Leftover home flooring brightens up a boat Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 When I bought my Eastward Ho 31, her cabin sole was delaminated teak-and-holly plywood. The first project I took on was to remove tha...
Expanding storage and improving their function Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 One of the rewards of owning good old boats is overcoming the challenges they inevitably present. It helps to prioritize and pick...
Systems that make stuff cool Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 When considering refrigeration for your boat, it’s imperative that you match the type of refrigeration system to the boat’s potential sources for e...
Varnishing grabrails the easy way Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 It was time to give the four teak grabrails on the coach-roof of my 1985 Hunter 28.5 the full treatment. I must confess that, for several year...
Cast resin is a clear alternative to glass Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 We have a love/hate relationship with deck prisms. We love the warm, diffused light they provide but they are downright annoying when...
They protect brightwork and give paws a grip Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Getting to know the neighbors on my pier was certainly easier than getting to know the neighbors at my new home. For one thing, we ...
Minor modifications add up to a major improvement Issue 83: March/April 2012 In 2004, we sold the 31-foot Bombay Clipper we’d purchased specifically for an extended summer cruise. We intended to leave...
C-clamps earn an A for ingenuity Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 Aboard my various boats in the past I have had gimbaled and non-gimbaled galley ranges, as well as fixed countertop stoves, so I have encounter...
It was curtains for the drapes when the blinds went up Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 Faded and threadbare, the pleated curtains in the main saloon of our Bristol 35 begged for replacement, but with another ...
A hydronic system extends the sailing (and showering) season Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Our C&C 35, Secret Plans, was previously used as a racing boat, so the hot-water system was stripped out at som...
A diesel fireplace warms boat, body, and soul Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 On the Chesapeake in October you find cruisers migrating south toward warmer climes. My wife and I must have taken a wrong turn, a...
A fold-away extension is a seat and a workspace Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 In 2003, a couple of years before retirement, my wife and I fell in love with and purchased a handsome trailerable 25-foot 1995 ...
Creative solutions for hard-to-use spaces Issue 90: May/June 2013 In a smallish galley it’s hard to justify the space taken up by an oven. I removed the oven in my 31-foot ketch, Talisman, replaced it...
Interior ventilation as an art form Issue 90: May/June 2013 Among the rituals we held during our many family sailing adventures, one was airing out the boat. For a family of six crowded in a small sai...
Seeing and feeling full-size is believing Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 What would you do if you had the chance to start all over and rebuild the interior of your sailboat? I would encourage you to do it. B...
Wood is practical and attractive Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 In 2002, Magali and I totally redesigned and rebuilt the cockpit of Sigfrid, our 34-foot 6-inch ketch. Where before we had nothing more than a ...
Vinyl restores the look and the footing Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Back in the early days of Good Old Boat (March 2000), I wrote an article detailing my efforts to bring new life to the interior of our ...
A tired saloon table gets a facelift Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 The tabletop and countertops on Jammin, my 1981 Stevens 47, are a lovely almond Formica that was the must-have material before Corian came...
A drop leaf makes and saves space Issue 94 : Jan/Feb 2014 Owners of sailboats of a certain vintage face a dearth of counter space during food preparation and galley cleanup. The boat is, after all, a ...
Modifying an anchor-locker lid Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 Our C&C 35, Secret Plans, came with a navel pipe on the anchor-locker lid for the anchor rode to pass through. It was also excellent for smas...
Taking a leaf out of Good Old Boat Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 I was intrigued by an article by John Lively in the May 2009 issue of Good Old Boat, “The Case for Books.” John replaced the factory bulkhead...
Simple security for sliding doors Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 There are all kinds of pins. There are hairpins, clothespins, straight pins, and tenpins. But there is only one kind of Reinpin! In the Septem...
Banish bugs at the point of entry Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 Like most sailors, I hold a healthy respect for Mother Nature and accept most of what she has to offer as an interesting challenge. Storms, ti...
A pie plate lets in great helpings of sky Issue 97 : Jul/Aug 2014 While preparing Ganymede, our Cape George 31 cutter, for a summer cruise in northern waters, we thought it would be nice to get more l...
A handy hybrid of a handhold and hook Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 I love tinkering on my 1960 Pearson Triton. The venerable Triton was built from 1959 through 1967 by Pearson in Bristol, Rhode Island, and...
Investing in overhead pays dividends below Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 Having owned my almost-40-year-old Islander 36 for 17 years, I am always looking at ways to renew its beauty. One of the items that ...
. . . buys megayacht looks for a small outlay Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 “You owe my father $175,” Carolyn told me one day when I came home from work. “What for?” I asked. “For the wood to make the boat...
Imagination, a little paint, and a few pennies go a long way Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 I was sitting on the head in my Paceship 26, Pelorus, when I realized that everything in that small space was a sh...
Useless spaces can earn their keep Issue 104 : Sept/Oct 2015 Our MacGregor 26D, Thebote, has a tiny sink area that is relatively useless. For a long time it held the wastebasket. Recently, at the requ...
Heat the food, not the cabin and crew Issue 104 : Sept/Oct 2015 I should put this on the table right now: I am a vegetarian. When every other boater in the harbor is preparing dinner on an outside gri...
