Volume XXIV, Number 2, September 2009
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48° North Celebrates
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Publishers
28th Anniversary
Michael Collins & Richard Hazelton
Managing Editor
Richard Hazelton
email: richard@48north.com
Associate Editor/Race/Current Events:
This issue marks the 28th Anniversary of 48° North’s arrival
Karen Higginson
onto the Northwest sailing scene and it’s been our pleasure to be
email: karen@48north.com
an integral part of the rag-bag community ever since. It’s been
Advertising Director
quite a ride and to look back at older issues and compare them to
Michael Collins
current ones is literally looking at history. email: michael@48north.com
Racing has seen the demise of the IOR rule and the sputtering
popularity of IMS. Both these rules had a great effect on boat
Classifieds/Display Advertising
Cai Weir
design and it’s interesting to see how today’s boats basically put
email: cai@48north.com
function first, namely speed, and race one design, or find a slot
in PHRF. Ah yes, PHRF. Like a flawed but gallant Shakespearean Bookkeeper/Display Advertising
character, she struggles on, and we thank her. There is nothing
Nathan Rouse
else that has gotten more boats out on the water than PHRF. Of
email: nathan@48north.com
course, at its inception we were basically “station wagon” racing.
The family cruiser/racer ruled the roost, and the boats were all
Contributing Editors
pretty similar. Now, with such a tremendous diversity in hull Culinary Cruiser: Amanda Swan Neal
designs, with boats skimming over the water instead of through it,
good old PHRF is still trying to keep up, trying to keep everybody
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technological advances in clothing, cruising boat comfort and
48° North encourages letters, photographs,
speed, have made huge differences, but nothing as much as
manuscripts, burgees and bribes. Manuscripts
the space age leap of navigation. Like Captain Kirk, everyone
should be related to boating issues, instruction,
now has a small computer display on their desk to tell them –
or experiences. Materials should be typed,
everything. So how is it harder? Well, because since all the above
double spaced and marked with name, address
is easier, there’s more people doing it, so it does become more of and phone number, or all the above on a CD or
a challenge to find that secluded spot. However, because of the email. Photos may be hardcopies or electronic,
increased popularity, there are more facilities and places to go, so
color or black & white. We are not responsible
it all balances out.
for unsolicited materials. Articles express the
As we sail into our 29th year, your 48° North crew; Cai Weir,
authors thoughts and may not reflect the opinions
Nathan Rouse, Karen Higginson, Michael Collins and myself,
of the magazine. Allow eight to ten weeks
can’t thank enough, all the sailors, writers, and advertisers that
for response. Reprinting in whole
make this all happen.
or part is expressly forbidden
except by permission from
the editor.
Editor
P.S. After your 20th anniversary they quit having different
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