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Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

Building a Chesapeake Log Canoe by John Cook

My Favorite Dinghy – The Nutshell Pram, by Harry Bryan

My Favorite Dinghy – The Nutshell Pram, by Harry Bryan

Building a Quarter-sized Skiff; A Post by OCH Guide Harry Bryan

Building a Quarter-sized Skiff; A Post by OCH Guide Harry Bryan

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee

DIY Vise Block; A Useful Gizmo For Clamping

DIY Vise Block; A Useful Gizmo For Clamping

Mixing and Using Shellac and Bedding Compound

Mixing and Using Shellac and Bedding Compound

My Thoughts on Power Tools

My Thoughts on Power Tools

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 Harry Bryan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Harry Bryan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Walt Ansel

Good Reads: Recommendations by Walt Ansel

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

Good Reads: Recommendations by Karen Sullivan

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Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Scrollwork and How to Carve It

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me by Jane Ahlfeld

Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me by Jane Ahlfeld

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Miscellaneous Elements, by Maynard Bray

Elegant Details on Wooden Boats – Miscellaneous Elements, by Maynard Bray

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

My Favorite Dinghy – Fatty Knees, by Lin Pardey

MAIWAR Has Been Found by Tom Robinson

MAIWAR Has Been Found by Tom Robinson

Gannon and Benjamin 10′ Tender

Gannon and Benjamin 10′ Tender

Fatty Knees Dinghy

Fatty Knees Dinghy

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

The Buzzards Bay 25: An Evolution, of Sorts

The Buzzards Bay 25: An Evolution, of Sorts

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 1

Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 1

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