Comparing 30-footers: Ted’s “Brewernalysis” Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Initially, I was thoroughly confused about the Islander 30 Mk II and the Islander Bahama 30, but I finally determined that the Mk II...
Conquesta’s had only one owner since 1973 Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Whether it’s salty or pure, water has an undeniable attraction. It enchants and draws children and adults alike to its shores. And the...
A young woman finds her man — and her boat Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 I was 24 years old and in love with the bosun of the Victory chines a three-masted schooner sailing out of Rockland, Maine. I had mov...
Sailing is mostly not done for money anymore Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 IN THE FALL OF 2006 WE DROVE THE GOOD OLD PICKUP, “YETI,” TO the Annapolis Sailboat Show, where we had a booth for the first time. W...
A look at the dark side of online boat buying Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Four years ago, my wife and I made a rash decision and bought a boat sight-unseen on eBay. Somehow it all worked out. Salina, our ...
Sailing where the water goes from thin to none Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 When you live in a foreign country for a while, you come to know it and the way of life there. But the important thing is not so ...
A philosophy for enjoyable cruising Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 I had reason to spend a lot of time in a closet not long ago. I wasn’t being punished. I was painting several rooms in the house and, since ...
You, and a boat, and a wonderful philosophy Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 The trouble with being poor is you have to learn so much. You can’t just buy a beautiful boat and sail off into the sunset. First, y...
Nautical lessons from the grocery store toothpaste aisle Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 It was February as I prepared the May/June issue you’re holding in your hands, so forgive me if my nautical ramblings w...
Yes, says this seasoned seller, sometimes they are Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 As a lifelong do-it-yourselfer, I’ve generally agreed with those who say, “Selling a boat isn’t on a par with diesel-injector...
RC model Lasers are more than toy boats Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 This morning I participated in a peaceful pastime that I dearly love: sailing. Now as I write this, the wind howls outside, the temperat...
Here’s one that comes pretty close to ideal Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 Space on the deck of any cruising vessel is tight. Because we have so many things to carry and still need space left over to actuall...
Painful introduction to sailing leads to lifelong passion Issue 61: July/Aug 2008 The mist of a late summer morning was rising from the waters of Penn Lake. It mingled and swirled into the rays of the...
An anxious skipper learns to listen to others Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 When first conceived, the notion of an overnight sail seemed exciting. Sally and I had been coastal cruising for years, but we alw...
An old affair of the heart still haunts this sailor Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 A nor’easter is battering the coast of Nova Scotia, causing this old house to shudder. The sump pump valiantly struggles to ...
Supernatural forces chose their boat for them Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 I used to think that buying a boat was a careful, thoughtful, weighing of pros and cons, wishes and budgets, dreams and realities....
If you change the boat, the boat changes you Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 In the old days when quality was truly more important than price, those of us who were charged with designing things that would be ...
Reassurance springs from long hands-on experience Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 After working on our cruiser-in-progress for two months shy of six years, I’m just about done. I don’t think I’m boasting my w...
Scraping off 22 years of fond memories Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 I had been waiting all winter for an excuse to spend some time with my boat. The ice in the Bay of Quinte had started to recede, and a tr...
Making a convincing case for a hard dinghy Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 My first cruising sailboat was an 18-foot William Atkin-designed sloop. I built her and cruised her without a tender of any kind. Sin...
Goodbye to a pocketful of gizmos Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Call us promiscuous. Jerry and I have been aboard an awful lot of sailboats since we started this magazine. Together, we’ve written three to fi...
A 20-year odyssey approaches a perfect ending Issue 56 : Sept/Oct 2007 On a gray winter day in the middle of the continent, I open a copy of a sailing magazine I’ve just bought at a bookstore in a cit...
The weather laughs at sailing plans Issue 56 : Sept/Oct 2007 It was late May when we took our first sailing vacation of the season. Our vacations come, if at all, between production cycles of this mag...
There are things money can’t buy Issue 56 : Sept/Oct 2007 Haabet, a Pearson Ariel, was listed in Soundings for several months. The owner was asking $12,000 initially and after three months had come do...
An innocent book changes their lives Issue 56 : Sept/Oct 2007 Christmas 1990. One gift, Innocuous enough in size and position in the pile of carefully chosen wrapped packages might well have been shim...
This Rhodes Bounty II finds a safe home Issue 56 : Sept/Oct 2007 Dear Bob, A fine sea breeze is whistling down the companionway as I write this. The sun is setting but it’ll be in the 70s overnight. A...
An old gaffer waits patiently for a love affair Issue 56 : Sept/Oct 2007 Here’s a good old boat in my marina. She turned up maybe a year ago. For the first couple of months she was there, I kept...
One of those times to think of seasons and cycles Issue 57 : Nov/Dec 2007 It’s a funny thing, the way we decide that certain days are unlike other days. I thought about this as I began powering ...
That’s the question. But is there an answer? Issue 57 : Nov/Dec 2007 Very early in the life of Good Old Boat magazine I learned to regret publishing any material about knots. Knots are difficult to un...
Closing his shop conjures up decades of memories Issue 57 : Nov/Dec 2007 Why am I crying? It’s my husband’s shop that we’re dismantling after 21 years, and he’s the one with the whit...
