Hi Brian,
As a moderator, I started to move your post to the Rendezvous information category because I thought you’d posted here by accident and really meant to put it there.
However, on reflection, I realize that you may have been responding to earlier comments above about trying to involve Practical Sailor in the Rendezvous. So, I put it back where you originally had it.
This does raise a question for @Rob Rob about his post earlier ( Practical Sailor just posted an "Update" on its website to its 2000 N30 review - #9 by Rob ) – have you made any progress in trying to work with Practical Sailor?
The only thing I’ve learned since this thread started is that they have an unadvertised constraint on comment content. They automatically hide any comment submissions that contain a link to anything on the web. If you post a comment there and notice that it’s been flagged as “under moderation”, check if you put in a link anywhere, rewrite it without the link, and re-post. It should go up immediately. I did that, and my comment on the N30 review now shows up (minus the links in the original version).
They now appear to have two public faces (About Us - Practical Sailor):
- Managing Editor Roxanne Darrow, who appears to be the editor for the website
- Editor-in-chief Tim Labute, who is the Youtube guy from Lady K Sailing that Rob mentions above
I learned about the hidden holds on comments in an email exchange with Roxanne about a month ago. She seems very polite and friendly. She agreed that it would be nice if the website section where comments are posted contained an explanation of their rules. No action as of yet on that, though.
(@Rob : I’ve sent you a private message with her email address in case you don’t have it and want to contact her re the Rendezvous.)
In the meantime, the easiest thing we can do to get information out to Practical Sailor subscribers is through polite, constructive comments on PS articles and Youtube videos – that don’t contain a link but tell people what search terms to use to find one.
– Bob