ranger yachts was an american boat builder founded by jack jensen .

the company specialized in the design and manufacture of sailboats for the north american market .

ranger yachts

r32 - gary mull ' s 3 / 4 ton winner from ranger yachts . 1974 print advertisement for information on ranger yachts and a 17x22 poster available for mounting , see your local ranger dealer .
danish yachts is a builder of motor yachts and both classic and high - performance sailing yachts ranging from 30 to 40 metres . operating out of skagen , denmark , superyacht builder danish yachts specialises in building advanced composite vessels that are lightweight and fuel - efficient .
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a total of 92 ranger specials are being built . no more . no less . twenty - eight ranger 23 ' s . twenty - eight ranger 26 ' s . twenty - four ranger 29 ' s . twelve ranger 33 ' s . the ranger specials are being offered to racing sailors throughout the country this fall .
ranger went on to prove conclusively that she was the fastest of all the american yachts , winning almost every race in the defender work up series and defender selection series .
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code of practice , for the safety of large commercial yachts , and the j class association rules . ranger had an extensive refit led by dykstra naval architects to optimise her performance in 2005 / 2006 .
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sailing small boats in often inhospitable waters gave them the skills to manage their j class yachts . the same is true today . skippers have to deliver their yachts across oceans , and compete around the race course , using their skills and all the technical advantages that are available today .
only three original j class yachts survived – endeavour , shamrock v and velsheda – yet interest in the class has arguably never been as strong as it is today . seven j class are currently sailing , these original yachts plus four modern builds : ranger , rainbow , lionheart and hanuman . another , j8 , is due launches may 2015 and a further two are in build .
ranger pro justin atkins won the 2017 forrest wood cup on lake murray , on august 13 .
from 1929 to 1937 , 20 j class yachts were designed . ten of these were built , and six raced in the america’s cup finals . uk challenges came from sir thomas lipton’s shamrock v and from sir thomas sopwith’s two endeavours . these were all against the new york yacht club’s harold vanderbilt , who remained unbeaten in the three defending yachts he commissioned : enterprise , rainbow , and ranger .
one of many designs that gary mull made for ranger yachts , the ranger 26 , conceived to be the ideal compromise between a safe and comfortable on - soundings family cruiser and a competitive racer , reflects much of the art and technology that mull blended so well in the many boats he designed during his all - too - short career . the ranger 26 is undeniably fast : one won the 1970 ior north american half - ton cup .
for the past half century , ranger boats has continually exceeded the expectations of anglers across the country .
ranger is not offered for sale to u . s . residents while in u . s . waters .
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today , there are 8 j class yachts in existence – just one short of the total number of original yachts built in the 1930’s . the 3 surviving british yachts have been supplemented by another 5 replicas in recent years , 3 of which have been launched since 2003 . a brand new yacht , svea , is set for completion some time next year , which will bring the total up to 9 . if anything , this rejuvenation demonstrates the continuing pull of a yachting era characterised by drama and romance – a story of industry captains , 1930s glamour and cut - throat competition . that , and the fact that j class yachts remain some of the most beautiful ever built .
the ranger that sails today is a replica built to the original lines drawings in steel and launched at the danish yacht shipyard in skagen , denmark in 2003 recreating the look and feel of the existing j class yachts shamrock , endeavour and velsheda . the project was in development from september 1999 and its team of designers , naval architects and industry specialists designed and built ranger to lloyds classification , the
the impressive , luxury sailing yacht ranger was the first modern j - class sailing yacht produced , built in 2003 . in true j - class style , not only is ranger gorgeous , she is a thrill to sail with exceptional superyacht sailing performance . ranger is an updated and competitive superyacht , racing in both j - class and generic races .
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located on the northern tip of denmark on the north sea , luxury yacht builder danish yachts draws on the local regions vast maritime heritage to design and craft its leisure and commercial vessels .
by the end of 1941 , enterprise and ranger , which had been laid up with all the other us js , were scrapped .
weetamoe was scrapped in this year , while at the end of the season ranger was laid up , prior to being scrapped in 1941 .
after the victory of ranger over endeavour ii , vanderbilt wondered whether the boat was so much faster than the competition that it might kill the class . history would show this was not the case as analysis of the holm design shows that it would likely have been faster than ranger .
race prediction : her smaller size means she will struggle against the other j class yachts in real time – but she has the most experienced skipper and her recent mods are all aimed at making her competitive on handicap .
ranger boats pro allen boyd beat a field of 253 anglers to win the bass federation 2017 national championship at table rock lake on april 7 .
race prediction : highly experienced , well - gelled crew and a yacht that is looking particularly nimble and aggressive at the start . despite surrendering size to the modern j class yachts she’s a firm favourite to win any regatta .
this spring the 92 red - hulled ranger specials will take to the water . you can ' t beat them . if you ' re going to join them , you have to act now . because the limited edition ranger factory racing specials will go very fast . in more ways than one .
collegiate fishing teams from kansas state university and university of north alabama will soon square off at the 2017 ranger cup university team of the year challenge .
ranger boats pro scott martin brought in a total of 60 pounds , 1 ounce to win the flw tour event on lake cumberland on april 9 .
danish yachts designs superyachts using state - of - the - art materials and technologies while following sustainable manufacturing practices in its shipyards . it operates three yacht - building facilities and works with some of the world’s leading naval architects and designers .
fortunately , a new aluminum mast built for rainbow was loaned to the project and used throughout the defender series until ranger ' s mast could be repaired .
ranger boats pro tom monsoor weighed a total of 66 pounds , 11 ounces , to win the flw tour event on the potomac river on june 18 .
tugs are the ultimate working boats , usually powered by single or twin diesels . some working tugs have been converted to cruising yachts . some cruising designs resemble tugs , with or without the original hull designs that were intended for commercial use .
for 50 years , ranger has led the way for tournament fishing design and innovation . that legacy continues with the latest extension of the esteemed z500 comanche line .
ranger boats pro marshall deakins earned a trip to compete in the 2017 forrest wood cup by winning the bfl all - american on pickwick lake , june 3 .
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whirlwind , the second j , was the most revolutionary of the four . francis l herreshoff had moved away from conventional yachts and designed a boat , which took the new rule to its extreme . whirlwind combined many new ideas and herreshoff experimented with hull shape and rig . she was the longest of the early j’s at 86ft on the waterline and remained so until ranger and endeavour ii were built in 1937 .
the last boats in the ranger line were produced in 1978 , with the final r - 33 numbered 464 . the parent company of both ranger and jensen , bangor punta , was going through an internal upheaval at the time - we ' ll call it corporate restructuring - and when the smoke cleared in ' 81 , the ranger name was shelved and the cal division moved to florida . not long afterwards b . p . decided to get out of the boatbuilding business altogether , so mull found a client to buy the ranger molds . sadly though , b . p . destroyed them rather than allow the line to continue under new ownership .
ranger boats pro korey sprengel of beaver dam , wisconsin , weighed a total of 35 . 33 pounds of walleye to win the season - opening event of the 2018 cabela ' s national walleye tour ( nwt ) on lake winnebago , may 11 . thanks to ranger cup contingency sprengel walked away with a brand - new ranger 620fs plus a mercury outboard , $ 15 , 000 and $ 2 , 635 in anglers advantage cash for a total of $ 82 , 635 in winnings .
