On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:15:01 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote:

There is really no place for someone to easily find out the "charter" of
this newsgroup and rules thereof.

Actually it is not difficult at all, took me about a minute on Google:

CHARTER - rec.boats.cruising


The unmoderated newsgroup rec.boats.cruising will be open to
discussions on all topics related to cruising in boats such as:
- cruising equipment
- cruising reports
- destinations: Including where to moor/anchor, restaurants to
visit, sights to see and where/how to provision
- discussion of long-distance passagemaking and related issues
- discussion on navigation
- requests for crews and for boats to crew on
- upcoming events, cruises, etc
- etc.


The unmoderated newsgroup rec.boats.cruising will not be open
to for-sale postings. Appropriate advertisements should be directed
to rec.boats.marketplace.


(-- end of charter --)