Small Boat Journal Surprise

[Jim Goodine]

Many of us have some old back issues of Small Boat Journal that we re-examine every now and then. The magazine was really quite a resource while it was published in Bennington by Terry Ehric. They sold it to a magazine group in Atlanta who promptly ruined it at about issue #70. The going away party for the magazine and a few of the key editors was complete with party favors of, you guessed it, bound copies of all of the first 66 issues.
Today, one of my wife's co-workers brought in her 5 hardbound volumes that were just clogging up her bookcase and told her to give them to me. Oh boy, oh boy!!!! A whole winter's worth of reading. I guess about the next best thing to sailing and boatbuilding.

[Jim Goodine]

Many of us have some old back issues of Small Boat Journal that we re-examine every now and then. The magazine was really quite a resource while it was published in Bennington by Terry Ehric. They sold it to a magazine group in Atlanta who promptly ruined it at about issue #70. The going away party for the magazine and a few of the key editors was complete with party favors of, you guessed it, bound copies of all of the first 66 issues.
Today, one of my wife's co-workers brought in her 5 hardbound volumes that were just clogging up her bookcase and told her to give them to me. Oh boy, oh boy!!!! A whole winter's worth of reading. I guess about the next best thing to sailing and boatbuilding.

[Jim Goodine]

Many of us have some old back issues of Small Boat Journal that we re-examine every now and then. The magazine was really quite a resource while it was published in Bennington by Terry Ehric. They sold it to a magazine group in Atlanta who promptly ruined it at about issue #70. The going away party for the magazine and a few of the key editors was complete with party favors of, you guessed it, bound copies of all of the first 66 issues.
Today, one of my wife's co-workers brought in her 5 hardbound volumes that were just clogging up her bookcase and told her to give them to me. Oh boy, oh boy!!!! A whole winter's worth of reading. I guess about the next best thing to sailing and boatbuilding.

[John Bell]

It there were a green-with-envy smilie, I'd give you about a dozen of 'em in this post. :cool:

Flying home today, I grabbed a copy of what SBJ morphed in to out of the magazine bin on the Delta 767. Talk about a sad little publication... :( "Boater's World" would be a bad buy even if you got it free.

If you ever get tired of them... wink, wink... ;)

[John Bell]

It there were a green-with-envy smilie, I'd give you about a dozen of 'em in this post. :cool:

Flying home today, I grabbed a copy of what SBJ morphed in to out of the magazine bin on the Delta 767. Talk about a sad little publication... :( "Boater's World" would be a bad buy even if you got it free.

If you ever get tired of them... wink, wink... ;)

[John Bell]

It there were a green-with-envy smilie, I'd give you about a dozen of 'em in this post. :cool:

Flying home today, I grabbed a copy of what SBJ morphed in to out of the magazine bin on the Delta 767. Talk about a sad little publication... :( "Boater's World" would be a bad buy even if you got it free.

If you ever get tired of them... wink, wink... ;)

[rbgarr]

I agree about when the magazine started going downhill. I've got issues #1-68 (got rid of the later issues) and enjoy them on winter evenings just as you will be doing.

I might just pull some out now. Yeah... that's the ticket!

[rbgarr]

I agree about when the magazine started going downhill. I've got issues #1-68 (got rid of the later issues) and enjoy them on winter evenings just as you will be doing.

I might just pull some out now. Yeah... that's the ticket!

[rbgarr]

I agree about when the magazine started going downhill. I've got issues #1-68 (got rid of the later issues) and enjoy them on winter evenings just as you will be doing.

I might just pull some out now. Yeah... that's the ticket!

[capt jake]

Well, this inspired me to go through several boxes of old magazines that were given to me. WoodenBoat dating back to 1994! smile.gif

Lots of neat articles on measuring, cutting, lofting, building, etc. Why don't they do this in any of the recent issues?

Anyway, thanks for the inspiration to go through those boxes, it was worth it. smile.gif

[capt jake]

Well, this inspired me to go through several boxes of old magazines that were given to me. WoodenBoat dating back to 1994! smile.gif

Lots of neat articles on measuring, cutting, lofting, building, etc. Why don't they do this in any of the recent issues?

Anyway, thanks for the inspiration to go through those boxes, it was worth it. smile.gif

[capt jake]

Well, this inspired me to go through several boxes of old magazines that were given to me. WoodenBoat dating back to 1994! smile.gif

Lots of neat articles on measuring, cutting, lofting, building, etc. Why don't they do this in any of the recent issues?

Anyway, thanks for the inspiration to go through those boxes, it was worth it. smile.gif