On Feb 15, 4:43�pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 15, 3:38?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Also sad to think that non-boaters have nothing better to do than hang
around a NG dedicated to a pastime they don't pursue.
Just out of curiosity, do you post your reviews in rec.boats.cruising?

No. That's primarily a sailing group.

sail·ing

noun 1. the activity of a person or thing that sails.
2. the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings
every other day.
3. Navigation. any of various methods for determining courses and
distances by means of charts or with reference to longitudes and
latitudes, rhumb lines, great circles, etc.

I'm not a sailor.

sail.or

noun 1. *a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
2. a seaman below the rank of officer.
3. a naval enlistee.
4. a person adept at sailing, esp. with reference to freedom from
seasickness.

Hmmmm - t'would seem to me that you fit the definition of sailing and
sailor perfectly.

However, even if there are folks who use sail boats in cruising, your
whole focus is cruising rather than boats in general - thus it would be
more appropriate for you to, well, haunt rec.boats.cruising.

I mean, you earn your money editing a magazine which primarily is for
cruisers - it would seem to me that you would want to involve yourself
in a newsgroup SPECIFICALLY for cruising and those who participate in
that aspect of boating rather than a GENERAL newsgroup that relates to
boats in general and not CRUISING in particular. *:)

Interesting perspective.

So then what, in your opinion, is the difference between "general
boating" and
specific boating activities? Should fishing posts be considered out of
place at rec.boats? Lots of people boat but don't fish. I'll bet there
are fishing newsgroups out there somewhere. How about water skiing
posts?
I've never been on a water ski in my entire life. If you eliminate
every single boating activity as too specialized, all that would be
left in rec.boats would be the non-boating social chit chat. At that
point it would hardly be a boating newsgroup.

A dynamic boating newsgroup would be a group where different people
contribute from their own unique perspective, allowing everybody to
gain a wider perspective and appreciation of the pastime. If you feel
that my particular boating experiences or perspectives aren't of
interest to you, they may be of interest to somebody else. 90% of what
you post here is entirely OT and profoundly uninteresting to me, but
IMO as long as you aren't actively trolling for a fight (as some of
the other OT specialists prefer to do) your activity is harmless
clutter. Your daily links to You-tube videos always seem to find one
or two interested respondents. Even if your posts were "harmful"
clutter, beyond expressing an opinion there would be nothing that
could be done about it.

Perhaps we won't ever see eye to eye on this issue, but that doesn't
have to mean that either one of us is a bad guy. Don't like my stuff,
don't read it. Surely you must have a filter?