"Gandalfini" wrote in message
...

At first glance I noticed alot of political talk and bitching about
whole lots of things that have nothing to do with boats. Is there
really useful help on this group too? It seems to have lots of users
which is great. So let me know about this usenet group. Thanks Mike-
Indiana


I just watch the name column. People who never contribute to actual
discussions about boats and post hundreds of posts on everything else go in
the kiillfile. Some of the best sources of boat infomation here also like
to discuss politics, so I merely don't read that thread, and allow them
their rights to do so. I'm a new boat owner, too, and have gotten lots of
help from the regulars. The idiots are easy to recognize and killfile.
Just look for soemone who has to answer the same thread post twelve times in
a row to every poster to get his/her/its message across. After a short
time, you'll have cleaned most of the idiots, and after that, you just have
to ding a couple a week.

What kind of boat did you get, and what questions do you have?