On Watch
A STEP AWAY BUT NOT GONE Back in March 2014 I landed the job of Trade-a-Boat Editor after fellow Kiwi Jeff Strang decided he’d had enough of the much better weather Melbourne offered and returned to Auckland. I still haven’t fully reconciled why Jeff suggested me — a marketer by trade — for the role, but I’ve enjoyed every moment in the 110 issues I’ve been in charge of. John Panozzo was then Deputy Ed and had been for some time. His knowledge and skills were invaluable and to this day I still consider him the best deputy I’ve had. We had some blues, he showed me a thing or two, but I think I gave him stability and a few laughs. It was a hard day a couple of years later…