Fresh produce from a cruising ketch’s deck Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 Heading north from Nanaimo to begin our circumnavigation of Vancouver Island on Canada’s west coast, we passed another sailboat headi...
Lose yourself in the mystery of the universe Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 We hardly get to see the sky at night anymore; electric light has all but banished it. Anywhere near a city, the atmosphere reflect...
How to fix bargain boats and make a modest fortune Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 “I know about guys like you,” the old yard worker said as we strolled the back fence. “You’re a bottom feeder. You look for o...
My life with Jane Duck Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 There has never been another boat like her, not before nor since. I remember crossing Rosario Straits, leaving Lopez Island bound for Deception Pass with...
Thrills and spills on a glorious day for planing Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 I was fortunate to attend Tabor Acadamy, “The school by the Sea,” for those four tumultuous years preceding college. Rather tha...
Perhaps how NOT to do this Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 The first time I saw a Mega 30 was at a boat chow. She was a new idea, a new design, and newly built . . . all untried and unproven. I wanted one. I ...
The kindest thing people called him was “totally bonkers” Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 In the spring of 1960 I recieved a call from Jack McKenzie, with whom I then crewed on Bill Gillerlain’s Intrepid. He ...
Good Old Boat sponsors yet another good old regatta Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 I’m convinced that one of the reasons why those of us with good old boats undertake often-insurmountable tasks is in anticip...
A veteran cruising couple tells what is working for them Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 We left in the pre-dawn mist. As the bird song heralded the break of a new day, I looked back and saw the islands of we...
Improper thoughts about the properties of bottom paint Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 The nice thing about many routine boat jobs is that you can unplug your brain from the task at hand and allow it to wande...
Domestic bliss returns after a short-lived middle-aged fling Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 If you are, or were ever, married or even a long-term relationship, you will know what I mean when I admit to havi...
A place for everything and everything out of place Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Gridlock is a condition easily achieved . . . way too easily on a boat in the spring. I was able to manage it with a can of ...
“Post-trauma syndrome” might describe the impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 I was in a marine store the other day and saw an attractive ice chest for my boat on sale. I tho...
An old friend dies a sudden smoky death Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 In spite of the forcast, Memorial Day dawned clear and bright. Faint whispers of clouds traced the western sky, suggesting potential af...
The forgotten magic of our heavenly satellite Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The next time there’s a new moon, go out and look for it. You won’t see it. In fact, the only way you’ll know the moon is n...
Two families choose Alberg 30s for living aboard Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Two months ago my husband and I brought our daughter home to our 30-foot sailboat. We live aboard a 1965 Alberg 30 sloop, whic...
Scores of continual little changes make life easier Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The long you live with a boat, the more you try to make things easier for yourself. Certainly the goal is a well-functionin...
Bats and a thunderstorm combine to make mayhem Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 We were a few days into the first leg of a three-season passage to the Canadian Maritimes from our home port of Bayfield, Wiscon...
To upgrade or supersize . . . that is the question Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 There comes a day in many sailors’ lives when the prospects of either upgrading their vessel or acquiring a new boat sends t...
And why shouldn’t women share the stress of docking? Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 The National Marine Manufacturers Association recently released a survey stating that boaters, by a whopping margin, are hea...
Fiberglass boats begin their next half decade Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of the type of boats featured in this magazine. It was 1956 when Aeromarine, né...
The siren song urges him to chase the autumn south Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 During our three-week cruise of the vast inland sea known as Lake Huron, it struck me: days and days of sailing, and still we...
Home is where the heart (and the boat) is Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 Our boat had wintered over in Blind River, Ontario. WE had been cruising in the North Channel of Lake Huron off and on for about a yea...
Two sailors, two sailboats, one adventure Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 “I’m not going to leave you!” Bill Robinson radioed. Far ahead, Bill and his ketch, Defiant, turned and raced toward me. Hurricane Isa...
Three of the most brilliant stars of 20th-century yachting Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 WHAT CAN ANYONE SAY ABOUT A LEGEND? FINISTERRE: length overall: 38 feet 6 inches; length waterline: 27 feet 6 inches; ...
A cruising wife finds acceptance after stormy outburst Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 Snow-capped mountains rose up behind us, obliterating much of the skyline from my vantage point aboard our 30-foot Mercat...
Our emphasis is on safety, crew comfort, and more sailing Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 One definition of a good old boat is a sailboat that is continuously undergoing some project or other at the hands of ...
A procrastinating boat sinner seeks forgiveness Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Forgive me, Mother, for I have sinned. Three years ago I described my 22-foot sloop, One Love, in the pages of this magazine (No...
Working, working, and waiting for the lulls Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 My friend George will occasionally point out that when you work for yourself you only have to work about half-time. He explains that...
Managing a terrifying moment Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Late August, it was. We were tied up on a dock a mile up the Carabelle River at the Moorings Marina in northern Florida. The water there wanders to...
