Take a look at SAIL’s September 2007 issue (p. 56) to see the 40+ new boats hitting the market this year. Then, after you’ve had a chance to see the boats in print or at the boat shows or your local dealers, tell us which of this year’s “class” are the best in your eyes.

Vote Now for Your Best Boats of 2008!

Link to vote now

to register your votes in the following categories:

  • Innovation in a Cruising Monohull
  • Innovation in a Cruising Multihull
  • Innovation in a Performance Monohull
  • Innovation in a Performance Multihull
  • Excellence in Deck Design
  • Excellence in Systems Design
  • Excellence in Accommodation Design

 

If your selections match with the SAIL Editors’ choices, you will be entered into a random drawing to win a

Raymarine C80 Multifunction Display System!

SAIL Editors’ selections will be published in the December 2007 issue and the sweepstakes winner will be notified on or about December 1, 2007.

 

SAIL’S BEST BOATS 2008 CHALLENGE SPONSORED BY RAYMARINE
OFFICIAL RULES
  1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning.
  2. INTRODUCTION: SAIL Magazine (a publication of PRIMEDIA Magazines, Inc.) (“Sponsor”) is offering SAIL’s Best Boats 2008 Challenge (the “Sweepstakes”).
  3. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who as of August 10, 2007 are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Employees of the Sponsor (as defined below) and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, dealers and agents, the foregoing employ- ees’ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandparent) and employees of SAIL Magazine are NOT eligible to enter the Sweepstakes.
  4. TIMING: Sweepstakes begins on August 10, 2007 @ 11:59 PM USA Eastern Time and ends on October 31, 2007 at 11:59 PM USA Eastern Time (The “Sweepstakes Period”).
  5. HOW TO ENTER: To enter during the Sweepstakes Period correctly complete an official entry form/ballot found at www.sailmagazine.com, make your picks for Best Boats according to the 7 categories as specified in the ballot online, and then transmit your entry as directed. Please note that all required information/fields on entry form must be fully and accurately completed or entry may be voided. More than one entry from any person or e-mail address will void all entries from that person or e-mail address. The editors’ picks for the Best Boats 2008 will be announced in the December, 2007 issue of SAIL Magazine. Sponsor reserves the right to include a Sweepstakes official entry form/ballot at any additional authorized website or other authorized location.
  6. PRIZE: One (1) prize will be awarded, consisting of a Raymarine C80 Multifunction Navigation Display with 8.4” sunlight viewable color display and a RS125 GPS antenna. Prize is non-transferable and must be accepted as awarded. Subject to the conditions herein, prize will be awarded. The winner of a prize is solely responsible for: a) any and all applicable federal, state and local taxes (including where applicable sales tax) due for said prize; and b) any and all applicable fees and expenses related to the acceptance, award, and use of said prize. Approximate Retail Value of prize is $2500.
  7. RANDOM DRAWING: On or about December 1, 2007 a winner will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries received that have the exact same picks in each boat design category as are made by SAIL’s Best Boats 2008 editors. If no eligible entries are received with the exact same picks as the editor(s), then the above-mentioned random drawing will instead include all of the eligible entries received that have made all picks regardless of a match with the editors’ picks. The above- mentioned random drawing will be conducted by SAIL Magazine, whose decisions on all matters related to the Sweepstakes shall be final and binding. A participant selected as a potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these official rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. Odds of winning depend on the total number of entries received that are eligible for the random drawing (as described herein).
  8. NOTIFICATION: Potential winner will be notified (the “Notification”) by mail (or other method at the discretion of Sponsor) within about ten (10) days after the above- mentioned random drawing. Within ten (10) days of the postmark or shipment date of the Notification, a potential winner must return (“Return”) via overnight delivery as directed an Affidavit, Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement, including where lawful a Publicity Release (prior to Return, to be correctly completed and executed by a potential winner in the presence of a notary public). Please note that additional documents may be required at the discretion of Sponsor. Alternately, if the initial Notification is sent to a potential winner via email, an email reply from such potential winner must be received by the sender of the initial email within five days of such potential winner’s receipt of initial email (thereafter, such potential winner will be sent the applicable above-mentioned documents and the Return reply deadline will apply). Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (or the return of any prize or prize notification as non-deliverable) may result in disqualification and in the forfeiture of any right to a prize, in which case such prize will be awarded to an alternate by random drawing.
  9. E-MAIL ADDRESS: In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the person whose name is on the entry form.
  10. RELEASE: By participating in the Sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsor and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, members, managers, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents (collectively the “Releasees”) from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind (including any for the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Sweepstakes, and/or the use, acceptance, or possession of a Sweepstakes prize, and/or participation in a Sweepstakes prize-related activity. By participating in the Sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsor the right to use a participant’s/winner’s name, address and entry form information, to photograph/video a winner and a winner’s property, and in perpetuity to use a winner’s statements, quotes, picture, portrait, likeness, voice, video, biographical information, prize information, and winner-submitted photograph(s)/video/text (in whole or in part, as may be adapted, edited or modified, as solely determined by Sponsor) for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification or approval, all without limitation or additional consideration, unless prohibited by law. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.
  11. CONDITIONS: Participants agree that by participating in the Sweepstakes they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a prize(s); c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, line failure, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/tele- phone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Sponsor reserves the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes. In the event that the Sweepstakes is infected by a computer virus/worm, or is not capable of running or being executed as planned (as a result of but not limited to an error, omission, defect, delay, misdirection, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of entrants, or technical failure) or any other cause which in the sole opinion of Sponsor corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry or entrant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at the entry website mentioned above, and the winner(s) will determined solely by Sponsor or an independent judging organization in a random drawing from among all eligible non-suspect and/or non-disqualified entries. In such event, Releasees shall have no liability to any participant who is disqualified due to such an action. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
  12. LAWS: Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted.
  13. WINNER’S LIST: The SAIL Editorial team’s selections for Best Boats 2008 will be published in the December 2007 issue of SAIL for reference of all those who entered the sweepstakes.
  14. PRIZE SUPPLIER: The prize supplier of this Sweepstakes is Raymarine, 21 Manchester Street, Merrimack, NH 03054; 603-881-5200.
  15. SPONSORS: The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is SAIL Magazine, (a publication of PRIMEDIA Magazines, Inc.,) 98 N. Washington St., Suite 200, Boston, MA 02114; 617-720-8600