When I joined Sailnet as a 21 year old on a dial up modem who wanted to sail the world it was initially to ask a question or two about how to get my little boat sailing properly.
15 years later and forums, blogs and websites (Sailnet chiefly amongst them) have played a huge role in my growth as a sailor.
Lately however I find myself only drawn into controversial threads and in doing so i'm also starting to take everything and anything personally and well and truly to heart.
While there is great wisdom in the rough and tumble of forums I find I now struggle to count my participation as either comfortable or constructive.
In real life I am a dreamer, a pragmatic one to be sure but a dreamer none the less. The cynicism of forums( and it is true of them all IMHO) no matter how justified sits rather uncomfortably with me sometimes. Rather than this being a criticism of Sailnet it is more a statement of where I am at that I am deciding for a time at least to give forums etc a break and just go sailing.
We as a family are about to embark on a new chapter, an exciting chapter however we are making the decision to do this offline.
Some here may not like what we are doing next. Thats ok and it's best not to trouble them with it. I will continue to be accountable to the people who matter in my life for what matters.
So folks while we will be out there we will not be on here for a bit at least. If you are out there we look forward to meeting you having a beer and a chat.
15 years later and forums, blogs and websites (Sailnet chiefly amongst them) have played a huge role in my growth as a sailor.
Lately however I find myself only drawn into controversial threads and in doing so i'm also starting to take everything and anything personally and well and truly to heart.
While there is great wisdom in the rough and tumble of forums I find I now struggle to count my participation as either comfortable or constructive.
In real life I am a dreamer, a pragmatic one to be sure but a dreamer none the less. The cynicism of forums( and it is true of them all IMHO) no matter how justified sits rather uncomfortably with me sometimes. Rather than this being a criticism of Sailnet it is more a statement of where I am at that I am deciding for a time at least to give forums etc a break and just go sailing.
We as a family are about to embark on a new chapter, an exciting chapter however we are making the decision to do this offline.
Some here may not like what we are doing next. Thats ok and it's best not to trouble them with it. I will continue to be accountable to the people who matter in my life for what matters.
So folks while we will be out there we will not be on here for a bit at least. If you are out there we look forward to meeting you having a beer and a chat.
