MG is something of a moving target and you never quite know what's in store when you open up an issue. Even when they handle what could be the same old same article about Telemark skiing, it's seldom what you expect it to be. This is a good thing and, just maybe, something the yachting press might want to take a look at from time to time to see how there is more to journalism than regurgitating press releases and recycling old stories over and over again. Then again, can you imagine getting an issue of a yachting magazine and getting a Hunter S Thomson for Sheriff poster folded into its pages?
Sailing away does not work like that.
Which explains why so many get the boat and do the needful and a year after they depart they find themselves wondering why the world has not improved. They still have a mountain of personal problems and they still can't connect with people in a way that resonates.
The same old problems just with an ever changing view from different anchorages and acess to cheap rum.
Which is why it would be nice on occasion to pick up a cruising rag and find a story you thought was going to be about sailing rigs and find yourself reading something that turns into a love story, a comedy, or just maybe, some serious fear and loathing. Sometimes looking into the human condition would be no bad thing for sailors looking to purchase a new rig.
The book I recommend to anyone who asks which book is the best primer for sailing/cruising is "The Captain Nemo Cookbook Papers". It's not really a how to sail, cruise, or a book about boat projects, but it is an enjoyable if somewhat absurd riff of sorts and should bring people who read it a smile or two. The reason I recommended it is if folks get the humor they will be able to adapt to the floating world, while those who don't get it, more than likely won't.
Listening to Spirit
So it goes...
