 Peterson quickly tripled "Lakeland Boating"'s circulation to a high of 60,000.Peterson Publications folded its own "Sea" magazine into "Lakeland Boating", growing the magazine from 40 pages an issue to 130.Kitz, now an associate publisher for the magazine, found his strong editorial voice gone from the magazine now but continued to write his "View from the Bridge" column until the magazine dropped it upon sale to its current publisher.