Issue 1 : June 1998 Not long ago I rifled through a rack of anniversary cards looking for the perfect sentiment for my sailor. In doing so, I noticed a couple of cards which made the point that we don...
Why Jim and Connie Grant created the “sailshop on the prairie” Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 It was life’s haphazard events — and not a grand master plan — which have enabled a couple of sailors to be succe...
Sailmaking is not a “voodoo art,” as others would have you believe Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 One theme runs through the literature, the conversations, and the atmosphere at Sailrite — sailmaking is not ...
Winters sailing in the Caribbean. Summers “cooling it” in rural Wisconsin. Who could ask for anything more? Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 Seasonal cruisers Dan and Cathy Haupert and their daughter Mara have...
Good Old Boat magazine receives reviews from the toughest critics: you, the readers Issue 2 : Sept/Oct 1998 The initial feedback was overwhelming. “We love your concept!” you told us in letters, email...
Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 My refrain in recent months has been the theme from Barbra Streisand’s song “Secondhand Rose:” “I never had a thing that ain’t been used.” In the tradition of Secondhand Rose, I...
… and not too far from home Issue 3 : Nov/Dec 1998 Ken and Pat O’Driscoll have lived abroad, seen the sights, sampled the foods, and tasted the wine in faraway places. So now, as they adjust to ...
Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 1999 Sailor and writer Webb Chiles is credited with saying something to the effect that when the engine in his boat died he was set free — no maintenance chores, no need to get fuel,...
Don Moyer didn’t start out to become the Atomic 4 guru, he just loved “messing about with engines,” and an Atomic 4 was the engine he had … the rest, as they say, is history Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 19...
Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 1999 Ben Stavis is the kind of person who turns good ideas into reality. In fact, he turns good ideas into really good ideas. Ownership of a 41-foot Rhodes Reliant led to the develop...
My thanks to those who showed other women the way … Issue 4 : Jan/Feb 1999 Wanda, where are you now? A counselor at Minnesota’s Camp Birchwood, you taught me the rudiments of sailing years ago. ...
Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Second to sailing, bike riding is my favorite recreational activity. I’ll give cross-country skiing a distant third since I’m so bad at it. In recent years we’ve seldom had enou...
Tom Thomas finds art in sailboats. Good Old Boat subscribers can win a handbuilt model of their boat. Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Tom Thomas is not a sailor — not yet — a fact that can be easily forgiven o...
Ken and Cathy McIntire had more conservative plans for the future until their Baba 30, Kahlua, came into their lives. Now liveaboard cruising has risen to the top of the list Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Ke...
And win one for yourself if you’re lucky Issue 6 : May/Jun 1999 There are two kinds of entrepreneurs. First are those who decide to start a business, research the market to determine what sort of busi...
Issue 6 : May/Jun 1999 Even though he expresses it differently, John Hegberg shares the passion that drives Greg Jones and his charter/restoration business, Classic Yachts of Door County. John has set...
Issue 7 : Jul/Aug 1999 People have asked us whether we’d run out of material to write about after a few issues and, if so, what then? I used to worry about the same kind of thing in my youth as I was ...
Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 The sparfly wanders aimlessly, tracing lazy arcs in the sky as Mystic sits quietly under a curtain of gray. The slate-colored sky paints the water in metallic shades which undu...
They named their Nicholson 35 Passport . . . indeed she was just the ticket for their journey south Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 Once John and Sandy Larson had developed a dream for semi-retirement and a t...
What to do with used boat gear; where to find “good old stuff” Issue 10 : Jan/Feb 2000 Bingham & Associates Ray Bingham says being the match-maker for sailors and used gear is “a lifestyle.” He sp...
C&C Redwing plays it both ways Issue 10 : Jan/Feb 2000 Whether you’re a racer or a cruiser or a racer/cruiser (like Bill and Nancy Leonard in the previous article on Pages 4-7), the C&C Redwin...
Beautiful Blackbird Issue 10 : Jan/Feb 2000 A sailboat to fit Bill and Nancy Leonard’s lifestyle had to be aesthetically pleasing. It had to sail well. And it had to look good. Moored in front of the ...
Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 Perhaps you’ve noticed: Jerry and I are a couple of good old folks with a good old boat — exactly the profile of many of our readers. We have not circumnavigated the globe. (Je...
Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Return to your boat after a week or more, and you’ll see their lacework decorating the lifelines, shrouds, and pulpits. They’re lovely, these spider webs, with silvery threads ...
Issue 14: Sept/Oct 2000 Sail shape isn’t as important to me as it is to my sailing partner, technical editor, co-conspirator, and husband. He’s a consummate sailor, one who honed his skills in the one...
Puttering in a Potter is a gunkholer’s delight Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Imagine having a sailboat that can float in eight inches of water . . . one you can pull up on the beach for an evening ashore . ...
Beyond natural artistic instinct, these simple rules can improve your photos Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 Like many of us, Mary Jane Hayes has an instinctive sense of the beautiful and dramatic. She tells ...
After a three-year refit, a much-loved Allied Seabreeze goes cruising again in Maine Issue 14: Sept/Oct 2000 Leaves turn to muted rusts, reds, and golds in Down East Maine. The weather cells move more...
Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 Mystic, our C&C 30, is no youngster. I always say she’s a 1976, although I realize there is a discrepancy of a couple of years. I thought the hull was built in 1976, and sh...
Issue 16 : Jan/Feb 2001 We try to refrain from using the words “sport” and “sailing” in the same sentence, preferring instead the softer concept of “recreational activity” to the hard-core idea of “sp...
