Missives from the Sea Have an observation, comment or bitch about Cruising Outpost? Send it to us by email, snail mail or slow bottle. We will most likely ignore it, but if we have some empty space we just might put it here to fill the hole! Email: MailRoomTroll@cruisingoutpost.com Mail:909 Marina Village Parkway #351 , Alameda, CA 94501
Kids Say the Darnedest Things It was with great excitement that we found your new magazine in the store recently! My husband, our two heroes and myself look forward to seeing you every year at the South Shore Harbor Yacht Show but with a new magazine, we weren’t sure that we would be seeing you again this year. We tried to gently break this news to our boys. They have seen us survive through careers as paramedic fire fighters and then creating/building and selling a new business and understand the idea that money might be too tight. We explained that since we boat/RV school (home school while traveling) that perhaps we would be able to catch up with you at the Miami Boat Show. With heavy sighs and sad faces they set about their homework like any other day. Noticing that the topic had somewhat deflated their normal cheery attitudes I asked them to begin creative writing on any topic they wished. This is what they came up with: Dear Mr. Bob and Mrs. Jody, My name is Ethan and my brother’s name is Trevor. We look forward to seeing you every year when ya’ll come to Kemah, Texas. Last year you signed a deck of cards for me for my birthday and we still play with them all the time.
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We understand that money might be tight with starting another magazine so we would like to offer you to stay in our rooms while you are in town. (Don’t worry, we asked our parents first and they said it would be okay.) Also, if you need help at your booth, my brother is a really good salesman and math is my favorite subject so I can help with the register too!
He has Concerns I am writing this letter to express my concerns with your new publication. Let me explain the ramifications that your first issue had on my life... I, like many of your other readers, have done a bit of sailing, cruising, and a short stint as a liveaboard. But, the pitfalls of land life recaptured me after a short
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