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...
Designer Ted Brewer remembers builder Jerry Koch with fondness Issue 37 : Jul/Aug 2004 In early 1982 I was approached by Jerry Koch, who asked me to come up with a unique small boat design unlike anyt...
English boatbuilders boast a 220-year history of doing things right Issue 37 : Jul/Aug 2004 One of the oldest and most enduring boatbuilders in the world is the English company Camper & Nicholsons...
Reducing the black art of design to light weight and long waterline Issue 37 : Jul/Aug 2004 Bill Lee, who introduced ultralights into the sailboat race circuit in the 1970s, calls designing racing sai...
Freedom Yachts founder believes something’s amiss in the sailing world Issue 38 : Sept/Oct 2004 Garry Hoyt has a passion for sailing, there’s no doubt. At Newport Rhode Island’s Ida Lewis Yacht Club, ...
Alex Tilley and the boat that begat the wonderous Tilley hat Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Her name was Karmananda. Keith Storey, now commodore of the Alexandra Yacht Club in Toronto, remembers her vividly....
This line of classy pocket cruisers owes much to Clark Mills Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 My first encounter with a Com-Pac yacht was in the mid-1970s. Charlie, a school friend of mine in Florida, bought o...
He found the best way to win was to build his own boats Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Florida, like California, with its eternally warm weather and friendly skies, is a natural place in which to build boats...
Meet the cruising couple who inspired a generation of dreamers Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 If it’s true that “marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes,” as Scottish novelist and poet...
Bob Johnson both designs and builds this best-selling cruising line Issue 43 : Jul/Aug 2005 Robert K. Johnson, N.A., Founder of Island Packet Yachts in Largo, Florida, has been committed to the shipwr...
Four generations of family expertise benefit this Lake Superior boatyard Issue 43 : Jul/Aug 2005 If a time traveler were drop into Bingham Boat Works today, he or she might well wonder what decade it ...
This business wasn’t planned — it just “grew and grew” Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 Contrary to what the MBAs will tell you, it is possible to start a business without a business plan. Ask Gordon Torresen....
How a gutsy sailor founded a well-known magazine Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 “The safe enjoyment of cruising under sail.” That phrase, which concluded the first editorial in the first issue of Cruising Wo...
Marine surveyor Tim Lackey makes a name for himself Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 How puffed up would you feel if almost 3,000 people a month admired your handiwork? Tim Lackey’s boat projects get at least ...
A pioneering designer of many early production fiberglass sailboats Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Philip L. Rhodes (1895 -1974) was one of the most distinguished yacht designers of the past century. Indicat...
This respected company continues to move with the times Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 Aa any marketing whiz will tell you, brand recognition is key to sales. And among sailboat builders, Pacific Seacraft ha...
Will Lesh builds wooden sailboats by the thousand Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 To say Will Lesh is mad sailboats would be a gross understatement. Since childhood, his life has revolved around sailboats. He...
What’s a retired Snipe and Catalina 22 champ to do? Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 WHEN IT COMES TO SAILING, Beattie Purcell has done it all. He was a major figure in the early days of Catalina Yachts and has...
Space-age braids named after a biblical hero Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 A NYONE WHO EVER BRAIDED HAIR OR made lanyards in craft class knows the intricacy of the braiding process. Consider automating that ...
His special knack made boats faster than their ratings Issue 51 : Nov/Dec 2006 During the 1960s, William H. Tripp Jr. was one of America’s most successful yacht designers, drawing custom ocean racers ...
Builder of classic cruisers Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Just about any weekday morning after 10 you can find Allan Nye Scott behind his desk at the offices of Nye Boat Works in Foxboro, Ontario. Long past...
Capitalizing on the 1970’s trailersailer boom Issue 58 : Jan/Feb 2008 For nearly 25 years the Clark Boat Company built a line of small- to medium-sized racer/cruisers that introduced a lot of people, ...
The man who built the Sea Sprite and Southern Cross cruisers Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Anyone who sPends time looking at old sailboats soon figures out that boats with Clarke Ryder’s name on them are he...
Phil Rhodes inspired a generation of yacht designers, including Bob Perry Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 It was about 50 years ago. I was probably 15 years old. I had started sailing and I was studying mecha...
Issue 83: March/April 2012 Brian Cleverly was born in Sydney, Australia, on October 17, 1936, and died on November 6, 2011, two days after his 75th birthday. Brian is known to many of our longtime sub...
Good old designs that still catch the eye Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 When I was a kid in the early 1960s, there were quite a few yachting magazines. Each had its own character but they all had one thing ...
Matt Rutherford’s most excellent vertical circumnavigation Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 The last three weeks were the worst — cold air, boarding seas, and stubborn winds on the nose. He was in a beat-up bo...
Good Old Boat welcomes aboard a new contributing editor Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 If you own a C&C yacht, Rob Mazza probably had a hand in its construction, design, or engineering. If you own a boat...
