Sailing Magazines
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Another great mag is "DIY Boat Owner". Great articles on boat maintenance and repair. Comes out 4 times per year. Loaded with info. Scott
Another great mag is "DIY Boat Owner". Great articles on boat maintenance and repair. Comes out 4 times per year. Loaded with info. Scott
Small Craft Advisor
It's in the mold of Good Old Boat, which I also enjoy. Published out of Pacific Northwest. I also read Sail & it's companion quarterly, BoatWorks. The latter is specifically geared to the DIY boater. I find Sail has a wide variety of topics & normally read it cover-to-cover. I found Cruising World fairly useless & let it lapse after a year. Ditto with Sailing World after 3 complimentary issues. As a BoatUS member with the trailering coverage too, I get those bi-monthly magazines & find them interesting, when I get to them, but they are near the bottom of the pile. For what it's worth, I also get Northeast Boating, formerly Offshore. That's more about ideas for destinations/vacations & interesting stories about boating in the Northeast. It has a companion magazine for the Chesapeake. It includes a fair amount of coverage on powerboating & fishing, neither of which interest me, so I skip those articles. As you can tell from my list, I already have enough to read! I did Practical Sailor for a while, but the subscription price is pretty steep, IMO.
It's in the mold of Good Old Boat, which I also enjoy. Published out of Pacific Northwest. I also read Sail & it's companion quarterly, BoatWorks. The latter is specifically geared to the DIY boater. I find Sail has a wide variety of topics & normally read it cover-to-cover. I found Cruising World fairly useless & let it lapse after a year. Ditto with Sailing World after 3 complimentary issues. As a BoatUS member with the trailering coverage too, I get those bi-monthly magazines & find them interesting, when I get to them, but they are near the bottom of the pile. For what it's worth, I also get Northeast Boating, formerly Offshore. That's more about ideas for destinations/vacations & interesting stories about boating in the Northeast. It has a companion magazine for the Chesapeake. It includes a fair amount of coverage on powerboating & fishing, neither of which interest me, so I skip those articles. As you can tell from my list, I already have enough to read! I did Practical Sailor for a while, but the subscription price is pretty steep, IMO.
Is SAIL the staple?
No one mentioned it, assume that we all subscribe and are looking for others.
No one mentioned it, assume that we all subscribe and are looking for others.
on-line treasure
Free as the breeze and the best rag money can't but for the SE sailor(link below). Otherwise it's Sail mag. Like others I've found CW too unrealistic for my modest ($$$$) abilities, Prac Sailor a little too pricey and Sailing world too much toward high strung racing. What about Latts and Atts from the left coast? GOB maybe too....hmmm Santa is coming
. Try reading the Southwinds on-line edition and subscribe if you're too far north for the free editions available at most SE nautical retailers. http://www.southwindssailing.com/index.html
Free as the breeze and the best rag money can't but for the SE sailor(link below). Otherwise it's Sail mag. Like others I've found CW too unrealistic for my modest ($$$$) abilities, Prac Sailor a little too pricey and Sailing world too much toward high strung racing. What about Latts and Atts from the left coast? GOB maybe too....hmmm Santa is coming
. Try reading the Southwinds on-line edition and subscribe if you're too far north for the free editions available at most SE nautical retailers. http://www.southwindssailing.com/index.html
Heavens to Mergatroid!
I mentioned Sail! I also want to reiterate my endorsement of Small Craft Advisor. Nice people, great articles, aimed as we who can't afford 6+ figure "yachts." It's a bi-monthly & it even has the endorsement of GOB. Link below. I think if you ask, they'll send you a complimentary perusal issue. Tell Josh that Kevin from Brownsville, Vermont sent you!
I mentioned Sail!
I also want to reiterate my endorsement of Small Craft Advisor. Nice people, great articles, aimed as we who can't afford 6+ figure "yachts." It's a bi-monthly & it even has the endorsement of GOB. Link below. I think if you ask, they'll send you a complimentary perusal issue. Tell Josh that Kevin from Brownsville, Vermont sent you!dollars
these days I have to choose my mags carefully as they are getting prohibitively expensive. My list includes Wooden Boat ( love them but wouldn't own one). Pacific Yachting and numerous woodworking mags. My normally patient wife seems to think that they are taking over the house. Maybe I need to buy a bigger one, but I would have to stop buying my magazines. BTW SCA is $12.00 more in Canada.Why???
these days I have to choose my mags carefully as they are getting prohibitively expensive. My list includes Wooden Boat ( love them but wouldn't own one). Pacific Yachting and numerous woodworking mags. My normally patient wife seems to think that they are taking over the house. Maybe I need to buy a bigger one, but I would have to stop buying my magazines. BTW SCA is $12.00 more in Canada.Why???
Yeah, I subscribe to the usuals,
Have no interest in ever sailing to the South Pacific but you got to take the good with bad.
Have no interest in ever sailing to the South Pacific but you got to take the good with bad.
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