Steve Franklin
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Hey Highslice, I wasn't ragging on you I was bragging on you, great post, and also thank you Jim! Steve
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Highlighting, not limiting, as pretty pictures of pretty ladies using the boat seem to be plentiful already.Why limit it? We all (speaking for the guys here cause I don't want to get into any LGBTQRXWPY discussions) like to see pretty pictures of pretty ladies using the boat.
I do think the big mega-threads are community killers. They start with the intent to focus on a specific model but eventually they end up being their own community and discuss topics that aren't model specific but that may be of interest to members as a whole. But when the rest of us look at the 'new posts' and see a posting in one of those threads we dismiss it because we assume it doesn't pertain to us. Same thing happens on some motorcycle forums I'm on.
I love CSR -- don't change a thing. I think FrankW's post was spot on. Many of the long-time folks have either sold their boats, gotten busy with life, or have moved beyond the newbie stage and don't have as many questions as they did in the beginning so they post less. In the meantime, we've had a bunch of great new members who really add positive questions and answers. Sure, it's gotten tamer but that's not a bad thing because the drama tends to spiral out of hand too quickly.
Keep up the great work Jim and all of my online friends here!!!
I find the best way to search for info on this site is to Google my inquiry with "club sea ray" at the end. It usually gets me to a bunch if threads with some pertinent info in each.I think this site is a wealth of information, but I often struggle finding relevant information. Not just here, but on other forums, I find the single-topic persistent mega-thread to be really difficult to navigate and get useful information out of. But it's not a problem unique to this site.
My other criticism is that there may be too many sub-forums. If you try to be a good netizen and post in a more specific subforum, your post doesn't draw many eyeballs, and thus the "general discussion" topic ends up being the place where most action takes place, perhaps diluting specific topics or searches.
If I was to break the forum up, I would break it up similar to Sea Ray's model lineup.
Sport Cruisers (Sundancer 260 - 370)
Bow Riders (all open bow boats)
Sport Yachts/Yachts (all boats over 370)
Marine GPS/Radar/Sonar
Marine Electrical - DC & AC Power
Gasoline Engines
Diesel Engines
I don't think more specific forums are necessarily helpful, neither are the mega-threads. Audio/visual feels like a general post-specific topic (but not mega thread) for the models sections since they will likely have common issues, like original equipment, speaker placement, wire runs, common to their models.
What I really wish was if there was a way to pay somebody to cull the forums and translate it into a wikipedia-type site for all the specific information.
I find the best way to search for info on this site is to Google my inquiry with "club sea ray" at the end. It usually gets me to a bunch if threads with some pertinent info in each.
And, I wasn't complaining about the site at all, just trying to shed some light on the reason my visits decreased as possibly the reasons others have too. There were some real A-holes here a while back. Got tired of their BS is all.
I still check in, especially when I find a topic relevant to me.
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It worked! http://clubsearay.com/showthread.php/38309-bringing-a-potbelly-pig-on-boat?highlight=potbelliedThe best way to search CSR is to put the following into the Google search bar: site:clubsearay.com search term
For example: site:clubsearay.com "blue smoke" will only search clubsearay.com and find posts that contain phrase blue smoke. If you remove the quotes it will find posts with blue and smoke.
Please! Those were always my favorite!You guys want me to post a question about Honda generators on swim platforms???
I could, but it's a secret so then I'd have to... you know the rest. Must I elaborate? Didn't think so.Can someone share the name of this other forum for the big boat/diesel guys?
Dang it! Just when we're about to get a good portable generator on the swim platform thread going, Frank pours water, salt water probably, all over it. Which is precisely why you don't put portable generators on the swim platform where salt water can pour all over it. See what I did there? Clever, no?Wait a minute……..a lot of those you mentioned really haven't gone anywhere. Life and business happened……..Gary started a new health care company and is spending more than full time running it; Hampton is building a new house, and I really mean building it, like he and his wife are doing the work themselves, when he isn't flying for Delta….I saw his boat yesterday in fact; Turtle bought a house in the 'burbs, and is remodeling it while still running TurtleTone Studios; Frank (FC3) still posts from time to time, and this Frank is still here nearly every day, and most days, several times a day.
I think a lot of folks have moved on up the learning curve and it is time for them to answer some of the questions so I'm not as active as I once was, but if I miss something and you guys need me, PM still works. I frequently post when I can add something or keep someone from heading down a wrong path. However, one rabbit hole you guys are not going to lead me down again is the danged portable generator subject.
Meanwhile……it s pretty day in Florida; I'm going boating!
Frank! Are your Cats running rich? Soot on your transom? OMG! Say it ain't so!FRANK, YOU ARE SOOT ON ! :smt038
Thank for the memories!