***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And the randomly selected person who’s starting their new year off with prize is… Jennifer (who answered this week’s question with a Canadian folk lyric – which I had to look up, mind you: “Lukey’s boat is painted green, Ha, me boys!”). Congrats Jennifer!
Raise your hand if you know what a bathymetric chart is. I didn’t before this giveaway, but it’s basically like a topographic map for what lies underwater. But the more important thing to know is that the married duo behind Below the Boat turns these charts into gorgeous, laser-cut, hand-assembled works of art. They’re beautifully intricate and fascinatingly detailed. And they’ve got lots of bodies of water from the east coast, west coast, and even some lakes in between. One of you is gonna win up to $300 worth of bathymetric chart-y goodnesst this week. So… ahoy!
- PRIZE: Any single framed map up to $300 (or any combination of two maps that add up to $300) from Below The Boat.
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “BOAT ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …if you had to venture out on a boat, what kind would it be? Would you opt for a luxury cruise? Venture out on a sailboat? Are you more into kayaks or canoes? Maybe you’d like living on a house boat? Or perhaps any kind of boat is your ultimate nightmare?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 2nd at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: This giveaway is available worldwide!
- DISCOUNT: 15% off with code YHLNEWYEAR (valid through Father’s Day, which is June 16th, 2013)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
- ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Below The Boat.
Jessie says
Boat me! I’m going on a cruise in the end of January :D
Karin says
BOAT ME! Jetski sounds fun. : )
Jennifer Chen says
BOAT ME.
I think house boats are really cool
Emily W says
Boat me! Tough call, but I’m thinking a kayak :)
John says
Boat me! I would take a canoe on a lake in the Adirondacks…
Tara says
BOAT ME! I like fast boats, so either a speedboat or even a raft on white-water rapids.
amanda says
BOAT ME!
i’d like to go out on a clipper ship.
Joscelynne says
BOAT ME!!!
We would live on a tall ship and travel the world!
Caroline says
Boat me! These maps are gorgeous! I’d love to escape on a high-seas adventure in a schooner.
catherine says
boat me!
i’m a small boat or a kayak kind of girl. too many summers wishing i was fishing in alaska with my cousins to not be. :)
Abby says
BOAT ME! I like kayaking…cruise ships scare the heck outta me, though!!
corey says
BOAT ME!!!
my wife and i spend as much time in our kayaks as we do in our car!
Heidi says
Boat me! I love sailing and the quiet that comes with shutting off a motor. My husband’s family owns a house on Blakely Island, so the San Juan Islands map would be perfect for us.
Holly says
BOAT ME!! These are really cool! I grew up on the water and being out on the water is what brings me the most peace in my life. I’m also an urban planner with a background in geology too and so I love the use of bathymetric charts as art!
I have experienced a lot of loss in the last 2 years (father, grandma, and husband) and have often thought how cool it would to just sell everything and live on a boat! Maybe take a year hiatus from all parts of routine life and live on a motor boat of some kind traveling the east coast. Just reconnect with myself and God.
Kim says
Boat me!
A motorboat large enough to go back and forth to Catalina Island! And that’s the same bathymetric art I’d want! Happy New Year YHL!
Matilda says
BOAT ME!
A sailboat out in boston harbor with my mans, heaven!
MadeByMeg says
BOAT ME! I would definitely be on a kayak!
courtney fruchter says
“BOAT ME!”
Hmmm, European river boat cruise please!
Amber W says
BOAT ME!My hubby and I have an offshore fishing boat that we LOVE! I’m so ready for it to warm up so we can start back fishing. It would be amazing to have a piece of art with all of our favorite spots on it!
Sydney says
Boat Me! I love kayaking. We took our twin girl out last summer on sea kayaks (one with me and one with the hubster) and had an absolute blast! They even caught a fish with their bare hands…it was an experience we can’t wait to repeat.
Michelle says
Boat Me!
Ever since me parents and grandparents went on a cruise to Alaska for their 25th and 50th, I’ve wanted to go on a cruise there too.
PK says
BOAT ME!
