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[dralex]

Re: empty profiles

You can actually give a lot of interesting information in your bio without identifying yoursef, especially likes, dislikes, boat, sailing experience- I keep changing my bio depending on how paranoid I'm feeling. I like being able to put people into context a bit

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[Ships_Cat]

Re: Equal terms...

I have just added my boat details into my bio but I am sure that it does not make much difference.

As has been said I and, I assume, others feel they have valid reasons for keeping bio details as frugal as possible. While I have other reasons, if I was located in the UK I would be even more frugal with them as I have discovered that it seems there are a few (very few) real nutters inhabiting this forum (me too /forums/images/icons/smile.gif) and I am not about to change my posting style just from fear of someone throwing a brick through my windows /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif.

John

<hr width=100% size=1>I am the cat but I am only 6.

 

[Uisteach]

Re: Equal terms...

I’ve been to the boat, hence only just getting back to this thread. There are no details in my bio because I want to remain anonymous. If I disclose what boat we have now and what we are about to buy then it’ll probably become obvious to some people who I am. I don’t want that, it’s my choice.

Anyway, I don’t agree that knowing what boat someone has changes the validity of views about boats. A post should be judged on its content. There are exceptions, say giving advice about sailing into Palau if you’ve never been there, but I don’t think this thread was one of those occasions.

Also, whatever else might happen in a thread it doesn’t take much effort to be polite.

Lastly, the thread I started was about having a discussion about boats purely in terms of sailing them rather than as possessions. (Okay, obviously I didn’t do that very well.) Others may have different experiences but most of the time taken in talking about boats is about anything but sailing. For example, as a starting point, in picking the next boat I’ve read dozens of test reports, and mostly they are a complete waste of time in terms of sailing. Some reports have as little as 50 words about the boats sailing characteristics! And the use of language nearly always owes more to marketing than accuracy or usefulness.

So, I was just curious. Has there been a revolution in the way we think about boats? A change from once being mainly something to sail in far and wide to now mostly a matter of accommodation? Have they become possessions rather than a means of adventure? It’s not black and white obviously, and both of these count, but I was interested in what people may have to say.

Anyway, I’m off to look at a boat. It’s really beautiful, very traditional and may be the one.

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