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> Tater Blog - Circumnavigation Speed Record
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> Andy & Chis's Big Adventure
> Suselle - Great Lakes, Bahamas
> Total Devotion - Circumnavigation Blog
> Sailaway II
> AfterBlue Sailaway - Sailing Blog
> The Restless Sole
> US Coast Guard News Blog
> Back in the Saddle

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> Tom and Jessi's Big Bad Boat Blog
> Pontoon Stuff Blog

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> Hot Tamale - Sailing Blog
> Back in the Saddle
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> Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race
> Soul Sailing - Blog
> The Restless Sole
> Flying Dutchman Sailboat Project
> Scott's Weblogs
> AfterBlue Sailaway - Sailing Blog
> Suselle - Great Lakes, Bahamas

Featured Fishing Blogs

> Texas Coast Domain
> Go Wisconsin Fishing
> Gary.Yexley.Blog Fishing Tournament Blog
> Anglerama - Fishing Blog
> Fishing Tackle 4u

Fishing Tournament Blogs

> Gary.Yexley.Blog Fishing Tournament Blog

Powerboat Racing Blogs
> Hydro Blog - Northwest Racing
> Thunder Zone - Hydroplane Racing Blog
> Newton Scale Marine Racing

Sailboat Racing Blogs
> Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race
> ShiSh Happens
> Block Island Race Week 2005 - Nelson's Daily Log
> Soul Sailing - Blog
> Diversion Racing Blog J/35

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> The River
> Cruising on Eritad
> The Adventures of Abyssinia and Crew

Featured Cruising Blogs

> Reefs of Mauritius
> Cruising on Eritad
> Sailaway II
> AfterBlue Sailaway - Sailing Blog
> SV Sugata Boatblog

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> Flying Dutchman Sailboat Project

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Boater's LIFE provides Free Web blogs for Powerboaters, Sportfisherman, Sailors, Racers, and Yachtsmen of all types.

Get a free blogsite for your Yacht, or Rendezvous. Chronicle your racing Campaign. Share your Cruising Exploits, or Document your Sportfishing Adventures.

General Blogging Areas include: Blogs: General Quarters and Sailor's Logs.

Subject Blogs include : Regional Cruising, Bass Fishing, Tournaments - SportFish, Charter Vacations, Living Aboard, Party-Boat Pontooners, World Cruising Voyagers, Maintenance & Care, and Restoration Projects.

Watersports Blogs include: Wake Boarding, Water Skiing and Kite Boarding.
Racing Blogs include: Powerboat Racing, Sailboat Racing, One Design Racing and Multihull Racing.
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What is blogging?
Article Page : Writing a Blog

Writing a Blog is easy!

Maybe your question isn't if you should get started with a blog but instead how do you create a blog? This section will focus more on the creative side of a blog instead of the technical aspects.

Some would argue that writing talent is basically innate, but the actual skills for crafting compelling blog postings and significant comments can usually be learned. Just follow these condensed basic guidelines and tips from How to Write Killer Blog Posts and More Compelling Comments by B.L. Ochman: 

  • Keep your copy lively, factual, tight, clear and short and search engine optimized.
  • Short, declarative sentences are best. Web readers demand them.
  • Link like crazy. One thing that distinguishes blog posts from dead-tree journalism is that bloggers link prodigiously.
  • Write less. Omit all unnecessary words.
  • Aim at keeping your posts at about 250 words.
  • Include complete thoughts in headlines. Most people use a news feeders like Feed Demon to scan blog headlines.
  • Keep sentences and paragraphs short.
  • Don't take yourself too seriously. Blogging isn't brain surgery.
  • Don't get pompous or dictatorial.
  • Never lose your sense of humor.
  • Write like it counts.
  • White space is your friend. It makes reading from the screen easier.
  • Use the simplest possible word and sentence structure.
  • Read your post out loud and make sure you don't get stuck on complex construction.
  • Forget what you learned about business writing in school if you graduated before 1990.
  • Use bulleted points whenever you can.
  • Use subheads every few paragraphs, even in a 300 word post.
  • Use bold text and italics for emphasis on words and phrases.
  • Make sure our blog posts are easy to scan.


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