Tell me again why I subscribe to Hot Boat??

[Not So Fast]

Just got this month's issue, took about 4 -5 minutes to look through it. Nothing to see, Please disburse, move along. Wow, you talk about boring. I thought I had received an issue of Trailer Boat magazine, 10 pages on tubes, get real, although page 34 held my attention for quite a while :cool: NSF

[HCS]

Hot Boat has a magazine? :hammer2:

[phebus]

Family Boating an Performance magazine is a good addition to the monthly rags. Pretty good mag with some good tech articles, but sorry, no tube reviews. :angry2:

[SHOTKALLIN]

I've been waiting anxiously for the postman. You mean to tell me that when he finally gets here i'm gonna be pissed off? That just sucks! :cry:

[riverbound]

I'm glad I let my subscription lapse. I forget to send in the "This is your last issue unless you renew now" Card.... Maybe I will wait a couple more issues to see if they pull there heads out of there asses.

[HM]

I eagerly await to find out what broke on Mike Finnegan's boat or trailer on the way to or from the river and see how he turns it into a tech article! He is an f'ing genius!! Making money off of his boat problems. Also, I like to see how he positions himself around the models in the hot boat testing while he makes his oh so slick moves to get his arms around them.
I was hoping for an article from him on "Does this goatee make me look fat, or is it my fat ass that makes me look fat?" LOL...just kidding Mike.
I think the newer format looks cheesy and cheap.

[WYRD]

was there not enough pretty pics for you to look at NSF? :hammerhea :cool: :cool:

[Not So Fast]

was there not enough pretty pics for you to look at NSF? :hammerhea :cool: :cool:
Like I said, Page 34 held my attention for 3 of those 4 minutes, talk about a great set of tubes :) :) NSF

[goneboatin]

Have they ever tested a boat that they used a little objectivity?
Every boat is:
This is a well built boat.
A great addition to anybody wanting a quality boat.
For the money you cannot find a better boat. (if you spent more you could get a better boat)
This was a great handling boat.
This is very good interior layout.
The engine compartment was spotless. (???)
The water was rough, but it rode through it. (???)
You never hear:
This boat sucks.
There's no place to put my beer.
The chairs are too narrow for a fat guy.
This is one ugly looking boat.
Why anybody would want a boat like this is anybody's guess.
A Bayliner is a step up.
Who picked these colors?
The only good thing about this boat is the stereo.
You should pull the plug out and use this as an anchor.
You get the idea.

[TexasJet]

Something strange I noticed. The past few issues Mike Finnigan has been all over the mag. with interesting articles. I thought maybe Hot Boat was getting back to it's roots, ie, boats that regular people can afford. Then all of a sudden all this coverage on tubes, of all things. Also, Mike hardly had any articles. What's up with that?

[cc322]

Just got this month's issue, took about 4 -5 minutes to look through it. Nothing to see, Please disburse, move along. Wow, you talk about boring. I thought I had received an issue of Trailer Boat magazine, 10 pages on tubes, get real, although page 34 held my attention for quite a while :cool: NSF
Got mine the other day, very disapointed with what was inside :( just cant get that excited about East Coast boats, and tubes????? :eek:

[cc322]

I guess it's a follow up to last month's salute to 20 year old flat bottoms. :rolleyes: If I wanted to see 20 year old boats with rebuilt motors, I'd buy a boat trader.
Now thats funny!!!!! :D :D :D

[Havasu_Dreamin]

Have they ever tested a boat that they used a little objectivity?
They did refer to one boat as a "demon boat, unsafe at any speed." They also had some critical words of the new boats that were being built down in Temecula, forget the company name, that the fit and finish was not up to the quality standards they expected to see.

[phebus]

I think some of thier boat speeds are done with an Ethiopian sitting on a milk crate in a bare to the bones boat with a sniff of gas going downhill in Parker while overpropped. Optimistic to say the least. I think their goal is to help the boat builders sell boats with the hope of advertising income.

[cc322]

I think their goal is to help the boat builders sell boats with the hope of advertising income.
I think you are 100% correct

[Not So Fast]

They did refer to one boat as a "demon boat, unsafe at any speed." They also had some critical words of the new boats that were being built down in Temecula, forget the company name, that the fit and finish was not up to the quality standards they expected to see.
ECLIPSE, They were producing a 24 cat with canopies, now defunct I think. NSF

[Quality Time]

just cant get that excited about East Coast boats,
FYI, the mag is sold coast to coast. The covers are also different from one coast to the next each month. Found that out by telling Sunsation they did not make the cover of the mag I had, but on the east coast version they did :idea:

[sdpm]

I think their goal is to help the boat builders sell boats with the hope of advertising income.
I think you are 100% correct
100 and 10% correct! Try and get your boats to "HOT BOAT TESTING"? First question they asked was "Does your company advertise in our magazine?" I told them not yet but was intending to and I was told " you have to advertise with them before you can come to their testing"! If you sign up for 6 months for the inside cover your boats are the HOTTEST THING ON THE MARKET!! What a joke. You can have it.

[MagicMtnDan]

100 and 10% correct! Try and get your boats to "HOT BOAT TESTING"? First question they asked was "Does your company advertise in our magazine?" I told them not yet but was intending to and I was told " you have to advertise with them before you can come to their testing"! If you sign up for 6 months for the inside cover your boats are the HOTTEST THING ON THE MARKET!! What a joke. You can have it.
Publications with any kind of journalistic integrity (what is oftern referred to in the publishing industry as "separation of church and state" which means keeping the ad revenue/sales separate from the magazine's core which is/should be editorial), often are guilty of this.
If only Hot Boat had nudity on its pages then their magazine sales would go up, ad revenue up and life on this Web site would be much better for all of us! :idea: :idea: :idea:

[dmontzsta]

I just recently subscribed again, I think it is starting to head in the direction it used to be in. Which means (sorry) no big boats. I like the article about tubing, I actually have my eye on one in there. I love how they are going back to the river rods.

[Mandelon]

The last few issues have been getting better and better. This month's is darn weak. Hopefully they get back on track.
Will they take submitted articles I wonder? :confused:

[carbonmarine]

I MAINTAIN .... THE WRITTING IS ATROCIOUS IN THE OP-ED... What's his name, Finnagan ? , but maybe thats okay, since most whom seem to give a chit drive the 1960's V-Drives or 70's style squirters they bought for $6Kor $7K and they've got $10K sunk it they got from a paper route.. You know the type, Okay blades & mullet ? whom levels of reading & coimprehension are akin to that of whats represented on the walls in the crappers at saya Desert Center or Chirraco Summit.
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Its always something with you Jerky's !