"paul cooke" wrote in message
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Very impressive magazine. My hat's off to you chaps...

I think I've gone blind and I totally missed your link (not difficult as
I'm
very close to being legally blind anyway)...

Thankyou very much Paul. It is good to get good positive feedback.

Just one correction though.... It is chap, not chap's. I do it all on my
own!!
It is hard work but, as I said before, it is filling a void that is not
covered by any other sailing magazines.

The way it works is that when a reader submits a story they receive a credit
for it. Each story receives 2 months free credit to their subscription.
That way those who would prefer to just sit back and have a good read once
per month contribute $2:50 towards the cost's of producing the magazine, and
that is fine.
Those who want to write articles for everyone else to read, get the magazine
for 2 months for free, and that is also great.
I guess it's a bit like a co-operative rather than a business!
All you have to do, to receive the magazine completely for free, is to
submit 1 story every 2 months. We already have a couple of sailers that do
that and I think it is a good deal for everyone.

Most of our contributors are in Australia and New Zealand. We do have some
in England, the USA and Canada but I would like to get more. So if any of
you are interested in submitting any stories (with photo's preferably) then
feel free to do so.

Best regards

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Garry Beattie
Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
www.ocean-spirit.com