I don't think so.

Geez, I was wondering.

But now that you pointed out that it isn't, I'm completely clear on it.

Thanks!


the boating market itself has been heading downward for twenty years, with a
bump up between 1994 and 1999, due in large part to pwc's, and a secondary part
from baby boomers trying to be young forever by buying "cruising" boats. bb's
found sailing to be a lot of physical effort, and powerboats to be jarring.

ng's on sailing/boating exploded with the internet, then fell off when it was
realized there is only just so much info regarding anchors, "right size" boats,
radar, Caribbean ports, watermakers, and chart plotters, and once it has been
discussed the first few hundred times, no one cares any more. so, ng's fade,
to be replaced by newbies with google. faster, easier, more reliable.

All ng's I monitor, except one, are going downhill. All, except one, filled
its bandwidth in the last 12 months almost exclusively with political trash.
The election is over, the political trashers exhausted and the thing continues
to decline.

1985 was the high point in boat ownership in terms of units in the US of A.
kids, now in their early 40's at the top side, are not taking up
sailing/boating. One yacht club I know of has just two members under 50.