A handsome design that excels as a cruiser and club racer Issue 102 : May/Jun 2015 Boats designed by Bruce King for Ericson Yachts share a strong family resemblance, from the smallest of the line, the...
An ever-popular daysailer approaches 50 Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 Let’s face it, some boats just tug at a sailor’s heartstrings at first glance. Call it love at first sight if you will, but some design...
A twin-keeler from across “the Pond” Issue 108: May/June 2016 First we’ll address the elephant in the room: the wild paint job is the result of work done by William Barnhart of Mesa, Arizona, for an I...
Two Chris-Craft 35s illustrate the designer’s dilemma Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 When doing design comparisons for our feature boat articles, it’s important to find the proper variation of the model in ...
. . . and center-cockpit contemporaries Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 The center-cockpit layout creates an ideal accommodation plan for cruising, especially for those cruising with another couple or kids. ...
A pedigreed early center-cockpit design Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 Calypso music played in my head as I photographed Yellowbird, a 1972 banana-colored Chris-Craft Sail Yacht 35. Abeam of the photo boat,...
A thoroughbred at home on rivers, lakes, and oceans Issue 104 : Sept/Oct 2015 Phil Bills began sailing in 1960 when he was 15. He grew up in Delaware, Ohio, north of Columbus, and sailed the Douglass ...
A quick trailerable that does the small things right Issue 104 : Sept/Oct 2015 R K. “Kim” Hogan, a retired airline captain, and his wife, Karen, have been sailing their 1996 Precision 23, Willow, on t...
Fun and utility in a lightweight package Issue 105 : Nov/Dec 2015 When we were looking for a MacGregor 26D to review, we found one nearby — a 1989 model that Allen and Ruth Penticoff bought new and na...
. . . and partners from the era of split rigs Issue 105 : Nov/Dec 2015 The Bowman 46 was designed originally with a deep-draft fixed keel and the majority of the boats built from that tooling retained...
A cat-rigged unballasted sharpie for gunkholing Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 John and Julie Mohr of Seymour, Indiana, own a 1992 Bay Hen 21 named Orca. John, a cartographer, was looking for a simple boat ...
An oceangoing cruiser by C&C and Ontario Yachts Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 Gregg and Jean Tranter may list Calgary, Alberta, as their home, but they have spent every summer aboard grasal, a 1981 Ont...
. . . and two very different daysailers Issue 107 : Mar/Apr 2016 Carl Alberg established his reputation as a designer with the Pearson Triton in 1958, the same year he designed the Sea Sprite 23. He u...
Restored to order, she’s a daysailing delight Issue 107 : Mar/Apr 2016 “Bill, you really ought to come over to Yacht Works this morning. There’s a sleek, small boat being rigged right now and her owne...
A ubiquitous trailerable cruising sailboat Issue 107 : Mar/Apr 2016 Catalina Yachts of Woodland Hills, California, produced the Catalina 25 from 1978 to 1990 from a design by the company’s founder and...
An unusual “powersailer” that will get you home in a hurry Issue 108: May/June 2016 Richard “Dick” Valdes, founder and former chief executive officer of Columbia Yachts, established Lancer...
A versatile ’80s-era racer/cruiser from the world’s largest builder of sailboats Issue 109 : Jul/Aug 2016 A classy car and a boat with a storied history say a lot about Wayne Barnard and his wife, Mar...
. . . up against a pair of two-stickers Issue 109 : Jul/Aug 2016 Here is a trio of cruising ketches in a very traditional style from the late 1960s and early ’70s. That is, split rigs with full keels ...
Hobby, haven, labor of love, and a great escape Issue 109 : Jul/Aug 2016 Chesapeake Bay water runs in Clark Robins’ veins. “My grandfather captained the cargo schooner Ella Worden on Mobjack Bay in th...
A smart weatherly sailer and able cruiser Issue 110 : Sept/Oct 2016 Asmall cruiser that has good accommodations, pleasing lines, and offers exhilarating sailing is worth a second look. Such is the cas...
A daysailer with gunkholing aspirations Issue 110: Sept/Oct 2016 What better place to review boat than in my own backyard? The Slipper 17 that is the subject of this article came into my care when a m...
. . . meets a precursor and a follower Issue 110: Sept/Oct 2016 As Bill Jacobs notes in his article on page 10, the design of the Alerion Express 28 was inspired by Alerion III, the boat Nat Herreshof...
A Bristol modern daysailer with a Bristol heritage Issue 110: Sept/Oct 2016 From my Florida condo over- looking Sarasota Bay, I frequently scan the water with binoculars, looking for interesting boats...
A classic-looking cruiser with an unorthodox interior Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 Viewed alongside the sleek cookie-cutter yachts of today, a Gozzard sailboat may look like a throwback to a past era, but ...
A well-crafted cruising boat with character Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 John and Nancy Butte began their sailing adventures in a West Wight Potter 19 on blustery San Francisco Bay. Although Nancy, a retir...
A handy trailer-sailer that’s easy on the boating budget Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 Boats to review often come to me via interesting paths. In response to a request by Good Old Boat editor Karen Larson f...
A shoal-draft cutter for blue water Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 Mike Gover, the owner of the Downeaster 38, Cabezon Café, holds a U.S. Coast Guard certification for up to 100 tons. An avid sport fisherman...
A keel-centerboard family cruiser Issue 113: March/April 2017 Dan Benjamin has been coastal cruising since 1976, in boats ranging from a 17-foot Com-Pac Sun Cat to a 35-foot Hallberg-Rassy and in cond...
. . . and a pair of post-IOR racer/cruisers Issue 113: March/April 2017 The Aloha 34 incorporates design features that were becoming the norm in the 1980s. The separate keel and rudder, radical for th...
Sister ships for sailing brothers Issue 113: March/April 2017 Brothers Peter and David Herring came to sailing early. They grew up near what is now Cambridge, Ontario, close to a few small lakes. Thei...
