Trucked Up: A Classic Pearson 365’s Fateful Ride North
What began as a pricey truck haul north for my battered Pearson 365 quickly spiraled into a hard lesson in reality.
What began as a pricey truck haul north for my battered Pearson 365 quickly spiraled into a hard lesson in reality.
Halfway through his latest circumnavigation, Webb Chiles made several upgrades to Gannet, his Moore 24, to make the rest of the journey safer and more comfortable.
The first step of a refit to prepare our classic Passport 40 for offshore sailing was to keep out all the unwanted water.
With its unusual performance-oriented pedigree, the compact O’Day 27 packs a lot of punch in a tidy little package.
A high-school kid with dreams of cruising transforms a tired Pearson 26 into a proper coastal cruiser.
“I decided to try to give it away, to someone more worthy of its potential as a nice little weekender … to pay it forward, as it were.”
With a need to downsize, a cruising couple takes re-ownership of the boat they owned 25 years earlier.
The Cape Dory 27 is fun to sail and affordable to own.
An intrepid sailor transforms a modest Peterson 34 into a fast, efficient yacht bound for distant horizons.
With dreams of cruising, a sailor purchases a classic Tartan 34c as his new home and vehicle for exploration.
Designed by Philip Rhodes and produced between 1960 and 1965, the Chesapeake 32 has been attracting admirers ever since.
A refit of an old sailboat brings a couple to the limits of their patience and finances—and nearly their sanity.
What began as a pricey truck haul north for my battered Pearson 365 quickly spiraled into a hard lesson in reality.
Halfway through his latest circumnavigation, Webb Chiles made several upgrades to Gannet, his Moore 24, to make the rest of the journey safer and more comfortable.
The first step of a refit to prepare our classic Passport 40 for offshore sailing was to keep out all the unwanted water.
With its unusual performance-oriented pedigree, the compact O’Day 27 packs a lot of punch in a tidy little package.
A high-school kid with dreams of cruising transforms a tired Pearson 26 into a proper coastal cruiser.
“I decided to try to give it away, to someone more worthy of its potential as a nice little weekender … to pay it forward, as it were.”
With a need to downsize, a cruising couple takes re-ownership of the boat they owned 25 years earlier.
The Cape Dory 27 is fun to sail and affordable to own.
An intrepid sailor transforms a modest Peterson 34 into a fast, efficient yacht bound for distant horizons.
With dreams of cruising, a sailor purchases a classic Tartan 34c as his new home and vehicle for exploration.
Designed by Philip Rhodes and produced between 1960 and 1965, the Chesapeake 32 has been attracting admirers ever since.
A refit of an old sailboat brings a couple to the limits of their patience and finances—and nearly their sanity.
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