who was the first forum

[powerskipper]

member you met ?
and was it a boat you recognised the name of? [see boaty]
or was it at a forum meet.

 

[Solitaire]

You!

 

[sailorman]

sort of forum meet last year in oostende
"Yanita"
then met
Jimdrew this year also in Oostende on the E/C Booze Cruise.
+ Nas about 4 weeks ago in Harwich Harbour recognised the Carter 3/4 Tonner

 

[Rob_Webb]

Unwittingly Duncan and I found each other using the forum having been working together for about 1 year but not realisign we were fellow forumites!

And then having moved to NZ I met Ships Cat (in those days know as MainlySteam).

 

[powerskipper]

thought it was Col?

 

[tcm]

i believe that an early meet made ONLY thru the forum (and not having known each other beforehand) was me and Coliholic on his "show me the way to go home" thread. None of his workmates believed i wd turn up, so he spent a lot of the day taking phonecalls and saying "hah! no, he really DID turn up!"

As i recall, he was hitting the prop with a hammer when i arrived. Very sound engineering type, see.

 

[Solitaire]

Hmm, you could be right there!

 

[BrendanS]

Knew Solitaire from club, but had met him before I started posting here. It's long and distant past, but think first person I actually met via forum was Jon Bailey, when we went on his boat to the original Wareham meet, where I met loads of peeps like BarryH, Aztec, GeoffS, Leyton, NigelB etc etc.

Many years ago, there was a 'who's met who' thread on Mobo, and the numbers were quite limited - I'd dread to list all the forumites I've met now, must be well over a hundred or so, and would probably miss more than a few

 

[Neraida]

Jimi, sold him a laptop with charty stuff, then Solitaire who came along for some racing.

 

[FullCircle]

Ones I hadn't met before? Dave T_S, who is not reticent at all.
Then Beancounter and Mrs Beancounter.
I knew rallan5 already, but he is a reticent git. Moonshine I also know and Alex Lyne.
Sailorman and Yanita. I have the photos.
A lot more that I recognise and I nearly met Althorne at LIBs this year except I didn't.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Yoda - but it doesn't count as I've known him for years, he lives in the next village to us, and we have sailed together in the past.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

steve_clayton 'cos we bought his boat, then nicho - our boats are on the same pontoon, as are jimi, skyva2 and 2 mobo's.

So at least 6 forumites on one pontoon - that must me a record in itself.

 

[Koeketiene]

AndrewB - afloat in Gillingham
Sailorman - Ostend last year
PeterB - in a pub for a pint
NAS - afloat Ramsgate-Ipswich
jimdew - Ostend this year

 

[reginaldon]

Pierre - found he was in the same club

 

[tome]

Jimi and Twister_Ken. Port Solent at the Pompey Scrubbers'. Fine curry too.

 

[lyc]

Mystery still not answered

I remember that on that famous trip the water tanks were emptied and any excess weight went overboard to make the boat lighter as you were down to one engine.

But what happened to that big box of Mars Bars?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Re: Mystery still not answered

Jimi....

What a starting point!

have subsequently met StugeronSteve, Nicho, Pvr, Yanita, Sailorman, Mainmarine and most recently, Squidge...

 

[Bejasus]

Forbsie, when he made a trip up to darkest Norfolk to buy a boat fridge from a certain young female poster(Titch) who was what she said she was. Then met quite a few others at the first winter Poole meet. Lanason, Col, BarryH, Duncan, Aztec, & Geoffs to name a few.

 

[paulskent]

Steve_gorst who recommended I join the NWCC which was a good peice of advice... Camaes Bay cruise this weekend...

 

[Clive_Rigden]

Bob Egerton at the Christchurch Sailing Club where we arranged to have a beer.
Second was Richard M. at Calshot when I bought a thoroughly sound oven & hob from him & mrs. M. at a most reasonable price - just got to try and keep it in the gimbals in a force 8 now . . .

Incidentally, I've paid for a forum burgee but nothing's arraved as yet. Anyone know what's happening?