Re read the OP and then explain to me how it reads as being argumentative, agitated or negative. It’s a reasonable conversation to have - and phrased in a pleasant enough manner - surely? There have been some interesting and useful responses, not least #32, it seems that some folk are able to take questions at face value where others are not, but hey ho.
Still awaiting a reply on the drone post ...
Re read the OP and then explain to me how it reads as being argumentative, agitated or negative. It’s a reasonable conversation to have - and phrased in a pleasant enough manner - surely? There have been some interesting and useful responses, not least #32, it seems that some folk are able to take questions at face value where others are not, but hey ho.
I fully agree that the assessment of an internet suggestion can be tricky, whenever the person giving such suggestion is to you no more than a username.
This is actually one thing I regret of not having Cat engines anymore.
I fully agree that the assessment of an internet suggestion can be tricky, whenever the person giving such suggestion is to you no more than a username.
And this is true of just about anything you can find on the net, not just in a boating forum.
But I don't think it's logical to understand how well off someone making a suggestion is first, and then consider it only if it comes from someone whose net worth is comparable to yours (if as I understand this is in practice what you are suggesting), for two orders of reasons:
Firstly, in the case of a boat, it's not unusual that two vessels whose prices are leagues away actually have a comparable relative value for their respective owners.
I mean, of course for someone who can afford to buy and maintain an 80 footer, the relative value of 100 quids is much lower than for folks who can only afford a 20 footer.
But if these guys are both passionate about boating (as is often the case among forum contributors, and as opposed to say a movie star who buys a boat just as another of many toys), chances are that both of them bought something of similar relative value, no matter how large the difference in absolute value is.
And obviously, how much each of us care about our properties mostly depends on their relative, rather than absolute value.
I understand it can be counter-intuitive to think that a boat worth millions can - in this respect - be comparable to one worth thousands, but that's exactly what relative value is all about.
Secondly, whenever I'm unsure about the source of any suggestion, I try to understand how logic/clever/properly motivated it is, first and foremost.
How well off is likely to be the person behind such suggestion is the last of my concerns.
Here, it's not a matter of relativity anymore: I'd rather pay attention to a clever suggestion, even if I can't put in practice because it doesn't fit in my budget, than to one which I could afford but is completely silly...
But that's stating the obvious, sort of.
Bottom line, since eventually you ask if anyone else is sharing your concern, well, I for one don't.
I came to this forum (and I stayed for longer than any others, either boat-related or not) because it's a place where I learnt something useful about boating, but the thought of "calibrating" the suggestions based on how well off is the person who is posting it never crossed my mind in all these years.
And no, just in case you are wondering, I'm not an UHNWI who can approach boating with a money no object approach - far from that.
In fact, I did NOT put in practice many valid upgrades, modifications, etc. which were discussed here over time, just because TO ME they weren't worth the cost.
But this is an evaluation which you can't expect anyone else to do for you...
