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svHyLyte · 24-10-2008, 09:13

I have let my subscriptions to Sail, Cruising World, Blue Water et al lapse as these all seem to be recycling old articles. Moreover, Sail and Cruising frequently have the same articles, albeit somewhat paraphrased and with slightly different snaps. Moreover, I have no interest in reading the "Latest Reviews" of $400,000 "day sailors", or $1.2 million "cruisers" or the seeming endless reviews of electronic rubbish.

Karen Larson and her husband publish interesting and useful information (see Good Old Boat - Welcome to Good Old Boat Magazine ). I also find Sailing Magazine (see Sailing Magazine ) good from time to time (but I am not a subscriber) and DIY Boat Owner shows potential (see DIY-BOAT.COM - Home ) although it may focus on power boats too much for some. I also find Ocean Navigator useful and interesting at times but I am not sure of the magazines endurance so I have not subscribed (see Ocean Navigator: The magazine for long-distance offshore sailing and power voyaging ). I do like Latitude 38 (when I don't have to pay for it) but of late Richard Spindler seems to be effected a little much by the "Peoples-Republic-of-San Francisco" mentality which, unfortunately, has bled over the Bay from the "Peoples-Republic-of-Berkeley".

FWIW...

s/v HyLyte

24-10-2008, 09:13	#18
svHyLyte Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, USA Boat: Beneteau First 42 Posts: 993	Good Old Boat! I have let my subscriptions to Sail, Cruising World, Blue Water et al lapse as these all seem to be recycling old articles. Moreover, Sail and Cruising frequently have the same articles, albeit somewhat paraphrased and with slightly different snaps. Moreover, I have no interest in reading the "Latest Reviews" of $400,000 "day sailors", or $1.2 million "cruisers" or the seeming endless reviews of electronic rubbish. Karen Larson and her husband publish interesting and useful information (see Good Old Boat - Welcome to Good Old Boat Magazine ). I also find Sailing Magazine (see Sailing Magazine ) good from time to time (but I am not a subscriber) and DIY Boat Owner shows potential (see DIY-BOAT.COM - Home ) although it may focus on power boats too much for some. I also find Ocean Navigator useful and interesting at times but I am not sure of the magazines endurance so I have not subscribed (see Ocean Navigator: The magazine for long-distance offshore sailing and power voyaging ). I do like Latitude 38 (when I don't have to pay for it) but of late Richard Spindler seems to be effected a little much by the "Peoples-Republic-of-San Francisco" mentality which, unfortunately, has bled over the Bay from the "Peoples-Republic-of-Berkeley". FWIW... s/v HyLyte __________________ "It is not so much for its beauty that the sea makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from the waves, that so wonderfully renews a weary spirit."