1937 saw the building of the last two j’s on both sides of the atlantic . both ranger and endeavour ii took the waterline length to its extreme , measuring 87ft
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race prediction : the heaviest j , but a rocket in flat water , such as in bermuda’s great sound . a veteran crew whose consistency is ranger’s trump card .
our trip aboard a new ranger tugs 31 from anacortes to bremerton in the pacific northwest demonstrates why the company and their products are a force to be reckoned with .
if you ' ve never been aboard , you ' ve been missing the most exciting , spirited new boat around . gary mull designed ranger 33 for speed and luxury .
ranger pro takahiro omori won the bassmaster elite series event on alabama ' s lake martin on february 11 with a four - day total of 59 pounds , 8 ounces . the longtime ranger pro adds another victory for a total of seven b . a . s . s . wins and leads the toyota bassmaster angler of the year race .
ranger boats pro jason christie brought in a total of 88 pounds , 8 ounces , to win the bassmaster elite series event at lake st . clair on august 27 .
ranger boats pro bryan thrift claimed flw tour angler of the year for the second time after a remarkable season that found the angler in the top - 10 four times .
firstly , because of the serious problems keeping the 165 foot masts from falling over the side , the rules were changed to allow for masts to be heavier by ratio in the larger j class yachts . this enabled new masts to be built stronger than ever before .
the “big g” in north alabama will play host to the ranger cup university team of the year championship , but with an interesting a twist : ranger pros matt and jordan lee will be at the disposal of the finalists to offer hints and advice on topics ranging from dissecting the fishery itself , to pursuing a pro fishing career and procuring sponsors .
the ranger 26 is a masthead sloop . its deck - stepped mast is supported by upper shrouds , double lowers , a headstay , and a backstay rigged with a tensioning bridle .
at ranger® , we give you more choices so you can craft the rig of your dreams . we offer a greater array of options , colors and upgrades so your boat is precisely what you want . between your style and desires and our legendary performance and designs , your ranger will stand out from the sea of cookie cutters — not to mention blow them away .
indeed the j class yachts of the 1930s represent some of the biggest technical steps in the history of the cup . even though their reign only lasted eight years , the class became famous for adopting new materials and techniques to push the boundaries of yacht design , construction and fit out .
in answer to lipton’s challenge of 1929 the americans designed four j - class yachts as possible defenders . enterprise , whirlwind , yankee and weetamoe were launched within a month of each other ; weetamoe and enterprise from the herreshoff yard and yankee and whirlwind from lawley & son’s yard in bristol .
in due course , and with little time available , the 8 designs had models completed , together with models of endeavour i and rainbow , the previous competitor yachts . these were the first really scientific tank testing program , where accurate measurements could be taken and clear determination of performance greed .
legendary boat brand ranger boats will be represented by 12 of the world ' s top professional bass anglers when the 2018 bassmaster classic is contested on south carolina ' s lake hartwell on march 16 - 18 . the group of ranger pro anglers includes two former classic champions and three anglers who finished in the top - 10 elite series angler of the year standings in 2017 .
of the british offerings , it is endeavour , built in 1934 for aviation pioneer thomas sopwith , that is seen to be the worthiest of all the british challengers . charles nicholson’s third j class design , endeavour showcased innovative technology added by sopwith himself , much of it influenced by his aviation expertise . often said to be the most beautiful of all the j class yachts , endeavour was not , however , the fastest . believed by some to have been hampered by her excessive gadgetry , she too lost out to one of harold vanderbilt’s yachts , rainbow , in the 1934 race .
ranger boats pro bryan thrift brought in a total of 70 pounds , 2 ounces , to win the flw tour event at lake cumberland , april 12 . the victory puts the angler in the lead for the flw tour angler of the year race . thrift won the $ 100 , 000 first - place prize along with an additional $ 25 , 000 in ranger cup winnings .
secondly , it was now possible to announce the challenger and defender yacht up to 30 days prior to the regatta . this enabled the british challenge to bring with them both endeavour i and endeavour ii to the usa and work up the yachts together , finally declaring endeavour ii as the challenger .
in the 1990’s , salvation appeared in the form of elizabeth meyer , the founder of the international yacht restoration school . meyer oversaw the comprehensive renovation and refitting of both endeavour and velsheda . she can , ultimately , be credited with saving these illustrious yachts from being consigned to the history books .
boat building ( power & sail ) , was the heritage of the past bucklers hard boat builders has a renowned reputation , as a builder of custom craft and the restorer of classic yachts , notably with the nelson range of ‘gentlemen’s’ motor yachts and the laurent giles designed bh46 cruising ketch , which were all built to exacting standards for discerning owners . the building of these fine craft by the yard began with ‘cygnet’ a nelson 35 that was built for lord montague and is still in regular use on the beaulieu river . over the years many other fine craft have been built , including :
flippin , ark . ( january 23 , 2018 ) — collegiate bass anglers will have more opportunity to cash in on tournament success in 2018 thanks to the continued support of ranger cup university .
ranger boats pro chris johnston brought in a total of 79 pounds , 6 ounces , to win the flw tour event at harris chain of lakes , feb . 25 . the victory puts him in the lead for the flw tour angler of the year race . johnston won the $ 100 , 000 first - place prize along with an additional $ 25 , 000 in ranger cup winnings .
collegiate fishing teams from kansas state university and the university of north alabama will square off at the 2017 ranger cup university team of the year challenge october 25 - 27 on texas ' lake fairfield .
ranger boats pro carl svebek iii weighed a total of 36 pounds , 12 ounces , to win the bassmaster central open # 2 on the sabine river at orange , texas , on june 17 .
and 4 in the uk . most of these competed in trials for the america’s cup , or competed in the cup itself . several existing large british yachts , ‘astra’ , ‘candida’ , ‘white heather ii’ and ‘britannia’ , the king’s yacht , were all converted to comply with the rule and raced alongside the j’s .
ranger is a beautiful sailing yacht capable of racing or cruising anywhere in the world . she is well suited for family life on board , but also would bode well as a luxury charter yacht . sailing superyacht ranger has all the qualities of a luxury yacht and the performance of a proven racer . she is one - of - a - kind and truly must be experienced to appreciate her beauty and sailing prowess .
the ranger 26 was built from 1969 to 1976 . depending on condition and equipment , list prices range from $ 3 , 000 to $ 5 , 800—quite a bargain for the inshore cruising opportunities that the boat offers .
the new ranger 22 is a brutally single - minded boat : she ' s built to race . everything on board is there to make her fast - - or we wouldn ' t have it on the boat .
the ranger 30 is a boat a family can crew . a simple boat , easy to handle in a race . a quick , responsive boat , one you can trust in narrow channels or in rolling offshore swells .
this ranger 33 is an easy - sailing club racer and bargain cruisers . it is good looking , well - balanced , and sails well on all points of sail . she has a spacious interior and a comfortable cock
original owner - skipper harold vanderbilt ( 1884 - 1970 ) , was born to extreme wealth and used it wisely , investing in j class yachts for the defence of the america’s cup . a harvard law graduate , he successfully defended the america’s cup three times with enterprise ( 1930 ) , rainbow ( 1934 ) , and the mighty ranger ( 1937 ) . a good sailor and tactician , vanderbilt , helmed for all three defences , with tactician sherman hoyt . one of his greatest successes was against endeavour in 1934 , where he came back from a 2 : 0 start to win the next three races , defeating one of the strongest challenges to the cup up to that point . since her defence of the america’s cup against endeavour ll , ranger has been referred to as the ‘super j’ .
