A woman singlehander loses her heart to that old lump of iron down below Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Most sailors don’t miss the motor after they part with their first auxiliary-powered sailboat. Bu...
A short lesson on surveying the surveyors Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 You usually get a sailboat surveyed because someone, most likely an insurance or finance company, has told you to or because, as a pot...
Making the case for a feminine pronoun Issue 43 : Jul/Aug 2005 “I wonder why people refer to boats as ‘she.’ Why not call it an ‘it,’ ” a charter guest aboard our sloop asked me one day. I shrugged an...
Renovation proceeds despite critics and admirers Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Ice still covered the silent white bay and snow lay knee-deep in the boatyard when we began renovating our “new” old yacht. In ...
Two efforts to save old boats from our landfills Issue 57 : Nov/Dec 2007 This is the first of a two-part series about sailors who fall in love with old boats, particularly those made of wood, and are ...
A 70-year-old gaff schooner sails again Issue 58 : Jan/Feb 2008 Last summer, while puttering around at the mooring, I heard a runabout idling and voices in conversation. The occupants were apparently ...
A schooner’s crew won’t be dock-bound by a defunct engine Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 Sailing a heavy fixed-keel boat without an engine could be viewed as a challenge and a good opportunity to improve one...
A family business makes old boats good again Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Cayuga Lake, located in upstate New York’s Finger Lakes Region, is home to a large and active fleet of good old boats based in the ...
A good old classified helps a Chris-Craft Capitan Issue 93 : Nov/Dec 2013 It took two men and 16 years to complete an international effort to save Sophie. She was a little blue sloop, just like the bo...
The inevitable, unpredictable, freshwater fertility frenzy Issue 108: May/June 2016 Each year, along the south shore of Lake Ontario in late April when it’s time for painting and varnishing boats, the...
A first cruise that might have been the last Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 Though it’s not the ocean, Lake Ontario demands a certain amount of respect. My husband, Chris, and I were reminded of this not to...
A former tightwad reflects on shoestring budgets Issue 108: May/June 2016 The pastime of sailing has often been compared to standing in a cold shower while tearing up 20-dollar bills. Yacht ownership ...
