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Douglas
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Initially Posted - 12/30/2001 : 00:19:26

I cant count the number of sailing books I have read over the years. The old wooden bookcase in my room is full. From classics to new teck and from living aboard to racing. The magazine department is the same and back issues sit in stacks for fear of givi

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BCain
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Response Posted - 12/30/2001 : 09:02:20

Douglas, the magazines are funded by the boat builders. The big mags are expensive to publish and the subscription dosen't come close to paying all those salaries for the writers to extoll the virtues of the big boats. They don't see a lucrative market i

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John G-
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Response Posted - 12/30/2001 : 11:09:59

You might look at [url="http://www.messingaboutinboats.com/index.html"] Messing About in Boats [/url]. It is geared to boats smaller that the C25 but takes a low key, low budget approach to sailing, maintenance and

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 12/30/2001 : 13:14:44

I have recently discovered Good Old Boat, which comes out bimonthly. It's not cheap, but it's for people like us who don't want the latest expensive electronic doodad, who are interested in preserving what we have rather than buying the Next New T

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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 12/30/2001 : 18:13:04

Here is a magazine I discovered this year. "Small Craft Advisor".

It's geared for boats up to 25 feet. It's a nice low key publication.

They have a web site too. Just put the name in on Yahoo and you'll find it.

I remember when the Editor of "Sai

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 12/30/2001 : 21:12:38

Doug: I, too, am on a real budget, and have let my subscriptions to Sail, Cruising World and other slick mags expire. Finally, even Practical sailor. I now do my dreaming with daily e-mails (free) through Scuttlebutt, an amazing newsletter that keeps m

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 12/31/2001 : 04:36:20

Thanks to you all. It must just have been one of those down days. I spent the day today in Bellingham helping my brother inlaw plan projects and clean up his San Juan 24. Wind Lass is on the hard for a bottom job and Im just grumpy because I can't get out

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John V.
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Response Posted - 01/01/2002 : 23:35:30

Boy did you ever hit a chord with me. I thought I was the only one who felt left out when ever sail or Cruising world came. I've been reading both since the mid 1970s I have old copies at my summer house that reflect a very different editorial point of vi

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 01/02/2002 : 02:08:54

Yes John I feel the same. As my magazine subscriptions expire I am not renewing. I read the local sailing rags 48 Deg. North and Northwest Yachting. Im reading single copies of Good Old Boat and Live Aboard not to mention Lats and Atts. Untill I find some

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kenobie51
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Response Posted - 01/02/2002 : 09:01:35

I vote for "Good Old Boat".
I have subscribed to most of the other mags over the years. They all lean toward the rich that don't work and who cruise the world in big boats to exotic places, or high tech racing. I've dropped all of them in favor of "Good

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jm
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Response Posted - 01/02/2002 : 12:21:02

Up hear in the Great White North, one of the local favs is Gam on Yachting. A very practical, inexpensive, and excellent publication.
(really inexpensive if you have US dollars to pay with !.)

http://www.gamonyachting.com/

includi

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richmoon
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Response Posted - 01/02/2002 : 20:02:09

OK - so i subscribe to Sail and Cruising World.
i know they could care less about us but i only
pay $1 an issue, which probably makes it worth the
cost.

i think 1/2 the fun of sailing is the projects that
arise - comparing notes with others an

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 01/02/2002 : 20:50:15

Rich (and everyone else), my completely unscientific observation is that the amount a boat moves (as in, away from the dock) is inversely proportional to its size. There are mid-thirty to fifty plus foot boats that I have never, never seen with the lines

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cathluk
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Response Posted - 01/03/2002 : 08:38:38

I'll admit that I still subscribe to Sail & read a coworker's Cruising World, but I agree that even in the 3 years I've been reading Sail they've moved away from the "average" sailor to the bigger boat owner (of course - the bigger boat owner may be the

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 01/03/2002 : 21:27:13

I also noted Spinsheet is on line.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 01/03/2002 : 22:55:08

I go across the ICW bridges a lot here in N. Fla. and I see plenty of big yachts on the water. BUT THEY NEVER HAVE ANY SAILS UP! If I'm going out, it is to hoist some canvas.

Hate to disagree with everyone about SAIL. It's the only subscription I care

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MarkTM
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Response Posted - 01/04/2002 : 10:10:32

I like SAIL as well. The latest issue briefly mentioned (as an aside) how Herb & Nancy Payson are trailer-sailing their C250wb. I remember a while back that Arlyn mentioned they had acquired a C250. No articles as yet on their adventures in this boat.

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Shelby
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Response Posted - 01/04/2002 : 16:46:21

I also get Sail Mag monthly. I find quite a bit of it beyond what I'm interested in, but I do find useful tips on occasion. I also like to read about some of the cruising sailors out there. My only question is how do they afford to go off for a year or t

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 01/06/2002 : 19:17:17

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My only question is how do they afford to go off for a year or two at a time, then come back and get some type of job to raise money and go o

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khamburger
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Response Posted - 01/13/2002 : 12:47:39

I met Herb and Nancy when they picked up their boat. I was buying my three year old used 250wb in Marina Del Rey and they were getting a brand new boat. It was interesting that they had three Catalina Reps hanging out helping them with everything and th

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khamburger
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Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/13/2002 : 14:03:05

Welcome, Keith... Your double-post is probably due to double-clicking the Post button. You (and only you) can get rid of any of your own posts by clicking the trashcan icon on the header for the post. (You won't see that icon on posts from other people

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Doug
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Response Posted - 01/13/2002 : 18:01:29

Just got my sample copy of Good Old Boat magazine. First time I've seen it, and I loved it. Good articles that apply to my boat. What I liked most was that I looked at all the boats in the magazine and realized I may well own one some day, unlike the majo

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