when the new york yacht club agreed to race against lipton in j class yachts in 1930 , it heralded the beginning of the bermudan rig as we know it , and an incredible thirst for innovation in yachting , which is only equalled perhaps in the current day of flying machines . parallels can also be drawn with the campaigns of then and now .
in general , however , today’s america’s cup class yachts could not be more different . the js’ original measurement was to the universal rule , which created hulls between 76–87ft lwl , 120ft - 140ft loa , and displacements between 130–170 tonnes . the ac48 class is nearly two thirds shorter , yet twice the beam , and nearly 1 / 30th the weight .
the ranger specials are identified by their distinctive red hulls . they ' re equipped with pulpits , stanchions and lifelines . they feature a powerful lewmar racing winch package — including extras such as oversize two - speed aluminum sheet winches .
they will be commissioned by the dealer and stored until spring , if you wish , at no extra cost . the ranger specials feature one hell of a lot of special racing gear . most everything you need for serious campaigning .
in recognition and appreciation of the thousands of service men and women across the country , ranger boats is offering engine horsepower rebates and other exclusive items to current and former military personnel through the 2018
operation troop salute
sales program .
ranger boats pro mark courts brought in a two - day total of 41 . 97 pounds to win the cabela ' s national walleye tour ( nwt ) event on the mississippi river at prairie du chien , wisconsin , on june 16 .
sloan pennington and hunter mccarty , collegiate anglers from the university of north alabama , won the ranger cup university team of the year challenge in a winner - take - all , made - for - tv event on texas ' lake fairfield .
nelson 29 ‘hart throb’ nelson 40’s ‘blue nelson’ , ‘white caps’ . nelson 42 mkii ‘boffer’ , ‘flightline’ , ‘lady hamilton’ , ‘sound logic’ . nelson 45 ‘evening star’ . nelson talisman 49 ‘blue tiek’ , ‘marie claire’ . aquastar - ocean ranger 43 . ‘kapana’
ranger boats is once again bringing its acclaimed line of performance fishing boats , along with industry - leading sales incentives , to the miami international boat show running february 15 - 19 at the miami marine stadium park and basin located on virginia key .
like the america’s cup teams now , the js were crewed by some of the best professionals available , each with a dedicated role on board – and they still are . many of the deck gear inventions on the original js are still used on yachts today , including deck winches , rod rigging , halyards running up hollow aluminium masts , and removable forestays to fly a large genoa .
the idea came to fruition in earnest in 2014 , when a prototype m29x and m36x were built . the most recent in the series to splash was an m42x named ranger , launched in july 2015 for a repeat customer who summers in southwest harbor .
boat buyers and enthusiasts of the legendary ranger brand now have an all - new website with easy navigation of products , images , special offers , informative videos and a new build - and - price tool for customers to design their own personalized dream rig .
. ranger tugs embody the pocket yacht philosophy of optimized interior space , using efficient layouts and clever convertible elements . cutwater boats offer sportier profiles , an even blend of interior and exterior spaces , and a do - it - all marine activity hub approach .
the js are inextricably linked with the america’s cup as , barring velsheda , all were built for the purpose of america’s cup racing . from 1929 to 1937 , 20 j class yachts were designed . ten of these went on to be built , with six racing in the america’s cup finals . a modern j class yacht’s lines can only be taken from the original designs , ensuring the fleet’s look endures .
the story of the j class yacht is dominated by tycoons , aviators and those who built empires of tea ; it is a story of fervent transatlantic competition , in which vast sums of money were spent to both challenge and defend the coveted america’s cup ; and it is the story of some of the most beautiful yachts ever built , which provided some of the most closely - run racing of their day .
this ranger 33 is an easy - sailing club racer and bargain cruisers . it is good looking , well - balanced , and sails well on all points of sail . she has a spacious interior and a comfortable cockpit . very well maintained and ready to sail .
secondly , the j class yachts suffered so badly from dismasting , with the mast at risk in anything other than the lightest of winds . this was so costly that sir richard fairey ( ceo of fairey aviation , and owner of shamrock v at the time ) even proposed that he would make a challenge in the new ' k ' class - smaller , less expensive to build , with a more manageable rig .
the world ' s press were enthralled with the battle of the leviathans - the biggest j class yachts to be built . sir t . o . m . sopwith exploited all of his vast design knowledge from his aircraft design & construction company to build endeavour ii , whilst howard vanderbilt invested in scientific tank testing of previous and new designs . this was followed by avid readers in newspaper reports such as the illustrated london news : -
according to former jensen marine staffers , one of the primary reasons for creating the ranger line was to expand sales to the east coast . during the swingin ' ' 60s and ' 70s , the left coast , and by extension the name ' cal ' , often conjured up negative connotations in the minds of proper eastern yachtsmen . even cal 40s , which were becoming all the rage on the west coast , sold poorly back east . but since the name ranger was free of such image problems , the r - 33 and others in the line sold well on both coasts .
ranger boats is providing additional incentives for potential boat buyers this year with the announcement of its 2018 retail sales promotions . with limited - time - only offers geared for both fiberglass and aluminum customers , qualifying purchases will receive benefits up to $ 3 , 000 in combined retail value for eligible models .
the creation of the j class association in 2000 further bolstered this revival , which has since shown no signs of abating . new yachts are now being faithful reconstructed from 1930’s designs ; vanderbilt’s rainbow , the winner of the 1934 tussle with sopwith’s endeavour , was one of those recently recreated . in keeping with the original 1930’s yacht , the replica retains a mahogany interior with art deco detailing – making for a tasteful and true recreation that is almost identical to its forefather .
at about 12 inches wide , the side decks are on the narrow side . sailors going forward must take care when negotiating the chainplates and genoa tracks and blocks . an anchor roller wasn’t fitted as standard equipment , so anyone planning on cruising a ranger 26 would want to consider fitting one that could perhaps also hold an anchor .
harold vanderbilt ' s ranger was born from the challenge made by sir t . o . m . sopwith ( endeavour ) in 1935 . during the 1935 season racing at regatta ' s along the uk ' s south coast , sopwith announced that he would build a new endeavour ii to challenge for the america ' s cup .
phil lambert of outbound yachts has owned both a tall and a short - rigged r - 33 , one of which he lived aboard while starting up his company .
it was designed before the ior and before companies started selling from the inside out , so it sails great . lock the helm and watch her go !
he also shared the fact that he copied
the general feel of the salon
when designing the outbound 44 , as its big ports let in
lots of light .
the ranger one ton 37 was the design that seemed to embody the best qualities of the entire line . she was an ideal ' combination boat ' which was fast on a race course , yet had ample interior amenities for cruising in relative comfort . inventor roger jones , who knew many of the folks that produced th . . . more
to understand the extent of the rivalry between the british and the americans is to see the response to lipton’s 1929 challenge . pooling together enormous sums of money in a syndicate , the americans built no fewer than four yachts for the 1930 race : enterprise , whirlwind , yankee and weetamoe , all of which were launched within a month of one another . whirlwind was the most revolutionary of the four and , at 86 feet long , was built to within an foot of the limits set by the universal rule . clearly , shamrock v had caused more of an upset than lipton could have known .
