Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 We learned to sail on Puget Sound. Like so many other people who live and cruise the Pacific Northwest, we were happy to be on our summer cruise in August … it is the bes...
Why Jim and Connie Grant created the “sailshop on the prairie” Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 It was life’s haphazard events — and not a grand master plan — which have enabled a couple of sailors to be succe...
Sailmaking is not a “voodoo art,” as others would have you believe Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 One theme runs through the literature, the conversations, and the atmosphere at Sailrite — sailmaking is not ...
Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 In his home office in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Edward (“Ted”) Brewer mops his brow and shoves back his stool. He is tall and solid. His hair is dark and his sense...
Builder of the Seawind and other legends Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 1999 The seed for the Allied Boat Company was planted in February of 1960 when Annapolis naval architect Thomas Gillmer designed a 30-foot ke...
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 engine he had … the rest, as they say, is history Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 19...
Reading the story told by an engine he is dismantling is a source of endless curiosity for Don Moyer … a man who obviously enjoys the work he does Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 1999 I like old, quirky thing...
You must be joking! Would anyone willingly live aboard in the winter … in CANADA? Well, yes, it turns out many do year after year … by choice. Meet two individuals who live aboard near Tor...
Tom Thomas finds art in sailboats. Good Old Boat subscribers can win a handbuilt model of their boat. Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Tom Thomas is not a sailor — not yet — a fact that can be easily forgiven o...
Good old boat sailors will be forever in the debt of designer Alfred E. “Bill” Luders Issue 6 : May/Jun 1999 I worked for Bill Luders as his design assistant from 1960-1967, seven memorable years. Dur...
And win one for yourself if you’re lucky Issue 6 : May/Jun 1999 There are two kinds of entrepreneurs. First are those who decide to start a business, research the market to determine what sort of busi...
Issue 6 : May/Jun 1999 The American Heritage Dictionary defines a classic as “something having enduring significance and worth built to an established standard.” Over the years classic sailboats were ...
When a troubled economy drove Tartan Marine under, Joe Palmer continued the customer service work as before Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 Your boat’s been out of production for 20 years, and the company tha...
Issue 9 : Nov/Dec 1999 H(“Ted”) Gozzard, designer of the Bayfields, began his own boatbuilding business when he left the Bayfield organization. His second company is North Castle Marine in Goderich, O...
Starting in a garage, cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson initiated an era in yachting history Issue 9 : Nov/Dec 1999 It’s a familiar story to sailing buffs. The Pearson cousins, Clinton and Everett, ...
Call him apostle or zealot, Roger Winiarski believes in bronze Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 If he’s not a “bronze god,” Roger Winiarski at least ranks as an angel to anyone looking for hardware for a boat ...
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...
