No kidding. Only 3,603 people posted something to rec.boats in 2003.
5,336 people participated on rec.boats in 2002.

Other stats: 63152 posts in 2002, 57,985 posts in 2003, down 8%.

Stat of least surprise: Of the top five newsgroups that shared rec.boats
cross-posts, the top four were political groups. rec.boats.cruising
came in number 5.

Other great rec.boats stats can be found he
http://netscan.research.microsoft.co...hFor=rec.boats

or, if that's too long or doesn't work try:
http://tinyurl.com/35kvd

While you are there, you can check out the 40 largest threads and the
most consistently present authors. Interesting stuff!

Larry Weiss
"...Ever After!"
"a little after..."
"often lurking - occasionally posting"