1937 marked the last america’s cup race for 21 years , and with it the start of a steep decline for the j class . weetamoe was scrapped that very year , and others would soon be cannibalised for their steel during the coming war . as europe slid towards conflict , the j class faded away with the decadence of the 1930’s . by the 1980’s , only three of the 10 original j class yachts remained – shamrock v , endeavour and velsheda – two of which had lain derelict for decades . now unrecognisable , they crouched in muddy inlets , the worn out husks of a golden era .
built from high grade steel - flushed rivet plating , ranger was launched on 11th may 1937 , with very little time to work up to the trial races for defense of the cup . disaster struck on the delivery trip from maine to newport when rigging parts fell from the mast whilst under tow . nothing could be done at that stage of the delivery and the top 30 ' broke off .
the skippers had to be experienced in racing and their skill on the race circuit became a matter of pride . these mighty craft had no engines and they had to be handled with great precision to get into and out of ports . often their experience came from sailing all types of small craft , including fishing boats , during the winter months , when the j class yachts were laid up . the permanent racing crew in the early days was probably around 16 men thou this may have been augmented to around 30 for racing . when not required for sail changes , spare crew were often moved to below decks .
one aspect of the entire ranger line that was unique at the time was that they were all offered with either a tall or short rig . on the r - 33 , the difference - masts were 45 feet or 42 feet above the water , respectively - translated to about 80 square feet of working sail area . in either case , though , the masthead rig allowed for a powerful chute .
the ranger one ton 37 was the design that seemed to embody the best qualities of the entire line . she was an ideal ' combination boat ' which was fast on a race course , yet had ample interior amenities for cruising in relative comfort . inventor roger jones , who knew many of the folks that produced these gems , recalls , only 100 built fixed fin keel hull speed 7 . 13 kn also called ranger 1 ton . tall rig : i : 50 . 30 ' / 15 . 33m j : 15 . 65 ' / 4 . 77m p : 45 . 40 ' / 13 . 84m e : 11 . 80 ' / 3 . 60m tot . sa ( 100 % ) : 661 . 46 ft2 / 61 . 45 m2
she was the pride and joy of everyone in the plant .
the inheritor of a railroad empire , harold vanderbilt lived a life of great privelidge . as a boy , he sailed the world with his father , and by early adulthood , was an adept yachtsmen . he would helm enterprise , rainbow and ranger turn , sailing each of them to victory , thus safeguarding america’s grip on the trophy . ranger , with her riveted steel - plated hull , enjoyed particular success , winning 35 from 37 starts during her racing career . she easily saw off the british challenger endeavour in 1937 , winning all four america’s cup races . the era of the j class became a story of american dominance – one in of valiant but ultimately failed british challenges . in fact , america retained the america’s cup trophy from 1870 right the way through to 1987 , when they were finally dethroned by an australian crew .
we know of ranger 33 owners who ' ve taken them to the south pacific , across the caribbean , up the eastern seaboard to the great lakes and , of course , to mexico . but the best cruising anecdotes we ' ve heard concern peter weiss . not only did he once race his r - 33 to hawaii with an all - girl crew , but we ' re told he survived not one , but two , hurricanes aboard her on a trip up from mexico .
george bristol , who headed up ranger ' s production team back then , recalls having ' spirited debates ' with mull over the r - 33 ' s beam during the planning stages . mull initially wanted it very narrow and racy , but was gradually won over to the marketability of a combo boat . it was the right idea at the right time , and sales soon took off . although former employees say there was always a great emphasis on quality workmanship , they were able to complete roughly one boat a week .
. ranger , the american boat , was built at bath ironworks in maine and designed jointly by w starling burgess and olin stephens . it was a design combination , which produced the greatest j of the fleet – the ‘super j’ as she was later known . she was built , for the cost of the materials only , of flush riveted steel plating and soon after launching had an accident . the upper parts of her rod rigging which stayed her duralumin mast shook loose and her mast snapped “with a report like a cannon” .
when yacht design pundits assemble lists of worthwhile plastic classics , the venerable ranger 33 often makes the top 10 - which is precisely why two of them are owned by latitude staffers . we have to admit , though , that before buying ours we knew relatively little about these well - loved relics , except that every time we ' d query folks who ' d sailed r - 33s extensively , they would say things like ,
ah , dude , those are g - r - e - a - t boats !
in case you ' re thinking that this all sounds too good to be true , we should tell you that several problems are typical of ranger 33s : some owners have had to beef up the support for the mast ' s compression post ( below the cabin sole ) , others have had to replace and enhance their rudder bushings and , over time , some hull - to - deck joints have leaked , necessitating the removal of toe rails before recaulking . still , that ' s not a terribly scary list compared to the failings of many 1970s production boats .
while ranger 33 interiors can ' t compare with the elbow room found on beamy contemporary cruisers , they do have 6 ' + headroom throughout and can sleep six in a pinch - providing that no one brings much more than a change of underwear and a toothbrush . most have pressure water and a shower in their enclosed , teak - paneled heads , as well as a workable chart table and a small galley , making them ideal bargain boats for a couple or a small family . in today ' s market you can pick one up for less than the cost of a new suv .
ranger has won a variety of awards throughout her life , including
highest technical achievement in a sailing yacht
at the 2004 showboats design awards . she also has won a number of races , including the overall winner of the st . barths bucket regatta 2010 , overall winner of the jca ( j class association ) regatta 2011 and first place winner of the irc a division at les voiles de st . tropez regatta , 2015 . this “spirit of tradition” sailing yacht for sale is classed to lloyds and is mca compliant . she is set for both personal cruising and is also eligible to charter .
today , 34 years after their introduction , ranger 33s are still popular as both easy - sailing club racers and bargain cruisers . from seattle to san diego and from chicago to the chesapeake , you can find plenty of longtime owners who proudly pamper them and are reluctant to move on to more modern designs . r - 33s achieved recent notoriety when ted morgan ' s seattle - based diminished capacity won division a in the 2000 pacific cup , and in the 2002 event when bob gray ' s oakland - based sistership , coquelicot , took second in division a and sixth in fleet . untold numbers of them have proved successful as coastal cruisers and at least a few have crossed oceans .
