Boating: the great leveler

Really enjoyed Kenny Wooton’s recent personal account of editing duties at your Bloody Mary meeting with the legendary Bill Buckley in “A Man of Many Words” [March]. It must have been a nervous endeavor on your part, but obviously eased by his hospitality and genial manner. Being an avid collector of ship models, I also enjoyed the recent “Off the Scale” feature on master ship model maker Malcolm Darch [January/February]. Great photography. —Bob Basche Great “From the Masthead” [March]. I seldom find myself in political alignment with William F. Buckley, Jr., but always find his views thoughtful and engaging. As you said quite well in your editorial, boating is a great leveler. I never cease to be amazed that a CEO and a trash collector could be slip mates and great friends on the weekend and never cross paths anywhere else in life. After all, the pleasure of boating is inversely proportionate to the size of the boat, which is one of the reasons I own a Typhoon. —ed Roberts

The quality of journalistic endeavor constantly exhibited by Yachts International is equal to any publication, marine or otherwise, and superior to most. Nowhere is this better exemplified than the article on William Buckley in your March issue. Outstanding piece, Kenny. I look forward to more of the same. —ed Sacks

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