Ginger Martus & David Irving at WoodenBoat 2005

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                 Bone Yard Boats
                 P.O. Box 1432
                 Marblehead, MA 01945

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LIVING ABOARD -- May/June 2009  < BONE YARD BOATS >

GOOD OLD BOAT -- "The Rescuers" -- Issue #57, Nov 2007

BoatUS Magazine  < "NEW LEASE ON OLD BOATS" >  03/97

What is Bone Yard Boats?

Bone Yard Boats is a quarterly print newsletter delivered each season: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Each issue contains upwards of fifty old boats being offered for sale or adoption -- that means FREE. I try to include as much detail and history as possible. After all, these boats develop unique personalities after 40, 50, or even 75 years! In addition to boats needing new homes, the Bone Yard Boats newsletter often features articles about boat restorations, histories of boat builders, and stories of boats being saved from the chainsaw. In addition to the print newsletter, subscribers can now access the latest 4 newsletter issues -- with color boat photos -- in the < CREW's NEST > area of this website by setting up an online account.

So, what do I get for my $19.95 subscription fee?

* 4 issues of the print newsletter delivered in U.S. & Canada
* NEW! Online access to latest issues in PDF format
* NEW! Color boat photos in the latest online issues
* Subscribers list boats for free (individuals)

Note: For our subscribers outside of the U.S. & Canada, we offer online newsletter access only; the print newsletter will not be delivered.

Who is Bone Yard Boats?

Welcome!

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is David Irving, and I am the Publisher/Editor -- and every other role -- of the Bone Yard Boats newsletter and website.  (Okay, if truth be told, my family helps out a little.)

Bone Yard Boats was founded in 1996 by Virginia "Ginger" Marshall Martus. Ginger grew up on Long Island, NY, and her father, Raymond E. Marshall, was the founder and owner of A
& R Marshall, Inc., a marine service and supply business located in Port Washington from the 1920s to the 1960s. Ginger’s youth roaming boat yards and marinas along with her love for old wooden boats lead her to establish Bone Yard Boats when one day in 1996 she sought a reprieve for an old boat destined to be destroyed. What started simply as sending flyers to her friends has grown into a this nautical newsletter with an international audience.

I took over the helm of Bone Yard Boats back in 2005 after reading a story about Ginger and her newsletter in Soundings magazine. Up until that time, Ginger was producing the newsletter on her typewriter and maintaining a 'database' of subscribers on index cards. I knew that Bone Yard Boats could benefit from the infusion of a little technology (e.g., a website, etc.), but the mission remains the same: to "help save old boats" by matching up boats in need of new homes with crazy boaters looking for a project.

I hope you enjoy the website and the collection of some past issues. The website is always changing so please come back often!

Regards,

David
Bone Yard Boats