Sailor Profile Archives - Good Old Boat

The Nonsuch 30 Man

Mark Ellis, the energetic designer of the Niagara 35, Nonsuch 30, and many other handsome...

Denouncement in Design

by Rob Mazza | Boat Reviews, Reviews, Sailor Profile

A variety of factors contributed to the end of yacht design’s golden age. I recently finished reading Dick Carter’s autobiography, Dick Carter: Yacht Designer in the Golden Age of Offshore Racing. Beyond the story of...

A Stand-Up Draftsman

by Fiona McGlynn | Sailor Profile

Yacht designer Ted Brewer gazes back over a storied career. Ted and Betty Brewer’s living...

Big Sea, Small World: John Kreschmer Profile

by Erin Carey | Sailor Profile

In a lifetime of passagemaking and writing, John Kretschmer pays the love of sailing forward. This...

Sailor of the Month: Lee Brubacher

by The Editors | Dogwatch, Sailor Profile

Lee Brubacher and 17 other volunteers from the West Highland Baptist Church of Hamilton, Ontario...

Dan Moyer, Atomic 4 Guru

by Karen Larson | Sailor Profile

Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 2, Number 1, January/February 1999. Don Moyer didn’t start out to become the Atomic 4 guru, he just loved ‘messing about with engines,’ and an Atomic 4 was the...

Island Packet Interview

by Henry Cordova | Reviews, Sailor Profile

Robert K. Johnson, N.A., is the founder, chief designer, and CEO of Island Packet Yachts of Largo, Florida. The company is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the boatbuilding business, specializing in the construction of...