Despite the netcops, rec.boats was working just fine until they appeared.

Think of it like your YC bar. Not all are discussing boats, religion
and politics come up a lot, so do women. People disagree, some storm
out in a huff.

Recently other than boating topics were labeled (OT) to make it easy for
those who were not interested to filter out. Without the OT, there
would be little discussion here, Although I have never asked a boating
question without someone offering helpful advice.

Face the fact that netcops don't work, they rile people who will post
just to harass them. If you REALLY want to stop OT, just ignore the OT
posts (but that would make for a dull group)

For the purists, the filter on OT should work just fine

For the wannabe netcops -- get a life!