for His Daughter

Educating Stella — A Father’s Wish for His Daughter

My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss

My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss

The Straight Truth About OCH (from our Members)

The Straight Truth About OCH (from our Members)

Good Reads, Recommendations by Steve Stone

Good Reads, Recommendations by Steve Stone

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brian Larkin

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brian Larkin

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

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

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

Willie Nelson, Walt Wilkins, and OCH

Willie Nelson, Walt Wilkins, and OCH

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Toss

Good Reads: Recommendations by Brion Toss

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

Barefoot August

Barefoot August

Surprise Me  Reload

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 6: The Circumnavigation

Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 6: The Circumnavigation

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

The Influence of a Place and Many People

The Influence of a Place and Many People

Boatbuilding: Instruction in the Art of Life—A Guest Blog by Lawrence W. Cheek

Boatbuilding: Instruction in the Art of Life—A Guest Blog by Lawrence W. Cheek

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 11

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 11

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

Good Reads, Recommendations by Steve Stone

Good Reads, Recommendations by Steve Stone

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 2, The Village of Île-à-Vache

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 2, The Village of Île-à-Vache

Installing a Teak Boat Deck on the 47′ Sloop Lark

Installing a Teak Boat Deck on the 47′ Sloop Lark

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 2

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 2