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Announce: Kayak Forum Almost to Legal Drinking Age *PIC*
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 2/17/2018, 10:36 am

I've designated March 11, 1997 as the birthday of the KayakForum. I'm usually away at Canoecopia on that day, so I thought I would post something now that I'm thinking of it.

Thanks to all of you who continue to make this a great community. I started this on a whim when the internet was still young and impressionable, not knowing what to expect. That it is still going 21 years later is a testament to the generosity of everyone who post here, sharing your knowledge and experiences is what keeps this community alive when many have faded away.

We have recently been receiving a fair amount of spam, which I try to eliminate as soon as I can. I sometimes don't get to it as soon as I would like. If end up opening a spam post, you can reply to it with the subject SPAM and save others the annoyance of reading it.

I just did a plot of the postings over time. The graph below show the number of messages per week. I guess I've lost about 75,000 messages from the 2004-2008 time frame. I may still have them on the server somewhere, but I haven't had the time to look.

As you can see, traffic has been on a decline for awhile, but we are averaging about 46 messages a week for the past year, which in the age of FaceBook and Snapchat is very good.

Maybe someday I'll decide its not worth maintaining this forum, but as long as you continue to participate and find it useful, I am glad I can provide a civil little corner of the internet for kayak builders.

Messages In This Thread

Announce: Kayak Forum Almost to Legal Drinking Age *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/17/2018, 10:36 am
Thanks Uncle Nickky *NM*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/17/2018, 10:47 am
Thanks for a wonderful and useful resource *NM*
Howie II -- 2/17/2018, 5:06 pm
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bob borovicka -- 2/17/2018, 5:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/17/2018, 5:32 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 2/17/2018, 7:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2018, 11:56 pm
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J Van Buren -- 2/18/2018, 7:56 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/18/2018, 9:10 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/18/2018, 11:03 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 2/18/2018, 4:51 pm
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JayBabina -- 2/18/2018, 5:20 pm
drank right away
mick allen -- 2/18/2018, 7:47 pm
Re: drank right away
ddaniels -- 2/19/2018, 7:58 am
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Scott Innes -- 2/25/2018, 6:35 pm