News from the Helm: June 2020
Summer Sailstice is on! We were shocked to realize that this is the 20th anniversary of Summer...
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A Very Early Fiberglass Cat
In 1950, a friend of mine paid $7.00 for one half of a surplus aircraft wingtip fuel tank, made of...
Ready to Come About Book Review
Ready to Come About is both an inspiration and a cautionary tale. I met the author, Sue Williams,...
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father Book Review
Sea Trial is two and a half stories in one, with each story perfectly complementing the other....
Mail Buoy – June 2020
PC and Wishy-Washy Regarding your expressed opposition to the news you reported last month about...
News From the Helm – May 2020
Small Craft Warning? We editors at Good Old Boat are sailors and wordsmiths, a great mesh of...
Mail Buoy – May 2020
The Good, the Bad and the Worst Last month, I put it to the readers about sailing movies. I...
Game of Sails: Book Review
I don’t read romance novels; this is the first romance novel I have ever read. But this book was...
What Sailing Means to Me
I am the wife of an old salt who breathes a sea-misted life. He sails year-round, shoving our...
Short-handed Sailing: Book Review
This book is a manual, a fundamentals textbook for managing a sailboat when crew is short or...
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