Asia’s largest and oldest boatbuilder is still in business after 130 years Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Cruise the waters of the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, or Lake Michigan, and you’ll find yachts built ...
Founding father Frank Butler sets the example and the pace Issue 16 : Jan/Feb 2001 Call the Woodland Hills headquarters of Catalina Yachts in California, and one thing strikes you right away about the...
But of course, sailing. What better activity to begin or continue as you near and reach retirement years? Issue 18: May/June 2001 Reese Palley “Putting around the golf course is my idea of death,” say...
Boats designed by John Cherubini, a naval architect with a genius for blending function and form Issue 17 : Mar/Apr 2001 When sailors hear the name Hunter these days, the first thing that comes to min...
Famous California boats spawned many derivatives Issue 20 : Sept/Oct 2001 Reese Palley profiled the Cherubini 44, Hinckley 40, and Valiant 40 as classic American sailboats in the May 2000 issue of Goo...
German-born sea adventurer settles in Florida Issue 20 : Sept/Oct 2001 The term Renaissance Man has been used with abandon in recent years, but for boatbuilder Chris Bauer the term is not misapplied. ...
A designer with a lifelong passion for fast, seaworthy sailboats Issue 21 : Nov/Dec 2001 His nametag for the 15th annual Chesapeake Sailing and Yacht Symposium held in Annapolis gave his affiliation s...
TV series helps builders, gets people on the water Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 David Dean likes messing about in boats. He likes working with wood, building boats in particular, about as much as he likes ...
This pioneer brought many early fiberglass production boats from design board to dockside Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Many sailing enthusiasts can immediately spot an Alberg-designed boat. Characterized b...
In English or engineering, this talented yacht designer loved a sweet line Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 One day in 1985, a yacht designer, the late Gary Mull, wandered into the Connecticut office of Sailor ...
He put Americans on the water in affordable, trailerable sailboats Issue 24 : May/June 2002 The boating industry attracts people to it in different ways. Some people like to build things. Others like ...
The rise and sudden fall of a boatbuilder with thousands of boats still in use today Issue 24 : May/June 2002 Columbia Yachts. Ever heard of them? They were one of the largest manufacturers of product...
In profile: One of America’s most respected cruising boat designers Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 The early days if productions fiberglass boats were an exciting time based on the accounts of some of those ...
A single-handed pioneer of Folkboats and self-steering Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The folkboat was designed as a family racer/cruiser, but over the years it has earned an extraordinary reputation for se...
A tale of two designers, three builders, and the publicly held company that crossed the Canadian border to compete with America’s best racers and builders — and won. Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 C&C Y...
A close look at a modern practitioner of a very old trade Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 His voice had an easy, reassuring, and ageless quality about it. Brion Toss was calling back to clarify what work we w...
Two famous boatbuilding names — and a line of classy bluewater voyagers Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Hallberg-Rassy has the longest-standing and strongest North American presence of any Swedish boatbuilder...
Boating writer’s circuitous voyage to the Pacific Northwest Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Spend a day with John Vigor (pronounced VIGH-gor) and you’ll soon be creating Turk’s Head knots and delving into lon...
This famous builder of mahogany runabouts and cabin cruisers also built fiberglass sailboats Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Tell someone your sailboat is a Chris-Craft and the usual response is, “Chris-Craft...
An interview with the first U.S. woman to sail solo around the world Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 WHEN KAREN THORNDIKE SAILED into Hobart, Tasmania, in the late 1990s she was greeted as a hero. She’d just c...
Meet the sailing inventor who circumnavigated in an Alberg 30 Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Words fail the writer who would describe Yves Gélinas. Maverick? Free spirit? Innovator? Genius? Adventurer? Dream...
Meet Mark Ellis, designer of a most unusual catboat Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Mark Ellis, the energetic designer of the Niagara 35, Nonsuch 30, and many other handsome production and custom boats, is a ...
This small little-known company built one of the first fiberglass auxiliary sailboats Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 IN 1956 FIVE ENTERPRISING GENTS, MEMBERS OF THE ROSE CITY Yacht Club (RCYC) in Portland, Or...
One of Bill’s pupils reminisces as the one-time mentor turns 85 Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Dear Editor: You want me to write a piece on Bill Garden including background biographical information to be pu...
How Roger Hewson managed the cut and thrust of boatbuilding Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 The history of Sabre Yachts is inextricably entwined with the life of Roger Hewson. Almost no one connected with th...
A keen racer, this Canadian started out as a journalist before teaching himself yacht design Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 “Cheat the nursing home — die in your Laser.” That catch-phrase appears on bumper s...
With a foundation in the 1940s, this company continues to produce fine yachts to this day Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 The company we know today as Tartan Yachts has undergone numerous changes over the yea...
Multihull designer Ian Farrier popularized the concept of trimarans Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 The wind was blowing only 13 to 14 knots in Canterbury Bight off Timaru on New Zealand’s South Island, yet w...
An inland loft with saltwater aspirations Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 As we traveled across eastern Washington to meet Don and Mary Yager, we kept thinking how incongruous it was to be driving through suc...
His designs were few but all became timeless classics Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Traditional. Classic. Timeless. Character boats. Boats from the heart. These are just some of the terms the owners of boat...