Anything that floats, as long as it’s in Caribbean Blue water, would be fine with me. I think my first choice would be a power boat that’s taking me to a fabulous snorkeling site.
Celicia says
Boat me! I’d have to say a luxury yacht would be divine!
Kathleen says
BOAT ME! My dad is retired from the Navy and would love something like this to hang in his office! Personally, I’d skip the Navy ship and go for a nice cruise ship!
Kerry says
Boat me! I want to go back to visit my aunt and uncle at their lake house and go on their speedboat – for some riding in style and some tubing behind the boat!
Amanda says
BOAT ME!!!
Don’t laugh, but I love the MBTA’s boats. They cost $6, have free popcorn, and you can take a nice, hour-long cruise around the harbor, which (even in January) rocks.
Melissa says
BOAT ME!
I’d love to take a cruise! Or sail around the world… with someone who knows what they are doing of course!
Becca says
BOAT ME!
My dream would be to take a trip on a cruise ship through the Mediterranean. What a great way to see some of Europe!!!
Holly says
BOAT ME!
Coming from a father who was a boat dealer and marrying my husband who works in the boating industry, I’m embarrassed to say I don’t really care for boats. Maybe it was growing up and working all those boat shows and/or doing inventory on sailboat parts (so. many. itty. bitty. parts.)?
BUT, I wouldn’t say no to a luxury cruise ship vacation to Alaska!
Jeannie says
BOAT ME! A 42 foot Duffy (a down-east lobster boat style) down the inter-coastal waterway all summer with our 2 kids. It’s always been our dream.
annie says
BOAT ME!
we’re kayak people, but i’d love to go on a cruise someday.
Katie says
BOAT ME! Luxury cruise! We just went on one to the Caribbean and it was fabulous!
Jesica says
Boat Me!
Jessica D says
BOAT ME! Definitely a sailboat!
Lenore says
Boat me! I love to sail – I live on the Great Lakes, and floating out on the big lakes in the summer sun is about the best thing in the world.
Shelby says
BOAT ME! – One of my bucket list items is to sail across the Atlantic someday. I want to be out on open water for a few days on end w/ no visible signs of land.
Kim says
“BOAT ME!”
Luxury cruise all the way!
Rita says
BOAT ME!! A nice sailboat with my boyfriend. We have talked about getting or renting a large sailboat and spending a few weeks out on it :) I would love to win one of these. I make topographic and nautical maps for a living so it would be awesome to hang one of these on the wall!!
Paige Cantle says
Boat me! Luxury cruise. I used to like roughing it in canoes and kayaks, but now that I’m older and (wiser) I prefer a more comfortable adventure!
Whitney says
Boat Me! I grew up kayaking around the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior and the map of Lake Superior would look awesome in our cabin on Madeline Island!
Regan Wood says
BOAT ME!
Ummm, I’m a little wary of boats so I’d have to say a kayak. A kayak reeeeeally close to the shore. ;)
Kelley says
Boat me! Sail boat!
Emily Wenzel says
BOAT ME!
I’m happiest when I’m out on the water! I’d love to learn to sail, but I’d also love to take a cruise (to Alaska! It’s the best way to see the glaciers). But I’m also down for water skiing, canoeing or white water rafting :)
Fatime says
BOAT ME! Sailing in the Mediterranean would be my choice.
Katie @ Domestiphobia.net says
BOAT ME!
I would love to try sailing. And I would love to win this. Coolest. Giveaway. Ever.
Ris says
BOAT ME! I don’t know that I’d love to go out on a boat, but maybe I’d pick one that wasn’t very boat-like? Something that was smooth sailing (pun most definitely intended) so I didn’t feel seasick.
Tabitha says
BOAT ME! I’d take a cruise for sure – any destination would be fine. We never had a honeymoon, so we’d settle for anything after almost 5 years of marriage!
Lindsay says
Boat me!
Definitely a house boat in Seattle.
Jesse says
BOAT ME! An Alaska cruise!
steph says
BOAT ME!
Speed boat, all the way!