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’...
Fun comes first in the St. Petersburg GOB Regatta Issue 72 : May/Jun 2010 Steve Lang started something big in St. Petersburg, Florida. As a Good Old Boat subscriber, beginning with the very first issu...
A springtime sail dishes up variety Issue 72 : May/Jun 2010 It was my fault, really. I had unwittingly set the ball in motion by giving my husband, Dave, a copy of John Kretchmer’s Used Boat Notebook ...
A circumnavigator adjusts to life’s shifting winds Issue 72 : May/Jun 2010 Last spring, a friend of ours sailed from our adopted homeport of Brunswick, Georgia, on the first leg of a planned circumnav...
A tall-ship captain sails a petite Dana 24 Issue 72 : May/Jun 2010 Minstrel is the perfect name for Karen Sullivan’s Dana 24. Karen has done a fair amount of wandering from coast to coast and beyond a...
Is it really good for the soul? Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 I have a confession to make. I have booked a passage to Alaska on a cruise ship. I’m confessing because for years I’ve been saying to anyone wit...
Cruisers pull together for the dear departed Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 The brassy summer sun beat down on the tiny Turkish port of Marmaris. Tom, the crusty old Brit, sat sweating under his cockpit awni...
Listening to the lovely sound of no engine Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 “If you don’t mind, let’s not start the engine yet,” Jim said as we sailed across a tide rip between Sucia Island and Patos Island St...
The point of going is to be gone Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 This summer — for the first time in my adult life — I will have a 12-week vacation. By the time you read this issue, Jerry and I will have just...
It doesn’t get any better than this Issue 74 : Sept/Oct 2010 Like most boats in the north, mine spends the winter hauled out and bundled up, gathering snowdrifts and growing icicles. To feed my sailin...
It’s just a friendly get-together — they say Issue 74 : Sept/Oct 2010 The silver lure soared into the soft late afternoon sunlight before splashing into the quiet water of Mattituck Harbor, Long Islan...
She’s the best crew a man could hope for Issue 74 : Sept/Oct 2010 Too many stories about my sailing exploits leave out, or at least don’t give enough credit to, my first mate, Jac. Here is a girl who,...
When cruising, our days begin with tea and the forecast Issue 74 : Sept/Oct 2010 One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as we cruise is the difference between weather reports for the landed gentry an...
Code words let Mars understand Venus Issue 75 : Nov/Dec 2010 The question comes up a lot. Not from sailing friends, they are mostly too polite, but landlubbing friends don’t mind asking, “When you’ve ...
