Warm up those earbuds and chill . . . Issue 83: March/April 2012 About this time of year, the northern sailors among us get a bit weary of winter. We start attending boat shows. Even shows that don’t ...
We are the yarns we spin Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 My husband is a masterful storyteller. One of his best collections of tales records years of racing Flying Scots in a fleet in which the 19-foot Scots ...
In a sailors’ paradise, why do engines rule? Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 Soon after slipping our mooring at The Baths, Virgin Gorda, with our shoddy outboard pushing just enough to weave our way out of th...
Tragedy underscores propane’s dark side Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 A sailing friend called with stunning news: an explosion had just destroyed a boat moored in the marina where our good old boat, Sirius,...
An author prevails against life’s headwinds Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 Before dawn each day, William C. Hammond makes his way to the writing studio of his rambling colonial house near downtown Minneapoli...
Drawn to the irresistible rhythm of Polynesia Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 We pull into Hanavave Bay on Fatu Hiva after a long afternoon of sailing. The jagged mountains and deep valleys of the Marquesas I...
An inexpensive boat proves to be a treasure Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 Many times in my life I have found more than I was looking for. That was the case with the boat my wife, Sharon, and I are now cruis...
Cruisers rediscover sailing on home waters in a small boat Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 It is a lovely summer day in the Gulf Islands off Canada’s west coast as our 25-footer pokes her bow out of the marin...
A family of four dreams big, goes small Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 On a cold November night in 2010, my husband and I attended a liveaboard brunch at a nearby marina. There the seed of an old dream germi...
Partners approach it from different directions Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 When we mess about in boats, most of us enjoy the company of others. When I sail, my preference is to meander about, exploring th...
A passel of pocket cruisers put on a show Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 The C&C Mega 30 project boat in our backyard doesn’t fit the true definition of a pocket cruiser, but she will be trailerable once...
Or store those moments for memories? Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 What does it mean, to “live in the moment?” It sounds laudable. It implies a mind focused on the business at hand and not easily distracted...
A secondhand book illustrates a sea change in onboard roles Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 Boats and books do the same thing: they transport you to distant places and, if their builders have knocked together...
Bronx high schoolers learn life skills from the keel up Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 The South Bronx may be the last place one would associate with handmade wooden boats. Yet head to the industrial neighbo...
It launched sound boats but foundered in shoal financial waters Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 A few ocean-going sailboats are familiar to almost every sailor: the Pearson Triton, generally accepted as the f...
Exploring the social side of sailing Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Magazine time being what it is (and our short seasons in the Northland being what they are), I write this as our sailing season is just beg...
High winds and high waters wreak havoc upriver Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 On October 29, 2012, the center of Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. The accompanying storm surge, dr...
One more challenge before letting go Issue 90: May/June 2013 We could have kept sailing. We aren’t so old and tired that it’s no longer possible. The aches and pains are bad, but not intolerable. My e...
A boat — but not the dream — goes down in flames Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 Jennifer and I were on the verge of the grandest part of our grand voyage. We were anchored in a peaceful cove in the harbor of...
A few sailors got together — and took over the town Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 What do you call a sailing event at which almost 400 sailors show up with nearly 200 sailboats, delivered the old-fashioned ...
The fabric is not worn, but it has long faded from fashion Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 Near as we can figure, Mystic began her life in 1975 in a Cuthbertson and Cassian boatyard in Niagara on the Lake, On...
Inter-island telegraph app for social media Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 We are a long way from home. After nearly a decade in the Caribbean, we returned to the mainland a few years ago and haven’t yet mad...
You never know who’s gonna need your help Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 Alone in my Bill Tripp-designed Columbia 26 sailboat that late September afternoon in 1975, I was bound under power for Hyannis on the...
Finding homes for boatyard orphans Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 I was the kid on the block who rescued strays. My mother once remarked that I was a magnet for every homeless mutt in the neighborhood. They ...
Compound errors add up to a bump in the night Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 Accidents are supposed to be nasty moments that come out of nowhere. Yet in 1983, when I had more than 20 years’ sea time under my...
Five stages from taking the bait to being truly boated Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 1. The beginning It might have been Swallows and Amazons . . . or the thought of small animals in a beautiful pea-green b...
When super-human effort isn’t enough, humanity succeeds Issue 90: May/June 2013 This is a story of disaster, struggle, despair, and dreams lost . . . but also one of friendship, creativity, redemption...
A journey alone around the world by sail and by foot Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 Good Old Boat is proud to announce our 15th audiobook, this one by James Baldwin about the wonderful and rather unusual two...
Prevention demands diligence and vigilance Issue 90: May/June 2013 Ellen and I have been involved with two major boat fires over the years. The first was in the Caribbean on board Entr’acte, our Nor’s...
Having circled the Americas, he’s now focused on the oceans Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 By the time you read this, with luck, Matt Rutherford will be back at sea. Aboard his newly refitted Colvin Gazelle,...
