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I REALLY miss the old Hot Boat. Flyntt style!! The near death versions really pi$$ed me off. I didn't get f'd out of my sub $$ or t-shirts like alot of folks. But seeing my favorite head down the toilet like that was sad. I couldn't believe when they had some dumb bi+cH writing about dockside footwear, who wore what watch, and elementary digital camera basics. That might not have been too slow, but it was a painful death to watch happen.
RIP (flyntt version) Burn in he__ later rag!!
While I completely understand everyone's frustration with the smaller magazine, please realize that the magazine is doing what it can to sustain and be around for the long run so we can produce 100- to 130-page issues again. I've been on staff for six years, and was here when we produced our largest issue ever — 140 pages in March 2007. Times have changed in this business (obviously, as there aren't a lot of "booming" performance boat builders), and the magazine has been through ups and downs like this throughout its 40-plus years.
And, as with any business, our company doesn't produce magazines in the powersports/recreation market to lose money, so cutbacks were inevitable as the economy worsened. No one likes it, but it's the reality.
Obviously our staff still strives to provide the best go-fast boat coverage possible with what we have to work with, and I firmly believe no one does it better than us. In fact, you'll notice in the latest issue that we've redesigned some things to get more information and event coverage into the magazine. You'll also see an increase in pages for 2011 starting with our March/April issue, it's not a lot, but it's a step in the right direction. And hopefully by 2012, we'll be able to increase our frequency again ... it might not be back up to 11 issues like it was in 2008, but I foresee producing at least 8 or 9 issues.
I'd also like to suggest checking out www.powerboatmag.com as we've got steady news coverage, online videos and photo galleries, and the best blogs in the business with writers such as Oh Boy! Oberto hydroplane racer Steve David, Miss GEICO driver Marc Granet, offshore enthusiast Tank Sears, longtime Powerboat contributor Dick DeBartolo, tunnel boat racer Shaun Torrente, and our newest contributor Lucas Oil offshore racer Nigel Hook. Check out his new blog:
http://www.powerboatmag.com/nigel-hook-s-blog/
In regard to the poor race coverage comment, I think you'll notice our coverage in the last couple of issues has been much stronger. And I don't agree that it's always the same boats. In fact, our coverage from Orange Beach, Ala., was solid, and our upcoming feature on the Key West Worlds will be the same. Unfortunately we don't have a budget to cover races too frequently, but we'll be trying to track down more via interviews and local photographers in 2011.
Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm regarding Powerboat — especially yours Don, we appreciate the support, we need it from subscribers
-Jason Johnson
jason@powerboatmag.com
arty:While I completely understand everyone's frustration with the smaller magazine, please realize that the magazine is doing what it can to sustain and be around for the long run so we can produce 100- to 130-page issues again. I've been on staff for six years, and was here when we produced our largest issue ever — 140 pages in March 2007. Times have changed in this business (obviously, as there aren't a lot of "booming" performance boat builders), and the magazine has been through ups and downs like this throughout its 40-plus years.
And, as with any business, our company doesn't produce magazines in the powersports/recreation market to lose money, so cutbacks were inevitable as the economy worsened. No one likes it, but it's the reality.
Obviously our staff still strives to provide the best go-fast boat coverage possible with what we have to work with, and I firmly believe no one does it better than us. In fact, you'll notice in the latest issue that we've redesigned some things to get more information and event coverage into the magazine. You'll also see an increase in pages for 2011 starting with our March/April issue, it's not a lot, but it's a step in the right direction. And hopefully by 2012, we'll be able to increase our frequency again ... it might not be back up to 11 issues like it was in 2008, but I foresee producing at least 8 or 9 issues.
I'd also like to suggest checking out www.powerboatmag.com as we've got steady news coverage, online videos and photo galleries, and the best blogs in the business with writers such as Oh Boy! Oberto hydroplane racer Steve David, Miss GEICO driver Marc Granet, offshore enthusiast Tank Sears, longtime Powerboat contributor Dick DeBartolo, tunnel boat racer Shaun Torrente, and our newest contributor Lucas Oil offshore racer Nigel Hook. Check out his new blog:
http://www.powerboatmag.com/nigel-hook-s-blog/
In regard to the poor race coverage comment, I think you'll notice our coverage in the last couple of issues has been much stronger. And I don't agree that it's always the same boats. In fact, our coverage from Orange Beach, Ala., was solid, and our upcoming feature on the Key West Worlds will be the same. Unfortunately we don't have a budget to cover races too frequently, but we'll be trying to track down more via interviews and local photographers in 2011.
Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm regarding Powerboat — especially yours Don, we appreciate the support, we need it from subscribers
-Jason Johnson
jason@powerboatmag.com
