I believe I have met many more passage making folk who are not members of this list than are participating. That is to say, those members who are actually passage making or have done so. Despite encouraging non-members to join, not one has done so. Certainly, not everyone wishes to participate in such a forum, but I am still surprised at all the valuable info which is going to waste and not being disseminated, save brief and usually uninformative spreads in print mags. Any ideas on how we could get more real passage makers to share there experience here? Regards, John "Seahorse" **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

John, possibly it may be that some of us are spending more time passaging "or recovering" than communicating on a regular basis. I too have enjoyed the knowledge spread around by many more knowledgeable than I. Today it is 0 degrees and a beautiful snow cover here in VT. The fires are warming us as we have breakfast and I'm heading out to continue restoration on an old Mini Traveler. Yes, some of us do take land breaks! Safe voyage and God Bless - Ross 10&2 On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:15 AM, <Truelove39@aol.com> wrote: > I believe I have met many more passage making folk who are not members of > this list than are participating. That is to say, those members who are > actually passage making or have done so. > Despite encouraging non-members to join, not one has done so. Certainly, not > everyone wishes to participate in such a forum, but I am still surprised at > all the valuable info which is going to waste and not being disseminated, > save brief and usually uninformative spreads in print mags. > > Any ideas on how we could get more real passage makers to share there > experience here? > > Regards, > > John > "Seahorse" > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De > cemailfooterNO62) > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions. > > -- God Bless - Ross

Depends on what you mean by passagemakers. 1) If you consider coastal cruising (Chile to Alaska, Newfoundland to Florida), island hopping in the Caribbean and Central America or from Tasmania to Southeast Asia as passagemaking, then we're here and have been participating. Many of us spend most of our time out on our boats, going somewhere, rather than at home. 2) But if you are talking about true blue-water passagemakers, with the Azores and Hawaii as the first qualifying stops on east and west coast of US, or in general, people doing 1000 to 3000 mile open water passages, then those folks are likely out of range of fast, cheap internet connections, so they are unlikely to participate in chatty newsgroups. To your point, none of the folks I know who are doing that in power boats are participating. So... not sure what kind of valuable information you are looking for and from whom. I've seen plenty of posts on PUP by people who are part of (1) above. John Marshall Serendipity - N5520 Sequim Bay, WA On Jan 13, 2009, at 3:15 AM, Truelove39@aol.com wrote: > I believe I have met many more passage making folk who are not > members of > this list than are participating. That is to say, those members who > are > actually passage making or have done so. > Despite encouraging non-members to join, not one has done so. > Certainly, not > everyone wishes to participate in such a forum, but I am still > surprised at > all the valuable info which is going to waste and not being > disseminated, > save brief and usually uninformative spreads in print mags. > > Any ideas on how we could get more real passage makers to share there > experience here? > > Regards, > > John > "Seahorse" > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just > 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx > ?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De > cemailfooterNO62) > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.