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the 26 is a good - looking boat with a distinctive sheer and a nice balance between freeboard and cabin height—a handsome profile wasn’t sacrificed to standing headroom—and exemplifies the construction techniques of the 1970s .
the hull is laid up by hand , and the balsa - cored deck mates to it on an inward - facing flange along the sheer line . a black - anodized aluminum toerail , fastened with bolts on 6 - inch centers , completes the joint . the 1 - ton iron fin keel is bolted to the hull and should be inspected periodically because the half - inch galvanized keel bolts have been known to corrode badly .
the cockpit is a little over 7 feet long and is ample for racing , cruising or socializing . the width between the seats is about right for leg bracing when heeled . since the boat has no quarter berths , an abundance of stowage space is available under both cockpit seats .
an outboard motor provides propulsion . the transom has a cutout to accept it , but a low bulkhead just forward of the transom keeps water out of the cockpit proper and provides a convenient mounting location for the mainsheet traveler . steering is by tiller .
the accommodation plan is conventional for this type of boat . a molded - fiberglass pan that forms the base for interior furniture includes berth fronts and platforms , and a padded vinyl headliner extends down the cabin sides . a compartment for a portable toilet and a storage closet separate the v - berth from the saloon . in the saloon , a dinette ( that converts to a small double berth ) is fitted on the port side , and a settee is fitted to starboard . the small galley consists of a sink to port of the companionway and a two - burner propane stove to starboard . standing headroom is about 5 feet throughout , and sitting headroom above the seat cushions is more than 3 feet . the cabin trim is teak , and the bulkheads are teak - veneered .
bandit , the boat i sailed for this review , races with a 130 percent genoa fitted on a harken furler . in the 8 to 10 knots of wind that day , the boat handled well under the main alone . once the genoa was unfurled , the boat heeled slightly before quickly accelerating to about 5 knots .
bandit carries her 40 years lightly because she’s been well maintained . she’s a fine example of a 1970s - era racer / cruiser and is still able to show her transom to many competitors .
richard smith and his wife , beth , sail their ericson cruising 31 , kuma , in the pacific northwest . this article first appeared in the december 2013 issue of cruising world .
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bigchampagne is a technology-driven media measurement company .

the bigchampagne dashboard is used primarily by music industry professionals such as concert promoters , radio programmers , managers , agents , and marketers to access information about the popularity of artists and songs across radio airplay , online streaming , social activity , sales , and live events .

bigchampagne provides a number of services related to producing business intelligence ( bi ) and competitive intelligence ( ci ) for users of the dashboard via access to proprietary data and data management ( integration and analysis ) combined with web applications and other technologies .

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bigchampagne games , inc . . . bigchampagne , llc - california business directory .
bigchampagne co - founders eric garland and joe fleischer fabricated the numbers , live nation says .
count bigchampagne among the companies trying to cut into nielsen ' s media - measuring empire .
a screen capture of bigchampagne ' s new bc dash , which enables users to monitor music consumption across the web .
bigchampagne tracks online music and video consumption . headquartered in beverly hills , calif . , bigchampagne is perhaps best known for being the first of the business - intelligence companies to measure activity at file - sharing networks , such as the original napster .
tweetstream is a bigchampagne - curated slice of the larger twitter conversation . tweetstream aggregates and filters the best dispatches from breaking news sources .
the ultimate chart is one of the new features of bigchampagne’s ground - breaking business intelligence dashboard , bc dash ultimate , and will be widely syndicated across bigchampagne’s media and press partners . the ultimate chart is a ranked list of the week’s most popular artists and songs .
“bigchampagne collects and analyzes more information about entertainment and online audiences than anyone in our sector ' s history . ” said adam toll , president of bigchampagne . the addition of monstro’s data makes our charts even more timely , comprehensive and reflective of realtime fan buzz . ”
live nation - owned media metrics and analytics company bigchampagne has partnered with monstro , a services and analytics firm measuring social reaction and the social life cycle of music , television , film and sporting events in real time . the two are partnering to bring monstro’s social data for music to bigchampagne’s ultimate charts . monstro measures social sharing activity of songs in real time and will now feed that data directly to bigchampagne .
bigchampagne takes its data from large crossections , which improves the accuracy of the data . but can it compete with a stallwart like nielsen ?
instead of turning to nielsen ' s soundscan exclusively to track music consumption online , the top recording company signs long - term deal with bigchampagne .
some in the music industry say a similar void exists in that sector . bigchampagne , which reached profitability not long after launching in 2000 , hopes to fill it .
the current release versions of the new bc dash , breaking news and tweetstream are focused on the music category . bc dash services for the feature film and television industries are currently in development . joe fleischer , bigchampagne ' s chief marketing officer , said ,
to many , bigchampagne is synonymous with the charts and we are incredibly proud of the work we continue to do in that area . but there is far more to the bc dash than weekly reports or lists of what is popular .
video tour of the new bc dash : urltoken bigchampagne ' s breaking news magazine : urltoken / breakingnews bigchampagne ' s curated tweetstream ( a live twitter conversation ) : urltoken / tweetstream
bigchampagne ' s biggest job with bcdash is to convince long time nielsen media research customers that its service is the superior one now that more and more users turn to the internet for their entertainment .
bigchampagne ceo eric garland told cnet that
the company has benefited from the massive shift in listener ' s habits the past several years . ten years ago , his company was surrounded by doubters , people who didn ' t think there would ever be anyone willing to spend to acquire intelligence about internet - music listeners . nine years ago when bigchampagne was founded , the market was insignificant .
considering that the industry now pays firms ( such as bigchampagne ) fees upwards of $ 40 , 000 per month for data not nearly as rich or informative , this model also makes financial sense for the industry .
bigchampagne ceo eric garland is the first to admit that the company has benefited from the massive shift in listener ' s habits the past several years . ten years ago , garland said , his company was surrounded by doubters , people who didn ' t think there would ever be anyone willing to spend to acquire intelligence about internet - music listeners . nine years ago when bigchampagne was founded , the market was insignificant . not anymore .
universal music group has entered into a multi - year deal with bigchampagne to track the the label ' s music popularity online . in the past , universal has had a deal with nielsen ' s soundscan for that service .
clicking on “details” for each entry on the main page brings you to a breakdown of ranking by sales , broadcast , watching & listening and fans , friends & followers , as bigchampagne has dubbed the categories . ( 7 / 21a )
bigchampagne media measurement has released bc dash - a software platform for integrating , analyzing , and reporting information about the sale , broadcast and consumption of popular entertainment media .
we ' re always working to truly reinvent the charts , putting everything in one place and creating a single source for the most relevant metrics .
said eric garland , bigchampagne ' s co - founder and ce . but the subscriber based bc dash is just part of a broader new offering that also includes two free services :
seeing opportunity , bigchampagne announced the beta of the updated bc dash , a service that will give access to the live data sets measured from a legion of delivery platforms for audio and video including ; youtube , myspace , the p2p networks , itunes , online and terrestrial radio etc . customers will have direct access into the bc dash platform that will allow them to track the consumption of any song or video file they choose .
we ' re rebooting the charts ,
bigchampagne ceo eric garland told digital music news .
the new bc dash is a platform for managing information in the real - time age and turning data into actionable insight
. bigchampagne is also creating a news and data portal that will feed its own charts and newsworthy observations to the press .
universal music group , the largest of the four major recording companies , has agreed to a multi - year deal that calls for bigchampagne to help track the popularity of the label ' s music online . traditionally , universal has relied on nielsen ' s soundscan for such chores .
in other words , the ultimate chart is an evolution in progress . according to bigchampagne ceo eric garland , the knobs will be subtly twiddled over time to accommodate a quickly changing terrain . garland will be officially splashing the ultimate chart this morning at new music seminar in new york .
soundscan will likely be forced to lower prices as the importance of tracking cd sales decreases - - the bread and butter of its business - - and internet sales go up . the company ' s prices will also be under pressure from smaller but less expensive competitors , such as bigchampagne .
last week , bigchampagne launched bc dash , a browser - based tracking system that allows a user to monitor in real - time song sales or streams at a host of web sites , offline locations and peer - to - peer networks . some of the sources include itunes , youtube , myspace , retail and limewire .
