Don White wrote:

Actually, it's not a bad little 'gig' Chuck has going for himself. A
little plug or promo here & there seems to bring truckloads of freebies.
If the products are as good as claimed, I suppose it could be a win win
situation.

I do get a bit of free stuff here and there. Most of it is completely
unsolicited, and in the vast majority of cases I'll never write a line
about it. Things that go unmentioned are small items that I can't
personally test out, things without an actual and practical value (i.e.
"new, revolutionary, curved profile fender brush") or things that
testing and inspection show do *not* live up to their billing.

Too bad you Canadians aren't more liberal with chart distribution. Lack
of BC charts leaves a "hole" in the middle of the Puget Sound to Alaska
cruising grounds favored by many boaters in this region, but for $25 a
Pac NW boater can have every US chart he or she will ever need.