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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

The Concordia Yawl Story; Another View by Llewellyn Howland III

The Concordia Yawl Story; Another View by Llewellyn Howland III

NO ORDINARY BEING: Lewellyn Howland talks about his biography of W. Starling Burgess

NO ORDINARY BEING: Lewellyn Howland talks about his biography of W. Starling Burgess

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Good Reads: Recommendations by Iain Oughtred

Good Reads: Recommendations by Bill Thomas

Good Reads: Recommendations by Bill Thomas

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

Westward Ho! Port Townsend and Beyond

The Who’s Who that Inspired Me to Boats

The Who’s Who that Inspired Me to Boats

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Surprise Me  Reload

Tapering Molded Sheerstrake Endings, Step-By-Step

Tapering Molded Sheerstrake Endings, Step-By-Step

CELESTE’s Arctic Voyage: Traversing the Bering Sea, Sailing to the Top of America and the Rough Autumn Passages in the Alaskan Arctic

CELESTE’s Arctic Voyage: Traversing the Bering Sea, Sailing to the Top of America and the Rough Autumn Passages in the Alaskan Arctic

Penobscot 13

Penobscot 13

An Excerpt from ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion,’ by Roger Barnes

An Excerpt from ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion,’ by Roger Barnes

OCH Looks Different! – Website 2.0 Release

OCH Looks Different! – Website 2.0 Release

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 10 — Windshield, Trunk Cabin & Side Deck

BONNY BRIDE Progress — Restoring a Wooden Lobster Boat, Part 10 — Windshield, Trunk Cabin & Side Deck

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

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

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Good Reads: Recommendations by Lance Lee

Tricks of the Trade; Becoming a Cool Boat Dad

Tricks of the Trade; Becoming a Cool Boat Dad

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 1, The Voyage, by Nat Benjamin

“Passage to Haiti” – Part 1, The Voyage, by Nat Benjamin