Reader Photos
Back by popular demand we bring you photos sent to us by our readers. Apparently no sailor can avoid being proud of the boat he owns and impressed by other boats he sees while out there sailing. Some of these are boats in action, some are at rest. All are boats well loved.
Catalina 30
This is our 1987 Catalina 30, Hull 4690. We bought her five years ago, and got the six-foot itch. We have received a deposit for the sale of our #4690 and hope to have sale of this boat completed in next ten days. The photo was taken last fall, on the background "fall colors on the west coast of Wisconsin" (Pepin County). Our six-foot itch should be cured by purchase of a tall rig Catalina 36. Hope to have our 1995 Catalina 36 on the water by end of May. Our new boat will be "imported" from Northern Michigan and will be our fourth Catalina. And this photo was taken by our friend on his cell phone! -- Peter Gutierrez
Beneateau First 305
I have been an avid reader of Good Old Boat Magazine since becoming a sailor four years ago and really appreciate the knowledge and stories shared through those pages. I don't see many pics from the Maritime Provinces, however, and thought that I'd send you a few from my stomping grounds in Dalhousie, NB on Chaleur Bay. Our boat is a 1986 Beneateau First 305 named Seaflower, and here she is anchored by the Inch Arran Point Range Front Lighthouse in Dalhousie, NB. -- Christy Arseneau.
Catalina 25
Almost a year after this photo was taken it's still the background wallpaper of my iPhone. Looking at it daily has gotten me through another long rainy Pacific Northwest winter.
Taken from our dinghy returning to our 1980 Catalina 25, Dragonfly, moored at Penrose Point State Park, Puget Sound summer 2011. We did a mini tour of the Puget Sound south of the Tacoma narrows for our 1st wedding anniversary (we keep her on the Sound in Des Moines, WA). While a Catalina 25 isn't the most comfortable place to spend a week aboard, it does the job and we love our little boat. Even a heavily mass-produced, but well-cared for good old starter boat can be a beautiful thing. -- Heidi & Daniel Seliger
Anthea
This was taken a few years ago at sunrise at Palmyra Atoll. Anthea had just sailed down from Hawaii and was anchored next to us.
I have been out cruising and recently returned to Hawaii. I picked up a Good Old Boat and noticed that the center photo spread was missing. Has that been discontinued? It was always my favorite section because photos told the story rather than words and it allows the imagination to run wild. -- Emmy Newbould, s/v Nataraja
Bristol 24
Though I'd pass on this shot of my 1976 Bristol 24 #655, ANAM CHARA, taken on an August afternoon in 2009 on the Vermont side of northern L. Champlain. That's my home-made A-4 plywood dinghy trying to catch up. Loyal reader -- Chris Crilly
Caliber 28
Just saw the plans for article upcoming in May for Caliber 28….. really look forward to it.
I purchased mine, Lollipop II, as a 1-year old used boat in 1988, and we have jointly aged and mellowed over the years. Love the boat, the great support from the Caliber folks, and the gracious comments from fellow boaters here in Hingham, MA. This picture was taken at Pickering Wharf, Salem, MA. We do short cruises up and down the coast. -- Nick Amdur
1965 Rhodes Reliant
I see a lot of "Good Old Boats" featured at anchor. I wanted to show one, our boat RI RA, a Rhodes Reliant built in 1965, under sail. The photo was taken by my neighbor, Ken Small, during the "Instead of Football Regatta", a New Year's Day tradition here in Oriental, NC., the "Sailing Capital of NC." The event isn't really a race - no handicaps etc., just a bunch of boats sailing (what's that about two boats "meeting"?) - around Government marks off of Oriental, NC., on the ICW/Neuse River. The weather was perfect this year and we had 60+ boats on the water - trust me. Oh, we actually ran out of course/leg before we could get one more sail up, a spinnaker staysail. -- Gerry Crowley
CS 27
I single hand Waterstop, an old CS 27 out of Bayfield, Ont. I just returned to sailing after about a 30 year absence, and I just had my 66th birthday. I'm a retired marathon runner and I can't run as many miles as I used to, so I took up sailing again.
This photo was taken with an iPhone on my first cruise last summer to the North Channel. Anchored at Eagle Island just west of Little Current. I live in London and sail out of Bayfield on the east coast of lake Huron south of Goderich. Keeping busy right now planning this summer's cruise towards Mackinaw Island. Smooth sailing. -- Mike Bacigalupo
Sea Sprite 23
I've attached a picture of my Good Old Boat, a 1974 Sea Sprite 23 (with her Good Old Dinghy, a Dyer Dhow 9). She was built by Wickford Shipyard and is hull # 537. I bought her in 2009 and christened her FIREFLY because a firefly to me, is the essence of being a kid in the summer (and they are really hard to catch too!). She needed some TLC; I've done a major refit over the last 3 years including all rigging, hardware, pulpits, lifelines, deck-hull joint, lazarette deck rebuild, toerails, sails and more.
