Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 I held the chest sitting in the stern, while Tom rowed ashore. A slight move of my hand told him to head off a bit. With a quick look over his shoulder, he turned to land on a s...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 SUBCONSCIOUSLY, I HAVE BEEN DIVIDING SAILORS INTO TWO groups for as long as I can remember. These observations are true of the rest of humanity also, but sailing puts things in ...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 CLEAR WINDOW PLASTIC IN SPRAYHOODS AND SAILS TENDS TO deteriorate much faster than the yacht acrylic or sailcloth it’s sewn onto. First it yellows, then it becomes brittle, and ...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 IF THERE’S ONE THING EVERY BOAT should have on board, it’s a pot of Vaseline (“goo” as it’s known on Siandra!) This age-old concoction has hundreds of applications that would be...
Give your fenders a smart new pair of socks Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 BOAT FENDERS ARE FUNCTIONAL. They are not meant to be fashionable. We remove them the instant we leave the dock, don’t we? And yet . ...
How to lift your engine with a spherical air bladder Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 AS I WAS GROWING UP, I SUSPECT SEVERAL COACHES SAID, OUT of earshot, “Now there’s a boy who doesn’t know what to do with a b...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 The relative merits and demerits of the two main methods of self-steering — electronic and windvane — are often debated. Both have their merits, but we seem to have forgotten th...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 IT OFTEN SURPRISED ME THAT WHILE OUR EASTWARD HO 31 HAD lots of empty space, much of it was inaccessible. The area under the galley and behind the molded-in liner, for example, ...
Climbing the mast the slow but easy way Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 FOR MOST OF US, GOING TO THE TOP OF the mast for any reason is an ordeal. Even if you are not afraid of heights, the logistics of getting...
What your charts say about you and your path through life Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU what a wonderful relationship we sailors have with our charts? At some time or other, it’s ...
How a couple converted White Dove, a 36-foot coastal cruiser, for offshore work Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 CAN A 1989 CATALINA 36 be sufficiently modified to become a bluewater cruiser? After five years o...
A modest finkeeler that grew up on a river and sailed around the world Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 HERE WE GO AGAIN. YOU ARE BEING asked to accept the premise that a boat designed to be sailed on a freshwa...
First, you have to know what you want her for Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 THE MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTIC shared by most good old boats is that the folks who own them are generally not millionaires. Beyond...
Only one thing terrified this lone circumnavigator — haulout time Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THAT I HAVE sailed my boat alone around most of the world, almost inevitably they say, “You’r...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 THE MAN WHO TAUGHT ME TO SAIL died this morning. Email from his daughter-in-law conveyed the sad news. His son, Brian, a friend since childhood and an officer in the U.S. Navy, ...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 I wrote the editorial for the November/December issue on September 10 and handed it in the next day. It made no reference to the events of September 11. When you publish every ...
Second Good Old Boat Regatta Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Last year, when Good Old Boat founders Karen Larson and Jerry Powlas agreed to sponsor the first Good Old Boat Regatta, in Annapolis, Md., they did...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 There is never enough counter space in any galley, or kitchen for that matter, but this is a particular problem in smaller boats like our C&C 30. The galley is aft on both ...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Crack! Not the sound you want to hear as you reach across the bay in a freshening breeze. Especially when the tiller feels as if it isn’t connected to the boat at the same time...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 After rebedding our deck hardware (and in the process very nearly causing a Stage 2 Spousal Concern Incident) I thought I’d share a method I (we) discovered that might make the...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 This is a classic textbook evolution with which I seem to have inordinate trouble, especially when sailing singlehanded. The yacht is at anchor in fairly deep water, stiff bree...
This automotive windshield goop is cheap, effective, and durable Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Do you have a leaky Lewmar hatch? Is it one of those intermittent drips that you can’t find? Has it reached the...
How to mount a heavy-duty vise on a folding workbench Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 There are a few legendary tools that may have little obvious use when you see them in the hardware store but win your hear...
It needed to be cheap, simple, compact, and long-lasting Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 The anchorage where I kept my Pearson Ariel is a bayou, a tributary of the Jourdan River in South Mississippi. It’s a d...
An honestly biased look at a much-revered racer/cruiser Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Lest there be any confusion about where I’m coming from, I think that, despite her age, the Cal 40 is as legitimate a “p...
Supplement your galley stores with delicious dried produce Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Snacking on dried apple rings, zucchini chips, or salmon jerky brings thoughts of sailing to mind. Dried foods are a ...
Practical tips for a brilliant finish from the author of This Old Boat Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Old boats, like old boat owners, weather on their surfaces. For the boat, at least, a well-applied coat o...
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 ...
All you need is a simple calculator and Jerry’s magic formula Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 The mathematicians who read this should be prepared to forgive me. It is my only contribution to “applied mathemat...
These relics of nautical history still have practical modern uses Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 As sailors, sometimes our most basic feelings come to the surface when we go aboard an old boat. Whether it be...
