Editor’s Letter: 45 Years, and Lots More to Come!

What makes a milestone? Everybody loves a round number, but the quantity merely prompts the occasion to mark what’s come before and what it says about the present and future. Of course, I’m talking about this fine magazine.…

Editorial Change of Watch

One of my favorite parts of the maritime lifestyle is what happens between fellow crew members at sea when it comes time to change watch. A watch change on a boat comes with the assurance that those going off watch will be…