ASTOR, Etc.
Hi, Matt,
WB No. 299 was the first issue I’ve subscribed to, and it was a beauty. I’ve taken about two weeks to read it cover to cover, ads included, and I loved every minute of the experience. The article about the couple who have brought the schooner ASTOR back to life was a delight—as was INTEGRITY’s sailing of the Northwest Passage. The clincher for me was the magazine’s final article, “Save a Classic,” describing the availability of the Alden Q-boat HOPE, which is at Brooklin Boat Yard (Center Harbor Boatyard in my day). This really hit home, not because I’m a worthy buyer but because the article discusses people and a boatyard I know from having spent my 21 growing-up summers, 70 and more years ago, in grandparental houses along your home waters of Eggemoggin Reach.