How long have you been using this Forum?

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Aaahhh - the 90s........

You weren't 'Monty the Mountie' or 'Von Thadden' by any chance ?

The old forum was a lot of fun, not forgetting 'Trouville' of course.....

Anyone else 'sadly missed' ?????

I remember certain characters, with very dogmatic views, arguing for weeks about very little, and getting pretty nasty with each other. The arguments were hilarious. naturally, I was very impartial. For a while, I was signing in as Nutcracker

[Litotes]

Fron the very beginning of the site - can't remember when that was now - 94 could be right.

Shorn

That's about it. I can date it fairly accurately by the current age of of a child born to another long standing poster couple of years after I first started to read, and, occasionally, post on, the forum.

[FullCircle]

November 2003 from memory, prepare to edit when this is posted.
I was asking about MB2/50 Engines.....and became a reference knowledge. I still get requests for spares and info.

[Doineann]

My memory is going, but I think I remember posting on a compuserve sailing forum back in the early 90s

[LadyInBed]

Joined just after I got my current boat in 2000
Certainly around for this http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2217 in Yarmouth, we even got a write up in PBO.
I see in those days you could post as a Guest as Nigel Luther wasn't registered.

PBO/Scuttlebutt Forum Meet - Boat and Crew Listings

People / CrewBoat	Name		From		Call Sign

Nigel & Svetlana	Sunrider 25	Superanne	Hayling Is, Chichester			MXCP9	
Carl & ??	Colvic 26	Cider and Black	Portsmouth				
Simon & Karen	Challenger 35	Blustery Day	Newport, IoW				
Colin & Urszula Deborah & (Simba)	Freeman 30	Kahawi	Bray-on-Thames			2-WDH	
Martin & Pat	Westerly Ocean	Blue Chip	Haslar, Gosport				
Hugh & Marian	Arcadia 29	Elad 11	Port Solent			MFNS9	
Andy & Louise - (Saffron & Tara)	Westerly Fulmar	Aspire of Brixham	Lymington Y.Haven			MKHB5	
Mark & Ruth	Elizabethan 31	Elizabeth Bonaventure	Haslar, Gosport			MZGN	
Nigel Baker	Colvic Countess 33	Lady in Red	Wareham				
Ian & Cindy Grant, (Megan & Lizzie)	Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 32.2	Taiyo	Northney Marina				
Graham & Madeline	Roamer 36	M.Y.Foolish Heart	Southampton			2CET

[john_morris_uk]

03-07-92. My tenth anniversary is approaching fast... Mrs Morris says the answer to how long have I been on YBW is TOO LONG!!

[landlockedpirate]

I think I started somewhere between 1996 and 98, but under my real name (We were very niave about the internet back then). Even without photos or links it was an amazing resource for all things boaty, and even better resource for stories about bogs

[PaulJS]

Blimey, it's nearly 5 years since I started my first thread... I was asking about MacWester Wights then as well!
At least I've done some sailing since then, and am several steps nearer to getting my own yacht - a Wight!