Carolina Currents - The North and South Carolina Boater's Magazine Launches RSS Feed

Oriental, NC, May 11, 2007 --(PR.com)-- North and South Carolina boaters can now get all of the stories from Carolina Currents - as well as late-breaking news that doesn't make the print edition - delivered free directly to their e-mail inbox or personal webpage, such as MyYahoo.

Carolina Currents launched in November 2006 and has quickly become Carolina boaters' favorite magazine with eager readers snapping up 100,000 free copies of the first four bi-monthly issues from marinas, yacht clubs, ship's stores and other nautical hot spotsall along the coast and inland lakes. For those who can't find a print copy, the contents of each issue - as well as bonus features - are available online at www.CarolinaCurrents.com.

The web edition includes longer versions of stories from the print edition, as well as regular updates on breaking waterfront news, regatta results, club news, fishing updates, weather reports, a complete calendar of boating events and much more.

Readers can easily subscribe to the new RSS (real simple syndication) service by clicking on the RSS Feeds link on the top left navigation bar of the home page and choosing the appropriate options. Readers can choose to receive all new postings or select just those features that interest them.

Both the print and online editions of Carolina Currents feature detailed destination pieces, sailor profiles, eco tips, waterway news, cruiser reports, regatta roundups, maritime history stories and more. Destinations covered in the first four issues include Beaufort N.C. and S.C., Elizabeth City, N.C., Georgetown, S.C. and Oriental, N.C.

All past stories can be accessed from the online archives via the website search function.

The magazine has also attracted paid subscribers from 15 states, demonstrating the strong pent up desire for a high quality boating magazine in this region.

Rob Lucey, editor and publisher, and his wife Jo Lucey, art director and business manager, are based in Oriental, the "Sailing Capital" of North Carolina. The couple recently completed a three-year cruise aboard their Morgan 38 sloop Sea Spell, recording their experiences online at www.SeaSpell.net.

"We were surprised to find that no regional sailing magazines exist between Florida and the Chesapeake," Rob Lucey said. "Sailors in these wonderful waters have been deprived since the demise of Carolina Cruising magazine in the 90s. We've picked up where they left off and built on the concept."

Lucey has worked as an award-winning newspaper editor and reporter, and has written for publications such as BoatWorks, Sail, Blue Water Cruising, Latitudes and Attitudes, Good Old Boat, Living Aboard, National Fisherman, Spinsheet and Telltales. He has lived aboard and sailed his own boats for 10 years.

Joining them as the publication's South Carolina editor is Will Haynie who has written a sailing column for the Charleston Post and Courier for more than a year.

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