Lingering fair weather is irresistible Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Past Labor Day, through October and well into November, there’s some fine sailing to be had in Puget Sound — warm 75-degree days that tu...
Big-box carabiners are the ultimate clip-ons Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 I’ve tried a number of arrangements for connecting the fenders to Wind-Borne, my 1985 Hunter 28.5, but none have been all that sat...
Fitting an Autohelm without harming the teak wheel Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 I searched high and low for my factory original all-teak wheel, the top of the line of about five wheels and a tiller that E...
Inside/outside viewing when navigating by tablet Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 About 30 years ago, I fabricated a teak swing-out arm for my navigation aids, a Loran and depth finder (it’s pictured in Mail ...
Care in the fall ensures a carefree spring Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Outboard motors on small sailboats should last a long time because they’re lightly used. Most are run only to get the boat into and ...
Mayhem begets a teaching moment Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 It’s amazing how fast things can change on the water. How does that salty expression go . . . that sailing is 99 percent boredom and one percen...
A popular cruising catamaran Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 When Henry and Linda McKevitt traded in their S2 9.2 center cockpit in October 2011, they had been looking for a comfortable boat for cruising the...
Shelter for a cockpit that’s active in winter Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Blue plastic hardware-store tarps appear in our marina about the time mushrooms sprout in the nearby woods. Slung over booms and ...
Highway hauling takes preparation and patience Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Sometimes good old boats need to be moved overland. Many were not designed for that and present a challenge that may seem overwh...
Doing a brutal job without the heavy lifting Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 If you own a good old boat you’ve no doubt had the dubious joy of working on its bottom. Perhaps multiple coats of bottom paint ha...
A well-earned renovation for a well-used boat Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 When Ken and Ginny Reinink decided to buy a good old boat, they had a list of criteria. The boat had to be the right size for two...
Vinyl restores the look and the footing Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Back in the early days of Good Old Boat (March 2000), I wrote an article detailing my efforts to bring new life to the interior of our ...
A tired saloon table gets a facelift Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 The tabletop and countertops on Jammin, my 1981 Stevens 47, are a lovely almond Formica that was the must-have material before Corian came...
Five ideas that flunked; five that made the grade Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 In the years since we launched her, our home-finished 31-foot Cape George cutter has been subjected to perhaps the most rigor...
Variety is the spice of the sailing life Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 One of the greatest aspects of offshore and coastal cruising is meeting other like-minded souls out there who are sailing the world’s ...
Shelter and a helm station are key features Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 It’s a challenge to define what we mean when we refer to a pilothouse on a sailboat. Is inside steering a definite requirement? Wha...
When it’s time to replace them, think swageless Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Most good old boats were delivered from the factory with swaged terminal fittings on their standing rigging — the shrouds and s...
A handsome cruiser with highly evolved amenities Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Pearson Yachts updated several of its more popular designs in the late 1980s, releasing them as what is commonly referred to a...
Oh, yes . . . sailboats are a distraction Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Sailboats are clearly a distraction in the lives of sailors. At Good Old Boat we see a predictable and seasonal pattern in our reader...
