Coordinated universal time and the mystery of the vanishing 13 seconds Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 The biggest disappointment of my early life, after the Santa Claus thing, was the discovery that “Time Se...
“Cows Week West” celebrates good old boats Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 Californians have long been informally acknowledged as the nation’s trendsetters, and so it is only fitting that a full-scale celebra...
Swap your old plastic windows for salty new ports Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 After buying our old 1965 Alberg 30, Mary and I knew that part of the renovation program would be the replacement of the old f...
Solutions to the problem of sailing in thin water Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 One answer to obtaining both shoal draft and good sailing performance is the centerboard, and boards have been fitted to every...
Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 Should you consider doing this work to a wooden boat? A 1996 editorial in a sailing magazine I rather like, spoke favorably of the sheathing and glassing of Mustang’s hull and ...
Modern technology brings new life to a wooden classic Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 “Well, fiberglass it, then!” These were unexpected words from the late Rod Stephens, Jr. We were discussing Mustang’s deck...
Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 No one has ever mentioned the lack of text all over the cover of Good Old Boat. We hear from readers regularly about our paper stock. (Yes, really! Some say it’s too heavy and ...
