The Sailing Anarchy Cruiser's Forum discussions certainly fit my current station in sailing better than most of the other SA forums. The community reminds me of the extinct CompuServe sailing groups back in the 90's. Some of the same people are still posting quality info on CA. I also check in on the Fix It and Gear sections and use the search function if I am looking for other opinions regarding the ongoing battle to keep an old C&C afloat.
In the 70's we had to rely on yacht club bars for quality crew position networking. The interweb certainly has changed that dynamic. The expanded community is impressive. I have met several sailors from SA and other web sites and have been able to introduce them to others that sail in their region. If I was 20 something again with my hair on fire to sail the newest and fastest design in top end regattas I would be more interested the hot dog's postings to SA. I am no longer interested in the latest ISAF or America's Cup rumors or sea lawyer's argument used to gain an advantage against a better sailed competitor. I do enjoy reading about the Class 40 and other high end short handed offshore races. The regular reports of daily life competing at that level have replaced most if not all of my sailing magazine subscriptions. Even in the crowded sailing web site environment I believe there is space for a site that offers quality coverage of affordable racer/cruiser and classic plastic boat topics. It would be great to see a little more life on Stu's C&C site. (Not to take away from the list but to capture and involve less enthusiastic C&C owners.) Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colin Kilgour Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:48 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Sailing Website (racing and cruising) Martin, You want Cruiser's Forum. Like any list, it's got its share of crankpots and armchair sailors, but overall it's a fabulous resource for cruisers. Way better, imho, than things like Sailnet. It also has incredible reach (social networking?) within the cruising community. For example, last year my boat was on a mooring in a quiet bay (ie: normally only a couple boats moored) in the Hamptons while I was back home. I got a message from a CF 'lister' who had rowed past my boat, noticed some chafe on the mooring pennant, and then notified me online so I could deal with it. I've never met the guy (online or in person) but all he had to do is plug my boat name into CF and he could send me a message - for which I was very thankful. I've had similar things happen a few more times via CF while the boat was in the US, Bermuda, and the Caribbean, and for me, this kind of networking really adds to the value of the website. Cheers Colin On 8/17/12, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> wrote: > Edd, > > The web site Pressure-Drop.us has a decent mix of sailing news, features and > forums without the wild west style entertainment seen on Sailing Anarchy. > ThreesheetsNW.com does a good job with regional news and features (linked > blogs). The Daily Sail web site covers serious international racing well. > For in depth coverage of an event like the Vendee or Volvo races I will use > several sites and the official race web site. The addition of Yellow Box > tracking was entertaining for this year's Vic-Maui, Pacific Cup and the > Single Handed Transpac. > > I rarely contribute to SailNet and similar sites as the discussions tend to > be at the same basic level year in and year out and are very well covered. > I never got into the Latt's and Att's type sites as I rarely am looking for > stories of alcohol fueled miss-adventure and pot luck dinners. I also do > not need more magazines or web features about $1,000,000 boats with captains > and cooks. When I need that fix I buy a glossy magazine and drool over the > latest super boat, usually while sitting in a airport. > > What I would like to see is a site that covers the racer/cruiser segment of > the market. (No hopped up 20 something sea lawyers racing all carbon boats > on windward/leeward inshore courses or dreamers that will never actually own > a boat but constantly post what if questions.) Features about races and > voyages that go somewhere interesting on affordable boats and the people > that do their own boat maintenance and upgrades is more what I am thinking. > The cnc-list type discussions involving dedicated owners serious about > improving their boats and skills is a good example of content that I > currently enjoy. > > Advertising that becomes annoying chases me off sites quickly, boat related > adverts with pretty girls are normally tolerated. I do pay for access to > some types of forums (TDR for Dodge/Cummins trucks for example) when the > quality/value of content is above average. > > The ThreesheetsNW and Pressure-Drop forums are very quiet when compared to > Sailing Anarchy. Finding the balance between moderating the conversation to > prevent anarchy and smothering the conversation to death may be difficult. > > Hopefully that is the type of feedback you are looking for. I hope you are > successful. > > Martin > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > ________________________________ > From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] > On Behalf Of Edd Schillay > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:41 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Sailing Website (racing and cruising) > > All, > > I'm looking to start up a new sailing website dedicated to > racing and cruising news, events and forums. Something similar to Sailing > Anarchy without all the, um, anarchy. > > There would be, of course, links to Stu's site and other boat > information sites. > > As I formulate what to feature and what not to feature, I'd > appreciate any input you may have as to what you'd look for in such a site > and what things you've seen on others ties that annoy you. > > My hope is to launch in late 2012 or early 2013. You know, after > the boat is away for the winter. :-) > > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37/40+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log > Website<http://ncc1701a.blogspot.com/> > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
