The Magic Mushroom (Anchor)
The anchoring issue of Good Old Boat (May/June 2021) was full of great tips. In it, technical...
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Author: Allen Penticoff
Book Review: The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float
This classic nautical book is aimed squarely at Good Old Boat readers, despite being written...
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Book Review: My Old Man and the Sea
During these COVID-19 days of isolation, this 17,000-mile voyage by a father and son on a 25-foot...
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Book Review: Heart of Glass
This book, aptly subtitled, “Fiberglass Boats and the Men Who Made Them,” is the bible of the...
Read MoreBook Review: The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told
As the title makes clear, this is a book of 27 unforgettable stories. Having just read this book, I realize I’ve already forgotten most of them. Then again, my rusty old brain does not remember things all that well… now where...
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Book Review: Spirit of a Dream
What do you do when you’ve prepared for a single-handed around-the-world sailboat competition,...
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Easy Charting
I sail a MacGregor 26D. It does not have a chart table. We don’t even carry much in the way...
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A Taste of Sail, One Sailor at a Time
Editor’s note: A Taste of Sail! I love this concept and I know it’s practiced at clubs all over....
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