Jim Shell, Author at Good Old Boat

A Battery for Every Need

We were preparing for our spring cruise and going over our on-board dry-cell battery inventory....

An old instrument’s housing provides a platform for its replacement. When we bought Phantom,...

Clever surgery on a standard bed mattress improves a V-berth’s sleepability. When we bought...

We’ve got some poorly lit areas aboard (as you can see above), and they’re where we most need...

When they were new, the four Rayovac 6-volt golf-cart (GC2) batteries on Phantom, our Pearson 365...

Prototyping bug-proofing possibilities for opening portlights My friend’s Westsail 32 has 10...

We occasionally go to potluck events in our marina where four or five couples are trying to cook...