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Take a July 4 cruise on the world's oldest ship Founded in 1952, SSCA is also one of the oldest organizations of cruisers in the world, and the goals of the original six founders are still the goals of SSCA today: sharing cruising information, camaraderie, and leaving a clean wake. All of us share the dream of sailing the seas as a lifestyle. Today the Seven Seas Cruising Association is the largest organization of voyaging cruisers in the world. To go cruising! Boats, boats, boats, and the day we would set to sea-we lived and breathed it,' says SSCA Founder Betty Nissen. And dreams of cruising for those of us who follow in their wake. Shellback, Tropic Bird, Black Dolphin, Evening Star, Norwind and Stardust-these are the names of the boats that inspired dreams-dreams of cruising for the six couples who founded SSCA. Making cruising dreams come true: SSCA celebrates 60 years * Simple solutions: A cover for a dinghy motor * Profile of Westerly founder Denys Rayner

Once you've played them, you'll understand why this talented and creative sailor has earned the title of Troubadour. You'll enjoy the music and lyrics so much we're pretty sure you'll want both. The two downloadable albums are Fun on the Foam, capturing the funny side of sailing, and Song of the Sailor, representing the serious and philosophical side of this longtime sailor.

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Tom's songs are posted at our downloads site: Seven free sample songs are posted there because we couldn't choose just one or two.

(It doesn't hurt that he often brings a box of wine along as well.) If you never made it to a boat show or managed to miss him somehow when you were there, now's your chance to get to know the Good Old Boat Troubadour. We enjoy Tom's music so much we are always pleased when he shows up at our boat show booth with his guitar.

Odds are the best songs occurred to Tom where he's the most comfortable: aboard their Tartan 37, Higher Porpoise. He wrote the lyrics and developed the music over the years wherever he and his wife, Sandy, happened to be. Tom got busy over the long winter and created two albums, each with 12 original sailing songs. If you asked (and many have) whether Tom was ever going to record and sell his music, we have a surprise for you. We were so impressed with the songs he composed and performed, we knighted Tom with the special (and somewhat rare) title of Troubadour. If you've been to our boat show booth in recent years, you may have noticed a fellow playing a guitar. It's enough at this point to know that we're planning a party and we'd love to see you there. We'll be putting more information on our webpage in June. If you can manage to be in the neighborhood of Superior, Wisconsin, (right there on Lake Superior next to Duluth, Minnesota) on Sunday, June 29, why not come to our open house at Barker's Island Marina? Come meet some of our staff and fellow sailors, see the project boat, and give Jerry Powlas a high five. We are so excited by the very thought of getting that Mega 30, soon to be named Sunflower, in the water and out there sailing that we're planning an open house to celebrate her, to celebrate those who have had a hand in her refit, to celebrate the Good Old Boat staff, and to celebrate you, dear subscribers. The launch is planned for this spring and the christening will occur on the weekend of June 28. The drapes have been pulled back from the project boat that Jerry Powlas has been sweating over for more than a decade. We are ready to celebrate the miracles that are to come. Now, as April dawns anew, we demand convincing evidence of the arrival of spring. We, of the Great White North Country from one end of this continent to the other, have been particularly patient this year. They say spring will surely come and summer will follow. They say the Spring Equinox happened and therefore our Northern Hemisphere days are already longer than our nights.

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