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A handy extra work surface stows in a jiffy Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 Our 34-foot Creekmore, Eurisko, has a fixed dinette that’s always in use. When we’re not eating at it, our sons do their schoolwork there, and it serves as additional counter space throughout the day. The newest hobby of my husband, Dave,...
A much admired designer steps aboard Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Please join me in welcoming Robert Perry as a regular contributor to our pages. Bob is no stranger to Good Old Boat. He’s been a regular reader, occasionally writing letters to the editor, and he was the author of a profile of Bill Garden...
Don’t bet your life on questionable lifelines Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 The following is an excerpt from the second edition of Don Casey’s This Old Boat, published in April of this year by International Marine. Most old boats have been delivered with lifelines rigged with coated wire. Coated wire is an astonishingly bad idea....
A personal checklist from a 7-year liveaboard Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 When my wife, Jan, and I decided we wanted to live aboard a sailboat and cruise the East Coast, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean for several years, we started reading all we could about the lifestyle, the kind of boat needed, the kind...
