Which cover of WoodenBoat is most memorable, and why? Don't bother looking up the issue number or date; just describe the image.
I'd ask which image you find least memorable, too, but that question has a built-in problem (the obvious answer being "I can't remember"). If, however, there are any covers you recall not particularly liking, what are they?
Over the years there have been many covers that reminded me how much I enjoy WB, but two come readily to mind: the one with Bud McIntosh's son playing the pipes aboard "Mickey Finn", and the one with Doug Martin's "Mockingull" peapod on the cover; perhaps it's because both of them are friends of mine, and those boats are very familiar. In general I think you do a great job with the cover; it's very seductive.
Posted by: Lance F. Gunderson | June 08, 2005 at 11:21 AM
The one with a gray and white hulled, plumb-bowed, bowspritted, gaff-rigged ketch that a couple restored for voyaging. They looked ready for anything and could be on their way to anywhere!
Posted by: Dave Tew | June 09, 2005 at 09:46 AM
The one with a gray and white hulled, plumb-bowed, bowspritted, gaff-rigged ketch that a couple restored for voyaging. They looked ready for anything and could be on their way to anywhere!
Posted by: Dave Tew | June 09, 2005 at 09:47 AM
Any cover photographed by Benjamin Mendlowitz.
Posted by: Doug Wood | June 09, 2005 at 11:49 AM
Harry Bryan in the prototype "Handy Billy."
"Lezard" in frame.
The one with the young fella in his slickers sitting with his leg hanging over the bow of an, underway, spanking newly fixed up sailboat looking like he was glad to be there but wishing it was his boat.
Posted by: Robb White | June 13, 2005 at 09:42 AM
Either of the 2 covers showing shots of the Family Island Regatta. Set my mind to racing on a cold winter's night.
Posted by: Mark Carver | June 13, 2005 at 01:10 PM
the most memorable cover for me sofar, was of a small traditional sloop under construction in a boat shop. The boat itself was illuminated but the back ground was darkened. This image was very majestic. One of the other memorable covers was of a small schooner in spring,all painted up and loaded on the railway ready to launch.I think this little ship was called "Eagle" and it may have been at the riverside boat yard. I think the cover is as much the photo as it is the subject.
Posted by: Philip C. Ludlow | June 13, 2005 at 09:58 PM
Jesse James blasting across the wavetops.
I know I should be ashamed...
Posted by: Ross McDonough | June 19, 2005 at 01:14 AM
Like Mark Carver, the first cover which sprung to my mind was the picture of the small sloop under construction. The lighting and subject combined for a fantastic image. In my opinion, that photo would make a great art print.
Posted by: Jeff Fry | June 23, 2005 at 01:04 PM
Probably the most memorable for me is the green-hulled Curlew sailing through the mist; I wanted to hop aboard and go for a quiet sail in that beautiful boat (a replica of the exquisite Alerion, my personal favorite).
Posted by: Jeff Allen | June 23, 2005 at 05:12 PM