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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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Understanding Wooden Boat Construction, Part 3 – Planking: In the third part of our series on wooden boat construction, Sean illustrates carvel, lapstrake, and cold-molded methods...
Sail & Oar Camp Cruising, Part 1 – Dreaming & Planning: Making a camp cruise fun and safe takes careful forethought. Here are the elements that went into a late summer trip alo...
Mastering Epoxy with Russell Brown, Part 11 – Rolling & Tipping an Interior Gloss Coat: No one is better than Russell Brown at handling epoxy effectively. In parts 10 and 11 we see how he applies a glossy coa...
TUNA, a Retired New Zealand Pilot/Tugboat: A salty little work boat with an appealing history and an equally salty owner. New Zealand at its best....
Fiberglassing an Old Wooden Boat – A New Life for CHARLENA: When it came to the lobster boat CHARLENA’s situation, it was either the burn pile or reviving her with fiberglass and...
SQUALLY COVE – The Wooden Boat Shop’s Shearwater 38: Shearwater 38s are handsome, speedy, and sea-kindly powerboats with soup-to-nuts gizmos galore....
Boathouse Concert – Walt & Tina Wilkins Live – Austin, Texas: We feel pretty damn lucky to have Walt and Tina Wilkins do a private house concert for Off Center Harbor. Enjoy the full...
Understanding Wooden Boat Construction, Part 2 – Hull Structure: In Part 2 we see how the basic components of a wooden boat (bilge stringers, clamp, shelf, frames & planking) go tog...
A Tour Aboard KATIE, Harry Bryan’s 20′ Gaff Sloop: Very few boats, big or small, are better thought out in terms of details or lovelier to the eye than Harry Bryan’s 20-...
Mastering Epoxy with Russell Brown, Part 10 – Rolling & Tipping an Exterior Gloss Coat: No one is better than Russell Brown at handling epoxy effectively. In parts 10 and 11 see how he applies a glossy coat t...
Gypsy Wagons: A Tour with Master Wainwright Jim Tolpin: Gypsy wagons are an exciting melange of ancient Romani dynamism and aesthetics, and wainwright Jim Tolpin is a modern ma...
Understanding Wooden Boat Construction, Part 1 – The Backbone: This clear and authoritative visual depiction of a wooden boat’s backbone structure will raise your understanding of h...
The Toy Dory Jig, with Harry Bryan: Ingenuity in action. Watch how Harry Bryan sets up a system of jigs to produce multiple toy boats...the very toy boats h...
Mastering Epoxy with Russell Brown, Part 9 – Fairing: When it comes to handling epoxy properly, techniques for fairing out the job are critical and Russell Brown is the man t...
Every Design, Now Online – MIT’s Herreshoff Legacy Project: The MIT Herreshoff exhibit of models and drawings helps us understand the vast and engaging output of Nathanael Herresho...
The Beloved Bartender – A Proven Seaworthy Design for Exploring the Pacific Northwest: Bartenders are legendary boats of the Oregon coast designed and built to take on the challenges of the Columbia River ba...
Life at the Water’s Edge, Part 1 – Maine’s Intertidal Zone in Winter: The intertidal zone along the Maine coast is a particularly harsh environment, especially in winter. See what fauna and...
The Gaff-Rigged Sloop SKORRI, Paul Gartside Design No. 165: Take a sail on a nifty Paul Gartside 16' gaff-rigger built by an experienced amateur....
L. Francis Herreshoff – The Man Behind the Designs: In the realm of classic boats, the designs and writings of L. Francis Herreshoff make him a crucial, if not seminal figu...
The Dream Boat WHIO, a Gas-Sipping New Zealand Camp Cruiser: When WHIO hove into view across our camera lenses, the entire OCH crew found a new boat to fall in love with. As easy on...
CHAMPAGNE – A Float Plan for Life: With degrees in engineering and naval architecture from the U.S. Naval Academy and MIT, plus a 21-year career in the U.S...
Hand-Powered Drill Presses and a Fly Cutter, with Harry Bryan: Harry walks us through some beautiful tools and knee-slapping ingenuity... as he is in the habit of doing....
Harry Bryan – Sharpening Drill Bits: Beware if a teenager asks to borrow your car and then you find them sharpening drill bits....
We Believe – Platte Canyon High School & the Seventy48: Bailey, Colorado would seem like an unlikely place for boat building or water sports, never mind a yacht club. But that...
The Grasshopper Experiment, Russell Brown’s Fuel Efficient Motor Boats: And now for something completely different: In his search for efficiency on the water, Russell Brown puts legs on a pair...