“Soundproofing 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – January 2016 – This is the last published piece of work authored by Capt. Launer.
“The Gunter Rig 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2015
“Boarding Ladders 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2015
“Wiring Terminals 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2015
“AIS 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2015
“Sail Tell-Tales 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2014
“Paper Chartds 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2014
“Marine Electrical Wire 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2014
“ Leech Lines 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2014
“Sacrificial Anodes 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2014
“Coaxial Cable 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2014
“Wind-Vane Steering 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2013
“Standing Rigging Terminals 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2013
“Chart Datum and GPS 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2014
“The Cunningham 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2013
“Draft Adjusters 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2013
“Spreaders 101” Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2013
“Compass Errors” Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2013
“The Hand Bearing Compass 101” Good Old Boat Magazine -Nov. 2012
“Apogee, a Southern Cross 31” Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov.2012
“The Gaff Rig Sail 101” Good Old BoatMagazine -Sept.2012
“Outhauls-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2012
“Boom Vangs 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2012
“Hoses 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2012
“Boat Refrigeration 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2012
“Icebox Insulation 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2011
“Two-Timing Table” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2011
“Measuring Boat Speed 101” – Good Old Boat – Sept. 2011
“Cruising Into Old Age” – Forked River Gazette – Sept. 2011
“Mechanical Advantage 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2011
“Dorade Draft Excluder” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2011
“Water Tanks 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2011
“Termites of the Sea” – Forked River Gazette – April 2011
“Forked River – the River and the Town” – Forked River Gazette – March 2011
“Watermakers 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Mar. 2011
“Sea Nettles” – Forked River Gazette – Feb. 2011
“Displacement Hull Speed 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2011
“GPS Vulnerabilities-101”- Good Old Boat Magazine- Nov. 2010
“The Mainland Side of the Bay” – Forked River Gazette – Sept. 2010
“Buoyancy & Displacement-101” -Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2010
“Barnegat Bay” – Forked River Gazette – Aug. 2010
“Reversal of Magnetism” – Forked River Gazette – July 2010
“Why Boats Sink” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2010
“Charting Our World” – Forked River Gazette – June 2010
“Lifelines-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2010
“Beginning of the Satellite Age” – Forked River Gazette – April 2010
“Propellers – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2010
“The Early Pacific Navigators” – Forked River Gazette – Feb. 2010
“Travelers – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2010
“The Magical Compass” – Forked River Gazette – Dec. 2009
“Cranberry Inlet” – Forked River Gazette – Nov. 2009
“Wind Generators-101”-Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2009
Book: “The Galley – How Things Work” – Sept. 2009
“The Schooner Era” – Forked River Gazette – Sept 2009
“Lazy Jacks – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2009
“The Ice Age” – Forked River Gazette – Aug. 2009
“The Ditch Bag-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2009
Book: “Navigation Through the Ages” – June 2009
“Mooring Buoy Pickup-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2009
“Fathers and Sons” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2009
“Shore Power Adapters-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2009
“Schooners on the Bay” – Nor’easter Magazine – March 2009
“Signaling for Help-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2009
“A Shelf of Many Purposes” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2009
“Anchor Lights-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2008
“Waterspouts” – Good Old Boat Magazine (on-line) – Sept. 2008
“Inverters-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2008
“Bronze and Brass-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2008
“Destination: Barnegat Bay – Nor’easter Magazine – August 2008
“Destination Atlantic City” –Nor’easter Magazine – July 2008
“Seafarer-34” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2008
“Electronic Lifesavers-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2008
“Cruising Guide to Southern New Jersey” – Nor’easter Magazine – April 2008
“Cruising Delaware Bay and Cape May” – Nor’easter Magazine – April 2008
“Sailtrack Lubricator” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2008
