Life aboard is measured by aural stimuli Issue 65 : Mar/Apr 2009 A gull’s cry pierces the morning quiet of the marina as I open the hatch and emerge into the mist with my coffee. That sound bridges ti...
His magnum opus inspires anew Issue 65 : Mar/Apr 2009 Jerry and I were in awe of Don Casey in 1997 when we started our new magazine named with a nod of appreciation to Don’s popular book, This Old Boa...
Filled with boat love, her heart sang loud Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 The smell, if I didn’t love it, would have made me sick. Diesel fuel, tar, salt water . . . and dreams. I couldn’t get enough. I stop...
The rise and fall of a famous nautical cover girl Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 Some consider it absurd to anthropomorphize inanimate objects, but those of us who mess about in boats know differently. After...
Advice from one of America’s best-known cruising authors Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 When I’m way out on the water in a small boat and a storm swoops down and the yacht starts hopping around, all sorts of...
A father and son bond deeply playing pirate Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 In 1995, my son and I towed our daysailer from Birmingham, Alabama, to Bahia Honda State Park, Florida, for a week of cruising in th...
They are shipmates of a higher order Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 Father-and-son relationships come in as many variations as there are fathers and sons. Looking back at my own father, I remember him as som...
Lessons learned by a would-be circumnavigator Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 Choosing and equipping your voyaging boat is all about compromise. Among other considerations, you have to balance initial costs, ...
A large family has big adventures in a small boat Issue 67: July/Aug 2009 A two-day passage into bright blue sub-tropical water inspired pleasant reflections on how the journey with our good old boat ...
An informal survey for our readers Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 As the national and world economies started heading south, Good Old Boat magazine made some rigging changes to help us weather the storm. Mos...
Reviewing those occasional moments of chaos — and bliss Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 In a frustrating moment during a mechanical refit on Pleiades, I sat wondering, “Why do I even own a boat?” My lack of ...
Marina auctions offer good old bargains aplenty . . . but caveat sailor! Issue 67: July/Aug 2009 Auctions of abandoned boats are potentially an excellent source for sailors looking for smaller and ine...
Ten things you could take off the “must-have” list Issue 67: July/Aug 2009 In today’s economic climate, many of us are looking for ways to scale back our budgets without giving up our dreams. For anyo...
A good old author recalls the fun of the good old days Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Everything about sailing was very different then. The America’s Cup was challenged for and defended by syndicates of pri...
Docking in a storm brings near-calamity Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 The deal was done. I handed the check to the yacht broker, and she was mine: a classic New England sloop, designed by a famous marine a...
Singlehanded to Grenada in a Tartan 33 Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 “Two ladies in the prime of their lives.” That’s how Mina L’Ecuyer (pronounced MY-na Lek-WEE-a) describes herself and her 1982 Tartan 33...
A much admired designer steps aboard Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Please join me in welcoming Robert Perry as a regular contributor to our pages. Bob is no stranger to Good Old Boat. He’s been a regular r...
That first storm builds a bond, even on the hard Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 Ominous clouds spread across the horizon. I hoped they might miss me. But the flags crackling stiffly straight off the pole tol...
Building a boat was an education that paid for itself Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 We hear a lot these days about student loans and young people working for years in humdrum jobs to clear the heavy persona...
Two classic beauties capture a sailor’s heart Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 When I open a sailing magazine, I always start flipping through from the back, where all the brokerage listings are. So, on one pa...
Counting blessings at the season’s close Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 Yesterday’s Thanksgiving dinner is still sticking with me as I contemplate breakfast. My morning ritual of checking the marine weather ...
Deflecting the dreaded midlife malaise Issue 69 : Nov/Dec 2009 In this issue, Graham Watt puts forth a convincing argument that a wonderful education is available to the young person who invests his o...
A cruising dream ends on a Caribbean reef Issue 70 : Jan/Feb 2010 We were at the eastern end of the Sir Francis Drake Channel in the Virgin Islands and dusk was descending quickly. Ahead of the boat r...
Their third boat met their elusive ideal Issue 70 : Jan/Feb 2010 Sitting in the oyster bar in Key West, four wannabes and an old salt debated the merits of sailboats for cruising: “You must have a hea...
Cruisers learn to race — Bahamas style Issue 70 : Jan/Feb 2010 We were with cruising friends, enjoying a lazy morning of harbor-watching in Nassau, where the parade always included a number of native ...
Reappraising cruising possibilities led to a radical change in platform Issue 70 : Jan/Feb 2010 In this, the first of two articles, Dave Martin examines the reasoning behind his choosing a multihull a...
How racing cured one woman’s fear of sailing Issue 70 : Jan/Feb 2010 Ever since I was 11, my goal has been to sail around the world. A few years ago, when I was 29, my husband, James, and I bought our...
It’s time to step to the dock Issue 70 : Jan/Feb 2010 As I head rapidly toward my 60th birthday (and Jerry sees his 70th arriving in a few years), I have noticed that our attitudes about sailing are e...
February awakens nostalgia and a yen for the scend of the sea Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 There was a time — perhaps a half century ago last Tuesday morning — when all seemed right with the world, even th...
High winds and freak waves trap lake cruisers in a river Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 Two artist friends and I spent more than a week in June 2003 sailing my traditional 27-foot cutter along Lake Superior’...
