All hands-- Trawler Buy-Sell-Trade is a free service to the trawler community--but it does cost money to operate the board, and requires volunteer help. Since inception, I have happily covered the costs myself most years, because I have the same passion you do for messing about in boats. And I do want to keep for-sale messages off the main Trawlers & Trawlering List. But I no longer own and operate Trawler Fest, so there is not even faint business motivation for me to continue to underwrite the costs. My book-keeper tells me I should aim to make BST self-supporting by making an annual call for donations from the people who use it--especially the brokers and others who stand to benefit financially from BST. So, here I am: If you find BST interesting and valuable, and if want it to continue and grow, please lend a hand by contributing toward expenses. A donation of just $10 or $25 a year will prove immensely helpful. To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please go to http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html> <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html>> On the same page, you'll find an address if you wish to contribute by check or money order. Have no fears, you won't be badgered about making a donation. I'll report to you only on fund-raising progress, and publicly thank those who have stepped forward. Thank you for your help. —Georgs Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com Your host at TrawlerCrawler.net since 2009 http://www.trawlercrawler.net

Thanks very much to those who have already shown their support in the annual fund-raising campaign for Trawler Buy-Sell-Trade: Gayla Tanner James Attrill Jr James Holley Martin Cawley Marvin Storey Miller Family Enterprises Paul Schlechter Scott Hitt Sharon Heydlauff Starling William Hamilton If you find BST interesting and valuable, and if want it to continue and grow, please lend a hand by contributing toward expenses. A donation of just $10 or $25 a year will prove immensely helpful. To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please go to http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html> On the same page, you'll find an address if you wish to contribute by check or money order. Thank you very much! —Georgs > On Nov 17, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Georgs Kolesnikovs <gxk@earthlink.net> wrote: > Trawler Buy-Sell-Trade is a free service to the trawler community--but it does cost money to operate the board, and requires volunteer help. > > Since inception, I have happily covered the costs myself most years, because I have the same passion you do for messing about in boats. And I do want to keep for-sale messages off the main Trawlers & Trawlering List. > > But I no longer own and operate Trawler Fest, so there is not even faint business motivation for me to continue to underwrite the costs. > > My book-keeper tells me I should aim to make BST self-supporting by making an annual call for donations from the people who use it--especially the brokers and others who stand to benefit financially from BST. > > So, here I am: If you find BST interesting and valuable, and if want it to continue and grow, please lend a hand by contributing toward expenses. A donation of just $10 or $25 a year will prove immensely helpful. > > To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please go to > > http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html> <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/supportbuyselltradelist.html>> > > On the same page, you'll find an address if you wish to contribute by check or money order. > > Have no fears, you won't be badgered about making a donation. I'll report to you only on fund-raising progress, and publicly thank those who have stepped forward. > > Thank you for your help. > > —Georgs > Georgs Kolesnikovs > Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 > http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/> > Your host at TrawlerCrawler.net <http://trawlercrawler.net/> since 2009 > http://www.trawlercrawler.net <http://www.trawlercrawler.net/> >