Anything for love, right? Or was it something else… Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 This fool thinks I’m going to buy his boat. I can tell by the look on his face, he thinks I’m hooked. He hasn’t a clue...
Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Nav on the Table The first thing I noticed when I received these nautical chart placemats was the bold warning that they not be used for navigation. Ha! Tell that to my 9-year-...
A day in the life of a marine surveyor is one of questions, clues, diplomacy, and boat yoga. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 It was the beer that got my uh-oh meter twitching. I was in a Food Lion parking lot...
This refit of a proven, 1970s-era racer maximized performance for speed, safety, and fun. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Three months after selling my Cal 2-29, Loophole, I found myself pining for another bo...
A bracket fabricated from Coosa board keeps an outboard tiller out of mischief. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 The outboard tiller had been bothering me for a while. The friction lock on the engine side—the ...
Hot springs and cool sailing help accomplish the goal to circumnavigate Vancouver Island. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 By the time my wife, Carey, and daughter, Nicky, met me and Dreamer in Tahsis on Vanco...
Deciding to sell the boat was tough enough. Then came the “buyers.” Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 I was done. I was dangling from the top of my mast, trying to free the tangled jib halyard as boat wakes on ...
A quick dismasting led to months of navigating insurance claim waters. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Five seconds is all it takes. Five seconds for your entire rig to come down, causing tens of thousands of...
Finding their perfect boat had less to do with love than with research, compromise, and patience. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 We’ve all heard the story: Man or woman sees boat, falls in love, opens wallet...
A pulpit-mounted spotlight can make all the difference when navigating in the dark. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 I tend to sneak up on new ideas, so it took me many years of night sailing in the Chesapeake...
. . . and Two More Family Cruisers Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 John Clarke refers to the Beneteau Oceanis 351 as a family cruiser. So, let’s start by describing the evolution of this concept. In the days ...
A Fun, Fast Family Cruiser Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Dave and Pat Crowner had trailer-sailed their Flying Scot from the Florida Keys to New York’s Cayuga Lake when they started chartering keelboats in t...
Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Putting this issue together, Good Old Boat Senior Editor Wendy Mitman Clarke said to me, “Personally, I think it’s stupid, the whole ‘two happiest days’ adage. There’s no truth...
Four friends and a refit rocket tackle the raucous Race to Alaska. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Gripping the tiller in my left hand and the coaming in my right, I spin my head from side to side, desperate ...
Want to successfully sell your boat on your own? Here’s how. Issue 136: Jan/Feb 2021 Over the past decade, my husband and I have bought six sailboats and sold five of them (we live aboard the boat we ...
