Denouncement in Design
A variety of factors contributed to the end of yacht design’s golden age. I recently finished reading Dick Carter’s autobiography, Dick Carter: Yacht Designer in the Golden Age of Offshore Racing. Beyond the story of...
Category: Boat Reviews
Crealock 37/Pacific Seacraft 37 Boat Comparison
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, boats designated as “cruising yachts” tended to follow the Colin...
Crealock 37 / Pacific Seacraft 37
An inspired, tough, seakindly cruiser In the mid-1970s, naval architect William “Bill” Ion Belton...
Gulfstar 39 Sailmaster Mk II Boat Comparison
…and Two More Bright, Solid Cruising Performers The late powerboat designer Tom Fexas once...
Gulfstar 39 Sailmaster Mk II Boat Review
A Raised-Saloon Cruiser for Two For 14 years, Rosie and Carl Anderson sailed their Bombay...
What is a Valiant 32?
The Valiant 32 was designed by Bob Perry as a smaller version of the successful Valiant 40. In the...
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever
Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 3, Number 6, November/December 2000. People may...
Is There a Metal Yacht in Your Future?
Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 2, Number 4, July/August 1999. Whether...
Oh, How She Scoons!
Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 4, Number 1, January/February 2001. The rig...
Keel design: What’s best?
Ted Brewer reviews the ins and outs and ups and downs of keel design The purpose of a keel, fin,...
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