Issue 20 : Sept/Oct 2001 We all have to start somewhere. Jerry and I started from the back of the fleet when it came to anchoring. A dinghy sailor most of his life, Jerry didn’t get much opportunity t...
Bristol Fashion Issue 20 : Sept/Oct 2001 Bristol Fashion. A Tartan 33. Gleaming navy topsides with red trim. She was on our list of dream boats before we bought Mystic. But she wasn’t for sale. Bristo...
It’s wise to keep a sextant aboard and to know how to use it Issue 21 : Nov/Dec 2001 Nobody will argue that celestial navigation is simple. But Ken Gebhart is prepared to argue that the basics can be ...
TV series helps builders, gets people on the water Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 David Dean likes messing about in boats. He likes working with wood, building boats in particular, about as much as he likes ...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 How did the term “moving up to a bigger boat” become so prevalent in our language? I suppose we say “moving up to a bigger house,” which might then place us in a more expensive...
*With apologies and gratitude to A.A. Milne. Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 Jerry and I sat contentedly in the cockpit on one recent vacation in one of nature’s purest places: Isle Royale National Park. It w...
An ongoing do-it-yourself project Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 One big do-it-yourself project.” According to Bruce and Nancy Worster, this accurately describes their marriage, raising a family, and in part...
A Puget Sound sailor sets his retirement dream in motion Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 A really big boat and a really small house is Walt Pierce’s ideal retirement setup. He hasn’t exactly achieved that goa...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Jerry and I didn’t coin the term “affordable dream,” although we like the concept and, through Good Old Boat, we have done much to promote it. What’s so intriguing about it is...
This small bluewater cruiser fulfills a couple’s lifetime dream Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 JILL DELEZYNSKI DECORATED THE bows of a number of sailboats while getting a tan on trips between Los Angeles and ...
A look at the Allied Seawind owned by the do-it-yourselfers’ guru Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Robin Lee Graham may never know how many people became sailors as a result of reading his three-part series in...
Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 I just dropped my foul-weather gear in a dripping pile on the cabin floor. Small rivulets run off into the bilge. An old towel will mop up the rest. Dry again, I think once mor...
Boating writer’s circuitous voyage to the Pacific Northwest Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Spend a day with John Vigor (pronounced VIGH-gor) and you’ll soon be creating Turk’s Head knots and delving into lon...
A neglected Lyle Hess classic receives royal treatment Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Serendipity brought a cherished cult boat into the hands of Bob and Sylvia Mann, and remarkable good fortune will bring t...
This enthusiastic couple cruises the greatest Great Lake Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 ALL HUSBANDS QUAKE WHEN GREETED by their wives with the words, “Sit down. We need to talk.” Six years ago, those dreaded...
Meet the sailing inventor who circumnavigated in an Alberg 30 Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Words fail the writer who would describe Yves Gélinas. Maverick? Free spirit? Innovator? Genius? Adventurer? Dream...
Trucking isn’t easy, but docking is worse Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 Jerry named it Yeti, another name for Big Foot. It is the largest truck we can imagine driving. We’d been driving small sedans and spo...
Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 The founders/editors of Good Old Boat magazine have absolutely nothing against racing. In fact, Jerry Powlas figures he’s been in more than 900 races. Nonetheless Good Old Boat...
As pretty a little sloop as ever graced a Minnesota lake Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 We figure Hal Newell can probably do just about anything, and lately sailboat refits figure prominently in what Hal wan...
Cost-effective sailing vacations; let us count the ways . . . Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Sailing and sailboats (and perhaps life in general) are all about compromises. Sometimes it would be nice to sail...
Sailing’s also sweating, swearing, swatting, and plain hard work Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 New dock neighbors have moved in next door. We share a finger pier, which means we’ll be seeing a lot of each ...
Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 There are idyllic days when sailing. Many of them. We all recognize this fact, or we wouldn’t be out there with all that canvas in the wind. Those are gorgeous days when nature...
She’s just a sweet, 31-foot boat that suits the Sandifers’ plan Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 Bill and Genie Sandifer say it’s the boats they’ve owned over the years that have kept their marriage stro...
No string, no knots — but is that good? Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 It happened within my lifetime, but I hardly noticed. I surely wasn’t aware of the significance of the trend. In my grandmother’s time, ...
Several had never raced before. Many raced only occasionally. And all had a great time. Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 JUDGING BY THE ELATION OF A COUPLE OF hundred Annapolis sailors, racing is a stimulating,...
Never mind the birds, the winter cover’s off the boat Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Chickadees in Minnesota are substituting their nervous chick-a-dee-dee-dee twitter for a heartfelt phoebee-phoebee song. T...
Dave Martin, outstanding seaman, shares his experience with readers Issue 37 : Jul/Aug 2004 Our newest contributing editor, Dave Martin, was a good old boater long before the term was invented. His af...
There’s no need to change our snug convertible just yet Issue 38 : Sept/Oct 2004 Not long ago I read in one of the many books about living aboard that we should want to own a boat with separate eating...
Backyard boatyard project calls for a “small person” Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Not since my early adolescence, when I last looked back with regret on the petite section of the department store, have I s...
This was the boat they chose to “safely take them farther” Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Jon Church spent much of his professional career as a geologist on oil rigs off the coasts of Sweden and Norway. For ...