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September 25, 2026
A designer names his preferences for mast and rigging strength Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 Recently I was consulted about a new mast for an older 40- foot cutter, as the owner was planning a world cruise....
How to build a low-tech, customized electrical panel Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 On our boats we all have electrical panels of one sort or another. On the low-tech end, some of us have minimal panels with...
In profile: One of America’s most respected cruising boat designers Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 The early days if productions fiberglass boats were an exciting time based on the accounts of some of those ...
This old warhorse still performs with the best of them Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 Take a seat in a yacht club late on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and you’ll hear racers recounting the highlights of t...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 It was late afternoon on a bleak November day as I walked through the small shipyard on Long Island Sound, a place where boats too old to sail were kept for scrap and spare pa...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Being able to get the sail cover on quickly means we don’t have to resent the time it takes to protect our sails. Just as important, if a halyard starts slapping the mast just...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Every sailor is instructed, encouraged, and eventually submits to reading Adlard Coles’s Heavy Weather Sailing. Sometimes we find extreme circumstances at sea. Besides, it’s a...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 When cruising, we keep in touch with family and friends with email, using our Pocketmail Composer. We bought our Pocketmail device and signed up for the mobile email service i...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 In a fit of enthusiasm, I decided to paint Time Out’s ancient and slippery deck with non-skid paint. It was a difficult decision, but it was made for me when I darned near end...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 When the weather worsens while we’re at anchors, we all like to think we have a “guardian angel” looking after us. Well, a few experienced cruising skippers do. Why not ...
It may be quick and dirty, but it’s also cheap and handy Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Many years ago, when the sailing sickness first hit me, one of the first things I did was to buy a nice new copy of Ch...
Installing an outboard motor well on a 28-foot cruiser Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 WHEN OUR BOATS WERE HAULED for routine maintenance at a Trinidad boatyard recently, my friend, Theo, asked me for suggesti...
Plywood-and-epoxy kits add up to easier boatbuilding Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 People have been building small wooden boats for eons in a process often shrouded in mystery. Steam boxes and molds for la...
They roam the world’s oceans Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The British manufacturers of Frances 26 sloops managed to characterize them perfectly in remarkably few words: “They routinely roam the world’s oc...
Cruising Baja Part 2: Hot tips for cool cruising in the Sea of Cortez Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The second of two parts dealing with preparing yourself and your boat for tropical cruising south of the ...
After 10 years of cruising, a Yankee family still lives its dream Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Our dream to live the cruising lifestyle started, oddly enough, high in the Rocky Mountains. We were a young ...
Tips on how to extract the old one and install the new one Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 IN THE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ISSUE OF Good Old Boat, we discussed the decisions to be made when the inevitable day comes t...
A single-handed pioneer of Folkboats and self-steering Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The folkboat was designed as a family racer/cruiser, but over the years it has earned an extraordinary reputation for se...
Turning an old daysailer/weekender into a self-sufficient modern cruiser Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 For years I dreamed of seeing the world from the deck of a sailboat. My mind was filled with images of...
What type of rudder’s on your boat? Advantages and disadvantages of each Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The main purpose of the rudder is to steer the boat, of course, but far too many sailors do not realiz...
Step-by-step instructions for making your own hard dodger Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 IN MY DREAMS I OWN A SLEEK high-performance sloop that goes to weather like a rocket. This dreamboat has a sexy little ...
Married sailor luckily survives midlife love affair Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 I suppose I would have to describe it as a midlife crisis. I have no other name for a situation in which an otherwise sane ...
New engine or rebuild? And should you install it yourself? Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Chances are your boat is like a member of the family. You could no more dispose of it than sell your only child. But...
A tale of two designers, three builders, and the publicly held company that crossed the Canadian border to compete with America’s best racers and builders — and won. Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 C&C Y...
A used production boat is a bargain Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Bob Perry told me that when he designed the Cheoy Lee 35 in 1978 he styled her after the Luders 33 and similar classic CCA-type cruiser/rac...
Living the dream with a Cheoy Lee 35 Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 You’ve heard the story of the businessman who gives up his career to sail off into the sunset with the beautiful blonde? Well, Bob D...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 THE NOR’SEA 27 is one of those very rare birds, a true bluewater auxiliary cruiser of trailerable beam and, as such, she has become almost a cult boat. In looking for other yach...
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...
Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 We’d let the delivery wait too long. Doing a story in warm, sunny South Carolina made it seem like we had all the time in the world, but on the great prairie autumn was l...
Create a removable taillight assembly for your boat trailer Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 It’s early May. We’ve had a great launch and sail. Sally and I have enjoyed our first day on the water. Our Yankee S...
