Fall 1998
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The Making Of a Grand Banks
Written by Bill ParlatoreI've long wondered about the essence of desire, the underlying passion for material things...objects deemed exceptional because of what they are, or what they represent. What is it? The smell, the touch, the sound, the look, what? In a world filled with so many choices, what makes us recognize one in a world of many?
The Ideal Passagemaker
Written by Bill ParlatoreIt was just over a year ago when we conducted a survey in PMM, a project intended to better understand the kind of boat our collective readership would want, given the opportunity to build their ideal passagemaker. Not reflecting price or any particular expectation, our effort was an attempt to separate customer needs from marketing and misconception, and identify the requirements of today's current and future trawler owners.
