Cruiser Log Forum

Children's education while living aboard.
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9542

Exercise at sea
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3034

Cheering up the crew
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4144

YBW Forums

PWC in the wrong? But what about the yachts?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2012849/an/0/page/0#2012849

Collision Regulations. Is it illegal to create a wash?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2012338/an/0/page/0#2012338

Volvo Ocean Racing Online Game
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2012209/an/0/page/1#2012209

Not all lines lead aft! Excellent pictures
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2013117/an/0/page/0#2013117

Yachts and Yachting Forum

Boat Sellers beware. Buying Scam
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4044&PN=1

Seahorse Sailor of the month. At 75 doesn't he deserve this award?
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4602&PN=1

16 stone sailor looking for a single-handed sailing dinghy.
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4345&PN=1

Choosing a boat for kids. The Laser Bug
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4568&PN=1

Cruiser Log Forum

Ship Sonic Antifouling system
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8025

Sailing with Cats?
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7121

2008 ARC Entries
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9722

Caribbean Marina's for liveaboards
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8920

Sailing Anarchy Forum

100kts?
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=79485

Fatal Motoboat / Sailing Boat Collision
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=79421

Laser SB3 Worlds
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=78858

J35 for Coastal Cruising?
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=78944

YBW Forums

Unsuccessful Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2012105/an/0/page/0#2012105

Can all sailing boats dry out against a harbour wall?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2011695/an/0/page/0#2011695

Introducing YBW's new Sailing Havens Interactive site
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2011037/an/0/page/1#2011037

Skipper dies in Med Regatta
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2006490/an/0/page/1#2006490

Wooden Boat Forum

1600's Coastal Trader Launched
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85473

New build - Rangeley
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82502

Wooden Boat Forum Challenge
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73824

Trailer Sailor for Nantucket Sound
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85396

Yachts and Yachting Forum

Keelboats for lightweights
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4204&PN=1

Projection 762
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2423&PN=1

Beginners Forum. Use of Daggerboard
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4653&PN=1

Olympic Racing. New Zealand to join Team GB
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4619&PN=1

Cruisers Log Sailing Forum

Multihull in heavy weather
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9608

Gunboat - The Ultimate Cruisers?
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4397

Diesel Engine's Exhaust Colour
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9248

Stresses of a cruising life.
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9886

YBW Scuttlebutt

Boating Christmas Presents for Dad
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2007001/an/0/page/0#2007001

Survey required for insurance on boat
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2006827/an/0/page/0#2006827

Punishment at Sea!
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2006614/an/0/page/0#2006614

Winters Coming
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2006558/an/0/page/1#2006558

You see a Mayday situation but you are ashore
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2005752/an/0/page/1#2005752

Yachts and Yachting Forum

A long photo thread but with some great pictures.
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=382&PN=1

A discussion about the Olympic Finn Dinghy Portmouth Yardstick Handicap
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4685&PN=1

UK Winter Dinghy Events Series and Open Meetings
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4683&PN=1

Tacking Sticks. What are they?
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4677&PN=1

Sailing Anarchy Forum

Music to broach by!
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=78006

America's Cup Future at Stake
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=79257

Aussie Flying Tiger Association?
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=30002

Performance Cat 30-40ft. Suitable for cruising.
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=55997

Bluemoment

Where is this? What is this?
http://www.bluemoment.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3903

The English North / South Sailing Divide
http://www.bluemoment.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3414

Pontoons in the Dark. Look for the limericks.
http://www.bluemoment.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3717

Rocna Anchors now available in the UK.
http://www.bluemoment.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3625

Cruisers Log

Q2 08 Piracy Report
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9108

Where is the best place to take a Yachtmaster course?
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9596

Another Cruising Sailor shot dead in Venezuela
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10208

Circumnavigating Yacht Blogs & Websites
http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3612

Cruisers Forum

Talk like a Pirate Day!
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f80/talk-like-a-pirate-day-19540.html

Jaguar 36 coming back
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f48/jaguar-36-coming-back-18070.html

Sailing from Vancouver to California. Advice Wanted!
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f23/advice-needed-sailing-from-vancouver-island-bc-to-california-in-oct-2008-a-19295.html

Cruising in Belize
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f19/belize-cruising-16541.html

YBW Liveaboard's

Composting Marine Toilets!
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2003585/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD

Liveaboard a Bavaria 39 yacht?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2000373/an/0/page/1#2000373

A question of Seamanship
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1997208/an/0/page/2#1997208

What happened to Trouville?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1999777/an/0/page/1#1999777

YBW Classic Boats

How to make a grabhandle
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2000651/an/0/page/0#2000651

Saw Stop - Safety Device designed to prevent electrocution
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2000582/an/0/page/0#2000582

Restoration of a 1937 Cutter
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2003026/an/0/page/0#2003026

Making a wooden rudder
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1991699/an/0/page/1#1991699

YBW Motor Boats Forum

Laying up for the winter
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004773/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD

