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A few years ago we discovered the precision and clarity by which digital videos illuminate the boating world. This revelation ultimately led to the creation of OffCenterHarbor.com with its mission of building a diverse collection of the best boat videos on the web. Enjoy...

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Refastening a Wooden Boat Hull with Eric Dow – Part 2: Eric takes us through a few more techniques for a different boat....
Tom Robinson: Rowing Across the Pacific Ocean in a Wooden Boat, a Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation: Tom Robinson is setting out to become the youngest person to row across the Pacific Ocean. He also happens to be doing i...
Model Making as a Boatbuilder’s Sketch – SJOGIN III: There are as many ways to mentally prepare for building a boat as there are boatbuilders. Steve Brookman's approach is o...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 20 – Floors, Sole, & Bilge: Eric walks us through the process of laying out and then beginning to build the interior of AROHA.   NOTE: Part 21...
How to Loft a Boat, Part 4 – Plotting and Drawing the Sheer Line: In Part 4 Sean plots and draws the sheer line from information in the table of offsets. THE NEXT VIDEO:  This is th...
A Few Thoughts on Getting a New Suit of Sails: When it comes to spending money on your boat, Robin Lincoln makes the case for getting new sails....
Tom Robinson’s Rowboat MAIWAR, A Close-Up Tour: Armed with Aussie ingenuity and determination - Tom Robinson is setting out to row across the South Pacific Ocean. If he...
Bridges Point 24 – A Joel White Design: The Bridges Point 24’ designed by Joel White is just about as perfect as a small daysailer can be....
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 19 – Coamings and Cabin House Sides & Top: Eric walks us through the making of the coamings, cabin house sides, and cabin house top, and how these complex shapes c...
How to Loft a Boat, Part 3 – The Grid, Masterlines and Lines: In Part 3 Sean takes us through how the grid works and drawing a boat from all angles using the grid....
The Beetle Cat Fleet, A Half Century at Center Harbor Yacht Club: Beetle Cats are magical, multi-generational boats that never lose their ability to charm kids into becoming lifelong sai...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 18 – Templating the Decks: A quick and easy walk through of template making for the fore, aft, and side decks.  ...
Refastening a Wooden Boat Hull with Eric Dow – Part 1: Refastening a wooden boat hull involves taking out the old screws that secure the planks to the frames, and then replaci...
2021 Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation – British Columbia and the Inside Passage with Tad Roberts, Bill Noon & Karen Sullivan: Get an insider's tour of the spectacular fishing and cruising grounds of Canada's west coast....
2021 Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation – Dinghy Cruising Adventures with Roger Barnes: Roger Barnes wrote the book on dinghy cruising, literally. He was kind enough to walk us through the highlight of his bo...
Tom Robinson’s Pacific Rowing Voyage: Thanks for letting us follow your journey, Tom. Check out the "Related Video" to the right with Wayne Roberts that is To...
Good Boat Up Close – Coquina, Part 1 – Rigging & Getting Under Way, with Maynard Bray: Coquinas are for the small boat connoisseur. Lovely, lively, and eminently tweakable. As the man says, there’s a lot o...
How to Build a Wooden Boat—AROHA, Part 17 – Deck Structure and Sub-Deck Prepping: In part 17, we learn how to build the structure that supports the deck of the boat....
Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation – Photographers’ Roundtable: Be a fly on the wall as five of the best classic boat photographers in the world share their work and swap stories....
Coming Soon — 2022 Worldwide Classic Boat Show: It's right around the corner: 2022 Worldwide Classic Boat Show Coming February 18-27  Online at ClassicBoatShow.com...
MARTHA, E.B. White’s Last Sailboat — In Good Hands (the Sallee Rover design by Samuel Crocker): The little sloop MARTHA has long been a favorite of Center Harbor watchers. Built by Joel White for his father, E.B. Whi...
How To Loft a Boat – Part 1 – Tools, Terminology & Overview: Sean Koomen, Chief Instructor at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWB), goes over part 1 of his Lofting Ma...
How to Loft a Boat, Part 2 — The Lofting Sequence: Sean Koomen, Chief Instructor at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWB), goes over the school's lofting seq...
Among Old Friends, Part 2 – Past, Present, and Almost: Another tour of Center Harbor spotlighting three of our favorite boats....
A Sail with Boatbuilder Kit Macchi Aboard Her Bud McIntosh Boat: Boat builder Kit Macchi brings her own special blend to her afternoon sails along the Eggemoggin Reach. At 24’ feet Ki...