Have you learnt anything at all of use on here?

[Happy1]

Have you learnt anything at all of use on here ? On the Motor Forum there is a vote to see if there are too many lists on the form, perhaps there could be a YES / NO vote on this thread just to see if you have learnt anything of use on here (all threads). I find it fascinating that there is so much knowledge in one place, uless you are all intellectual computer servers just auto answering me /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[Happy1]

YES

YES

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[Twister_Ken]

Yes nm

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[Johnjo]

You would have to be pretty arrogant to say no!!
So yes I have.

mike

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[Metabarca]

Re: Si! nm

§

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[max]

Re: YESnm,

yes

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[bigmart]

For me the biggest pleasure of Sailing is that you can never learn it all.

The day I stop learning is the day I give up.

Martin

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[Happy1]

Mart, I am just a few months into preperation for my first ever boat, it is so exciting. I am also so glad that I left a few months between buying and getting delivery for research and equipment purchase, this has given me time without rushing to get what I need, D-Day is 22/3/03 can't wait /forums/images/icons/smile.gif /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

So thanks to the lot of you, you are all brilliant. I have never been anywhere like this where new people are made so welcome.

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[Magic_Sailor]

yes. nm

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[bigmart]

I am quite envious. Its an incredibly exciting time. I don't think I'll ever forget the feeling the first time I took my family to sea in charge of my own boat.

I know you'll enjoy it.

Have fun!

Martin

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[Happy1]

Cheers Mart, I have found a whole new life and it is brilliant, I just want to make up for all I have missed /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[AndrewB]

Not only is the advice good ...

... its often the best, better than what you get in the magazines themselves. I've learnt from here ways of dealing with rust that really work, how to repair and correct my compass, the best place to get my engine fixed, how to test my rigging, why electrolysis damaged my propshaft and what to do to stop it happening again - and a load of things that DON'T work or are to be avoided, which as we know, the magazines don't care to mention.

None of the advice in books/mags has been as good on these matters. Why is that? The 'experts' in the mags - or in books for that matter - press one solution, rarely discuss the pros and cons of alternatives. The problem they address may not be exactly the one you face, and you can't follow up with clarifications. Sometimes they wheel out rather conventional advice not really sharp on the latest technical developments, and you come to realise they don't really have any personal experience of the problem, just quoting 'the book'. Often they gloss over the pitfalls.

Here, its amazing how often people have faced the same problem and tried quite different, practical solutions, not all of which have necessarily worked. And the advice is at different levels. Sometimes a really sophisticated reply goes over the head of a new enquirer, but they can still latch onto one of the simpler responses and find it useful.

There is a lot of dross and irrelevancy of course, that has to be ignored. It is not often that a completely wrong reply is made though, when it is it will generally be corrected.

The board does suffer from 'advice overload' however. At this time of year for example there will be lots on antifouling. People can't be bothered to keep posting similar advice. With a magazine you'd look through past issues, and here too it pays to use the search facilities - at times it is clear the poster has been lazy about this. Sometimes a search will pinpoint a particularly knowledgable regular who can be PM'ed, rather than opening a query.

One thing I do regret over the five years I've been following the board is that there is much less sharing of practical wrinkles in sailing, far more concern about the technology. The technology has been developing particularly rapidly recently of course, but I suspect that this change partly reflects a difference of attitude among those who are relative newcomers to the sport.

 

[graham]

Re:Yes Definitely

I have been sailing nearly 40 years and am still learning.



You can learn to sail in a weekend but still be learning how to sail well a lifetime later.

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[Happy1]

Re: Not only is the advice good ...

Was that Yes or NO /forums/images/icons/wink.gif So if you are so right why does nobody PM me for info /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[david_e]

Re: 22/03/03

Should be a great day, as well; it is my birthday, my best golfing mate's birthday, my best golfing girlfiends' birthday (not actually a girlfriend as such, she kinda prefers birds, which is a shame coz she is g/geous) and the mother in laws' birthday (kinda opposite to the former!)

Have fun, oh and to answer the question, I have learnt absolutely heaps on here, and still have a trillion more questions to ask - it is totally addictive.

Hope your launch week-end weather is better than ours last October - 90mph+ winds!!

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[Trevor_swfyc]

Re: HAPPY

YES, but you can't please all the people all the time, also it is better to be <font color=blue>HAPPY</font color=blue> than <font color=red>GRUMPY</font color=red>.

You can fool all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of people all of the time.

I bet you can't wait to get it out on the water!

Trevor

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[Trevor_swfyc]

Re: C.P.D.

Looks like the first self diagnosis of Compulsive Posting Disorder /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif

Do you think I could apply for a grant from the Lottery Fund to look into this time consuming disorder or maybe set up a self help group. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Trevor

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[Happy1]

Re: 22/03/03

Thanks Dave, It certainly is addictive, but a brilliant and interesting way to learn. I like learning from others practical experiences. I have years of boating to catch up on, I am using my spare time to try and prevent silly mistakes that others have been kind enough to share with me.

Happy boating,

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[Happy1]

Re: HAPPY

Your dead right, I hope I learn the raggie signals, apparently raggies wave a lot at powerboaters /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif It would be nice to communicate, but I can't find that book of hand signals.

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[bigmart]

Re: HAPPY

I think you will find you know most of the signals. They tend to involve one or two fingers pointing skywards or similar gestures in that vein.

Perhaps, when you have a little experience, you will realise your foolishness & aquire a Rag & Stick.

Martin

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