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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 Once and Future Boat Bow, by Rob Mazza

The Once and Future Boat Bow, by Rob Mazza

How Sailboat Rudders Evolved: Current Designs Arrived Via Varied Routes, by Rob Mazza

How Sailboat Rudders Evolved: Current Designs Arrived Via Varied Routes, by Rob Mazza

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

My Favorite Sailing Rigs and Why, by Iain Oughtred

My Favorite Sailing Rigs and Why, by Iain Oughtred

Three Good Books You Should Consider

Three Good Books You Should Consider

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Good Reads: Recommendations by Gubby Williams

Good Reads: Recommendations by Gubby Williams

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Good reads, recommendations by Eric Blake

Good reads, recommendations by Eric Blake

Good Reads: Recommendations by Doug Hylan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Doug Hylan

Hybrid Propulsion for the 48′ Cutter LUCAYO; How Does it Compare to a Diesel Auxiliary?

Hybrid Propulsion for the 48′ Cutter LUCAYO; How Does it Compare to a Diesel Auxiliary?

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Surprise Me  Reload

Delivering a Leaker in the “Tin Pump” Era; A Tale From a 1927 Motorboat magazine.

Delivering a Leaker in the “Tin Pump” Era; A Tale From a 1927 Motorboat magazine.

The Houseboat Design Contest

The Houseboat Design Contest

The Soul Behind Our Videos

The Soul Behind Our Videos

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Ben Mendlowitz

Newbert & Wallace of Thomaston, Maine, Part 2

Newbert & Wallace of Thomaston, Maine, Part 2

Learning from Experience: Seasickness – My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

Learning from Experience: Seasickness – My Biggest Disaster and What It Taught Me

A Simple Electrical System for the Herreshoff S-class Sloop Mischief

A Simple Electrical System for the Herreshoff S-class Sloop Mischief

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 6 – 12/1/12

Walkabout at Brooklin Boat Yard, Part 6 – 12/1/12

Roaming in ROAMER

Roaming in ROAMER

The Concordia Yawl Story; Another View by Llewellyn Howland III

The Concordia Yawl Story; Another View by Llewellyn Howland III