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A dilapidated freebie becomes a respectable tender Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 When I bought my Down East 45 schooner, Britannia, she didn’t come with a dinghy, but she had very sturdy aluminum davits jus...
Intrepid Great Loopers survive in frigid Duluth Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 Most cruisers complete the Great Loop cruising route — up the ICW from Florida, through the Erie Canal to the Great Lakes, south...
Viewing vessel traffic with a smartphone app Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 A couple of times a year, I find myself on Virginia’s Hampton Roads, a large natural harbor close to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. W...
Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 George Harding Cuthbertson passed away at the age of 88 at his home in Toronto on October 3, 2017. In the sailing world, George Cuthbertson is best known as the first “C” in C&...
A camp stove makes the grade for a lakes-cruising family Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 For the first 49 seasons after our 1965 Alberg 35 was built, a simple two-burner propane camp stove had sufficed in the...
A departure delayed by foul ground and a lee shore Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 Following years of laid-back dreaming, of soaking up from books, magazines, and YouTube the wisdom and experience of voyagers...
. . . and a trio of Canadian contemporaries Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 George Hinterhoeller, with his company, Hinterhoeller Yachts, was one of the four founding members of C&C Yachts in 1969. By 197...
This nimble George Hinterhoeller design excels at club racing Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 Boatless, having sold his Bayfield 23, Brian Casey scratched his sailing itch by racing on friends’ boats and caug...
Boat cards connect good friends and good times with places far and near Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 They’re a throwback to a time we seem to have moved past, a quaint time when all letters were handwritte...
It came with 40 years of someone else’s memories Issue 119: March/April Over the course of 45 years we had purchased eight sailboats in what we assumed was the natural progression of boat ownership: s...
Issue 119: March/April 2018 Shockles: LineSnubber, DockShockle, and MiniShockle I was skeptical that something advertised as “bungee cords on steroids” could do much to absorb heavy-duty shocks, never...
Handmade pendants add grip and color Issue 119: March/April 2018 Shackle pulls can spruce up zippers, shackles, key chains, and many other pieces of hardware on your boat. You can purchase pulls for a...
Finding hidden corners and using them for storage Issue 119: March/April 2018 Fitting out our 2003 Tartan 3700, Sapphire, for a cruise from Lake Ontario to the Bahamas, I realized that we needed more ...
. . . and the safety significance of MMSI and GPS Issue 119: March/April 2018 When we replaced the fixed-mount VHF radio on our 1986 cutter back in 2002, we noticed the new radio featured a red “distr...
Two boys buy a big wooden boat with their hearts, not their heads Issue 119: March/April 2018 On a warm June evening in 1969, my friends Scott and David drove with me from the Chicago suburbs to Michi...
Where the climate insists, a built-in system pays dividends Issue 119: March/April 2018 Summers on the Chesapeake are hot and humid, so we thought we were in high clover when our new-to-us boat came w...
A Vagabond 47 gets a multi-year makeover Issue 119: March/April 2018 Almost 40 years ago, walking the docks at Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle, I came across a new Vagabond 47 ketch. It was love at fi...
Swageless terminals were a hands-on sailor’s choice Issue 119: March/April 2018 When I purchased Pelorus, my Paceship PY26, she had suffered damage to the bow and starboard side during Hurricane Bob i...
Engine trouble, sail trouble, a repair stop, and a Celtic goddess Issue 119: March/April 2018 “Lindora?” “No. I don’t like it,” said my husband, Erik. “It’s Lincoln’s and Isadora’s names put together....
Banishing wet balsa, one stanchion at a time Issue 119: March/April 2018 When we bought our 1977 Pearson 365 sloop several years ago, the surveyor noted elevated moisture readings around just about ev...
His passion for boatbuilding helped jump-start an industry Issue 119: March/April 2018 Everett Pearson, rightly considered one of the most important figures in modern boatbuilding, passed away Christm...
It supports a whole lot more than an over-the-cockpit solar array Issue 119: March/April 2018 “Don’t do it . . . just don’t.” That’s the advice we got from nearly everyone we talked to after deciding ...
. . . and a pair of popular full-keelers Issue 119: March/April 2018 The Allied Princess 36 represents a design concept that persisted for the first half of the 20th century. That is, full keel, moder...
A capable, comfortable cruiser with a pedigree Issue 119: March/April 2018 Cruising-sailboat designs balance comfort and performance in varying degrees, and anyone seeking a good cruiser must take tha...
Its breadth demands a diversity of content Issue 119: March/April 2018 Immediately upon assuming editorial responsibility at Good Old Boat, I started work on a mission statement. This magazine didn’t ...
Night-watch ruminations lead to an unsolvable riddle Issue 120: May/June 2018 I have a confession to make. It’s been six months and 6,000 miles since my mate James and I set sail from Portland, Englan...
The kink-free lifeline daisy chain gives wet rope a good airing Issue 120: May/June 2018 For sailors, wet rope is a fact of life. Coil and stow that wet rope after a sail, and green rope may become a ...
Issue 120: May/June 2018 Extend cell-phone range On much of the inland lake I sail, the cellular signal is often weak. WeBoost Drive Sleek, a cellular signal booster, promised to solve this problem. A...
Make strong connections with a needle and twine Issue 120: May/June 2018 Conventional splices are king for forming eyes in rope. They resist abrasion and snagging and retain nearly the full strength o...
Issue 120: May/June 2018 Thank you to Sailrite Enterprises, Inc., for providing free access to back issues of Good Old Boat through intellectual property rights. Sailrite.com...
