Skip to content
Good Old Boat Logo, sailboat icon
  • Saildata
    • Boats
    • Designers
    • Builders
    • Sailmaker’s Series
    • Sail Calculator
  • Projects
    • Cushions & Upholstery
    • Electrical
    • Engine
    • Gear
    • Hull & Structure
    • Interior
    • Maintenance
    • Plumbing
    • Restoration
    • Rigging
    • Sails & Canvas
    • Technology
  • Sailing
    • Fabric Foils
    • Sailing Stories
    • Sailing Tips
    • Sailor Profile
  • Reviews
    • Boat Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • The Dogwatch
Main Menu
  • Saildata
    • Boats
    • Designers
    • Builders
    • Sailmaker’s Series
    • Sail Calculator
  • Projects
    • Cushions & Upholstery
    • Electrical
    • Engine
    • Gear
    • Hull & Structure
    • Interior
    • Maintenance
    • Plumbing
    • Restoration
    • Rigging
    • Sails & Canvas
    • Technology
  • Sailing
    • Fabric Foils
    • Sailing Stories
    • Sailing Tips
    • Sailor Profile
  • Reviews
    • Boat Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • The Dogwatch

Category List

  • Anchoring(27)
  • Boat Reviews(331)
  • Book Reviews(656)
  • BWI Award-Winning Articles(21)
  • Cushions & Upholstery(19)
  • Dogwatch(860)
  • Electrical(90)
  • Engine(73)
  • Gear(171)
  • Hull & Structure(127)
  • Interior(186)
  • Maintenance(164)
  • Monohull(298)
  • Multihull(8)
  • Plumbing(50)
  • Product Reviews(28)
  • Projects(1187)
  • Restoration(91)
  • Reviews(558)
  • Rigging(104)
  • Sailing(881)
  • Sailing Stories(618)
  • Sailing Tips(303)
  • Sailor Profile(71)
  • Sails & Canvas(77)
  • Technology(41)
  • Search Boats
  • Sail Calculator
  • Visit Sailrite

    BJ Armstrong

    Pictures of a man on a boat
    • Sailing
    • Sailing Stories

    The perfect holiday

    Two sailors with One Love experience a magic moment Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 The temperature hovered below 60, and that was in the sun. My wife cast off the bow lines as we pulled away from the slip fo...

    BJ Armstrong
    September 3, 2026
    Read More
    Picture from a daysailor
    • Sailing
    • Sailing Stories

    In defense of the daysail

    To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive . . . Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 Aviators call it an “out-and-in” or “the $100 hamburger.” It’s a day trip of only a couple hundred miles or maybe les...

    BJ Armstrong
    August 31, 2026
    Read More
    Illustration of a boat on a trailer
    • Sailing
    • Sailing Stories

    Call me Master

    A procrastinating boat sinner seeks forgiveness Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Forgive me, Mother, for I have sinned. Three years ago I described my 22-foot sloop, One Love, in the pages of this magazine (No...

    BJ Armstrong
    August 18, 2026
    Read More
    • Saildata
    • Sail Calculator
    • Designers
    • Builders
    Contact Us
    About Us
    Privacy Policy
    Terms of Use
    Visit Sailrite
    Sailrite Fabric Calculator
    Meet Our Customers

    Copyright © 2026 Goodoldboat, Inc