2022 Back Issues (Download Only)

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January/February  2022 Issue Highlights

• Meet new Good Old Boat Editor Andy Cross
• Marissa and Chris Neely replace a leaky toerail with beautiful new bulwarks
• Vivian Vuong is breaking barriers in the sailing community
• The Hunter 260 gets a review from Allen Penticoff
• Bradley Stevens outsmarts a defunct solar vent
• Good Old Boat founder Karen Larson remembers designer and contributor Ted Brewer
• Plus: A continuing sailing adventure in Southeast Alaska, two stories about “sailing” through winter in Canada (hint—there’s ice hockey!), dealing with scale in a head hose, keeping your mast groove clean and fast, and much more…

March/April  2022 Issue Highlights

• Get the ins-and-outs of repowering your boat with an inboard or outboard electric motor
• Follow a Mason 40 owner through a full electric motor installation
• Take a voyage with contributor David Blake Fischer to California’s Channel Islands
• Step aboard a classic Pearson 39 for a review
• Go along for the ride on a college sailing class in Florida Keys
• Plus: Learn to recut a spinnaker, hoist your dinghy easier, put together a simple holding tank alarm, and so much more…

May/June  2022 Issue Highlights

• From insurance basics to the state of the industry, get the ins-and-outs of insuring your good old boat
• Follow a revived, California-based Cal 25 take on the competition and win Nationals on the Chesapeake Bay
• Sail with contributor Chris Birch to the Bay of Fundy and St. John’s River on his Morris Justine 36
• Take a ride aboard a classic Ericson 41 for a review
• Learn about the anatomy of a lighting strike to your sailboat and what you can do to prevent it
• Plus: Build your own sea boot warmer, repair your cabin sole, keep your engine from overheating, and much more…

July/August  2022 Issue Highlights

• “The Beauty of Small Boats” is the theme for this issue and we have some captivating and practical articles in store for you
• Webb Chiles shares what compelled him to choose an 18-foot Drascombe Lugger yawl and a Moore 24 for circumnavigations
• Sail north up Puget Sound with Ferd Johns aboard his Sanibel 18 on the Salish 100 small boat cruise
• Learn about a clever little catamaran with cruising capabilities — the Hirondelle 23
• Good Old Boat contributor Ed Zacko finds trailer-sailing success aboard his Lyle Hess designed Nor’Sea 27
• If one Bristol Channel Cutter wasn’t enough, Nica Waters explains how her and husband, Jeremy, came to own two
• Plus: How to find boat ramps near you, build a new pump handle for your head, convert your ice box to a fridge, and much more…

September/October  2022 Issue Highlights

• Herb McCormick shares how sailboats and writing have fostered a longtime friendship that continues with a new-to-him Pearson 365
• Learn how Lin Pardey uses simple “mast loops” to keep coils of line organized around the mast
• Take a ride on a venerable Bristol Channel Cutter, which harkens back to traditional European sailing craft of the 19th century
• Try some of John Vigor’s favorite onboard recipes inspired by voyagers and suitable for a good old boat’s chef
• D.B. Davies reminds us all of The Sailor’s Code, when someone needs help, you help them
• Plus: Craft a new headliner, repair a leaky hatch, rebed deck hardware, and much more…

November/December  2022 Issue Highlights

• The Nov/Dec issue has a Canvas and Sailmaking theme with tips, tricks and stories to provide inspiration and spark your DIY ingenuity.
• Take a trip back to the founding of, Sailrite, a family business that ignited a DIY sail- and canvas-making revolution.
• Step aboard and test sail a venerable Finish-built Nauticat 40 and find out what sets this S&S designed motorsailer apart from its peers.
• What are the right questions to ask when choosing a canvas shop? Breena Litzenberger has the answers in her feature Canvas Keys.
• Learn how to craft your own Jordan Series Drogue from an old sail.
• Plus: Get easy sail repair tips, use a Speedy Stitch tool, add glue-on studs, peruse our Gift Guide and a whole lot more…