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, ...
In English or engineering, this talented yacht designer loved a sweet line Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 One day in 1985, a yacht designer, the late Gary Mull, wandered into the Connecticut office of Sailor ...
Ample food gives you more cruising choices Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 WHETHER IT’S FOR A WEEKEND OR a season, I provision with every calorie, can, vitamin, and victual I can cram in. Excess food is cheap ...
Rigorous and expensive surveys lead to yacht certification Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 MANY READERS WILL HAVE HEARD of Lloyd’s Rules or, perhaps, seen ads boasting that this or that yacht has been designed...
Installing an outboard motor well on a 28-foot cruiser Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 WHEN OUR BOATS WERE HAULED for routine maintenance at a Trinidad boatyard recently, my friend, Theo, asked me for suggesti...
Tips on how to extract the old one and install the new one Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 IN THE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ISSUE OF Good Old Boat, we discussed the decisions to be made when the inevitable day comes t...
Step-by-step instructions for making your own hard dodger Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 IN MY DREAMS I OWN A SLEEK high-performance sloop that goes to weather like a rocket. This dreamboat has a sexy little ...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 THE NOR’SEA 27 is one of those very rare birds, a true bluewater auxiliary cruiser of trailerable beam and, as such, she has become almost a cult boat. In looking for other yach...
This small bluewater cruiser fulfills a couple’s lifetime dream Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 JILL DELEZYNSKI DECORATED THE bows of a number of sailboats while getting a tan on trips between Los Angeles and ...
