On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:58:20 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote

Recalling some of your threads - fuel system, auto-pilot, eg. - I
thought there was a lot of useful information exchanged.
Do you disagree?


Not at all. This was a great place. I didn't even mind Neal and all his
various guises. As they say, "The solution to pollution is dilution." The
problem was that most of the people who had useful information to offer
stopped showing up. It's hard to keep a bar going with a good quality
clientel when you have a whole group ****ing off the tables on the floor
every night. Same dynamics in a newsgroup. I eventually gave up myself but
I will credit this place with being a major contributor to the success of my
fuel polishing system.

I tend it ignore what doesn't interest me, and suspect that serious
boating discussion will always find participants, but I may be wrong.
I do know that "owners" web forums are generally better than anything
on usenet. The Carolina Skiff owners forum is terrific for those
boats, and for fishing.
The Mac group is terrific for those boats.
Seems if there is a web forum for your brand boat, you'll spend most
of your time there. But you get a wide variety of experience and
opinion on this group. Eclectic.
I think this group will be around and useful for a while yet.

--Vic