Nautical/Travel publisher seeks writer/reviewers for a revision of an existing “travel guide for boaters.” Prefer a writer/reviewer who has cruised these waters on his/her own boat and knows it well – but if there is a substantial boating and regional knowledge, this is not critical. Jerawyn Publishing develops travel guides (Books, CD/DVD-ROMS & a website) for boaters. www.AtlanticCruisingClub.com.

The research for a revision of the exisiting New England volume (now St. Johns, New Brunswick to Block Island, RI) is scheduled for early this summer and Jerawyn publishing is looking for writers who are also boaters who will visit and review marinas in their local area. Assignments are to cover a *minimum* of 50 transient marinas - or as many as 250.

Time Frame: Visits must be completed between June 1 and July 15. Final Deadline for all Reports is October 15 - or earlier. Visiting and photographing the marinas is only 1/3 of the assignment. The hard work is writing up the report, choosing the photos and gathering and fact checking the very detailed what’s nearby content.

The market is comprised of cruising boat owners – power boaters, trawler owners, and sailors – whose craft range from 25 ft to megayachts and who frequently overnight in marinas in their adventures away from their homeports.

These guides are very detailed and data intensive, with an extremely tight format. Half of the data is facility-specific and half of it is a “travel guide” to what is nearby. There is one color photo of each facility in the book and 15-25 on the accompanying, fully searchable DVD-ROM (all digital) and on the website. JPI uses a proprietary and unique system to publish its books, DVD-ROMs and Website; the data is input into an easy-to-use program that is currently a windows application that resides on the reviewer’s computer but is currently being migrated to a password protected part of the ACC website.

A comfort level with technology is critical as well as competence with, and ownership of a recent, good quality (6 mp+) digital camera and comparable Windows-based computer with high speed access. The ideal candidate will be detailed oriented with a drive to “get it right,” enjoy interacting with people, be very conversant with the language boating, and have a flexible current work situation that would permit the inclusion of this project and be able to demonstrate that s/he understands is conversant with the requirements of guidebook writing.

Compensation is a work-for-hire $50 flat payment per new marina review and $40 for a revision of an existing review. This is a work-for-hire. These visits can be, for the sake of efficiency, made by land. Approximately six visits per day are generally possible with an equal amount of time spent before and then after to prepare and fully research the Reports. Each facility has been asked to complete an extensive questionnaire and a follow-up Data Confirmation Report and that information will be entered into the database by the publisher.

For more information, please email a resume of your boating, professional and writing history with links to writing and photography samples.

* Location: Coastal Rhode Island
* Compensation: $2000-$12,000 depending on the number of marinas covered
* Telecommuting is ok.

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