The talent on Good Old Boat’s masthead Issue 109 : Jul/Aug 2016 Back in 1997, Jerry Powlas and I had no idea what we would be creating with this magazine. In nearly 20 years, a community has formed ar...
A young woman traces her avocation to infancy Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 I am a sailor. I always have been and I believe I always will be. Most people, when they hear the word sailor, picture the stereot...
A good old yacht designer on good old boats Issue 115: July/Aug 2017 One of the best pieces of advice Chuck Paine ever took — from a friend who had been there — was to not go to MIT and study naval ar...
As a young man, he crashed the racing-sailboat design party Issue 117: Nov/Dec 2017 I first met Doug Peterson in 1964, in Acapulco, after the race from San Diego. He was 17 and I was barely 21. He had...
The lifelong boat designer touched many boaters’ lives Issue 117: Nov/Dec 2017 Over the past century, a handful of individuals have made it their mission to help ordinary people get on the water and f...
Issue 118: Jan/Feb 2018 George Harding Cuthbertson passed away at the age of 88 at his home in Toronto on October 3, 2017. In the sailing world, George Cuthbertson is best known as the first “C” in C&...
His passion for boatbuilding helped jump-start an industry Issue 119: March/April 2018 Everett Pearson, rightly considered one of the most important figures in modern boatbuilding, passed away Christm...
Issue 122: Sept/Oct 2018 Most Good Old Boat readers sail in US and Canadian waters, but our humble magazine crosses other borders to reach a smattering of subscribers all around the globe. Here are a ...
Issue 129: Nov/Dec 2019 It was a Sunday morning in early June when Jeremy McGeary quit his job at Good Old Boat , via email, without notice. It was the last thing in the world he wanted to do. “I’m af...
A day in the life of a marine surveyor is one of questions, clues, diplomacy, and boat yoga. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 It was the beer that got my uh-oh meter twitching. I was in a Food Lion parking lot...
Writer Don Casey has helped and inspired countless sailors and their good old boats. Issue 139: July/Aug 2021 When Don Casey quit his job as chief operations officer for the Federal Reserve in Miami i...
The world’s most famous physicist was a devoted, if unconventional, yachtsman. Issue 140: Sept/Oct 2021 What name would you give an amateur sailor who capsized, hit rocks, and ignored bad weather? Who...
Issue 141: Nov/Dec 2021 The sailing world in late July lost a giant, and many sailors—myself included—lost a good friend, with the passing of Bruce Kirby at age 92. He is most well-known, of course, f...
Issue 142: Jan/Feb 2022 From the day back in 1998 that Ted Brewer mistook me for an old friend, my husband, Jerry Powlas, and I have had a warm and special relationship with him. At the time there was...
Vivian Vuong is on a mission to make sailing more accessible to all. Issue 142: Jan/Feb 2022 One of sailing’s great paradoxes is that while it offers an immense sense of freedom, in exchange you must ...
The family business that sparked a DIY sail- and canvas-making revolution. Issue 147: Nov/Dec 2022 When I call Matt Grant, vice president of Sailrite, to interview him for this article, I’m surprised ...
The backroom brothers who made masts and hardware for the famous Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 When you break a mast or need a new spreader base or just want to have a fresh coat of paint applied to an...
For those familiar with the writing and sailing accomplishments of Webb Chiles and his many voyages in small boats, a new short film about him is worth watching. The film follows the arch of Chiles...
Charley Morgan — 1929-2023 Sailing legend Charles E. Morgan (Charley to his friends, which was just about everyone) passed away January 6, 2023 on Treasure Island, Florida, at the age of 93, mere hour...
Rob Ball’s legacy will live far beyond his years. I was shocked to hear of the recent death of my old friend Rob Ball at 79 years of age on September 9th from injuries suffered in a severe fall....
Issue 137: March/April 2021 Frank Willis Butler, the man who introduced hundreds of thousands of people to sailing during his lifetime as the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Catalin...
Issue 137: March/April 2021 Many boat owners will never have heard the name George Hazen, but most yacht designers know it well. It’s a bit of a cliché to say that George, who died in December 2020, w...
Relying on celestial navigation and a very good old boat, Bert ter Hart solos the globe. Issue 137: March/April 2021 When Bert ter Hart bought his OCY 45, he had an inkling that down the road, she mig...
Issue 135: Nov/Dec 2020 Marvin Creamer, a New Jersey geography professor who became the only known person to circumnavigate the globe without any instruments whatsoever—not even a timepiece—died in Au...
Issue 135: Nov/Dec 2020 When I think about my friend, Larry Pardey, I picture an old cowboy crossing the open range and coming across a barbed-wire fence. Though he cuts it in disgust and drives his h...
Issue 134: Sept/Oct 2020 If you’re lucky in this life, you uncover, understand, and embrace what makes you happy. And if you’re gifted in this passion, if you can make it the foundation of your purpos...
Issue 134: Sept/Oct 2020 After nearly three weeks on a ventilator in a Cape Town, South Africa, hospital, stricken with COVID-19, world voyager Patrick Childress sailed over the horizon for the last t...
Mark Ellis, the energetic designer of the Niagara 35, Nonsuch 30, and many other handsome production and custom boats, is a New York Yankee who moved to Canada as a member of George Cuthbertson’s cour...
A variety of factors contributed to the end of yacht design’s golden age. Issue 133: July/Aug 2020 I recently finished reading Dick Carter’s autobiography, Dick Carter: Yacht Designer in the Gol...
Yacht designer Ted Brewer gazes back over a storied career. Issue 133: July/Aug 2020 Ted and Betty Brewer’s living room is warm and inviting. Two harpoons hang on teak-colored walls, and a model boxca...
