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Yes, but with one caveat, if some 'event organiser' sought to profit by it a la 'Sailnauseum' I can't imagine the royal 'we' consumers would want anything too much do with those 'protectionist' establishment organise for profit outfits that some of you seem to have in their pockets.

Edited by iGRF - 26 Nov 14 at 8:49pm

Ohhhffsake, ok I misunderstood a stab at irony and humour, but with the repeated posts about issues on a particular boat when the general impression is that you're unlikely to be a buyer, you can perhaps understand why your posts were misunderstood. Also despite the continuous renaming that certain members of this forum feel the need to go through I think its safe to say we know who you are, therefore what does it really matter if we use your name or nickname?

Over the last few weeks I've clearly cheesed off a couple of people I'd call friends on here. Look I dont mean to cause any tension, but If I am unahppy with the way you are making a point on here then I'll call it.

Frankly I am getting fed up with the negative nit-picking that seems to be aimed at certain classes on here.

Sure its all personal views and its a forum so we should all take it with a pinch of salt and only judge based on our own experiences, but a) not everyone interprets things the way we do, so may perceive this forum as a font of all dinghy sailing knowledge and b) is it really that big an issue that people need to dedicate page after page of guff on a subject that will actually never impact them?

Most of us on here are fairly regular sailors who enjoy racing dinghies regardless of what they actually are, we just enjoy being out on the water, but I dont think we come across like that to newbies reading this. I'd like to think that the UK sailing community is keen to improve participation and to encourage new blood but currently this forum in my eyes does the opposite and shows us as being a bunch of infighting picky sods who would rather put people off of sailing rather than they start in a boat that we dont rate particularly highly. If you were a newbie how would you feel reading this?

And to add to that, the forum concept allows user privacy- if you want to use real names use Facebook. It doesn't bother me anyone using my real name, but to others getting doxxed would be seen as a far greater breach of internet etiquette than saying a new product looks a bit sh*t.

Originally posted by Rupert I hope no one on here ever uses my real name...

Originally posted by craiggo Frankly I am getting fed up with the negative nit-picking that seems to be aimed at certain classes on here.