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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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Traditional Rigging, Part 13-Seizing a Thimble & Block with Seine Twine: Myles seizes a thimble and a block into synthetic three strand with seine twine....
Traditional Rigging, Part 12–Synthetic Three Strand Eye Splice: Myles shows how to make an eye with synthetic three strand rope....
STARLIGHT – The Profound Effect A Boat Can Have: Every once in a while a boat arrives in a harbor and everyone ashore stops, turns, and stares.  That’s a hard...
How to Build a Wooden Boat – AROHA, Part 25: Trim Details: Eric talks through trim details and how trim can accentuates the lines of Aroha. NOTE ON THE SERIES: With the trim and f...
Synthetic Rigging the Rhodes 27 VARYA – A Brion Toss Legacy Project: Jen Bates was one of the lucky few who got to study rigging working side by side with Brion Toss....
EL MISTICO – A Ballard Bridge Deck Cruiser in Puget Sound: EL MISTICO, a live aboard cruiser built on the West Coast in 1927, is eloquent proof of the old adage that good boats fa...
Tom Robinson’s Presentation at the 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show: At the 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show, we were able to connect with Tom in a live video feed after his first leg voyag...
TACONY – A Matsumoto Crabber: A charming wooden cruiser in the right place and in the right hands is the story here. And it’s a wonderful tale, all...
CLEAN BAY – A Zero Emissions Pump Out Boat: The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding keeps on surprising us and this handsome little eco-friendly pump-out boat i...
Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation–Building Kids Through Building Boats: Seven amazing teachers from Europe and North & South America tell us about there boat building programs where kids a...
How to Build a Wooden Boat–AROHA, Part 24–Interior Joinery: Eric walks us through the lightweight construction of the interior furniture....
EvenRuder Outboard Motor – Stepping it Up: A new spin on outboard motors … so to speak....
In the Engine Room, The Gardner Diesel Engine Aboard OLGA: The Gardner diesel engine was, and still is, renowned as a dependable workhorse. It turns out it’s a pleasure to b...
MORNING STAR (45′ Tellefsen Ketch) – Venus at Work: “MORNING STAR,” a 50-foot double-ended Scandinavian ketch, is a boat of a lifetime: handsome, capable, easily handle...
Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation, Raids Around the World: The Worldwide Classic Boat Show brings raid organizers from 5 countries across 3 continents and 2 hemispheres that opene...
Ama Natura – Decarbonizing the Inside Passage: The Inside Passage to Alaska is one of the most beautiful waterways in the world. In this video you will meet a couple d...
The McKenzie Drift Boat Class, Fretwater Boatworks at Lowell’s Boat Shop: Drift boats, custom designed and built to handle the nation’s most challenging white water rivers, are a stunning exam...
ALEUTIAN TERN – A Bill Garden Alaskan Cruiser: I’m thinking if we had a vote around the OCH office to determine our favorite boat, Aleutian Tern would be among the t...
The Schooner ALCA i – Living the Retirement Dream: A pilot house schooner fulfills one man’s dream by serving as a retirement home in the Pacific Northwest....
Townsend Tern – The Ingenious Cat-Ketch Coastal Cruiser: The Townsend Tern is a handy little ketch you can trailer to your favorite waters and go off-grid for many weeks at a ti...
Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation – Classic Workboats of Indochina: From Vietnam to Cambodia and Laos; boats, boats, boats, brightly painted, doing a variety of jobs on rivers and the sea....
Tom Robinson’s Solo Row Across the Pacific, Part 8 – A Satellite Phone Call: We talk to Tom in the middle of the Pacific Ocean* and his adventure is already inspiring and a bit of a cliff hanger. *...
The Coastal Pocket Cruiser JEWELL by Francois Vivier: The little yawl UMAMI is a twenty-foot bundle of practical charm. For quick hops and snug overnights along coastlines, s...
Worldwide Classic Boat Show Presentation – Electric Propulsion & Solar Cruising: The future is now – three pros talk about the actualities of cruising with the power of the sun....
A Solar-Electric Catamaran, The Ultimate Low Maintenance Cruiser – ELECTRIC PHILOSOPHY: An up-close tour of a 100% solar powered electric houseboat that will get you thinking....