Mike Mc wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks that people are posting an unnaceptable
amount
of OT posts about political issues? There are dedicated newsgroups for
discussing such stuff. At the moment it seems like 50% of the posts in
here
are non-sailing related.

At this point in history, people get a lot more worked up about
presidential politics than about what brand of antifouling works best in
South Florida. The topic of all newsgroups is trolling first, then flying,
then mountain climbing, then wife swaping, or whatever the hell the
newsgroup name says it's about. Now politics is good bait. By December, I
doubt you will find much political talk here.