The forgotten magic of our heavenly satellite Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The next time there’s a new moon, go out and look for it. You won’t see it. In fact, the only way you’ll know the moon is n...
Two families choose Alberg 30s for living aboard Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Two months ago my husband and I brought our daughter home to our 30-foot sailboat. We live aboard a 1965 Alberg 30 sloop, whic...
Scores of continual little changes make life easier Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The long you live with a boat, the more you try to make things easier for yourself. Certainly the goal is a well-functionin...
John Guzzwell’s cruising icon sails again Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Forty-four years after he last held Trekka’s helm solidly in his hand, John Guzzwell reflected, “She seemed so small and simple.” Joh...
Bats and a thunderstorm combine to make mayhem Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 We were a few days into the first leg of a three-season passage to the Canadian Maritimes from our home port of Bayfield, Wiscon...
Another idea on how to improve airflow below Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 In the March 2003 issue of Good Old Boat, Peter Bonsey presented his unique method of increasing belowdecks airflow in a small boa...
To upgrade or supersize . . . that is the question Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 There comes a day in many sailors’ lives when the prospects of either upgrading their vessel or acquiring a new boat sends t...
Installing an inboard engine in a boat that never had one Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Some sailors are hypocrites. I’m a hypocrite. We profess to believe in the power of the wind, yet few of us go ...
A Mobjack Bay cruise with Jim Brown and his classic trimaran Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The end of World War II saw the flowering of a new type of sailboat . . . new to the American sailor at least. A n...
Ferrari or Maserati of the water Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Because the Ranger 28 followed closely on the heels of Gary Mull’s very successful Ranger 29 design, it seems obvious that Ranger Yachts told ...
Otherwise rational sailors gild their Lily, a Ranger 28 Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 Owning a sailboat is “far more rewarding than you have any right to expect,” says Walt Hodge. His co-captain and compan...
Fiberglass boats begin their next half decade Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of the type of boats featured in this magazine. It was 1956 when Aeromarine, né...
