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A while back some of us were following the announcement by Passage Makers that they were about to run a feature on the small trawlers. So like any proud C-dory owner, I took a shot at it. First emailing then calling and talking with Natalie Friton the author of this article. I found her very personable and quite easy to talk to but also got the feeling my chances were greatly diminished due to the sheer volume of willing participants.
A couple weeks ago she mailed telling me they were sending a pre issue volume of the magazine and thanks for my participation. I thought it strange that they would send me a copy as I am a regular subscriber and would be getting one anyway.
When the magazine showed up I hurriedly scanned the article for any bit's of information that may have been included about our boats. I even read a little more than my usual "Read the captions approach" but apparently not quite enough, more on that in a minute.
The one thing that stood out to me from this article is that no matter how unique we feel these boats are, they still are pretty much a mass produced product and come into that, pardon the term "cookie cutter" category!
Their focus was on some truly unique, some home built and of course the Rosebourgh. They did however mention our boats and in "reading" the article last evening I discovered that a portion of my submission found it's way into the article. The verbiage was rearranged somewhat but none the less, I have been published folks!
Was it my dynamic personality, possibly those great Alaskan photos, none of which were included or could it have been the catchy boat name. Maybe the mention of regularly cruising areas deemed exotic by many, who knows but like I told the wife, "Huda Thunkit". :smiled
I almost forgot, i will be doing a book signing at Borders books in Anchorage soon watch for the dates!
Mike
A couple weeks ago she mailed telling me they were sending a pre issue volume of the magazine and thanks for my participation. I thought it strange that they would send me a copy as I am a regular subscriber and would be getting one anyway.
When the magazine showed up I hurriedly scanned the article for any bit's of information that may have been included about our boats. I even read a little more than my usual "Read the captions approach" but apparently not quite enough, more on that in a minute.
The one thing that stood out to me from this article is that no matter how unique we feel these boats are, they still are pretty much a mass produced product and come into that, pardon the term "cookie cutter" category!
Their focus was on some truly unique, some home built and of course the Rosebourgh. They did however mention our boats and in "reading" the article last evening I discovered that a portion of my submission found it's way into the article. The verbiage was rearranged somewhat but none the less, I have been published folks!
Was it my dynamic personality, possibly those great Alaskan photos, none of which were included or could it have been the catchy boat name. Maybe the mention of regularly cruising areas deemed exotic by many, who knows but like I told the wife, "Huda Thunkit". :smiled
I almost forgot, i will be doing a book signing at Borders books in Anchorage soon watch for the dates!
Mike