2017 resolution, CSBB in the crosshairs

[Jeremy McGeary]

When World Publications decided to change Cruising World's Cruisers BB to the same format as all its other magazines' BBs, this BB put up a fight -- and Phil stepped in to save our sandbox.

I just paid a brief visit to TSBB and it looks as tho it would work for me . . . but I don't post spectacular photo essays like Tom does.

 

[Mary Lou]

Is slower than it used to be but there have been a some new members. I've been hanging around CWBB, CSBB and TSBB since the late 1990s and suspect that social media and a general drop off in boating are the causes. There is a cameraderie and friendliness on both boards that is rare anywhere. I do think the type of threading has allowed that to happen. If they went away, I don't think the software would be the cause

 

[TomY]

There's nothing you can do about losing posters that stop sailing and go onto something else. But, you can gain new members like the CSBB used to do.

But not anymore. The CSBB is isolated due to the format that results in an obscure location on SBO; the format can be mended to connect to the main forums. When was the last time we saw a new face in here?

Thanks for the compliment. It's easier in fact to do a photo/journal piece on the the other forums. I don't need a remote photo server of my own and can upload photos right on the same page. Looking at the first posts on Trailer Sailer, someone has knit photos and text having to do with paint.

I've used the newer forums for long enough so I don't miss the threaded capability. The one thing I do like about this format is that you don't have the cut and paste ability. Too many on the main sailing forums. (SBO, Sailnet, Cruising Anarchy, Woodenboat), abuse the ease that you can barf text all over the page, then add their two words at the bottom. The new forums are not perfect and in fact, I believe they could improve to increase traffic.

But to not have moved forward with the tech, we're down to our smallest participation, and the trend will obviously continue.

 

[TomY]

I'm anonymous there and on other forums(my name is plastered around the web enough) as Tom3(I think). People know each other there. It's a good thing to have a box with a photo or whatever so you can identify someone. Just the other day I had to figure out who "John" was, here. I'm still not sure which one I was talking to.

Woodenboat is antiquated with no photo uploader of any value and a limit of 5 photos. They don't take care of the site and upgrade. The magazine hasn't discovered or seen a value to the forum. It's full of great info for me with boat work. But there is little to no sailing content. In fact, sailing content is thin everywhere.

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?218547-Winter-Daydream

 

[Charlie Jones s/v Tehani]

Plus one for cruising the Sea of Cortez. Some are barely used, but some are busy

 

[RBG]

I got lost in the great pics there..