DIY Boaters MAG

[bradvo]

anyone subscribe? if so what is your opinion. It looks interesting from what I seen on the net.


http://www.diy-boat.com/

[Dos Monitos]

anyone subscribe? if so what is your opinion. It looks interesting from what I seen on the net.


http://www.diy-boat.com/


Yes I do and it's my favorite magazine ... only problem is it only comes once a quarter. That said I think it gives them time to put together a rather good publication. One thing is that often times things seem to slant a little more Sail boat then power boat (still lots of good information).

It used to come punched with 3 holes so you could save them all in a three ring binder as they do make for good reference material, sadly they stopped doing that.

Funny you should ask today as my wife just asked last night if I liked it and if she should renew my subscription (she bought me a three subscription for my birthday three years ago). I told her the same thing ... it's my favorite.

One other note, I first found it at a book store in the magazine rack then I bought it every quarter for about a year before she bought me a subscription. You might want to see if you can find one local and see if you like it, my current cover price says "U.S./Canada $7.99"

[Dos Monitos]

I also have a few of the CD-ROMS that they put out I really like those as they are put together in topics i.e. "DC Electrical Systems".

[bradvo]

thanks for the reply, they offer a free publication so I did sign up for one, I'll check it out.
It looks like a mag I could be interested in, I missed the once a quarter thing though, maybe I will look for it at a local news stand myself for a couple issues and decide then whether to subscribe or not.

[tolly28]

West Marine sells it in Anacortes, yours may too.

Great magazine with good information!

[bradvo]

Thanks Steve, was good seeing ya this summer and finally meeting Brett- ya must have let him know I was down the dock from you guys.

[tolly28]

It was good seeing you, too Brad! Yes, I tolld Brett you were there. We ended up having one heck of a party that weekend. We figure we poured upwards of 100 gallons of margaritas!

[bradvo]

Lemme see, about 80 boats and at least a minimum of 2 people per boat, 100 gallons, did ya guys figure out who was slacking??? LOL..

[tolly28]

140 Boats!

[bradvo]

140 Boats!


Wow, that's great considering the cost of fuel at the time. I think it was 5.25 at Roche for Diesel.

We had a Navigator rendezvous the same weekend at Bremerton is why we took off from the islands, we were under 40 boats, it was the 3rd year for the gathering. Were hoping it grows. Between the Navigator manufacturer and Sundance Yacht sales they did a great job of feeding us and giving out prizes. Was the first time Becky and I attended , we will go back and do it again next year.