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Guide Posts are written articles with accompanying still photos and/or video clips, usually written by our team of expert Guides and Founders, who each have many decades of experience.

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The Influence of the Outward Bound School

The Influence of the Outward Bound School

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard

Restoring an Old Iceboat

Restoring an Old Iceboat

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

The Inside Passage

The Inside Passage

All At Sea

All At Sea

How to Make a Dyneema Loop, by Claas van der Linde

How to Make a Dyneema Loop, by Claas van der Linde

James Wakefield Rescue Row on Lake Champlain

James Wakefield Rescue Row on Lake Champlain

A Stitch-and-Glue Teardrop Trailer

A Stitch-and-Glue Teardrop Trailer