www.iFourWinns.com

What magazines do you read or subscirbe to?

I used to get Go Boating which was quite good to read but they "morphed" into Motor Boating which IMHO is not quite as good.

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Optimus Prime
Now: 2007 Horizon 260, (2007/08 brochure boat)
Previous: 1995 Sea Ray Signature Select 220
Tow: '07 Avalanche LTZ
Seattle and Chelan, WA

Trailer Boats is always interesting...but I wish there were more boating mags to chose from.

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2006, 220 Horizon
Kent, WA.
"Semper Fidelis"

I've dropped them all. It's just a bunch of advertising and uh, "reviews." I'd rather spend the money on other things.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

I read Trailer Boat. Mostly all reviews and second hand boats for sale. Not the best magazine but there is nothing else other than the magazine with the big cruisers in it.

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Peter

2005 four winns sundowner
8.1L VP 375hp
http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/4winns/

Since I am in the marine industry, we subscribe to most of the magazines at work. I do read through them when I have time at lunch or take them home. Here is a list.

Boating Business
Motor Boating
Sea
Boat & Motor dealer
Showboat International
Super Yacht Business
Trade Only Today
Marine Business Journal
Yachting
Southern Boating
Boating World
Power & Motoryacht
Trailer Boats
Great Lakes Boating
Boating Life
Go Boating
Lakeland Boating
Powerboat Magazine
IBI
Boating Industry
Soundings (Newspaper)
I also have several online magazines I subscribe to, and get
regular newsletters and info from them.

Check out the "models" in Boating magazine .
http://www.boatingmag.com/
One of my favorites

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Trailer Boat and also Boating Life (which I think is a free magazine).

They are both just full of ads and reviews, which are just marketing tools. Its ok though...I love boats and its fun to read them. Once in a great while I get a worthwhile tip out of them.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

I subscribe to Boating, but the mag has gotten smaller in the last couple of years ... a bit more fluffy, less tech, good articles and recreational stories/articles.

I also read:

Northeast Boating (used to be Offshore), good for trip planning, they have articles on different Northeast ports-of-call.

Soundings, but not every issue.

I have free subscriptions (show specials, etc.) to:

MotorBoating (occasional good info)

Boating World (pretty fluffy)

Power & Motoryacht (our 268 would make a nice dinghy on the subject "boats")

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

I remember when I was younger, I would look through my grandad's MotorBoating & Sailing Magazines (now called just MotorBoating) and dream about living on the boats, even going so far as picking out where everyone in our family would sleep, eat, etc... What am I talking about, I still do that now!

MotorBoating
Power & Motoryacht
Yachting

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

We read Boating and we also get Chesapeake Bay.

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348 Vista ( Last Call )
Raystown PA

Lakeland Boating is pretty good for us midwesterners.

Boating
Trailer Boats
Power & Motoryacht
Boating Life
Lakeland Boating
US Boat

Between all of the boating, snowmobile, and motorcycle magazines I get, I don't run out of reading material for the library.

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2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP

I read Boating, Boating Life, and Trailer Boats when I can find it at the book store. I like the stories about boating destinations, reviews, and new products.

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Mike
Smithville, MO
08' Hayabusa, 2011 Subaru Outback, 03' Infiniti G-35 S.C.

For our house down here in Florida I get Florida Sportsman and Yachting and get the bi-weekly emails from http://www.boatTEST.com for those who have not found this site great info and reports.

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2008 318 Vista "Ka-wai-ola"
350 MPI/BravoIII DTS Seacore
2006 1500 Key West -70 Yamaha
Previous Boats
Key West 2300CC
Pacemaker 270 Sport Fish
290 Sea Ray

Anybody wanna buy Boating ????

Boating magazine up for sale


According to AdAge.com,Boating magazine is for sale. The website reported that the magazine is being sold with other enthusiast titles owned by Hachette Filipacchi Media US, a subsidiary of the French company.

Boating has a circulation of 175,000, making it the world's largest subscriber-based boating magazine. Like other US boating magazines, Boating has seen its ad revenues decline steadily over the last two quarters. Ad pages from January through the April issues fell 48.7 per cent compared to the previous year.

(24 March 2009)

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

I look forward to Trailer Boats. It is the only one I actually pay for. I don't care to read about huge yachts I have no interest in buying.
If you want to get a lot of free boating magazines fill out a survey that says you are planning on buying a new boat in the next 6 months. I did that a couple of times 2 years ago when I was in the market and I am still getting several boating magazines at no charge.
2006 240 Joe

I've been taking note of the shrinking size. This most current issue is more like a brochure!

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner