1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, 18 years of age and older. Employees of The Recreational Marine Research Center at Michigan State University (the “Survey Host”), its parent companies, subsidiaries, agencies and affiliates, and members of the immediate families (spouses and parents, siblings, children and their spouses and in-laws) and persons living in the same household of such individuals are not eligible. Void where prohibited.  

3. PRIZE: On or about 11/15/07, a random drawing will be conducted by Promotion Mechanics, Inc., an independent judging organization, from among all eligible entries received to award the following prize:

(1) Grand Prize: $2,500 to be awarded as a check.

Winner will be notified by email. Winner must reply to such email notification within the time specified in the email notification with a mailing address for prize fulfillment. If a winner does not reply by the deadline stated in the email notification, prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Odds of winning will be determined by the number of eligible entries received.

4. GENERAL: Taxes on prize and expenses not specified are the sole responsibility of winner. By participating, entrants (and entrant’s parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence agree (a) to these rules and decisions of judges which shall be final in all respects; (b) to release and hold harmless Survey Host, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives (collectively “Releasees”) from any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, liability, losses or damages of any kind resulting from their participation in the promotion or their acceptance, use or misuse of a prize, including liability for personal injury or death; and (c) if a winner, to the use of his or her name and/or photograph for advertising and publicity purposes without limitation or compensation (unless prohibited by law) and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so, and to the announcement of their name, city and state. Winner will be required to complete and notarize an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and (where legal) a publicity release, which must be returned within the time period specified by Survey Host or an alternate winner may be selected. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification of winner and selection of an alternate winner. If winner is not of the age of majority in his/her state of residence (a “minor”), prize will be awarded in the name of the minor’s parent or legal guardian, and the affidavit and release must also be signed and notarized by that minor’s parent or legal guardian. Releasees are not responsible and shall not be liable for: (a) any telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, including without limitation, server malfunction or by any human error which may occur in the processing of entries; (b) failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions; (c) late, lost, illegible, postage-due, incomplete, damaged or misdirected mail; and (d) any condition caused by events that may cause the promotion to be disrupted or corrupted. Survey Host reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the sweepstakes or any portion thereof should viruses, bugs, or other causes corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the promotion; in which case prize will be awarded via a random drawing from among all eligible entries received prior to cancellation. In case of dispute, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address used to participate at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email address for the domain associated with the submitted email address. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SURVEY HOST RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In no event will Releasees be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising out of your access to or inability to access and use of the internet site www.boatingpanel.com  or other sites promoting the sweepstakes or the downloading from and/or printing material downloaded from said sites. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this site is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the Web Site. Entries become the property of Survey Host. No prize transfer by winner allowed. No prize substitution except at Survey Host’s sole discretion.

5. WINNERS LIST: For winner’s name, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by 11/15/07 to: National Boaters Panel Grand Prize Sweepstakes Winner, PMI Station, PO Box 750, Southbury, CT 06488-0750.

Survey Host: The Recreation Marine Research Center at Michigan State University. http://www.prr.msu.edu/rmrc/boatresearch.asp