The content of the site is controlled by those who contribute, not those who
primarily spectate.

Post a boating topic here. It will get three or four responses, maybe, and then
disappear unless somebody calls somebody else a name or mentions a political
issue,,,,,,in which case it will go on for weeks.

It should be a boating newsgroup. Boaters should participate. Can't have one
without the other.

A casual browsing through newsgroups indicates that many groups, dedicated to a
variety of topics, seem to have identical problems.

Has the NG format outlived its usefulness as a primary resource for FAQ and
general information? Do folks with a question about, say, small craft warning
flags still hunt down a boating NG, post a question, and wait a day or so to
see if any answers emerge- or do they go to Google, type in "small craft
warning signals", and get an answer almost instantly that is probably at least
as credible as the info emerging from a newsgroup where people spend half their
time calling names?

If the non-boaters posting to rec.boats as a political sounding board
disappeared, there would be three or four new threads per day. Maybe, most
days.

Do you know of an unmoderated boating NG without any OT posts and personal
attacks?