Eight Boy Scouts breathe life into an ailing dinghy Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 The truck backed into our driveway. Two men unloaded the most dilapidated, weatherworn wooden sailboat I had ever seen. Like...
Adding years of life to a tired 30-foot wooden ketch Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 I first fell in love with Renee Tighe in Townsville, North Queensland, when American circumnavigator Earl Koepke brought he...
Sheathed wreck of the wooden Ulysses still going strong Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Since becoming a subscriber to Good Old Boat in 1999, I have enjoyed two articles on the subject of sheathing wooden boa...
A labor of love makes a tired old 27-footer better than new Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 “Chrysler? Are you sure? I didn’t know Chrysler made sailboats!” The words of our friends echoed our thoughts ...
A classic Alden yawl becomes a treasured family cruiser once more Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 THE 1961 ALDEN CHALLENGER yawl looked quite large on the jackstands that brisk fall day. The price and this som...
It was one of those endeavors that go beyond financial reckoning Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 Teak ladies are heavy-displacement cruisers, 17 feet long with a 6-foot beam. This petite cruiser tips the scal...
Famous wooden ocean racer now modified for shorthanded cruising Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Improbable is the wrong name for this boat. Logical would be better, or Synergy, or Refinement. I wasn’t thinki...
Their Hinckley 38 dreamboat came with a multi-year project list Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 Nixon was in the oval office, the Vietnam War was dividing the country, and up in quiet Southwest Harbor, Maine,...
It was love at first sight — then the hard labor began Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 The first time I saw one of these boats, I asked the owner who built it and whether his was for sale. This was a most unu...
Refitting a Westsail 42 brings years of happy sailing and a sad goodbye Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 We were two ecstatic people. With our soaring spirits we didn’t mind the cold on that December day in 19...
A very determined sailor labors to renovate a 66-year-old Alden woodie Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 When I went for a sail last August on Zephyr, my 1938 Malabar Jr., designed by John Alden, it was so much...
A 57-year-old pile of junk turns into a beautiful Johnson racer Issue 37 : Jul/Aug 2004 I drove 1,100 miles from Montana to Minneapolis after graduation from college. I was anxious to get home as ther...
A classy English lady gets a facelift Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 ONCE EMBARKED ON A LIMITED REFIT project on your classic cruiser, you will surely be tempted to carry on until she is transformed into the...
Turning an aging Pedrick 41 into a dream boat Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 My love affair with boats began in 1971, while I was ferrying aircraft in and out of Vietnam via Ching Chuan Kang, a Chinese Air F...
Youth and poverty turn a stock Cal 25 into a world cruiser Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 My decision to rebuild a Cal 25 for a voyage around the world was inspired by one basic fact: I was broke. A 25-foot ...
Getting back to the water with very little money and a lot of effort Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 I clearly remember driving down the interstate behind a 1972 MacGregor Venture 222. The boat was being pull...
This handsome Canadian cruising design is back again Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 SOME SAILORS FALL IN LOVE WITH every boat they see. Others, like owners of the classic Cabot 36, are firmly monogamous. And...
A 1970 Marshall Sanderling is reborn as a beloved family sailer Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 We had sailed for about 20 years before putting a halt to our nautical adventures. The necessity of repowering o...
There’s nothing that patience, skill, parts, and plenty of money can’t fix Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 I have three lingering images of Kalypso: first, lying idyllically for sale at the end of a private p...
Here’s how to find time both to varnish and to sail Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 Sometime long ago, with a pale newly sanded board scrap of some nice shape — maybe a toy sword — I took a small brush,...
A classy English lady gets a facelift Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 In this two-part series, which began in the September 2005 issue, James Baldwin discussed interior modifications, including cabinets, lock...
A major refit for a 1967 Ted Hood 24-foot trailersailer Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 She was a wreck. When I first saw her, she was sitting on a derelict trailer with two flat tires. Her hull was faded fro...
Rescuing a rare classic: a Cape Dory Typhoon daysailer Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 I retired in July and, after clearing up a few projects around the house, I began searching for a new summer project. As ...
Hard work (plus cash) saves a classic from the scrapheap Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 Strider’s clean white deck and the rich red paint job attracted our attention as she floated in her slip at Sugarloaf M...
This orphaned Pearson 365 will rejoin the fleet of good old boats Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 Most of the time I am looking at or looking for boats. If there were a self-help group for excessive boat owne...
This classic Pearson 36 whispered in his ear Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 Zora Neale Hurston nailed it when she wrote, “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” True. But do boats have wishes a...
Garbage out, good used stuff in; the saga begins Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The game plan for Maruska would have to be aggressive to meet a June departure. My primary goal was to make her seaworthy and ...
John Guzzwell’s cruising icon sails again Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Forty-four years after he last held Trekka’s helm solidly in his hand, John Guzzwell reflected, “She seemed so small and simple.” Joh...
Rainy day projects become priorities Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 As I slid back the hatch upon my return to Maruska, steady rain revealed new problems: she leaked like a sieve. All but one port and two ou...
Triton served as home for two for seven years Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 The new old boat at the marina caught my eye. Boats like that always do. Wow! A real cruiser. A 1960s boat. A Triton? An Alberg 30...
