Twister_Ken
Well-known member
And, of course, the boat you own today and where you keep it doesn't reflect boats and places you may have sailed in the past.
What's your rationale for this? If I were to claim to have an Oyster 62 rather than a Hurley 22, would you take my advice more seriously?
What's your rationale for this? If I were to claim to have an Oyster 62 rather than a Hurley 22, would you take my advice more seriously?
Whether to offer help in answer to a question or to simply know where a poster is coming from, it really does help if posters say what boat they sail in their profile. There used to be a specific line in the old YBW forum software but there is not in this one and for that reason most people dont show their boat details any longer. But there are plenty of unspecified spaces in the new software where the boat make could be put.
So how about tweeking your profile to show your boat details?
..and location. You don't have to give your address and where you leave the spare key, but a general area, as answering questions can be easier if you know where the poster is.
ie: local knowledge or regulations
That is exactly the point, bloke with a Oyster 62 will have the yard do all his work, bloke with the Hurley 22 will most likely be a hands on type, who'd take notice of the Oyster 62 owner?!!
Incidentally, if it helps you evaluate my advice in the future, I don't have a Hurley 22, I've owned a Hallberg-Rassy for the last 15 years, and owned 3 Westerlies over the previous 20 years. Prior to that, a few years in mobos.
It will.
Why not include such info in your profile? I have more respect for advice/opinions when the writer does not hide behind a cloak of anonymity.
Someone always says that.But how do you know it's true??
Someone always says that.
We are gentlemen on here and take a man's word.
If he's a cad he will be undone.
But how do you know it's true??
Even a false profile is probably better than no profile.