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Your ticket to ride on the most legendary boats. Over the years we have become intimate with some of the great boats in the world. Not only will we share the history and design of these sweet classics, we will put you aboard legendary boats for an afternoon’s adventure you won’t soon forget.

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Doug Hylan	GRAYLING to Newfoundland, by Doug Hylan: Sometime during a sleepless February night, I started thinking about a boat trip to Newfoundland. In the past couple of...
Steve Stone	Dreaming of a Herreshoff Golden Ball, with Wayne Roberts: Wayne Roberts built a 38-foot Herreshoff Leeboard Ketch in New Zealand in the 1980’s, and then sailed that boat fo...
Bill Mayher	The Buzzards Bay 25: An Evolution, of Sorts: Written by Bill Mayher with photographs by Benjamin Mendlowitz My on-again, off-again romance with the Buzzards Bay 25 c...
Karen Sullivan	Turning the Page – Karen and Jim’s Excellent Adventure: OCH Guide Karen Sullivan and her husband Jim Heumann have made incredible voyages aboard their Pacific Seacraft Dana 24,...
Guest Author	Restoring SPARKLE: NOTE: Originally published as an article in Classic Boat magazine in March 2011, we’re happy to share the writing...
Ginny Jones	173-Year-Old Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Comes to Vineyard Haven: Any time one of Mystic Seaport Museum’s major vessels is moved there is considerable angst in the administration and t...

 

Related Videos

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The Six Metre SAGA, A Beautiful Ride: All you need to know about the construction of a vintage Six Metre....
Aboard a Legendary Boat – BURMA, a 1950 Davis-Hand Motorsailer: When BURMA came to town she came as an old friend. She’s gathered many friends and admirers since 1950 all along t...
SILENT MAID – A Barnegat Bay B-Cat That’s Not Your Grandmother’s Catboat: When it comes to catboats, SILENT MAID, the Barnegat Bay B-Cat proves that all boats are not the same....
Restoring Mink, a 1914 Buzzards Bay 25, Part 4 – A New Set of Old Style Sails: In our final visit aboard MINK, we learn about the new suit of old-style sails made for the 1914 Buzzards Bay 25. Sailma...
Aboard a Legendary Boat, K. Aage Nielsen’s HOLGER DANSKE: We climb aboard designer K. Aage Nielsen’s HOLGER DANSKE (his favorite boat) with owners Joy Phillips and Philip M...
Restoring Mink, a 1914 Buzzards Bay 25: Part 3 – Putting Exact Period Details in Place: We visit with MINK’s owner and chief researcher to learn about how they put exact period details in place on the 1...
Restoring MINK, a 1914 Buzzards Bay 25, Part 1 – An Uncommon Approach: Over the last century, the Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25 has lived a storied history indeed.  Now, one of the five boats t...
Restoring MINK, a 1914 Buzzards Bay 25, Part 2 – Mink’s Owner and Chief Researcher Weigh In: MINK’s owner and her chief researcher weigh in on the renovation aimed at putting the 1914 Buzzards Bay 25 back ex...
The Schooner MARTHA – Making Something Beautiful Happen: Built in San Francisco in 1907-1908, the 68′ B.B. Crowninshield schooner MARTHA remains a graceful and powerful pr...
Following a Course, A Centennial Tour of GRAYLING: GRAYLING was built 100 years ago as an elegant fishing boat.  When she was restored into a family cruising boat in the...
TEAL – A Northwest Fisheries Patrol Vessel’s New Lease on Life: Welcome aboard M/V TEAL, a 78-foot Northwest fisheries patrol vessel built in 1927, and meet her owner, a courageous, ad...
Bringing Boats to Life — The Epic Launch of ADVENTURESS at Rockport Marine: Surely one of the greatest yacht restorations in recent history was the rebuild of the Fife schooner ADVENTURESS by Rock...
Aboard a Classic Alden Motorsailer – TRADE WIND: The 1938 Alden Motorsailer TRADE WIND, rebuilt by Rockport Marine in 2011, is a stunning example of the shipwright’...
Aboard a Legendary Boat, Herreshoff NY-30 ALERA: Because her restoration is so historically precise, when you step aboard the New York Thirty Class ALERA in our video, y...
Aboard the Legendary Commuter Yacht APHRODITE: Like the Goddess of Love, Beauty and Pleasure she was named for, the iconic 74′ commuter yacht APHRODITE, built in...
Aboard a Legendary Boat, Malabar II: Of all John Alden’s legendary Malabar designs, MALABAR II is our favorite. We caught up with her owners and took a sai...

 

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The Off Center Crew	JOLIE BRISE – The Boat That Changed Tom Cunliffe’s Life: It takes quite a boat to change any person’s life, but for a life-long sea-going mariner like Tom Cunliffe it woul...
The Off Center Crew	Pilot Cutters — The Boats that Built Britain, Part 1: For a quick get-up-to-speed on pilot cutters, settle in for this short BBC-produced film hosted by our friend and OCH Gu...
Bill Mayher	Four Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928 – Captain Irving: Irving Johnson’s video record of the four masted bark PEKING sailing around Cape Horn is perhaps the greatest maritime...
Steve Stone	Roger Barnes: Wild Camping in a Cruising Dinghy Aboard Avel Dro: If you’re a devotee of the Church of Wilderness and Simplicity, here’s a wonderful gospel video with Roger B...
Nate Rooks	3000 Years Under the Sea: Featuring beautiful 16mm color film and narration from cameraman Stan Waterman, 3000 Years Under the Sea tells the story...
Dustin Urban	Sailing the HMB ENDEAVOUR: A fixture of the biannual Australian Wooden Boat Festival is the HMB ENDEAVOUR, a full-size replica of the British Royal...
Ben Mendlowitz	Fun on Foils: Seeing these boats fly around San Francisco Bay is like watching something straight out of a science fiction movie. At ...
Bill Mayher	5 J-Boats Race at St. Barth’s Bucket: Here’s some footage of J Boats sailing at this year’s St. Barth’s Bucket.  Makes a nice counterpoint...
Ben Mendlowitz	LYNX – “America’s Privateer”: Here’s a nice piece on LYNX, a 76-foot topsail schooner designed by Melbourne Smith, built by our friends at Rockp...
Maynard Bray	Dorade: Training to Win at Les Voiles de St. Barth: Here’s a good video about a great boat....