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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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Get Ready – The 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show is coming! (Feb 17-26)

Get Ready – The 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show is coming! (Feb 17-26)

Why This Skiff?

Why This Skiff?

Fine Boat Designs – DIVERSION & WUNDERBAR (by Kenneth Smith & Philip Rhodes)

Fine Boat Designs – DIVERSION & WUNDERBAR (by Kenneth Smith & Philip Rhodes)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

Reframing the 1934 Sloop PORPOISE

Reframing the 1934 Sloop PORPOISE

What About CONSUELO? by Maynard Bray & N.G. Herreshoff

What About CONSUELO? by Maynard Bray & N.G. Herreshoff

Dreaming of a Houseboat and a Simple Life

Dreaming of a Houseboat and a Simple Life

Restoring the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

Restoring the Herreshoff S-boat Mischief

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

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

Antique Ingenuity; The Shaw & Tenney Oar Lathe

Antique Ingenuity; The Shaw & Tenney Oar Lathe