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Please take a moment to read through this discussion if you are having trouble posting or have other basic questions about how our forum works. Here are some links to find more help about using the forum (if you don't find what you need in this discussion thread). Forum Rules Our support forum...

In the past day we've been working to update the forum to a new software platform and we've been offline. Welcome back! The new forum software is called Xenforo and there are some new features and functions. LOGIN CHANGE: Your account can be accessed by logging in with your e-mail address or...

We are finally ready to convert the forum to new software. To do this we'll need to close the forum. This is scheduled for April 2-3, beginning very early in the morning (subject to change if there are complications). There will be some noticeable changes upon returning to open: The forum...

In the coming days forum access via the mobile app will be discontinued and we wanted to make you aware of some other options so that your surfing won't be interrupted. Our forums software already has a mobile view with this same functionality. Use a browser to access the forum instead of the...

Thanks everyone for reporting the unsolicited private messages and spam on profiles today. We have this mostly cleaned up now and the accounts disabled. The private messages that you received will be deleted from your inboxes when the originator is being removed from the server. Thanks for...

Hi folks - Please update chrome at the very first opportunity if you have it installed on your PC/laptop (even if you are not regularly using chrome). An important security update patch was released by google on Friday and action is needed. News and info here...

We have had an increasing number of posts in this section of the forum that are wildly off topic, raising hackles and causing an unreasonable level of rancor. It has been disheartening to witness and has reduced the generally pleasant vibe of the Trawler Forum substantially. Most people have...

On Monday 9/28 our data center will be doing some updates and maintenance. They have notified us that our servers may be offline for some period*of time and that the maintenance*window is 4PM - 11PM EDT. We have little control over this and there*may be no noticeable*service interruption but I...

Please read carefully: Because of the very high interest and posting activity regarding COVID-19, the site team established this temporary new forum to contain all threads related to this topic. All Community Rules will be enforced in this forum and this forum has some special rules. Posts...

This week you will see a small change in the address bar of your browser as we move to an all SSL platform. (more reading here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS) For a long while now the forum login pages (where password info is passed) have been secure (httpS) but as noted by many, the rest...

Take a look at the images in this news report - https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/02/coast-guard-takes-on-giant-surf-in-epic-training-session Quite astonishing

This happened a day or so ago in my neck of the woods. 125 feet of lovely new boat vs. about 5 that were moored. VIDEO & PHOTOS: Yacht slams dock, damages vessels at Port Angeles Boat Haven | Peninsula Daily News

About two years ago we opened the OTDE forum as an extension of the harbor chat area. It was intended to isolate the most vitriolic and polarizing posts we had; those concerning politics, religion and gun rights. Folks were asked to opt in to participate and since that time we have stayed...

We are going to be doing a little more server work this Thursday and expect to be offline for about 15 mins beginning about 3 pm EDT (7:00 PM GMT). Thanks for understanding.

We are going to be doing some server maintenance on Tuesday Morning April 10 and expect to be offline for about 15 mins. Thanks for understanding.

You may notice today that the off topic forum (this one) has a new title and description: Harbor Chat: Friendly, professional, informal exchange of "NON-boating" topics. Political comments, weaponry and religious discussions are off-limits in this forum. This change more accurately reflects...

I wanted to let you know that in the next day or so you may see a small change to the site login screen. This is being done as we add an extra layer of security to usernames and passwords. The login pages, registration page and pages where you might update your account login info will be behind...

Over the next couple of days we are going to be making some changes to the site to improve security and stability and you may see some slow page loads as systems update. App users in particular may have trouble connecting until service providers and app installations update. There are some...

Hi Folks - We are going to be doing some server maintenance on Tuesday October 6th and expect to be offline for about an hour beginning about 10 PM Eastern time (2:00 AM, Wednesday GMT). Thanks for understanding. :flowers:

Saw this recently: https://vimeo.com/138465488 and started wondering what the heck he was doing going 148 mph in heavy fog?

We have a new feature to house documents, manuals and schematics and forms. The TF Library. Look for the link in the top right corner of the site or CLick here. Members can upload documents, add a short description and then other folks will be a able to browse and download as desired. this...

We have a new browsing option to view the site while on mobile devices. As you know the forum has a mobile app that you can download and use for mobile browsing but we now have a second option as well, with no download needed. The forum has a new mobile view that you can select or unselect...

I wanted to let you know that we had a server glitch today that caused some folks to receive an wrong password notice when they tried to login. It should be resolved now and no one has actually tried to hack into your accounts. It was entirely a goof on our part and you should be able to login...

We have a number of active forum members who are experts in the marine industry and they play an important role here. Often they have extremely insightful posts and regularly offer members the benefit of their expertise; we're really glad to have them here. Currently our industry "pros" aren't...