I’ve just discovered a place in cyberspace that has improved my quality of life. In an earlier post, and in my introductory video, I admitted to feeling homesick for the old days when yachts and yachting occupied most of my life outside working hours. Now I have found a way to renew my membership.
Yachting and Boating World has a section with links to not only their own forum, but fora for other IPC magazines. That is a wonderful resource for me – I can answer (or at least, offer opinions on) other people’s questions, generally browse around in my usual butterfly fashion, or post my own questions.
The great thing is that I know exactly what these people are talking about. I know many of the boats and harbours they discuss. Occasionally (because there are a few old salts there as well as younger folk) I even knew the people they’re talking about. That’s a wonderful feeling, but I got a fright when I started writing this post: my broadband link went down. Like all reasonable fora, the YBW ones have a rule that if you want to drop links to your own sites in your forum posts you should return the favour. There are some forums I wouldn’t mind being kicked out of, but not these.