“Fume Detectors-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2008
“EPIRBs, PLBs, and SARTs – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – January 2008
“Dock Lines-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2007
“Folding Dinghies by the Score” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2007
Book: “Lessons from My Good Old Boat” – Sheridan House Pub. – Oct. 2007
“Fire Extinguishers-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2007
“To Have and to Hold” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2007
“The Space-Age Sailor” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2007
“Wind Terminology-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2007
“The New Jersey Pirates” – Nor’easter Magazine – May 25, 2007
“The Blue Network” – Peacock North Magazine – Spring 2007
“Anchor Sentinels-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2007
“Identity -Your Boat’s Birth Certificate” – Nor’easter Magazine – April 13, 2007
“Navigation Instruments without Cords” – Nor’easter Magazine – Mar. 30, 2007
“A Guide to the Intricacies of Solar Panels” – Nor’easter Magazine – Mar. 2, 2007
“Reefing and Furling Jibs-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Mar. 2007
“GPS, DGPS, and WAAS” – Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book – 2007
“Standing Rigging-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2007
“Iron Wind – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2006
“Finding Your Way” – Nor’easter Magazine – Oct. 13, 2006
“Cabin Heaters – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept./Oct. 2006
Book: “Dictionary of Nautical Acronyms and Abbreviations” – Sheridan House Pub. – Sept. 2006
“Mainsail Handling-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2006
“Compass – 101” – Nor’easter Magazine – May 2006
“Nautical Time-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2006
“How Deep?” – Nor’easter Magazine – April 28, 2006
“Deciphering an HIN” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2006
“Galley Stoves-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2006
“GPS, DGPS, and WAAS” – Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book – 2006
“The Alternator” – Nor’easter Magazine – Jan. 2006
“To Have and to Hold” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2006
“Solar Panels – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2006
“Nautical Compass-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2005
“Rope – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2005
“Barnegat Bay Watch” – The Beachcomber – June 2005
“Radar-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2005
“Double Fenders” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July/Aug. 2005
“Plotting a Course” – Nor’easter Magazine – May 2005
“GPS, DGPS, and WAAS” – Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book – Nov. 2005
“Binoculars-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2005
“The Rhodes-22” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2005
“Seven Simple Do-It-Yourself Fixes” – Offshore Magazine – April 2005
“Simple Solutions” – Offshore Magazine – April 2005
“Logging Time” – Chesapeake Bay Magazine – March 2005
“Chart Plotters – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2005
“Logging Time” – Offshore Magazine – Feb. 2005
“Shaft-Logs – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan./Feb. 2005
“Christmas Eve on Kinery Rock”- Nor’easter Mag. (Ches. Bay Edition) – Nov. 2004
“GPS, DGPS, and WAAS” – Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book – Nov. 2004
“It’s About Time” – Nor’easter Magazine – Nov. 2004
“Winter Agitation” – Nor’easter Magazine – Oct. 2004
“The Trouble with Wetlands Construction” – Nor’easter Magazine – Oct. 2004
“Bilge Pumps-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2004
“Resurrected” – Nor’easter Magazine – Oct. 2004
“Cruising Into Old Age” – Nor’easter Magazine – Oct. 2004
“Bolt-Rope it on” – Marine Fabricator – Oct. 2004
“Do It Yourself – Kayak” – Nor’easter Magazine – Sept. 2004
“The Alternator” – Nor’easter Magazine – Sept. 2004
“Emergency Starting Button” – Nor’easter Magazine – Sept. 2004
“Seacocks – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2004
“Boltropes and Tracks” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2004
“The New Jersey Pirates” – The Beachcomber – Aug. 2004
“It’s a Blast” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2004
“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2004
“To Have and to Hold” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2004
“Magnetically Speaking” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2004
“GPS Primer” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2004
“Sea Nettles” – Nor’easter Magazine – Aug. 2004
“Visiting the Kills” – Nor’easter Magazine – July 2004
“In With the Tide” – Nor’easter Magazine – July 2004
Good Old Boat Magazine CD for 1998-1999, including my articles – July 2004
“Slap-Stick” – Nor’easter Magazine – July 2004
“Destination Atlantic City” – Nor’easter Magazine – July 2004
“The Forked River” – Nor’easter Magazine – July 2004
“They’re Back” – Nor’easter Magazine – July 2004
“Barnegat Bay Watch” – Nor’easter Magazine – June 2004
“Fiberglass-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2004
“Barnegat Bayman” – Nor’easter Magazine – June 2004
