SSCA forums, and the Yahoo Groups
Southbound Net and Pacific Puddle
This month, “Totem”
Jump. Public forums such as these
is gunkholing south
can have polarizing commentary, but
from Puerto Vallarta
we still regard them as a valuable
to Zihuatanejo.
barometer of consumer experience in
Follow along at:
getting product support.
www.sv-totem.com
Word of mouth information
travels especially well among people
gathered by like interests. If you’re
able to participate directly in a boating
community, increasing your exposure
to other boaters can be a great way to
benefit from the experience of others.
The Northwest has numerous such
informal or formal organizations;
whether it is someone on your dock,
yacht club, cruising club, regatta, etc.
Other sources are magazines and
gear focused blogs such as Panbo and
Navagear, and also the personal blogs be much more informative than feature
Boat Show annually for almost a
of sailors that are out cruising. Many lists and product manuals.
decade: first as dreamers, then “gonna
cruisers have invested considerable The combination of boat show
be-ers,” then as active planners. We
energy in reviewing their equipment, month with a spectacularly dismal
brought lists of the gear we wanted to
how they made their selections and how customer service experience, gave us
evaluate: features we wanted, prices
it has worked for them. No two cruisers pause for reflection on how we might
we’d seen to compare with boat show
are alike and we’ll all make choices have approached our gear purchases
specials. Nowhere on that list was
based on our priorities, so having a real differently. We certainly would have
evaluating customer support, and it’s
person describe gear in the context of treated our boat show pilgrimages
definitely a lesson learned.
their rationale and cruising budget can another way. We attended the Seattle
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Dome Lights
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