Middle of the fleet. Back of the pack. Bringing up the rear. (At least I play well with others.)

Twenty years ago, I wrote the following letter to kick off our very first issue:

Letter from the Publisher, John K. Hanson, Jr. - Issue 96

Letter from the Publisher, Issue 95

Two artists, two different times, a similar eye for boats. George Wasson was a writer and painter whose work we profile beginning on page 40; photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz lives across the bay from us, and we celebrate the 25th anniversary of his classic Calendar of Wooden Boats in this issue (see page 34). Wasson worked with paint, Mendlowitz works with a camera, but both depict with precision the boats of their time. Actually, their work records the boats of a time that came before theirs.

Sitting in the gloaming of a fall evening seems as fine a time as any to review the events of the past summer. The darkness takes the edges off the bad times, and the firelight adds to the glow of the good. Thankfully there was far more of the latter...

Maine Boats Homes & Harbors publisher, John Hanson discusses the heritage of Wooden Lobsterboats