Welcome along and don’t be put off. Let's face it, virtually none of the ‘original’ posts are original and have endless variants, views and opinions. Virtually all could be dismissed and referenced back to some earlier discussion. In fact we could just say everything worth ever talking about has already been discussed and we've enough information and so freeze the forum, job done.
Just looking through today's initial posts and we see:
Leaks
Shore Power Issues
Honda engine issues
Size of
boat for
single handing
Height of
mast
Depth of
keel
Heating and
cooling
All been done before many times.
Pollution, anthropomorphic global warming, resource wastage, fossil
fuel usage, all been done before.
Seriously though I am always disappointed when I see members making off-hand posts like:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete7
What makes you think members of the forum don't already know about this problem? or discussed it in the past?
Pete
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It’s not at all helpful. Thousands of people read but hardly ever post. That's a shame and we don’t have to wonder too long to understand why people are so reluctant. In my view we need to encourage people to participate, and with a tad of humanity and friendliness, the more likely it is that those less assertive might take the plunge and offer their thoughts.
And believe it or not, this forum used to be friendly and welcoming. But something has changed over the past 18-24 months or so. There are many posts like Pete's now. Many are even worse and quite nasty and the value of the forum has deteriorated considerably as a result.
But on the other hand Xriss, all you've done is post a link, and that is Facebook teenager style. Why not tell us what you think, what can be done, what you're doing as well as the link? So to be fair you've sort of opened yourself up to being dismissed because you haven't said anything. But anyway welcome Xriss, feel free to post about whatever you think might be of interest. I’d seen that video before, and sadly still as poignant.
On the thread topic. The trash in the
water and wastage of resource is horrifying. Where I keep my
boat (let’s make it about me!) there is a constant blanket of floating rubbish, bags, bottles and detritus. It’s awful. Visit most cities and towns in a few supposed pacific island paradises and they live in a world of rubbish. Seemingly oblivious to the trash that clutters their harbours, covers their beaches and smothers their sea beds.
Oh and Xriss, if you really want to get people
posting introduce topics such as:
Guns or not on the boat
How do I
work illegally in 3rd world countries on board my $US500K cat?
Hurricane holes
Health insurance (when much of the world has free
health care)
2 stroke vs
4 stroke
Mono vs multi
hull
They’ve all been done before, but who cares right?
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