Author: The Editors

CAN OVERBOARD! The American Sailing Association (ASA) published an informative and interesting piece on their site that addresses this scenario: “You crack open a cold one after a long day of sailing. Your buddy Jim finishes his...

CARIBBEAN EXPLOSION I wonder if any sailor readers in the Caribbean saw this on June 22: earthsky.org –Gregg Bruff, Good Old Boat contributor and reader Thanks Gregg. We didn’t see this but found reading about it fascinating....

  Dogwatch (n): For sailors, either of the 2-hour watch periods between 1600 and 2000;For journalists, the period after going to press when staff stand by in case breaking news warrants a late edition.Volume 2, No.8 The...

PULSATION SOLUTION? Thanks for “The Empirical Battery Test” article (The Dogwatch, May 2019) and for the editor’s notes that followed it. I want to add that there is a solution to desulfating batteries, and to...

By Michael Robertson TOO MUCH WATER Heard about all the high-water flooding affecting the Heartland? Reader Robert Mackay sails out of the Highland Yacht Club in Toronto, Ontario, where they’ve got plenty of water too....

Dogwatch (n): For sailors, either of the 2-hour watch periods between 1600 and 2000; For journalists, the period after going to press when staff stand by in case breaking news warrants a late edition. Volume 2, No.7 The...

By Michael Robertson Sleepy Women Sailors?  Oh boy. This one is not going to be easy to tackle and dissect. First, we have the utmost respect for the American Sailing Association (ASA). They’ve been around since 1983 and more...

APRIL’S POEM OF THE MONTH Me thinks he watched too much Popeye as a child… I could imagine Olive sitting next to him on the beach! –Daryl Clark Great poem. –Joe Taylor, New Orleans, Louisiana NAME THE BIG-PHARMA BOAT Last month,...

Dogwatch (n): For sailors, either of the 2-hour watch periods between 1600 and 2000; For journalists, the period after going to press when staff stand by in case breaking news warrants a late edition. Volume 2, No.6 Photos by...