British Police lease boats from Royal National Lifeboat Institution
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004310/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD

Forum Philosophy
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004151/page/1/fpart/all/vc/1/nt/1

Weekend Cruising Log with pictures
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2003750/an/0/page/1/gonew/1#UNREAD

YBW Scuttlebut

Why do sailing boats motor everywhere?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004753/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD

Boats that don't have navigation tables
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004615/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD

Do boats really need a log?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004126/page/1/fpart/1/vc/1/nt/2

Buying a good boat on a £10k budget
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2003644/page/2/fpart/1/vc/1/nt/4

YBW Practical Boat Owners Forum

A useful discussion about Eberspacher boat heating systems
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004630/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD

A discussion about fitting a new Yanmar 1GM engine
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004273/an/0/page/1/gonew/1#UNREAD

Electric Outboard or not?
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004573/an/0/page/1/gonew/1#UNREAD

A post about bleeding fuel systems on Yanmar engines
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2004261/an/0/page/1/gonew/1#UNREAD

Dinghy Sailing Magazine

A discussion about one or two hulls
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4478&PN=1

Next boat after an RS Feva?
http://www.dinghysailingmagazine.co.uk/forum/default.asp?topicid=55&fname=Everything+Dinghy&fid=4&tname=next+boat&d=189200818498

Not much else of note today on Dinghy Sailing Magazine's Forum.

Yachts and Yachting

On the Yachts and Yachting Forums today:

Kite surfing hits 49.84kts. The 50kt barrier is close!
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4681&PN=1

An interesting racing rules discussion
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4572&PN=1

A discussion about the Flying dutchman in the 70's
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4661&PN=1

A post with a handy link about varnishing!
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4478&PN=1

Sailing Anarchy Today

An interesting link about a power collision court case in the US: http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=72984

A discussion about Virtual Skipper
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=76913

An announcement about Melges 24 North Americans:
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=76153

A discussion about Louie's last regatta, a charitable event in the US.
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=76780

A lot of dross postings in there today!

Crusiers Forum

A Phillipines Anchorage
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f71/some-favorite-anchorages-pictorial-19688.html

Converting a racer to a cruiser
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/ex-racer-cruiser-am-i-mad-2654.html

Advantages of a multihull
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f48/advantages-of-a-multihull-sailboat-19656.html

Nude Sailing!
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f61/those-who-sail-nude-19336.html

Overview of Forums

Below is a list of the big 8 websites in the Sailing Forum world. Traffic ranking (in hit order) is from Alexa.com

1. Sailing Anarchy 34,672

One of the biggest sailing sites on the internet, Sailing Anarchy get most of its audience (58%) from the US. Heavily racing biased although it does have a forum area for cruisers. As an e-zine site as well, Sailing Anarchy has succeeded in building a succesful forum from traffic coming in to view information about racing and race results.

2. YBW 68,382

Big website serving virtually all corners of the yachting community from classic boats through to modern motorboats. Benefits from being led by some of the biggest publications in yachting such as Yachting World, Classic Boat, Motor Boats Monthly and Practical Boat Owner.

Many forum areas including some specialist forum areas. Not the most serious of forums and arguably generalist but it's wide user base means that questions can often be answered easily. Topics can sometimes get quite lively and interesting.

3. Cruisers Forum 114,579

With 16,000 members, Cruisers Forum offers more detailed focus and much greater depth. With specialist areas for Multihulls, Inboards, Tenders, Seamanship and so on. A good site for those with real sailing ambition who wish to get answers to questions and benefit in a more focused way from peoples knowledge.

4. Yachts and Yachting* 246,768

Long term favourite with the British UK dinghy and keelboat sailing public, Yachts and Yachting forum is one of the places to discuss dinghy sailing. Appears to be quite a young audience on the whole. It is a great site for learning and asking questions about dinghy and keelboat sailing.

5. Cruiser Log 604,000

As the name suggests, Cruiser Log with 5,000 members is there for the cruising yachtsman. With the usual array of practical, sailing, pub type forums it also has good regional forums, crew finders and offers users a Wiki option.

6. Blue Moment 950,000

Blue Moment is another useful resource. Relaxed and with an area that reports overdue / missing and other events useful to the true cruising sailor.

7. Dinghy Sailing Magazine 2,270,973

Dinghy Sailing Forum. Very focused. Not as busy as the Yachts and Yachting Forum

8. Go Sail 23,472,188

Relatively new kid on the block but I do like the style of the Go Sail site.

Welcome to Sailing Forum Watch

Welcome to my new concept site, Sailing Forum Watch.

Here I track the various sailing Forums, seeking out the hot topics and the interesting debates that ensue.

I track the following forums:

Cruisers Forum
Go Sail
YBW
Cruiserlog
Sailing Lnks
Bluemoment
Yachts and Yachting
Dinghy Sailing Magazine

This is a new idea for me so I will be trying out various approaches here in the early days. Comments very welcome!