{"id":22346,"date":"2015-03-04T17:22:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=22346"},"modified":"2015-03-04T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:22:06","slug":"enter-west-marines-do-it-yourselfie-contest-and-win-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2015\/03\/enter-west-marines-do-it-yourselfie-contest-and-win-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter West Marine&#8217;s \u201cDo It Yourselfie!\u201d Contest and Win $250"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/diyselfie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/diyselfie.jpg\" alt=\"diyselfie\" width=\"384\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/diyselfie.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/diyselfie-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">West Marine recently announced its \u201cDo It Yourselfie!\u201d social media contest, which started March 2 and runs through\u00a0March 27. The waterlife\u00a0retailer is doing a shout out to boaters who are getting their boats ready for the 2015 boating season by tackling DIY boat projects. West Marine\u2019s photo contest judges are looking for selfie photos of boaters while they are tackling projects like fixing a\u00a0leaky head, scrubbing the bottom or installing new electronics. Be sure you\u2019re in the photo, and caption them with why you\u2019re looking for help from West Marine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>West Marine\u2019s Spring Prep Headquarters:\u00a0<\/b>DIYers looking for advice and inspiration can turn to the Spring Prep Headquarters at <a href=\"http:\/\/westmarine.com\/spring-prep\"><span class=\"s1\">westmarine.com\/spring-prep<\/span><\/a>. The online center includes tips and guides for many of the most popular boating projects, including bottom painting and hull repair, topside care and teak varnishing. In-depth features look at issues such as the importance of selecting the right anode to prevent galvanic corrosion and how to estimate how much paint you\u2019ll need to paint your boat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Do-It-Yourselfie Contest Rules:<\/b> To enter, post your photos through Instagram or Facebook facebook.com\/westmarine. Each week during the contest period they&#8217;ll\u00a0select a winning photo and the entrant will receive a $250 West Marine gift card that can be used to outfit your boat, a friend\u2019s boat or yourself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Contest Dates:<\/b> Photo entries can be submitted between <\/span>Monday, March 2 and Friday, March 27. Gift card winners will be announced March 13, 20 and 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Entry Process: <\/b><\/span>Photos can be submitted through Instagram or Facebook. To enter on Facebook, post pictures to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WestMarine\"><span class=\"s1\">www.facebook.com\/WestMarine<\/span><\/a> with hashtags #diyselfie and #westmarine. To enter on Instagram, tag uploaded photos to WestMarineInc, with hashtags #diyselfie #westmarine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Judging Criteria: <\/b><\/span>Judges are looking for photos of people working on boats. (Note: The boat in the photo doesn\u2019t need to be owned by the entrant, but the entrant should have the rights to entered photos.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Winner Notification:<\/b> <\/span>Winners will be contacted via the social media channel which the photo was submitted to. Electronic gift card will be sent by email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Marine recently announced its \u201cDo It Yourselfie!\u201d social media contest, which started March 2 and runs through\u00a0March 27. The waterlife\u00a0retailer is doing a shout out to boaters who are getting their boats ready for the 2015 boating season by tackling DIY boat projects. West Marine\u2019s photo contest judges are looking for selfie photos of boaters while they are tackling projects like fixing a\u00a0leaky head, scrubbing the bottom or installing new electronics. Be sure you\u2019re in the photo, and caption them with why you\u2019re looking for help from West Marine. West Marine\u2019s Spring Prep Headquarters:\u00a0DIYers looking for advice and inspiration can turn to the Spring Prep Headquarters at westmarine.com\/spring-prep. The online center includes tips and guides for many of the most popular boating projects, including bottom painting and hull repair, topside care and teak varnishing. In-depth features look at issues such as the importance of selecting the right anode to prevent galvanic corrosion and how to estimate how much paint you\u2019ll need to paint your boat. Do-It-Yourselfie Contest Rules: To enter, post your photos through Instagram or Facebook facebook.com\/westmarine. Each week during the contest period they&#8217;ll\u00a0select a winning photo and the entrant will receive a $250 West Marine gift card &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[400,399],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22348,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22346\/revisions\/22348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}