Consider your tax breaks Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 Our lives are rich with opposing forces, dilemmas we continually face and cope with. One of the most onerous examples is the need to earn wages and pay ...
Prioritize your upgrades Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 At Good Old Boat, we recently received an email letter asking us to list some good old boats and put a price on what it should cost to upgrade them. Whi...
What about insurance? Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 Picture a scene from a really bad nightmare. You’re on the maiden voyage of the newly restored nautical fantasy you’ve just spent three years sweating, spe...
When you need financing … Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 Any discussion of marine financing can be as nebulous as a discussion of which is the best boat. We all know no one boat can be best for all sail...
Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 Gently used, previously owned … call good old boats what you will. When we’re in the market to buy one of these used gems, there are a couple of hurdles to jump simply bec...
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...
Years of salty experience alone don’t make the sailor; it takes competence and safe practices Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 The term seamanship conjures up mental images of a professional sea captain roundin...