the news was broken yesterday ( 7 / 20 ) at the new music seminar , currently underway in new york , during the opening remarks conversation between nms founder tom silverman and bigchampagne ceo eric garland . bigchampagne’s partners and sources for the ultimate chart include retailers , online and traditional broadcasters ( radio and television ) , major content companies , subscription services , social networks and other venues where fans demonstrate their passion for music : yahoo ! music , amazon , itunes , youtube , vevo , myspace , facebook , twitter , mtv , clear channel , mediabase , aol , napster , microsoft zune , we are hunted , lastfm and many more .
after 10 months of talks , one would think garland , who launched bigchampagne in 2001 , has become accustomed to the idea . but judging by his twitter feed in the hours after the announcement was made on new york times ’ media decoder blog , he’s clearly still in the bleary - eyed throes of a honeymoon phase .
prior to 2012 , live nation also operated an ecommerce segment that included acquired online ticketing platforms and the online media research company bigchampagne , which it bought in 2011 . however , the ecommerce segment was dissolved in 2012 , and its operations were divided among the ticketing and sponsorship and advertising segments ( live nation 2012 : 5 ) .
with the addition of bigchampagne , we provide a comprehensive view of the marketplace ,
ungd pres . / ceo jim urie said in a statement . urie told cnet news that the ability to measure radio , the web , and brick - and - mortar retail stores
results in more opportunities for our artists and labels .
bigchampagne will also develop the ultimate chart for independent and diy artists and has partnered with a who’s - who of top marketing and distribution partners , including tunecore , cdbaby , disc makers , myspace music , reverb nation , topspin , nimbit and many more to ensure eligibility for all artists and to produce unprecedented insight into the independent music world .
with the addition of bigchampagne , we provide a comprehensive view of the marketplace ,
jim urie , president and ceo of universal music group distribution , said in a statement . urie said that the ability to measure radio , the web , and brick - and - mortar retail stores
results in more opportunities for our artists and labels .
think of media ratings services and the name that comes to mind first for most people is nielsen . whether it is the nielsen ratings for television or nielsen soundscan for record sales the brand is the one that the major media has relied on for years when pricing ad revenue and tracking what products move best . bigchampagne hopes to change that in the near future .
that directly contradicts with information touted to digital music news immediately after the deal by bigchampagne co - founder joe fleischer ( now transitioned into the executive team at live nation entertainment ) . “it was between $ 25 and $ 30 million , you happy now ? ” fleischer rattled off on the phone after being harangued for more details ( dmn printed the figure moments later ) .
in late 2011 , examines information about airplay , sales , streams , downloads , listens , views , mindshare , fan interactions and social connections and provides comprehensive insights into the 360 - degree relationship between artists and their fans . bigchampagne ' s core products , ultimate chart and uiltimte chart pro , are widely recognized as providing some of the most comprehensive analytics products in music .
media metrics company , bigchampagne launched their own version of the billboard 100 , termed the ' ultimate chart ' , it measures artists on sales data , airplay and social networking fgures . partnerships for the chart include itunes , youtube and twitter to name but a few . ceo of bigchampagne , eric garland commented
the ultimate chart examines music sales and radio airplay and the access to music , and socializing around music , that are growing much faster
. further down the line , the company aims to launch an ultimate chart for independent and unsigned artists and will partner with the likes of cd baby in order to calculate the numbers . with record sales at an all time low , will the ' ultimate chart ' be the answer some artists have been looking for ?
news that entertainment conglomerate live nation , which owns ticketmaster , operates more than 100 venues across the u . s . and is partnered with some of music’s biggest artists , is buying fledgling data analytics company bigchampagne came as somewhat of a surprise on wednesday . naturally , the david and goliath trope applies , but dig a little deeper , and this marriage of trade information and consumer audience makes sense .
charts like the billboard 200 made perfect sense in the 90s , but ten years later , measuring success is a very tricky affair . that was the motivation for the ultimate chart , an attempt by bigchampagne to rank artists and songs according to a broader number of metrics . it also represents an attempt to seriously challenge soundscan , a yardstick that has plenty of critics in the direct - to - fan and independent communities .
not - so - slight exaggerations are commonplace after acquisitions : after all , bigger price tags stroke founder egos and make investors look great . but in the new corporate fold , it may have been the start of a rocky relationship . just hours after the disclosure , fleischer , alongside bigchampagne co - founder eric garland , left multiple messages demanding that dmn remove the sale price from print , ostensibly based on a clash with higher - ups .
we’ll drink to that : the initial weekly edition of bigchampagne ’s 100 - entry ultimate chart , which we told you about yesterday , is now up , and it looks a lot like the itunes singles chart , despite the fact that the rankings integrate data from online audio and video streaming , social networking fans / friends / followers and airplay as well as sales ( i . e . , downloads ) . here’s the initial top 10 :
it was a brilliant move made even more potent by its timing . only a week before , a federal jury in minnesota had awarded the record industry a $ 220 , 000 judgment against jammie thomas for the crime of downloading 24 copyrighted songs and making them available for file sharing . thomas was hardly alone . at the very moment her verdict was being read , more than 9 million consumers were sharing music files around america , according to media management company bigchampagne .
“this chart is long overdue and represents for the first time an accurate view of where popular music is today , ” said tamara conniff , founder / editor of the comet and former billboard editor - in - chief and associate publisher . “music is not just about sales , it’s about interaction—listening , watching , playlisting , evangelizing and socializing . the comet ( thecomet . com ) will be publishing the ultimate chart and using bigchampagne’s data for analysis , prediction , and consumer trends . ”
bigchampagne media measurement has announced the release of the ultimate chart ( urltoken ) , a ranked list of the week’s most popular artists and songs . integrating data from categories including song and album sales , radio airplay , online audio and video plays , and fans / friends / followers , the ultimate chart is the first and only chart that looks at all of the ways in which music is popular , online and off . the first published ultimate chart is the ultimate 100 , available now .
so what are these metrics ? actual sales are of course a critical ingredient , but bigchampagne is also blending components like radio airplay , video and audio streaming , and friends on social networks . the first chart to be hatched will be the ultimate 100 , which offers a direct jab at the long - running hot 100 . but as part of an early morning pre - briefing , the company also told digital music news that an independent - oriented chart is also in the works ( among others ) .
according to the new york times , digital media measurement company bigchampagne ( pronounced biiiiiiiig - sham - paaaag - nah . . . not really ) has announced the chart to end all charts — or at least incorporate all charts — aptly named the ultimate chart . not to be confused with the their last attempt at meta - list making , the penultimate chart , the ultimate chart pulls data from various digital sources like yahoo , itunes and last . fm , and squishes them all into one music - ranking monster .
