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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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Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

My Favorite OCH Videos (and Why), by Co-Founder Eric Blake

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower

My Winter Boatbuilding Projects

My Winter Boatbuilding Projects

NO ORDINARY BEING: Lewellyn Howland talks about his biography of W. Starling Burgess

NO ORDINARY BEING: Lewellyn Howland talks about his biography of W. Starling Burgess

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

“Sailing Una” – By Leney Breeden

Joel White on Ordering Wood for Plank-on-Frame Boats

Joel White on Ordering Wood for Plank-on-Frame Boats

A Busy Day at the Victoria Classic Boat Festival

A Busy Day at the Victoria Classic Boat Festival

Sportyak 213 Dinghy

Sportyak 213 Dinghy

That Boy Jack Sure Loves to Race

That Boy Jack Sure Loves to Race