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by aptanet
Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: otter 608
Replies: 2
Views: 6700

Re: otter 608

Hi Dave, and welcome to the forum. When I set this up I did some similar searching and found little if any information about Otter sailing dinghies. I did manage to find two threads on other forums and a single web page with some specifications. Sadly the web page was on Geocities, so has vanished n...
by aptanet
Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:56 am
Forum: Webmasters
Topic: We're back, and forum software
Replies: 3
Views: 16092

Re: We're back, and forum software

This seems as good a spot on these forums as any to put an apology up for the increased amount of spam, much of it again increasingly unpleasant. It seems that the spammers have finally caught up on the internet arms race where webmasters want to create an area for visitors to interact without too m...
by aptanet
Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:02 pm
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: Otter, original brochure
Replies: 14
Views: 25955

Re: Otter, original brochure

You're right Derek, and it has now been deleted, along with the user account that posted it. Unfortunately I've been far too busy to keep up with new posts here, even work has had to take a back seat for a while. Thankfully the effort of deleting spam posts has much reduced since I upgraded the foru...
by aptanet
Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:27 pm
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: Help!
Replies: 1
Views: 5216

Re: Help!

I don't know who would supply one, and I'm not entirely sure how standard they may be - as I understand it there is more than one rig variation for an Otter. There's a good chance you can replace with a new matching pair of fittings from a suitable chandler I would have thought though. Of course I'm...
by aptanet
Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:15 pm
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: Otter, original brochure
Replies: 14
Views: 25955

Re: Otter, original brochure

Hi, and welcome to the forums. It is a little quiet in here on the whole, but there has been the odd burst of activity. I've just updated the look of the site a bit, which was pretty much the default for the software used following a major upgrade recently. I've also noticed that there may be some p...
by aptanet
Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:27 am
Forum: PLSA
Topic: Merry Christmas & updates please
Replies: 0
Views: 21878

Merry Christmas & updates please

First off I'd like to wish anyone who has popped by here a very Merry Christmas. That is of course assuming you've popped by only shortly after I posted this. If not I hope you had a good Christmas :) Now I have you all in a good mood, it's time to ask a favour. If you could check that the informati...
by aptanet
Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:18 am
Forum: Webmasters
Topic: We're back, and forum software
Replies: 3
Views: 16092

Re: We're back, and forum software

Well, having decided that I really had to do something about the sheer amount of (increasingly unpleasant) spam that was arriving on here I gave in and enabled the visual confirmation feature on registering. A quick tip here for anyone else using phpBB (version 2.x, although no doubt it may well app...
by aptanet
Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:25 pm
Forum: KYOA
Topic: Kingfisher 20 plus forehatch hinges
Replies: 1
Views: 12066

Kingfisher 20 plus forehatch hinges

Does anyone know where I could get hold of new hinges for the forehatch on my Kingfisher 20 plus? This may sound like an odd question since hinges are quite easy to get hold of, but I've not found any where the holes match up. I have considered filling in the existing holes and making new ones, but ...
by aptanet
Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: Webmasters
Topic: We're back, and forum software
Replies: 3
Views: 16092

We're back, and forum software

Well we've actually been back for a while now, but I thought I'd mention it in this post anyway! One thing that was bugging me before these forums went off line, and has caused even more hassle since they've come back on line, is the amount of spam posts. These are increasingly now of a somewhat les...
by aptanet
Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:07 am
Forum: Webmasters
Topic: This forum needs publicising!
Replies: 1
Views: 12934

It does indeed. I did try a bit locally when I first started the site, but there was no real interest. I've left it here in the hope that it picks up, but haven't really pushed advertising since I've not had the time to get the main site going properly yet! Skin wise, it is the Helius one, which I t...
by aptanet
Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:57 pm
Forum: KYOA
Topic: KYOA
Replies: 4
Views: 17018

There is, but it is pretty quiet here it has to be said! Personally I'm rushed of my feet in non-sailing related directions (mainly work). With any luck things will improve so I can get the boat ready for the water and some good sailing in this year.
by aptanet
Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:29 pm
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: Welcome
Replies: 1
Views: 13146

For anyone watching this topic for the discussion that was here, I've split it out into a new "Getting Started" topic so that new visitors to the forum can spot it easily. I should have remembered to lock the Welcome message really :oops:
by aptanet
Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:32 am
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: Getting started
Replies: 8
Views: 14874

Re: Otter rig

What Rig do you have? I could probobly rig mine at the w/e but I would need your email to send the pictures to you. My boat has a bermuden rig but the gunter rig should be the same. I've been thinking of doing the same after a similar request for details on rigging on another forum (I can't remembe...
by aptanet
Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:17 pm
Forum: Webmasters
Topic: Ad free Opera
Replies: 0
Views: 20703

Ad free Opera

This has been the case for a month or so now, but I thought I'd update the information here to note that the free version of Opera is now free of adverts. This pretty much makes the donation programme a non event. It is still worth getting a copy though, if only to check your site works in it. Inter...
by aptanet
Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:15 pm
Forum: Otter Dinghy
Topic: Getting started
Replies: 8
Views: 14874

Good luck with the lessons, there's a good sailing school just next door to my own sailing club - the Portsmouth Outdoor Centre http://www.portsmouthoutdoor.co.uk/ , but that's a whole extra harbour along the coast from you! I've been sailing all my life and find that there's a good deal of withdraw...