Thank you for all the years of service to the boating community 😃 Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2021, at 3:34 AM, trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com wrote: > > Send Trawlers-and-Trawlering mailing list submissions to > trawlers@lists.trawlering.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > trawlers-owner@lists.trawlering.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Trawlers-and-Trawlering digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. All good things come to an end (gxk@earthlink.net) > 2. Re: All good things come to an end (Craig Mudge) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 21:20:47 +0000 > From: gxk@earthlink.net > Subject: T&T: All good things come to an end > To: trawlers@lists.trawlering.com > Message-ID: > <yFooRmfUi978V7Qo6r5PQH2hfi7TKlbRpvdAIGDQSY@lists.trawlering.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > ##### Ahoy, all! > > ##### All good things must come to an end, says the proverb, and so must T&T List. > > ##### When we launched 24 years ago—way back in 1997!—it was the only online resources for folks interested in cruising, passagemaking and living aboard under power. We like to think that all forums that followed were mere copycats. > > ##### At one point, the main T&T list had more than 2,000 subscribers, with sister lists having as many as 1,000 each. Today, the main T&T List still has 1,447 subscribers, with Trawlers Buy-Sell-Trade at 1,542 and Great Loop at 916. > > ##### But, for a whole bunch of reasons, traffic started slowing in recent times, and now has completely died without a single post in a long time. > > ##### Thus, I’ll be shutting down the three remaining lists at month’s end. > > ##### My huge thanks to Bob McLeran who has served as List Administrator since almost the beginning, 2004 to be exact. The countless hours he has volunteered are just that, countless—and way beyond the call of duty. Much thanks also to Alex, Kevin, Steven and others who volunteered on the Admin Help Team. > > ##### My great thanks also to Listees who answered the periodic call for financial contributions to help cover operating costs. > > ##### I will miss all of you. > > ##### Stay safe! > > ##### —Georgs > > ##### Georgs Kolesnikovs > > ##### Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering List since 1997<https://lists.trawlering.com/> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:03:08 -0500 > From: Craig Mudge <cwmudge@me.com> > Subject: T&T: Re: All good things come to an end > To: gxk@earthlink.net > Cc: Trawlers@lists.trawlering.com > Message-ID: <4DB29E5F-30CA-47F9-B31F-6C5DE9E81DDF@me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear Georges & Bob, > Thanks for all you did. I joined the list while still dreaming of buying my Krogen. It led to 20 years & 25,000 miles of cruising adventure. Still enjoying my lobster boat in Maine. > All the best, > Craig > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 19, 2021, at 4:21 PM, gxk@earthlink.net wrote: >> >> ##### Ahoy, all! >> >> ##### All good things must come to an end, says the proverb, and so must T&T List. >> >> ##### When we launched 24 years ago—way back in 1997!—it was the only online resources for folks interested in cruising, passagemaking and living aboard under power. We like to think that all forums that followed were mere copycats. >> >> ##### At one point, the main T&T list had more than 2,000 subscribers, with sister lists having as many as 1,000 each. Today, the main T&T List still has 1,447 subscribers, with Trawlers Buy-Sell-Trade at 1,542 and Great Loop at 916. >> >> ##### But, for a whole bunch of reasons, traffic started slowing in recent times, and now has completely died without a single post in a long time. >> >> ##### Thus, I’ll be shutting down the three remaining lists at month’s end. >> >> ##### My huge thanks to Bob McLeran who has served as List Administrator since almost the beginning, 2004 to be exact. The countless hours he has volunteered are just that, countless—and way beyond the call of duty. Much thanks also to Alex, Kevin, Steven and others who volunteered on the Admin Help Team. >> >> ##### My great thanks also to Listees who answered the periodic call for financial contributions to help cover operating costs. >> >> ##### I will miss all of you. >> >> ##### Stay safe! >> >> ##### —Georgs >> >> ##### Georgs Kolesnikovs >> >> ##### Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering List since 1997<https://lists.trawlering.com/> >> >> To access the T&T List archives, go to https://lists.trawlering.com/empathy/list/trawlers.lists.trawlering.com >> To unsubscribe, send email to trawlers-leave@lists.trawlering.com with nothing in the subject or body of the message. >> >> Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. 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