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Safe returns to port with grace, not drama. Seamanship skills really do begin before you hit the water.

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Guest Author	A Rock And a Hard Place: Lessons Learned in Going Aground in HOI AN—a guest post by Bob Stephens: What follows was written by our friend Bob Stephens of the yacht design firm Stephens Waring of Belfast, ME. It’s...
Guest Author	Cruising Downeast Maine by Rowboat: In the summer of 2014, Wes and Willy Reddick took off in Downeast Maine in their Marblehead dory, MARGOLO, using only oa...
Steve Stone	Do You Have OCHD? (The Secret to Happiness, Part 1): Hi. My name is Steve, and I’m an addict… After 41 years of explaining away my behavior as a “love of sailing,�...
Guest Author	The storm trysail: A faithful and forgiving foul-weather friend, by Ed Zacko: This is an article from Good Old Boat (a magazine we like a lot), written by Ed Zacko. Good Old Boat and Ed have graciou...
Guest Author	Simplify Sail Changes — When Solo, Planning is the Key to Smooth Sailing by Karen Sullivan: This is an article from “Good Old Boat”, a magazine we like a lot, and it’s written by OCH Guide Karen...
Tom Cunliffe	Captain Bligh or Captain Pugwash?: Most of us would agree that boating is supposed to be fun and that we all want whoever comes along with us as crew to fe...

 

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