Test your seamanship skills in tricky situations Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 SUN GLISTENS ON A PERFECT FRENCH POLYNESIAN SAILING day. The trade wind blows across the deep waters of the pass that cuts thro...
The answers . . . are simple and few. But many men just don’t get it Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 In the beginning, God created man, and man built himself a boat. It was good. Adam looked at Eve and asked ...
Youth and poverty turn a stock Cal 25 into a world cruiser Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 My decision to rebuild a Cal 25 for a voyage around the world was inspired by one basic fact: I was broke. A 25-foot ...
A cruising crew figures one good tern deserves another Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The first light of morning trickled through the portlights of St. Pauli Girl, our old Bristol cutter, anchored in the lee...
Getting back to the water with very little money and a lot of effort Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 I clearly remember driving down the interstate behind a 1972 MacGregor Venture 222. The boat was being pull...
This handsome Canadian cruising design is back again Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 SOME SAILORS FALL IN LOVE WITH every boat they see. Others, like owners of the classic Cabot 36, are firmly monogamous. And...
A thorough discussion of the many causes of metal corrosion Issue 44: Sept/ Oct 2005 THE STUDY OF CORROSION CONSIDERS the reactions between a metal and its environment. From the standpoint of a boatow...
If you’re a frustrated splicer, read this and take heart Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 Almost every boat has some double-braided line aboard. In most cases, the ends of the lines are ragged and sloppy. Many...
Here’s how to keep those untamed line ends under better control Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 Periodically, I conduct a cursory examination of my running rigging. I make mental notes of those lines that nee...
This line of classy pocket cruisers owes much to Clark Mills Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 My first encounter with a Com-Pac yacht was in the mid-1970s. Charlie, a school friend of mine in Florida, bought o...
A designer compares four sturdy, solidly performing cruising yachts Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The four yachts under discussion here cover a 14-year design period, from the 1970 Endeavour to the 1984 Cre...
Combining character with space and elegant comfort Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 We first saw Zephyr in Sapodilla Bay in the Turks and Caicos, noting her size more than her appearance. My wife, Olga, and I ...
A handsome and stoutly built offering from Canada Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The Canadian Sailcraft 36 is one of the best-built boats I have yet sailed. That it is underappreciated is evidenced by the fa...
If you can drive, you’ll also be able to sail . . . eventually Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 Revelations occur no matter where you are. If you can turn the noise level off (radios, television, conversation,...
Skunk, damp mud? Yes! Spring is in the air! Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 The days are getting longer. It’s light out when I leave the house for my walk after supper, and there’s more than just a hint...
Grouching about crouching — it’s the height problem again Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Being tall may be overrated as a social asset. As a taller female, I’ve never been convinced of the advantages. First,...
Warm water without the usual hassle Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Here’s a shower idea I incorporated into the updating of our 1973 Bristol 30. Since I was building new galley counters, I installed a ...
A welcome use for scrap mahogany Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Our 1982 Hunter 27 had plywood hatchboards that were in desperate need of replacement. St. Angelo Hardwoods in Bristol, Rhode Island, had some ...
Cutting away the stern pulpit eases the boarding problem Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 With a stern-mounted ladder and a continuous stern pulpit, climbing aboard our 1977 C&C 29, Echo, from a dinghy mea...
A remote control for short-handed sailors Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Among the myriad of knots available to the sailor, one is most conspicuous by its absence. I cannot recall seeing a toggle hitch in us...
Using sound-deadening tiles on the mechanical jib Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Our 2QM15 Yanmar diesel is a hard-working and reliable iron jib. But it tends to be a bit loud. You know the type: give them a...
A beneficial alteration that keeps those feet out of the passageway Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 My friend, Jack Higgins, never stops smiling. He has owned a Cheoy Lee Offshore 31 for better than 20 years....
“Does that thing really work?”they all ask Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 While dockside, I suspect that sailors get a fair share of peepers: dockwalkers fascinated by the curiosities inherent in sailboats. ...
Cruising breakdowns: What broke and how they fixed it Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 In the last six years of my life I’ve been fortunate enough to experience two cruises on two different 1960s-era boats. Th...
Electronic charts offer choices for every budget Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 The typical chart plotter consists of a display unit, either black-and-white or color, and a GPS. The plotter displays your boa...
These new clamps have potential, but failed our test Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 The editors of Good Old Boat asked me to evaluate some new hose clamps made by Gates Rubber Company and marketed as Power G...
Spray away and be the envy of the anchorage Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 At the bow of our boat is a silver-dollar sized fitting with a screw-on cap that evokes envy from fellow sailors almost every time w...
The patented hull gives this boat “space appeal” Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Reinell Boat Works of Marysville, Washington, specialized in fine lapstrake and carvel-planked fishing and pleasure boats from ...
A 1970 Marshall Sanderling is reborn as a beloved family sailer Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 We had sailed for about 20 years before putting a halt to our nautical adventures. The necessity of repowering o...
It’s simple, really: Just cut a bit off, add a bit on Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 WHEN WE HAD OUR BOAT SURVEYED before purchase, the surveyor noted “yellow moisture readings” on the moisture meter at the ...
