A blend of functionality and traditional yacht design Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 Nearly three decades ago, in a warehouse near the Miami, Florida, airport, Nicholas Hake began his boatbuilding business. ...
A pedigreed and still-successful racer/cruiser from the 1970s Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 Douglass & McLeod, Inc. of Grand River, Ohio, was the partnership formed by Gordon (Sandy) Douglass and Raymon...
It’s a classic beauty, but plenty tough Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 I didn’t feel it fair to compare the Cape Dory 25 to today’s fin-keel/spade-rudder offerings, so I included the venerable Fo...
Like its distinguished owner, this boat makes stirring melodies Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 What does a Cape Dory 25 have in common with a cello? For starters, they are both simple, strong, classic, beaut...
An unconventional catboat with the advantages of small size Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Allow me to interject an opinion in search of a premise: it is easier to travel from the cockpit to the bow on a 25-...
Built for comfort with Robert Perry performance Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 If you and your spouse have ever designed and built a house (one of the few activities that rivals a married couple trying to an...
A shoal-draft schooner for family cruising Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Finding three similar boats for comparison purposes is never simple, but finding three to compare with a keel/centerboard schooner wa...
He’s a jack of all trades and master of most Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Renaissance man was not a term in use when Good Old Boat contributing editor Don Launer was growing up prior to World War II. It wa...
Certainly not twins, the 33 and 36 share characteristics Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 Our subjects are two sloops manufactured by the Columbia Yacht Company during its heyday in the 1960s when it was the p...
This late ‘70s fast coastal cruiser has a pedigreed design Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 The Seafarer 30 was designed by Jim McCurdy and Bodie Rhodes and was sold from 1979 through 1985. This performance-or...
Four very similar 30-footers Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 I try to select similar boats for my comparisons, but this time I seem to have selected four peas from the same pod. There certainly are more simil...
A classic plastic racer/cruiser with looks to turn your head Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 Magic. We drove east to witness the magic touch, but instead we were treated to a love story. It wasn’t a bad trade...
This beamy, home-built 12-footer is still going strong Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 All during the long, clear california summer, the rising sun heats the rich black soils of the Golden State’s vast centra...
An affordable coastal cruiser in three editions Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 During the 1960s and ’70s, Southern California was home to the world’s largest builders of fiberglass sailboats. While Columbia,...
Good manners in a Canadian-built coastal cruiser Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 Catboats aren’t particularly known for speed, rather for simplicity and stability. There are no headsails to tack and tri...
Ted Brewer compares three well-known circumnavigators Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 It will be the rare reader of Good Old Boat who has not heard of Captain Joshua Slocum and his famous yacht, Spray. Howeve...
An unusual family daysailer and inshore cruiser Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 JOHANN “HANS” TANZER WAS AN Austrian, who designed, built, and raced small sailboats in Switzerland. In 1956 he emigrated to Cana...
A slender pocket cruiser from the other Howard Hughes Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 Hughes Boat Works Limited was the largest Canadian sailboat manufacturer for several years, building a total of approximat...
A 1970s trailersailer that sails well and still looks modern Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The trailersailer revolution began in the early 1970s, when there was a widespread public consciousness about prot...
A Mobjack Bay cruise with Jim Brown and his classic trimaran Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The end of World War II saw the flowering of a new type of sailboat . . . new to the American sailor at least. A n...
Ferrari or Maserati of the water Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Because the Ranger 28 followed closely on the heels of Gary Mull’s very successful Ranger 29 design, it seems obvious that Ranger Yachts told ...
Otherwise rational sailors gild their Lily, a Ranger 28 Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Owning a sailboat is “far more rewarding than you have any right to expect,” says Walt Hodge. His co-captain and compan...
Famous 1950’s racer thrives on patience and perseverance Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 BILL TAIT SAW SINISTERRE for the first time in 1972. It was love at first sight. She was in Bristol condition. Bil...
An early Robert Perry design stands the test of time Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 Around 1975, Robert Perry Drew the lines of the Islander 28. And as critical as he is of his own work, he nevertheless cons...
A comparison of Allegra and three rivals Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 These four small yachts have all proved to be very capable bluewater cruisers with many long ocean passages to their credit. Several of...
She’s the most pampered and putzed-with boat in the marina Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 When he was 11, Roger Lautenbach figured out that a small fishing boat would be a lot more interesting with a sailing...
Coastal cruising with sprightly performance Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 WHILE TED IRWIN’S STOCK-IN-TRADE was the large center-cockpit cruiser, often for the Caribbean charter trade, he also dabbled with sm...
A light-displacement coastal cruiser from the 1980s Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 George O’Day was the only sailor to win both an Olympic gold medal and the America’s Cup. He won the 5.5-Meter class in the ...
A one-design racer with surprising cruising capability Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 In 1975, brothers Rod and Bob Johnstone shocked the world with a one-design keelboat that gave racing sailors a satisfyin...
A fine racer/cruiser for a small family Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 Yamaha is a well-known name in musical instruments and motorcycles. But sailboats? Perhaps one in a hundred sailors knows that during th...
