A Passage to the Islands - Delivering a Catalina 320 to the Virgin Islands.

Twenty Tacks to St. Thomas - Round trip delivery of a Liberty 49 to the Virgin Islands

Cruising Destination Articles

South of Sulawesi - Cruising off the beaten track in Indonesia

Tikopia Island  - A little-known outpost of traditional culture in the South Pacific.

Cruising the Philippines - Banton Island  - Perfect tranquillity in a world apart

Cruising the Philippines Part Two - Lost Souls of Sibuyan Island - Lost B25 bomber wreck discovered

Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Hanging out in Trinidad. 

Escape to Devil's Island  - French Guyana

Halfway to Paradise - Midway along the Thorny Path to the Caribbean lies a cruiser's haven in Luperon, Dominican Republic.

Sailor Interviews

  One With The Oceans - Profile of Argentine open boat adventurer Alberto Torroba.

Found Treasure, Will Travel - Meet Hans Klaar: cruiser, trader, and treasure hunter aboard his 51-foot Wharram cat Rapa Nui.

A Law Unto Himself  - No money, no registration, no worries! Kris Larson wanders the Indian Ocean battling bureaucrats and ignoring snobbish yachtsmen aboard his steel junk.

The Ice Man of Iron Bark - Trevor Robertson winters alone in Antarctica.

Still Sailing after 80 Years - Jim Melcher celebrates his 80th birthday sailing across the Atlantic aboard his hybrid "Chinese gaff-rigged" leeboarder Alert.

Blown Away  German sailor's accidental dinghy voyage from Trinidad to Venezuela.

Boat Improvement Projects

Converting the Quarterberth - Building a cockpit locker/nav station out of a quarterberth

Building an Integral Water Tank Into Your Boat

Giving Your Boat Some Legs A description of Atom's drying-out legs.

Kayaks and Dinghies Atom's plywood/epoxy pram dinghy and fiberglass kayak.

The Foolproof Head Installing a Lavac toilet behind a watertight bulkhead.
 
In Search of the Unsinkable Boat  Adding watertight bulkheads.

Aerial Tricks - Making a dipole antenna for your SSB radio.

Taipan 28 Refit - complete interior rebuild, outboard motor well

The Inside Outboard - Installing an outboard motor in a well.

Improving Your Boat's Companionway - Keeping the sea and intruders out

Nicholson 31 Interior Makeover - A good old boat gets better

Reference

The Good Old Boat List - Choosing a Small Voyaging Sailboat

Voyage Consulting

Solo Across the Atlantic on the Triton Pajaro

The Salsa Voyage - Fitting out an Alberg 30 and getting underway on a planned circumnavigation

Same articles listed by publication (Links indicate online versions)

Good Old Boat Magazine 
May/June 2001    Twice around in a Triton
November/December 2002   The Inside Outboard - Installing a built-in well for an outboard motor on a 28-foot cruiser.
September/October 2005  Nicholson 31 makeover Part 1 and 2 
March/April 2008  Converting the Quarterberth - Building a cockpit locker/nav station out of a quarterberth

Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine
May/June 2001   Escape to Devil's Island  - French Guyana

Cruising World Magazine
Sept 1996  One With The Oceans - Profile of Argentine open boat adventurer Alberto Torroba.
Mar 1998  In The Company Of Giants - Modifications for the small cruising boat.
July 1998  Found Treasure, Will Travel - Meet Hans Klaar: cruiser, trader, and treasure hunter aboard his 51-foot Wharram cat Rapa Nui.
Oct 1998  In Joshua's Wake - Guy Bernardin circumnavigates in a Spray replica.
Dec 1998  Cape of Good Hope Class of '98 - Rounding the South African cape.
Feb 1999  Aerial Tricks - Making a dipole antenna for your SSB radio.
Apr 1999  High Adventure, Low Budget - Meet Pete and Annie Hill, gurus of frugal sailors.
June 1999  The King of Chagos - Crazy cruising yarns from the Chagos Islands.
Nov 1999  A Law Unto Himself  - No money, no registration, no worries! Kris Larson wanders the Indian Ocean battling bureaucrats and snobbish yachtsmen aboard his steel junk.
Apr 2000  Seductive Brazil - Cabedelo is a favorite stop for cruisers on Brazil's eastern tip.
Oct 2000  The Tank Within - How to build integral  water tanks into your fiberglass hull. 
Dec 2000  Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Hanging out in Trinidad. 
Feb 2001  The Ice Man of Iron Bark - Trevor Robertson winters alone in Antarctica.
May 2002  Trinidad: The Southernmost Isle - Trying to reason with hurricane season.
June 2002  Azores High: Triton Tows 27-footer 700 Miles (This article is now combined with Back To Brazil - Part Two)
Oct 2002  Saga of a Jungle Schooner - A long and leaky path to redemption for the 60-foot cargo schooner Zulu.
Feb 2003  Halfway to Paradise - Midway along the Thorny Path to the Caribbean lies a cruiser's haven in Luperon, Dominican Republic.
Feb 2003  Still Sailing after 80 Years - Jim Melcher celebrates his 80th birthday sailing across the Atlantic aboard his hybrid "Chinese gaff-rigged" leeboarder Alert.
July 2004  Bringing Goose Home - Trans-Atlantic delivery of a 28-foot 1960 Triton
April 2005  Building a Better Companionway - A secure and dry companionway 

Blue Water Sailing Magazine
November 2008   A Passage to the Islands - Delivering a Catalina 320 to the Virgin Islands.
May 2009  Twenty Tacks to St. Thomas - Round trip delivery of a Liberty 49 to the Virgin Islands

Sail Magazine
Jan 1998    Lazing through Lemur Land - No, I did not write that title! Only an editor could come up with that. If you haven't guessed, it's actually about cruising Madagascar.

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