RC Sailboat & Model Sailing Guide

I started out some time ago to find a magazine which brings me some good news and information on RC sailing and model building, product reviews etc.  99% of all RC Boat magazines I found are purely focused on electric and nitro powered boats. You can see it already on the cover of the magazine which never has a picture of any model sailboat. If by chance there is an article on a RC Sailboat it is more a side note than anything else.

Yes, some RC Sailboat clubs have their own magazines, but I like a magazine that has another view than just what I hear in my club. And having some professional writers who get paid to research and write for me certainly helps to find more interesting product reviews and tips to help me in my hobby.

After some frustrating search and subscriptions to magazines which didn’t deliver as suggested I stumbled over the Marine Modelling International. Imagine – a magazine that really looks after RC Sailboat fans! They even have a permanent monthly section called “Sail Free”. Just looking at their covers made it clear – 7 Model Sailboat pictures on the covers of the last 11 issues that is truly exceptional and shows what kind of readers they want to attract.

Some examples:

April 2009	February 2009	November 2008

Features for us:

• Monthly section just dedicated on RC Sailboat news
• Lots of Tips and Tricks to save you time and frustration
  (E.g. I loved the last edition article on racing with a scale sail model or the tips on the main workhorse – the servo)
• Lots of product reviews to save money before you purchase (I think I easily saved the subscription costs already here and in the tips which basically made it a free monthly magazine for me )
• FREE boat plans (got to love that )
• A lot of other stuff like upcoming events, reports from readers around the world etc.

Here you can even view the content of their RC Sailboat magazine:
(Example pages of December edition, flick to the 6th page to find their monthly “Sail Free” Section by click on the top or bottom left corner of the magazine)

One thing to mention: I found that it being an international magazine isn’t bad at all. Honestly the RC Sailboat market is small (especially compared to powered RC Boats) and a magazine needs to write on ideas and innovations from anywhere if I want to learn something new.

Before this sounds too much like a sales pitch, just check it out yourself. I just love it.

HEre you can get a subscription for North America Modeling Magazine

Here you can get a subscription for the UK Modeling Magazine

PS: Did I mention it also has a section for scale model builders (Yeah, I really like this magazine )

PS PS: Can’t wait to hold the next months magazine in my hands. Do you love the wonderful surprise in the mailbox every month, ripping open the package and disappearing just to emerge in your favorite hobby for a little bit as well? Or am I the only RC Sailboat weirdo like that