Reviewing those occasional moments of chaos — and bliss Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 In a frustrating moment during a mechanical refit on Pleiades, I sat wondering, “Why do I even own a boat?” My lack of ...
Clean cuts in fiberglass cloth Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Working with fiberglass cloth presents a number of challenges. One of them is making a straight cut across the width of the material. To draw a ...
Putting golf balls to a higher purpose Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 At haulout time in northern climates, sailors perform an annual ritual of cleaning, packing, winterizing, and covering their boats to pr...
A flexible joint accommodates different expansion rates Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Leaks and cracks are all too common when Plexiglas is fastened to a wooden hatch frame with screws. They are largely a ...
Urethane finish generates the Wow! factor Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 From my perspective, nothing is more pleasing to the eye than the gleaming finish of a sailboat’s brightwork. It makes no difference ...
A hatch trick restores the view ahead Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 On some boats, the field of view from the helm is quite poor. We faced this problem on our Sisu 26. It was built in 1985 and some of the ...
A good old author recalls the fun of the good old days Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Everything about sailing was very different then. The America’s Cup was challenged for and defended by syndicates of pri...
A pair of throwable anchors is a valuable aid to “ungrounding” Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 T GIF! Friday had finally arrived. Soon we’d be off, just my little beauty and I, sailing out into the serenity ...
A stout overnighter with a big cockpit for daysailing Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 In 1974, the Hutchins Company found a market niche relatively unpopulated by competitors and filled it with a trailerable...
Docking in a storm brings near-calamity Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 The deal was done. I handed the check to the yacht broker, and she was mine: a classic New England sloop, designed by a famous marine a...
Eliminate overheating in 12 easy steps Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Ask any owner of an auxiliary diesel sailboat what his or her most common engine-related problem is and chances are the answer will be, ...
Lines and words that define the cruising sailboat’s hull Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 About 10 years ago, I wrote an extensive article for another yachting magazine on how to understand hull lines. I work...
Electronic vapor detectors safeguard you from invisible threats on board Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 We have all heard these or similar stories about sailors who’ve had lucky escapes when gases or vapors...
A look at three long-waterline cruiser/racers Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 I had some difficulty finding two designs to compare to the very-long-waterline Tartan 33, actually a 34 by almost any standards ...
Singlehanded to Grenada in a Tartan 33 Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 “Two ladies in the prime of their lives.” That’s how Mina L’Ecuyer (pronounced MY-na Lek-WEE-a) describes herself and her 1982 Tartan 33...
An extra hand for short-handed cruising sailors Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Lazy-jacks provide a simple way to control a sail when you lower it. By holding the sail above the boom and preventing it from ...
Renovating a tender tests a range of skills Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Picture a boat with cracked and crazed gelcoat, delamination, blisters, composite failures, peeling paint, and holes. If you had no...
Making good old hardware gleam like new Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Bringing the luster back to old metal boat parts is a lot like doing brightwork. It can be very tedious and time-consuming. The end res...
A wood-burning cabin heater beats the chill Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 We sure do love a warm fire in the cabin when it gets chilly in the evening and early morning, so when we take our good old Pearson...
The pretty pricey princess of production fiberglass sailboats Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Say “B 40” in any yacht club bar and everyone, with perhaps the exception of an unrepentent powerboater, will kno...
A much admired designer steps aboard Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 Please join me in welcoming Robert Perry as a regular contributor to our pages. Bob is no stranger to Good Old Boat. He’s been a regular r...