bigchampagne founder and ceo eric garland , who along with 26 employees will work under the live nation umbrella ( garland will become general manager of urltoken , and co - founder joe fleischer will hold the title of svp of content and product strategy ) , explains : “for live nation , it means they’re becoming a technology - driven company ; for us , we’re going from playing a little club to the biggest stage in the world - - it’s an eco - system to come into and an opportunity to take . i haven’t even begun to wrap my head around how big these properties are together . ”
but it quickly turned into one , as live nation ceo michael rapino and executive chairman irving azoff saw in the bigchampagne team a window into their digital future , where mining data can , in theory , translate to a better customer experience . says garland : “the mandate is to take all the underlying capacity behind our b - to - b product and extend it to the consumer – so we’re trying to improve fan experiences using data analytics . we’re getting to know [ the consumers ] better and we’re connecting people with things they love which are nearby , either in physical space or time space . ”
in the early 1900s , jazz musicians refused to record phonograph records because they feared rivals would cop their best licks . we can laugh at their shortsightedness , but it ' s reminiscent of today ' s music industry , which is so afraid of piracy it still hasn ' t figured out how to incorporate digital downloads into a sustainable business model . each year record companies ship about 800 million compact discs —nearly 10 billion songs . that sounds like a lot until you compare it to the 13 billion songs that were available ( according to download tracker bigchampagne ) for free on peer - to - peer networks in 2004 .
and deservedly so , when bigchampagne launched its ultimate chart , garland says it was “aspirational . ” this merger with live nation makes measuring an artist’s buzz across multiple platforms a feasible reality . “my goal was to really make it 360 degrees , ” garland tells the hollywood reporter . “merch , touring , endorsement money , sponsorships , licensing , recorded music . . . i went begging to all the usual suspects in all those areas that traditionally get ignored as chart eligible and started licensing data . that’s where this all started - - with ticketmaster , who gave me the ticketing data . it didn’t start as a m & a discussion at all . ”
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as the role of music radio changes from a dominate taste maker for music ( old and new ) to a world where there are many other players in the game we are faced with new challenges to stay in the game . at the core of radio ' s music model is the need to hit as many people under the signal as possible . our first mission is to build as big of a cumulative audience as possible and then try to find some way to hold them as long as we can . it used to be much easier when the only options where the other stations in the market or maybe someones cassette collection in the car or walkman .
obviously now the options are nearly infinite and growing every day . with the customizable media the audience can really build their own stations . they catch new music on myspace , you tube , and through blogs or websites .
yet we still pretty much hang on to the old rules , strategies , and tactics when it comes to programming our music as we did in the old days of broadcast domination . tight is right . you ' re never hurt by what you don ' t play . sort the test to 90 % familiar , 80 % acceptance , and play those powers as much as possible . so what if you only play 200 songs ? if they are the right 200 songs .
we ' ve also gotten pretty tight when it comes to breaking or adding new music . it ' s one of the biggest complaints we get from the audience on the street and on - line , but we still play a game of wait and see with the charts .
our tightness and reluctance to take any chances or risks over the years is adding up . if you go back to the days when radio built it ' s huge influence in music ( the 60s and 70s ) you see a lot more boldness in adding songs and playlist size . can you find a chr station today that actually plays 40 current songs ? probably not - seems like most are around 25 or 30 . in rock we spent the 70s often adding 2 - 3 songs from an lp when it hit - not just 1 song . rock used to have 800 - 1000 songs in the old card rotation system and the freedom to really take requests as well the jocks throwing in a personal pick here and there - now you probably average 500 songs or less .
it ' s lead the audience to start discovering music in many different places . just take a look at the big champagne download charts and you ' ll see music that radio has only touched lightly pretty high on the charts . in fact led zeppelin ' s tour a while back built 2 song lists for the shows . one came from rock radio plays and the other from big champagne downloads . reports are that they were quite a bit different with plant and page using the big champagne list with good results .
we are going to have to find a new way to balance our need for that huge cume that fuels the core of our business model with the endless variety of new opportunities the audience has to explore music and hear more than we offer on our playlists .
the key may be taking a few risks and working to make them pay off as big as possible . letting down our guard here and there to open the door more to lead the audience instead of just following them .
it ' s not all science - there has to be an equal balance of risk and art .
if you would like to learn more about big champagne catch this article in wired .
you can also see condensed versions of the big champagne charts in all access under charts .
dave lange heads up d lange consulting providing programing services to stations across the u . s . and canada . talent coaching , music systems , research , promotion , imaging , social media , digital integration and revenue development are all included . we work with nearly all formats . dave ' s background includes svp programming with clear channel , consultant with mcvay media and jacobs media . programming background at wdve ( pittsburgh ) , wshe ( miami ) , wckg ( chicago ) , and wlav ( grand rapids ) . it all adds up to over 380 stations in all sized markets and all formats . an experienced hand that can build your brand and keep it on top . you can reach dave at 574 273 0559 or at dlange210 @ urltoken
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the ' in rainbows ' experiment : did it work ? : monitor mix in rainbows was first released on oct . 10 , 2007 , as a digital download from the band ' s web site . fans were encouraged to
pay what you wish
— even nothing — and a
digital tip jar
was set up to collect voluntary payments . on dec . 4 of that sam . . .
in 2007 , radiohead no longer had a contract with its record company , emi , and was about to release its seventh full - length album , in rainbows . for its first new release in four years , one of the world ' s biggest bands would have no major - label representation .
in rainbows was first released on oct . 10 , 2007 , as a digital download from the band ' s web site . fans were encouraged to
pay what you wish
— even nothing — and a
digital tip jar
was set up to collect voluntary payments . on dec . 4 of that same year , an $ 80 deluxe box set was made available to order online ; finally , on jan . 1 , the physical cd and digital album hit retailers .
those are the facts . but what did
the radiohead experiment ,
as it would come to be known , mean ?
from the start , journalists couldn ' t make up their minds . there were plenty of articles anointing this
new model
as the best path forward for the whole industry . the new york times wrote ,
for the beleaguered recording business , radiohead has put in motion the most audacious experiment in years .
but the skeptics were equally vocal . nicky wire of the band manic street preachers said flatly that the offer
demeans music .
fortune magazine listed the in rainbows experiment in its article ,
101 dumbest moments in business .
( a sample :
can ' t wait for the follow - up album , ' in debt . '
)
the los angeles times ran an editorial titled
enough radiohead already !
( and , yes , the exclamation point was theirs ) . by that time , i couldn ' t have agreed more . but when radiohead ' s management and a british music - industry economist named will page invited me to collaborate on a study analyzing the in rainbows online release in some detail , i was intrigued .
i might have held out for better terms .
nobody ' s paying for this ,
i was told .
we ' re going to give your paper away free , online .
no pay - what - you - wish option ?
page quickly shored me up :
if we get this right , maybe you ' ll get paid on the next one .
the next one ?
maybe we ' ll get backstage or something ,
he offered . we worked like fanatics . while will poured over sales data from the band , i scoured the internet for comparative data on the biggest bands of that moment : gnarls barkley , panic ! at the disco , nine inch nails .
despite the fact that the band offered a legal free and low - cost option to obtain the album from its web site , piracy was up . way , way up . in fact , in rainbows was downloaded from unauthorized sources at 10 times the rate of new releases from other top artists . on file - sharing networks , 400 , 000 copies of in rainbows were swapped in a week . by the end of the month , the number was more than 2 million .
frequently , music industry professionals suggest that an increase in legitimate sales must necessarily coincide with a commensurate reduction in piracy , as if this were a fact ,
we wrote . yet we found that piracy rates follow awareness and interest .
the biggest - selling albums and songs are nearly always the most widely pirated , regardless of all the ' anti - piracy ' tactics employed by music companies . or , to sum up by paraphrasing an earlier argument , ' popular music is popular everywhere it ' s popular . '
popular is popular . who knew this simple truism would cause such a stir ? like any hot property , our paper leaked ahead of publication . i found myself on the phone at odd hours of the night with news organizations all over the world . they all wanted an answer to the same question : why was piracy up , not down ? why did the new model fail ?
