Seems the only general boat NG has been infiltrated, nay, hooliganized,
by a half dozen crusty, "my dick is bigger", curmudgeons who think that
by putting OT in the subject, they aren't really flooding this group
with crap.
Since you don't seem to have much interest in boats,why don't you
summertime boaties form a new group like rec.boats.fuk'em.lets.talk.politics

Don