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    James Baldwin

    Make your mark, take a deep breath, and begin cutting, at left. The quarter berth at the beginning of the project, below.
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    Converting the quarter berth

    A new cockpit locker provides stowage galore Issue 59 : Mar/Apr 2008 Have you ever seen a sailboat with too much cockpit locker stowage space? Neither have I. Unfortunately, the reverse is more typica...

    James Baldwin
    August 7, 2026
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    James Baldwin trims his sails to fair winds on a passage from the Virgin Islands to Georgia.
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    Changes in course

    A circumnavigator adjusts to life’s shifting winds Issue 72 : May/Jun 2010 Last spring, a friend of ours sailed from our adopted homeport of Brunswick, Georgia, on the first leg of a planned circumnav...

    James Baldwin
    July 20, 2026
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    James Baldwin, above, wrote Across Islands and Oceans, at left, about his 1984-86 circumnavigation in his 1966 Pearson Triton, Atom.
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    Across Islands and Oceans

    A journey alone around the world by sail and by foot Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 Good Old Boat is proud to announce our 15th audiobook, this one by James Baldwin about the wonderful and rather unusual two...

    James Baldwin
    June 4, 2026
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    Mounting the Outboard Inboard, Part 1

    The case for a well that encloses the tilted-up motor Issue 122: Sept/Oct 2018 Sailboat auxiliary engines, inboard and outboard, have their strong points and weak points, friends and foes. My experien...

    James Baldwin
    February 12, 2026
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    Mounting the Outboard Inboard, Part 2

    In “Mounting the Outboard Inboard, Part 1,” September 2018, James Baldwin summarized the pluses and minuses of replacing an inboard engine with an outboard motor, and specifically the benefits of inst...

    James Baldwin
    January 26, 2026
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    Spanish for Cruisers: Book Review

    Cruising is often defined as “doing boat maintenance in exotic places.” If you’re planning to sail to Spanish-speaking countries in South America and the Caribbean, there is a new bo...

    James Baldwin
    September 1, 2000
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