All hands— Trawlers & Trawlering List is informative, it's entertaining and it's free—but it does cost money to operate the most popular forum in the trawler world. As many of you know, I happily covered the costs myself for many years, because I have the same passion you do for messing about in boats. If the truth were known, 18 years on, hardly a morning goes by when I don't peruse the digest to see what's being discussed. I mean, who would want to miss hearing that, aboard Briney Bug, Rudy ties up Jill to keep her on watch? But I no longer own and operate Trawler Fest, so there is not even a faint business motivation for me to continue to underwrite the costs. If you enjoy the List, 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. And it will ensure you’ll never see advertising tagged on to posts. To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please go to http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/showyoursupport.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/showyoursupport.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. Unless someone posts a question or comment, I'll be reporting to you only on fund-raising progress, and publicly thanking those who have stepped forward. Please help make the List self-supporting in 2015-16. —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

Great to see such an outpouring of support so quickly! —Georgs > On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Georgs Kolesnikovs <gxk@earthlink.net> wrote: > > All hands— > > Trawlers & Trawlering List is informative, it's entertaining and it's free—but it does cost money to operate the most popular forum in the trawler world. > > As many of you know, I happily covered the costs myself for many years, because I have the same passion you do for messing about in boats. If the truth were known, 18 years on, hardly a morning goes by when I don't peruse the digest to see what's being discussed. > > I mean, who would want to miss hearing that, aboard Briney Bug, Rudy ties up Jill to keep her on watch? > But I no longer own and operate Trawler Fest, so there is not even a faint business motivation for me to continue to underwrite the costs. > > If you enjoy the List, 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. And it will ensure you’ll never see advertising tagged on to posts. > > To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please go to > > http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/showyoursupport.html <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/showyoursupport.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. Unless someone posts a question or comment, I'll be reporting to you only on fund-raising progress, and publicly thanking those who have stepped forward. > > Please help make the List self-supporting in 2015-16. > > —Georgs > > Georgs Kolesnikovs > Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 > http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/> > Your host at TrawlerCrawler.net since 2009 > http://www.trawlercrawler.net >