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A good lashing and they won’t slack off Issue 77 : Mar/Apr 2011 A number of ideas have appeared in Good Old Boat recently for locking turnbuckles without using cotter pins in the conventional way (March and July 2010 issues). If the turnbuckles on your shrouds are close to each other or, better yet, in...
Seafaring women earn the right to lament Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 Not all women believe they were meant to go to sea. I’m convinced, in fact, that the vast majority are sure that women are not meant to travel on boats of any kind. Historically, it hasn’t been our role. This past summer, we...
There’s more to their lines than meets the eye Issue 77 : Mar/Apr 2011 A typical fleet of good old cruising boats will show tremendous variety in the design and layout of their decks. The typical fleet of modern raceboats will show a remarkable sameness and consistency in their deck designs and layouts. A raceboat...
Helping dock “crew” do the right thing Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 When we bring our 1979 C&C 30, Callisto, into a dock, I like to have the docklines made fast and their ends positioned so helping hands on the dock can easily get hold of them. For years, I’ve tried to find a slip knot...