In this picture she is lying quietly to a friend's mooring in Newport Harbor's Brenton Cove. I normally sail her (SAIL is the key word, NO engine!) out of the Sakonnet River; she sails beautifully. -- Dejan Radeka
Columbia Payne 9.6
Attached is a picture of Distant Horizon, my 1977 Columbia Payne 9.6. The photo was taken while at anchor in South Bay of Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River's 1000 Islands region. It doesn't look like it, but it was blowing a light gale (35 Kts). Carleton Island is the first US island from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River at Lake Ontario. I stayed at this well protected location for two days.
This summer I'll sail Distant Horizon to Bermuda. -- Kevin Matkoski
Tartan 30
I am sending along a jpeg of my Good Old Tartan 30, Avanti II, hull #245, built in 1974. Karole Doucette took this picture as we rounded the weather mark in the Deep Cove Regatta in September 2011 and prepared for a bear-away set. While we missed a podium finish in the regatta, the crew and I had a marvelous time.
I used to have trouble getting crew and often complained about this to anyone who would listen. About 2 years ago, I made my complaint to my Chiropractors' receptionist and she replied, dead pan, how many crew did I need???? Thanks to Cait, I now have over 25 names on my crew list, and, like all networks, it continues to grow. Because the crew are all young professionals with many other interests and activities, I still seldom get a full compliment. Two weeks ago, in Avanti's winds, we did get a bullet with only three on board! It was a short windward/leeward race of about 2 miles, so my competition could not correct over me.
I am in the "foxhole". I stand in the companion way (that is me in the tan hat and grey T-shirt), where I manage the Spinnaker controls, fore-guy, spinnaker halyard and pole topping lift. Otherwise, I contribute to tactics and stay out of the way. -- Russ Curtis
Gaff-rigged cutter
I saw your note in GOB #74 and wanted to share some photos of my dog, Boots. Recently she and I took a 4 month voyage from Maine to North Carolina from Nov to April. She was a great crew on my old wooden gaff-rigged cutter. As you can see she faithfully stood her watch and reminded me when it was mine. Thanks and have a great sail. -- Stott Carleton
Gulf 32 Pilothouse
This is our sailboat, a 1988 Gulf 32 Pilothouse, last July down in Twin Islands on beautiful Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario. True wilderness sailing! Hope you feature the Gulf 32 in one of your upcoming issues. She's a great boat for our Northern climate. In two years we'll be transporting her to Thunder Bay and sailing her on Lake Superior. Hope we see Jerry and Karen in our travels! -- Gary & Jennifer McKibbon
Cape Dory 27
The photo is by Tami Boudreau showing Catalina 27 skippers Jim Hildinger and Erik Vindum checking the arrival of Steve Madsen in his Cape Dory 27 at the dock at Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe. Lunch will be aboard Jim's dinette model C27 Cadenza on this 3rd day of March, 2012. -- Jim & Gloria Hildinger
Martin 29T
Hi, this is Ignitor, a 1974 Martin 29T in Lake Union, Seattle. I am only the second owner of Ignitor, Mel Marshal brought her down from Canada in the mid 70's. She is not pretty like the other boats featured in Good Old Boat but has her share of glass. The best part of Lake Union is Duck Dodge - on Tuesday nights in the summer. (www.duckdodge.org) We are a member of the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club. (www.styc.org) -- Captain Ron Ernst (retired Navy capt and Coast Guard 50 ton)
Pacific Seacraft Dana 24
This is a recent view from Los Lobos anchorage a few miles north of La Paz, Mexico, where sunsets on steroids are common. A tiny green flash was glimpsed just as the sun set, which is very unusual over a land horizon. We're getting ready to cross the Pacific in our Pacific Seacraft Dana 24, Sockdolager, sailing to Tahiti Nui (formerly French Polynesia) and onward. By mid-March we should be well offshore. Our blog's at: http://karenandjimsexcellentadventure.blogspot.com/ -- Karen Sullivan
Catalina 27
This is a great picture of a truly great Good Old Boat! The wind was blowing 18+ knots and Kaare & I furled 'er up before we entered the Sturgeon Bay ship canal, where the shoreline shapes team up with the wind to produce a heavy Venturi effect going down the channel to SEA-130's berth downtown. The boat's name comes from my piloting USAF Lockheed C-130A Assault Transports for many, many, many years. -- Jim Huhta, Sr., Lt. Colonel USAF (Ret.)
Balboa 26
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Ahoy, Please enjoy the photo "Lyle Hess Sisters". In front is my Lyle Hess designed 1976 Balboa 26, Easter Tide followed by my friend Larry in his 1978 Nor'Sea 27, Valentine. We do alot of high altitude mountian sailing together @ 7000 feet on Ridgway Reservoir in Colorado. Easter Tide is the Charter and Sailing School Vessel for Barnacle Bob's Sailing Adventures which I own and operate from the marina at Ridgway State Park. If you are ever in Colorado and feel like some mountian sailing don't hesitate to contact me. Fair Winds, -- Captain Bob Harnish
We have a page of photos sent to us prior to the above, but had to start a second page and a third page and a fourth page. You guys are really prolific photographers, and you looooove your boats.
