Economic warm-up:
It’s time to think BIG!

We all felt it at the Annapolis Boat Show: the economic climate within the sailing community is warming up. Sailors were there in great numbers, they were enthusiastic, and they were buying. The folks at Good Old Boat would like to contribute to this growing enthusiasm. Here’s our offer:

Buy two full-page ads
in the very front of the magazine and
get the third one free!

Grab the attention of good old do-it-yourselfers* as you never have before with a full-page sock-it-to-’em, front-of-the-magazine, high-visibility location. (As long as those spaces are available, of course.)
A bold move for you? You bet. But it might just be what it takes for your business to make a memorable impact. Make them an offer they can’t refuse, tell them something they don’t know, tell them why you’re the best. (We’ll even design the ad for you at a minimal cost.)

Reserve your space now
before it’s gone.

What does this cost? You’ll be amazed at how inexpensive it is to have this kind of impact when compared with the other sailing magazines. We keep our advertising costs affordable with extremely low overhead and very high readership loyalty numbers.
Our subscribers pay premium prices to read Good Old Boat. There are two big advantages for you in this publishing model. First, the advertisers don’t have to do all the heavy lifting. Second, the readers you’ll be reaching really want to read this publication and pay a bit more to do so.
Contact me here: Michael at Good Old Boat . If you’re interested in what we can do for you, please drop me an email and I’ll give you a call.
Don’t get caught in the holiday rush. December 31 is the deadline for our spring March/April issue. By March, things will be warming up in more ways than one! Give your business a boost now!

Who are our readers? They’re the ones in the boatyards doing the work themselves. Whether upgrading, maintaining, installing, replacing, or cleaning, they’re investing in and improving the sailboats they own and love. They want to know about the products, equipment, and services you offer for their boats.

Redo your non-skid deck

When it was time to apply non-skid to the deck of my Fuji 32, I was looking at a blank canvas. Deck repairs, coupled with an ineffective existing non-skid, prompted me to totally remove the remaining non-skid.

My plan for my deck was to apply a permanent non-skid, using gelcoat. This approach is often required when a deck has had a lot of repairs and/or core replacement. I have used this method for a number of years on clients’ boats with good results. The previous non-skid on my 1976 Fuji 32 was of the sand-in-paint variety. Since I have an inherent dislike for this approach, I removed all the non-skid as a part of the deck repair process. The repairs I made were epoxy-based. This presents a possible problem since polyester gelcoat will not reliably adhere to epoxy. That is where the System Three company comes to the rescue. They manufacture a special epoxy (SB-112) that acts as a tie-coat between normal epoxy and polyester. SB-112 was originally developed for the surfboard industry, where they envelop the foam blanks with SB-112 and add polyester graphics over it.

Read the whole article
from the September 2007 issue.