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oldfrank

oldfrank

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There is a cynic somewhere inside that wonders how much it might cost to have the front cover and seven pages of editorial in Classic Boat devoted to a boat that the same issue carries a further full page ad as being for sale.

I am quite happy with the overt commercial operation of magazines - although this is by no means the first time coverage in Classic Boat has been accorded a vessel that, lo and behold, turned out later to be for sale.

Am I entirely alone wondering whether this might not have undermined the integrity of the journalism in writing up the vessel?

"Of course it's wonderful... and its yours for only half a crown...."

I'm just slightly unhappy about this and would be interested to hear others feelings. Old Frank
 
Boot on the other foot.
Perhaps it's the only occasion that an owner would want others knowing all about his pride and joy and the magazine's only opportunity to access a really nice boat, which, for sale or not, lots of readers would love to see?
 
I rather feel that pride of ownership is a major part of owning a classic boat of any description - most owners are delighted to share what they have.

My point is, that given this situation (and I don't know whether or not money changed hands, for example for the front cover), does it compromise standards of journalism? Is a journalist likely to record that a particular restoration (not Bloodhound) was rubbish in such circumstances? I think it unlikely. OF
 
A boat like Bloodhound doesn't need to pay money to get classic boat to put her on the front cover when they do an article on her. It would have been the owners trying to cash in on the article by paying to have the full page advertisment.
 
I agree with Woodlouse. I haven't seen the article yet [we in Austaralia don't get them until 2 months after publication] but I have seen articles in the past on yachts which have turned out to be for sale. I'm sure that Dan looks at the manuscript and photos and judges the articles merits on those rather than whether it is for sale or not. If it is for sale then he gets to sell some advertising space as well. Similarly, an article on a sail loft, at the end of which is a nice advertisement for said loft. For heaven's sake, they're running a business here, not a charity!
Peter.
 
Wow.Thats a lot of zeros in the asking price.Think I would want my own boat shed for that one and drysail her from it!
 
Saw the article yesterday. Can only say that I was very dissapointed to see that they'd fitted stack packs to her. Really didn't do the boat any favours. She had a dirty bottom in the advertisment too. Poor show.
 
Going back to the point, I've always found it very interesting on how 'featured boats' end up for sale although scanning back through other issues it even works on boats that don't have so many zero's such as Teal not so long back that was up for around 6k. Perhaps it's all about who you know - I wish I had had an article when I put my little Cardnell 2.5 ton sloop up for sale and paid the (very expensive) price for a private ad which didn't see any serious interest. She still waits a new owner despite being in perfect nik!
 
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