Connie, I need to resubscribe to "MAIB" . . . My subscription ran out at an inconvenient time so I didn't renew right away, and ever since I've just been too disorganized to remember to resubscribe. I agree that "Sail" seldom has any content of interest, and even when it does, the coverage is so brief and basic that you're disappointed. I enjoy the occasional issue of "Cruising World", but it's 99.9% giant boats and blue-water cruising. "Latitudes and Attitudes" is nothing but tropical or Mediterranean party-life on big boats in tourist-trap marinas, and not enough about adventure and culture. I still enjoy "Sailing" for the occasional good article and the gorgeous photography. Also, "Sailing" is published in the Great Lakes, so has a fair amount of Great Lakes content (I'm a Michigander). I subscribe to four magazines: "Small Craft Advisor", "Sailing", "Classic Boat" (British) and "Water Craft" (bi-monthly British). I also enjoy "Good Old Boat", but haven't gotten around to subscribing. Since the Michigan sailing season is so short, I need the armchair stuff to get me through . . . --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <chbenneck@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: Phil Bolger Hi Craig, MAIB has become my favorite magazine because it is wide ranging, and every issue is fun to read. Everything from commercial collisions (that you never hear about in the newspapers); big ship scrapping problems; to canoeing along the German Baltic coast - or, by the same author, around the Newfoundland peninsula; to Robb White's rambling, amusing, informative writings - as well as a Bolger commentary on some design of his: the why's, how's, and often times how the design really worked .. .........or in the latest issue, about a man in New Zealand with a 6 foot long, four masted, radio controlled schooner model; and articles on nature observed from a boat - dragon flies, otters, seals. I gave up on SAIL long ago. How often do you want to read that the pointy end is called the bow, the blunt end is called the stern; and sheets are used to control sails - not put on a bed (berth)? ..........or that the hot shot racers are loosing masts in a bit of a chop but haven't a clue as to why; ..........or that their expensive "toys" are ready for the scrap heap after a year of racing...........? CRUISING still in interesting to read, but at my age, I've sort of given up the idea of sailing to Samoa. The M15 might make the journey, but I can't quite convince myself that it is something that needs to be done, when Lake Champlain or similar bodies of water let me play out my adventurous fantasies - rail down, headed for distant shores - but at night I can come back to the luxury of a B&B and a good diner in a restaurant. My Admirable finds this much more to her liking that being braced in the galley in a Buzzard's Bay wind against the tide situation, cooking lunch for four as the boat crashes to windward. Been there - done that! Connie