even industry heavyweights weighed in . referencing our own research ( i ' d like to think ) , u2 manager paul mcguiness said ,
radiohead ' s honesty - box release of their album , to some extent , backfired . even though it was available on their own web site for no money at all , if that was what you preferred to pay — 60 to 70 percent of the people who downloaded the record stole it anyway .
did the band care ? it was difficult to tell , since its members shrugged and claimed that no lessons should be sought here at all — that the experiment was not prescribed for anyone other than radiohead . oh , and it was just as a one - off , at that .
fair enough . but in the final accounting , there was plenty to celebrate .
in rainbows entered the billboard chart , the u . k . album chart and the united world chart at no . 1 , and went on to sell millions worldwide . according to radiohead ' s publisher , warner chappell , in rainbows made more money before the album was physically released than the total sales for the band ' s previous album , hail to the thief .
meanwhile , music fans were thrilled — as we are always thrilled — with great music that comes free , or cheap , and directly from the band , instead of through corporate filters . in rainbows was an important milestone on the path to fans having more avenues to obtain music and feeling more connected with the artist .
there was a lot of discussion at the time about whether other bands would follow suit ,
pull a radiohead ,
and give away their albums . on what ' s essentially the two - year anniversary of in rainbows ' release , i ' m struck by how safe it all seems now . releasing a pay - what - you - wish album now is almost yawn - worthy . major artists are experimenting with price points , novel distribution models and giveaways at a dizzying pace . but we aren ' t any closer to knowing what works or what will become a consistent model for the future .
today , with the increasing popularity of free ( legal ) music streaming , the music industry ' s core issues are more complex and much more urgent . will fractions of pennies per play ever replace booming 1990s cd revenue ? will people even use digital tip jars if they can just press play to hear anything , any time , anywhere ? in 2007 , letting fans choose was
the most audacious experiment in years .
two years later , it ' s almost quaint .
postscript : the in rainbows research project came to a fitting conclusion in june of last year , as i sang myself hoarse in the audience of radiohead ' s victoria park performance , and then later hung out with the band and its team after the show . the paper got us backstage , but it would be nice if we could figure out how to get paid , too .
will page and eric garland ' s in rainbows , on torrents is available free ( sorry , no gratuities accepted ) here .
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eric garland , founder of the media measurement company , tells thr ,
i haven’t even begun to wrap my head around how big these properties are together .
if things go according to plan , soon the youtube hit will be quantifiable alongside a platinum - selling record , social media and traditional broadcast will factor in along with streaming services and sales , or , says garland , “what’s really most popular . ”
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the body corporate is just a piece of paper , marriage , while also a piece of paper is still a higher communion between two persons who only sign a piece of paper to archive and make it official , flesh persons with organs and blood and guts and beating hearts and brains , how is this a divorce ? its just business as usual between pieces of paper administered by people , the existence of hearts and brains to be determined .
whoever started that whole mess anyways ? marriage is business but business isn’t marriage .
i think this points to the need for more transparency in corporate dealings . it is part of the reason why record labels can claim losses based on shipments while ignoring other sources of revenue .
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what happened to my callout ? by mark adams | consultant tips for radio stations , . . .
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the accuracy , or lack thereof , of traditional callout models has always been a hot topic of conversation among radio and record executives . many programmers have always had somewhat of a love / hate relationship with their callout research . why do some records call out and others don ' t ? how can something flip from the bottom to top of a ranker or vice versa week - to - week ? why does my callout not line up with the results seen from similar radio stations in similar marketplaces ? perhaps the most important question we should be asking ourselves is : why are we relying on this form of research as the definitive watermark on whether a song is a hit or not ?
while anyone running a radio station has dealt with these questions and inconsistencies , i ' m more and more coming to believe we ' re in the midst of a fundamental shift in the research landscape . i ' m seeing a greater amount of contrary information that is at odds with the data we ' re receiving from our traditional callout . consider :
1 . we ' ve had several artists debut absolutely huge this year in album sales that couldn ' t get arrested according to callout . amerie
one thing
is a great example . sounded great , sold well , everyone ( apparently ) loved it , yet it never called out . so , it went away . does that mean it wasn ' t a hit ? or were we simply looking at the wrong information ?
2 . i ' m now tracking music downloads via the service provided by urltoken and am seeing even greater disparities . a recent example that comes to mind is missy elliot ' s
lose control .
for many stations this record has been a big callout problem . yet , it ' s the # 1 downloaded record in the country . something isn ' t adding up , here .
i ' m also taking a closer look at national trends of ringtone sales and downloads . that particular tracking showed the hit viability of the ying yang twins
whisper song
long before it ever came around in our callout . the tracking of these sales are starting to become better - hit predictors than our callout has ever been .
3 . on - line callout often doesn ' t match the data we ' re seeing from traditional callout , either .
if these questions aren ' t giving you night sweats , then take a closer look at how your listeners are using media . the under twenty five set , core audience for a mainstream or rhythmic contemporary hit radio station , are not on their landlines . many don ' t even have a landline and have switched exclusively to cells . of those , how many are on do not call lists ? or how many do not take calls from numbers their caller id doesn ' t recognize ? ask yourself , if you were called up and asked to give your time and energy to listening to music hooks over the telephone , would you bother ? i don ' t know about you , but i ' d say no thank you and hang up . so , all of this begs the real question : when you receive your traditional callout report , who the hell was the research company talking to ?
i ' m not advocating throwing your callout away completely , but i ' m certainly recommending putting it into a more realistic perspective . if something sounds great on your station , is tracking as a hit record through alternative methods of research , and the only missing piece of the puzzle is your traditional callout… maybe you should just play the record .
vp programming for rose city radio in portland , or , and he also works as a consultant with michael newman of radio strategies . mark ' s background includes work as air personality in markets including bakersfield , phoenix and san diego , and his multi format programming background includes work with kbos / fresno , ca ( rhythmic top 40 ) , kcbl / fresno , ca ( sports - talk ) , wpnt / milwaukee , wi ( modern ac ) , kzqz / san francisco , ca ( mainstream top 40 ) , kxjm / portland , or ( rhythmic top 40 ) , and kxl / portland , or ( news - talk ) . to learn more about what radio strategies can do for you shoot mark an e - mail at mark . adams @ urltoken or michael newman at mfnewman @ prodigy . net .
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who says
you can ' t go home again ?
not jon loba , who certainly has gone back home - to bbr music group - and earned greater success than what he accomplished when he and broken bow founder benny brown got the indie label off the ground . how has he done it during a time when the paradigms of radio ( with the advent of ppm ) and retail ( with the single sales mentality fueled by itunes ) have changed considerably ? here , loba explains how he has done it .
you were at broken bow records for a great run , then left , and returned last year as svp . . . now rising to executive vp . why did you leave in the first place . . . and what made you decide to return ?
scott borchetta and i had talked for several years about working together . he was viewed for years as one of the best in the business and i wanted to prove to myself that i could run with him and grow professionally . as much as i loved and believed in bbr , i knew in the end , i couldn ' t lay my head down on the pillow at night wondering if i could keep up with scott . i knew working a few years for scott would better equip me for wherever i ended up in the future .