Guide Posts Email these Posts to a Friend

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.

12 posts per page 24 posts per page 36 posts per page all posts

By date: newest first By date: oldest first A-Z Z-A

“Anchoring When Solo – The Head-to-Wind Drop Under Sail or Power”

“Anchoring When Solo – The Head-to-Wind Drop Under Sail or Power”

The Once and Future Boat Bow, by Rob Mazza

The Once and Future Boat Bow, by Rob Mazza

Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure

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

Simplify Sail Changes — When Solo, Planning is the Key to Smooth Sailing by Karen Sullivan

Simplify Sail Changes — When Solo, Planning is the Key to Smooth Sailing by Karen Sullivan

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.

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

Manny Palomo and his Dad Build a Boat

FLYING FISH Goes to Sea—a Guest Post by Jack Bassett and Carolyn Shubert

FLYING FISH Goes to Sea—a Guest Post by Jack Bassett and Carolyn Shubert

All At Sea

All At Sea

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Small Boat, Large Experience – by Karen Larson

Surprise Me  Reload

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 5

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 5

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

Bob Douglas

Bob Douglas

Good Reads: Recommendations by Kaci Cronkhite

Good Reads: Recommendations by Kaci Cronkhite

Starship to Oceania by Steve Callahan

Starship to Oceania by Steve Callahan

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

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

Good Reads: Recommendations by Jane Ahlfeld

Good Reads: Recommendations by Jane Ahlfeld

Help Support the Film “VANISHING SAIL”

Help Support the Film “VANISHING SAIL”

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

Good Reads: Recommendations by Bill Thomas

Good Reads: Recommendations by Bill Thomas