Todd, I have your email and I'm writing you a message, but John- it's watertoyz at ???
I'm Greg at ElectricSeas dot org or ffmagellan at gmail dot com, funny all this ID paranoia!
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> From: John Paramore <watertoyz@...>
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 2:37 pm
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Electric boating association in the US?
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> I'd say the site's flying on autopilot. It has lists that note recent
> EBA events and lists a near future upcoming marathon, but the site
> seems a bare-bones operation at best.
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> The parent-Organization http://www.electric-boat-association.org.uk/
> by comparison is a cascade of information and links, but no longer
> links to EBAA.
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> In the early '90s after Ken Matthews started EBAA I was on the board.
> The initial website was simple and pretty plain because the talent
> and toys to set up a site were missing and a mystery then. The
> current site's much tighter in layout and production value, but it
> looks to me like a beacon of sorts aimed at testing membership
> potential.
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> The listed email address is a commercial ISP, so if it's no longer
> valid you should be getting a bounce message. Not getting a response
> could mean anything from indifferent check-ins to demise of the
> owner. I'd try leaving a message on the contact phone number.
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> On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:24 AM, ffmagellan02 wrote:
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> > Hello everyone,
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> > I just went electric with my Bristol 32 sailboat and it was the
> > best thing I ever did. Without a doubt, installing an Asmo Marine
> > Thoosa 9000 system on my boat, Intrepid, improved everything about
> > my sailing experience. I am now a true believer that electric is
> > definitely the way to go on the water- especially for auxiliary
> > power on a sailboat. I'm sure we all agree, and that's why we
> > joined, right?
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> > I'm just wondering, if anyone knows please tell me, is there an
> > active Electric Boating Association of America? The EBAA website
> > doesn't look like it is updated. I tried to contact them through
> > the email on the website, to join but never got a response. It
> > would seem that the EBAA, as a registered nonprofit would be in the
> > best position to be our industry/ community's advocate and host
> > things like a news blog for electric boating related news, have a
> > collection of resources and a dedicated forum that anyone can join.
> > What do you think, is this something that we need?
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> > I've been thinking lately that as wonderful as electric power is
> > for boats, we really need to get the word out. Electric power for
> > boats still hasn't gone totally mainstream and taken over
> > combustion yet, but maybe with the way the world is now, and how
> > practical we're showing it to be... maybe it's time?
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