Powerboat and RIB Magazine - Free Sample - Page 3

diverdad · 02 December 2012, 00:21

My copy arrived on Friday. Nice read. I'll ask the boss for a subscription for Christmas!!

Scorpkyle · 05 December 2012, 08:08

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Originally Posted by Gilles

so saaaaad, i don t have an UK address ....anyway i really like this magazine

Same problem

biffer · 05 December 2012, 08:57

Can you guys make this clear too me. Is it a good read or just a good freebie. It would be nice to think that it has finally found some good article writers

John Kennett · 05 December 2012, 11:32

It's a bit mixed. The production values are much better and it really looks like a proper magazine now, although there's still the occasional little lapse.

There are quite a few new contributors and there is some good writing, but it's not all to the same standard. I don't think that will ever change.

Still it's good enough that I don't begrudge £20 for a year's subscription and it's a long time since I've been a subscriber.

jambo · 05 December 2012, 13:20

Points taken Biff and John but as someone who stop my sub a few years back I was pleasantly surprised that it had on the whole got better. For £20 a year in was I thought better value for money. You are never going to meet everyone's needs but it's a good all rounder.

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biffer · 05 December 2012, 15:55

Good to here some solid opinions. I got fed up when the mag was always bias towards the companies that advertised with them. You may think well why not and you might be right. It was so oblivious that I stopped buying it. Ill give you an example. There were quite a few articles where they did write ups on cruises etc and the wording would go like. In the pic is mr xxx in his boat which was described and named and following up is a blue rib. You can guess who was advertising. It wasn't objective

Alan Priddy · 05 December 2012, 16:29

Hi Biff. Was he short with a very shiney head?? Alan P

Jizm · 05 December 2012, 16:59

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Originally Posted by Alan Priddy

Hi Biff. Was he short with a very shiney head?? Alan P

And a sufferer of SMS perhaps?

biffer · 05 December 2012, 17:27

Didn't look at the end result mate, but quite possibly, it would make sense, I just blamed the whole mag, it was easier

ian parkes · 05 December 2012, 19:03

I have been very impressed with both the copies i have recieved , lots of interest if you like boats and engines etc .
Iam still finding myself going back to the first copy and finding more to read A far better buy than the repetitive boring motorcycle mags i usually buy.
If it wasn't for the freebie i would never have found it .

Boatnomad · 07 December 2012, 21:36

The last two magazines are certainly a marked improvement on the "middle years" Plenty of scope for expansion online

spartacus · 07 December 2012, 22:03

Got my free copy today. Order winging its way to Powerboat and RIB.

vjmehra · 20 December 2012, 14:02

Awesome, my article on the Thames Speed limits is in this month's Powerboat & RIB :-)

Check out pg 118 if you get a chance :-)

dally · 02 January 2013, 21:02

when is the nextt issue...seems a long while since my last one?

jambo · 02 January 2013, 21:48

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Originally Posted by dally

when is the nextt issue...seems a long while since my last one?

Yea I was thinking exactly the same thing. Come on Hugo when the next issue due?!

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wavelength · 02 January 2013, 22:10

according to the schedule I was given last year, next issue 10/1/13 which is boat show time no doubt?