“Revised Cruising Guide Now Available” – Nor’easter Magazine – June 2004
“New Jersey Expands No Discharge Zones” – Nor’easter Magazine – June 2004
“Fort Delaware” – Nor’easter Magazine – June 2004
Book – Revised 2nd Edition: “A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters” – Rutgers University Press – June 2004
“Cruising New Jersey – Part IV” – Nor’easter Magazine – May 2004
“Cruising New Jersey – Part III” – Nor’easter Magazine – May 2004
“Barnegat Light” – Nor’easter Magazine – May 2004
“Steering Systems – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – April 2004
“Terminal Fittings” – Good Old Boat Magazine – April 2004
“Cruising New Jersey – Part II – Nor’easter Magazine – April 2004
“Cruising New Jersey – Part 1” – Nor’easter Magazine – April 2004
“Tidal Confusion” – Nor’easter Magazine – April 2004
“Cape May” – Nor’easter Magazine – March 2004
“GPS-101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Mar. 2004
“Sound Off” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Mar. 2004
“Book review: “How Boat Things Work” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2004
“Magnetic Fascination” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2004
“Things that go Slap in the Night” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2004
“Diesel Engines 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2004
“Alternators 101” – Good old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2003
“Building a Hard-Top Dodger” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2003
“GPS, DGPS, and WAAS” – Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book – 2004” – Nov. 2003
“The Miracle of Tides” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2003
“Marine Band – 101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2003
“Emergency Start Button” – Good Old Boast Magazine – Sept. 2003
“New Jersey Discharge Laws” – Soundings – Sept. 2003
“Depth-Sounders -101” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2003
“The Runaway Plug” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2003
“The Gentle Art of Rowing” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2003
“Drifting Into Old Age” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2003
“Watch Your Winches” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2003
“Have a Soda Blast” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2003
“Starving Shorebirds Need a Helping Hand” – Times-Beacon Newspapers – Feb. 2003
“Repowering – Part II” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2002
“Repowering – Part I” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2002
“Risen from the Ashes” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2002
“Shore-power Cover” – Good Old Boat Magazine – July 2002
“Preparing for the Big Blow” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2002
“Overboard Ladder” – Good Old Boat Magazine – May 2002
“Tackle Your Blocks” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Mar. 2002
“Deadeyes” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2002
“Remember When” – Asbury Park Press – Jan. 5, 2002
“Bowsprits, Bumpkins, and Belaying Pins” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2001
“Marina Profile: All in The Family” – Offshore Magazine – Nov. 2001
“Chris Bauer and his boats” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2001
“Winter Agitation” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2001
“Elegant all-season solution” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Sept. 2001
“Marina Profile: Going Down to the Crossroads” – Offshore magazine – May 2001
“John Moyer” – Offshore Magazine – April 2001
“Improve Your Dodger” – Good Old Boat Magazine – March 2001
“Marina Profile: All in the Family” – Offshore Magazine – Feb. 2001
“O, How She Scoons” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Jan. 2001
“The Club-Footed Jib” – Good Old Boat Magazine – Nov. 2000
“Marina Profile: A True Fair Haven” – Offshore Magazine – Nov. 2000
“Marina Profile: Location, Location” – Offshore Magazine – Sept. 2000
“Marina Profiles: A Trump Card” – Offshore magazine – June 2000
“Marina Profile: Three In One” – Offshore magazine – April 2000
“Slapstick” – Chesapeake Bay Magazine – Feb. 2000
“It’s About Time” – Good Old Boat magazine – Jan. 2000
“A Mid-Winter Visit” – Good Old Boat magazine – Jan. 2000
“Cruising into Old Age” – Offshore magazine – Dec. 1999
“Marina Profile: Crystal Point Yacht Club” – Offshore magazine – Dec. 1999
“Christmas Eve on Kinery Rock” – Good Old Boat magazine – Nov. 1999
“Cruising Guide to Cape May, NJ” – Coastal Cruising magazine – Oct. 1999
“Marine Profile: Greenwich Boat Works” – Offshore magazine – Sept. 1999
“Cruising NJ Waters” (2-part series) – The Beachcomber – Aug. 1999
“A Cruise up the Delaware” – Coastal Cruising magazine – June 1999
“Satellite Navigation Rolls Over” – Offshore magazine – July 1999
“Storm Warnings” – Offshore magazine – July 1999
“Marina Profile: Riverbank Marina” – Offshore magazine – July 1999
“Marina Profile: Ted & Sons Marina” – Offshore magazine – April 1999
“Marina Profile: Lighthouse Marina” – Offshore magazine – March 1999
“Marina Profile: Dillons Creek Marina” – Offshore magazine – Nov. 1998
“Barnegat Inlet” – Offshore magazine – September 1998
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” – Offshore magazine – June 1998
“Waterways West of New York City” – Waterway Guide – 1998
“Ask the Captain” – Regular column in The Beachcomber- May, June, July, & August
1998- Also syndicated in The Sandpaper of Cape May & The Sandpaper of Ocean City, NJ
Book: – “Sail – Things That Work” – contributions to a compilation – April 1998
“Marina Profile: Cape Island Marina” – Offshore magazine – April 1998
“Things That Work” – SAIL magazine – January 1998
“Lucky Town” – Offshore magazine – January 1998
“Things that Work” – SAIL magazine – December 1997
“Marina Profile: Rick’s Marina” – Offshore magazine – November 1997
“The Recreant” – Waterfront Echo – November 1997
“The Best of Cruising World” – CD – (Includes three of my previously- published articles) – December 1997
“Cape May Harbor” – Offshore magazine – November 1997
“An Affair of a Lifetime” – Ocean Echo – August 1997
“Ask the Captain” – Regular column in The Beachcomber- May, June, July, & August 1997- Also syndicated in The Sandpaper of Cape May & The Sandpaper of Ocean City, NJ
“Marina Profile: Seaview Harbor Marina” – Offshore magazine – May 1997
“Cruising New Jersey’s East Coast” – New Jersey Waterways magazine – March / April 1997
Book (paperback): “A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters” – Rutgers UniversityPress March 1997
“New Jersey Hideaway” – Offshore magazine – March 1997
“Marina Profile: High Bar Harbor Yacht Club” – Offshore magazine – Nov. 1996
“Under the Beam of old Barney” – Offshore magazine – Oct. 1996
“Tides Along Coastal New Jersey” – New Jersey Waterways magazine – Sept. 1996
“Preparing for the Big Blow” – New Jersey Waterways magazine – August 1996
“Barnegat Bay Watch” – New Jersey Waterways magazine – August 1996
“To Have and to Hold” – New Jersey Waterways magazine – July 1996
“A Coast Guard Station Recycled” – New Jersey Waterways magazine – July 1996
Book (hardcover): “A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters” – Rutgers University Press – Nov. 1995
“Sarajevo Remembered” – The Beachcomber – August 1995
“Boats and Big Blows” – The Beachcomber – June 1995
“Ask the Captain” (regular column) – The Beachcomber – May 1995, May 1995, July 1995, July 1995, July 1995
Book Review: “Boater’s Books” – The Beachcomber – July 1994
“Pining for Toms River” – Offshore magazine – May 1994
“Take the Worry out of Wet Storage” – Cruising World magazine -Oct. 1993
“Sailing Into the Smooth Waters of Old Age” – The Beachcomber -August 1993
“Tides of Change” – The Beachcomber – June 1993
“You Can Coast Into a New Age” – Cruising World magazine – July 1993
“Signposts on the Water” – The Beachcomber – June 1993
“My Home Port, Forked River” – Offshore magazine – Jan. 1993
“Christmas Eve at Kinery Rock” – Offshore magazine – Dec. 1992
“The Water Works” – Cruising World magazine – Aug. 1992
“Watching the Bay” – The Beachcomber July 18, 1992
“Staying on Course” – The Beachcomber May 30, 1992
“Two Sheets to the Wind” – The Beachcomber – May 30, 1992
“The Early Days at ABC” – Scene-16 – March 1992
“ABC-TV’s First Echo Chamber” – Scene-16 – April 1992
“Transiting the Jersey Shore” – Offshore magazine – May 1992
“Bay Man of the Barnegat” – The Down Kreek Journal – Dec. 1991
“Remote Feed Compatibility in the Early Days” – Scene-16 – Oct. 1991
“Delaware Bay” – Offshore magazine – Oct. 1991
“Then and Now” – Scene-16 – July 1991
“Sailing: A Rich Man’s Sport” – The Beachcomber – July 14, 1991
“Coasting Into Retirement” – The Beachcomber – April 8, 1990
“Solo Sailing” – The Beachcomber – May 18, 1990
“A Midwinter Visit” – The Beachcomber – June 9, 1989
“A Midwinter Visit” – Cruising World magazine – March 1989
“The Versatile Breadfruit” – Cruising World magazine – Nov.1987
“Slap Stick” – The Beachcomber – June 11, 1987
“Keeping Wood Blocks Rolling” – SAIL magazine – June 1987
“Apogee, the Culmination” – The Beachcomber – July 3, 1986
“Make a Half-Hull Model” – SAIL magazine – Nov. 1985
“Cruising Guide to New Jersey’s Inland Waters” – Cruising World magazine – June 1985
“Belay That Line” – Cruising World magazine – May 1985
“The Operations Book” – Cruising World magazine – Dec. 1984
“Season’s End” – The Beachcomber – Oct. 4, 1984
“Going Aloft” – Cruising World magazine – Sept. 1984
“Season’s Birth” – The Beachcomber – May 17, 1984
“Let’s Make Some Music” – Cruising World magazine – March 1984
“Blue Crab Delight” – Book: “The Best of People & Food Cookbook” – Published 1984
“Join the Club-Footed Club” – Cruising World magazine – June 1983
“Soaring like a Seabird into Spring” – Cruising World magazine – April 1982
“The New Jersey Pirates” – The Beachcomber – Aug. 27, 1981
“Those Other Edibles in the Bay” – The Beachcomber – July 23, 1981
“Clams & Cans” – Cruising World magazine – May 1981
“Season’s End” – Cruising World magazine – October 1981
“Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway” – The Beachcomber – July 3, 1980
“Barnegat Bay Was in a Teaching Mood” – Cruising World magazine – Jan. 1980
“An Affair of a Lifetime” – Cruising World magazine – June 1979
“The Home Winery” – The Bergen Record – Sunday magazine supplement – Oct. 19, 1968
“Interpreting the Pulse-Cross Display” – Broadcast Engineering magazine May 1966
“Producing and Interpreting the Pulse-Cross – Part II” – Television Engineering magazine – Nov. 1951
Capt. Donald M. Launer 