[PCW] Let's stay on topic!

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:43:05 -0700
From: Gary Bell <tulgey at earthlink.net>
To: power-catamaran at lists.samurai.com


>   1. Fw: Interesting     [received from a friend in TX, I hope
>       this  is not the truth but agree, it probably is. Yes, our big
>       destroyer  sitting there....dah....next to 2 puney pirate boats,
>       looked really  stupid & embarassing.jc (Dennis Raedeke)

This has  NOTHING  to do with power catamarans, and in fact is just a 
political rant against the current administration.  I have met and 
enjoyed the company of  Dennis, and he indeed has a dandy Tennant 
designed power catamaran, the envy of many, but this last message  is 
WAY off topic.  The only thread connecting our specific interests 
here and the referenced message is that they both involve boats/ships 
and water.

Georges, are you there?  OK, I know our list is not moderated, so 
such messages can get out before they can be vetted, but I can only 
plead to the entire 'readership' to keep the irrelevant stuff off, 
and stick to the emphatically NOT political subject at hand:  the 
virtues, vices and prospects of the wonderful world of power 
catamarans.  I hope that everyone here has a healthy set of political 
values  -  of whatever inclination they like  -  and that they 
discuss their views with those that agree and those that don't; just 
keep the strictly political stuff off our list please.

I am particularly sad that our once lively dialog has degenerated  - 
with only a couple of recent exceptions  -   into the occasional 
commercial announcement or off-topic interruption.  Let's rev this 
conversation up again!  Has anybody gone anywhere interesting?  Are 
there any new designs out there?  How does the high power tunnel hull 
vs wide stance slender hull 'competition' stand?  There must be a 
gazillion upgrades, fixes and patches out there among our remaining 
'readers,' so 'fess up guys, what's going on aboard your boat?  To 
put my keyboard where my boast is, I will describe tomorrow the huge 
electric upgrade completed last week, the day after some cogent 
comments on the Raritan 'Hold 'N Treat' system (minus the cuss words 
from my yard manager), and if others can re-engage and join in I'll 
share a bunch of other stuff that has happened recently.  At the 
least, I can troll a bunch of provocative statements...

Sadly, missing our once vibrant discussions,
Gary Bell
Stray Cat, PDQ 34 hull # 012, lying at home berth, Scappoose, Oregon.

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I strongly endorse Gary's view on off-topic messages and heartily 
support his desire to see lively discourse return to Power Catamaran 
World.

--Georgs
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Georgs Kolesnikovs
   Power Catamaran World
   http://www.powercatamaranworld.com