WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

[John Meachen]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

I wish the new owners success and I think Jon Wilson has done a fantastic job over the years.My subscription hasn't been running quite as long as Rich Jones has but will probably run out in the same manner,hopefully some considerable time hence.

[CWSmith]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

Oops. I just renewed my subscription and the gift for my dad. I gave them an ear full because their renewal page did not accurately describe the information I needed to provide.

Well, let's hope the little things get fixed. These are good people who I believe will take the magazine into the future.

[C. Ross]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

As a twenty-plus year subscriber I wish the new owners continued and increased success.

[Ian McColgin]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

Our magazine and community remain in good hands.

[rbgarr]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

WB couldn't be in better hands!

I remember reading the first copy I ever saw (with the Peterson Coaster schooner on the cover). I was 24 and had just built my own boat, a Cotuit Skiff, in my wife's uncle's shop and used photos of it to get a job at a great wood boatbuilder's shop here in Maine. Prior to that I'd only been paid to build fg boats. Can you believe what's happened with the 'revival' since then? And now I'll be 70 in a few days. How lucky are we to have lived during these times??

[nedL]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

Glad to hear things will be continuing! I have been about a 95% subscriber right since #1 (a few small gaps along the decades). Still have #1.

[Lee.007]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

So here is a suggestion for the new owners of the Wooden Boat School that I, and I dare say many of us Southern Souls, would love to see happen. How's about building a branch campus of the wooden boat school down here on the Southern Coast somewhere? Or even a little ways inland on one of the large lakes in the south east? Here are some benefits I think you would enjoy:
1. Year round warm weather. Winter overnight lows dip below freezing only a few weeks in January and February.
2. Increased attendance due to warmer weather, due to increased sailing season months for the fair weather sailors.
3. More interest in the wooden boat community
4. Lots of people retire in the South for the nice weather. Lots of retired people have more time to dedicate to building boats.
5. I think you would find more instructors too. Everywhere I go people see my boat and want me to teach them how to build. I would love to teach, but I am no expert, and I don't have a facility capable of providing quality instruction.
6. Very large kayaking community down here due to many slow moving rivers and creeks. You don't have to be an Olympian certified to class 5+ whitewater to have a nice day out.

Just my 2 cents. And congrats to the new owners!

Edited to add: And if you do build a branch campus down here, I promise to be your first student!

[rbgarr]

Re: WoodenBoat Sold to Matt Murphy and Andrew Breece

There's a boatbuilding course offered here: https://ammfl.org/wooden-boat-building-school/ and there maybe others in the south already. That's not to suggest WBS couldn't have or share 'a winter campus'. I'd think it's largely an issue of facilities, tools, waterfront, boats, lodging and dining, etc. needed for a full range of course offerings and community experience. In the meantime, WBS and other organizations offer classes arranged in concert with CLC: https://www.clcboats.com/boatbuildin...SADEgIcJPD_BwE