Whats your favorite sailing Magazine?

thinwater · Jul 4, 2016

Tally Ho said:
I enjoy Good Old Boat.

Just wish it came out more than every other month.

Greg

Ask them.

RoyS · Jul 4, 2016

Have any of you noticed that every few months the various sailing magazines have a special issue on catamarans? That issue will be loaded with catamaran advertisements and include few articles extolling catamarans over monohulls. I imagine that the magazine prepares the articles and then shakes down the catamaran manufacturers to place ads in the "special issue." Some might call it extortion. Also, I can read a monthly sailing magazine in less than an hour. Not much content in most of them and I know all the advertisements by heart.

Kermit · Jul 4, 2016

DAVA390 said:
12,owners photos.Submitted last spring in an "oh,what the hell..." moment. Few weeks later, email reply, thanking me, said something like " Looks like it was a good day" or something pleasant like that,never mentioned gonna use it.Surprise When I saw it,Dad was thrilled.

Great picture. Great memories. Thanks for sharing c

shemandr · Jul 4, 2016

I like Windcheck. Mostly because they publish my articles. Since I have an opening and no one else is going to promote my writing, here is a link to my latest contribution:
http://www.windcheckmagazine.com/off_soundings_club_2016_spring_series
It's also free.

DAVA390 · Jul 4, 2016

thinwater said:
Ask them.

I guess you do, enjoyed your article!

FastOlson · Jul 4, 2016

Our main "big three" are.... Good Old Boat, Practical Boat Owner, and Yachting Monthly (later two from the UK).
The no-cost Lat. 38 is pretty good reading too.

rgranger · Jul 4, 2016

Practical Sailor, Good Old Boat and Small Craft Advisor. When all of my kids were still living at home, we would stop by Barnes & Nobel about twice a month and I'd grab a copy. I don't read them as much anymore.now that the kids have grown up.

I actually have a subscription to Sail but it mostly annoys me ... it is either all about racing which I'm not involved in or it features boats that I'll never afford. I don't have anything against racing... I just never got into it. I do like Sail's feature where they profile a near disaster and then go through the "What I did Wrong" and "What I did right" and I like the "Ask the Experts" section. But Sail is kind of pricey for just a few pages of text that I actually read.

I also second @Kermit 's comment about this forum. I get a lot more out of this than any other source of info.

rgranger · Jul 4, 2016

Fun read, Thanks!

Kermit · Jul 4, 2016

shemandr said:
I like Windcheck. Mostly because they publish my articles. Since I have an opening and no one else is going to promote my writing, here is a link to my latest contribution:
http://www.windcheckmagazine.com/off_soundings_club_2016_spring_series
It's also free.

Thanks for the link, Andrew. I haven't read much of it but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a prime example of what I like to read. Thanks again!

arknoah · Jul 4, 2016

I enjoy Good Old Boat and Small Craft Advisor, along with that nice freebie, Spinsheet. I used to enjoy Sailing when it was free for being a member of ASA, but it was really only a fantasy read, though certainly a magazine of quality.