Gary, I respect your choice to leave this forum if you really wish, but I feel responsible to point out that you are basing your choice on misinformation. Greg is a good friend of mine - still today, and so he will remain - but his memory is rather convenient at times. He was offered, at my insistence and Bill's ready agreement, the same Admin role I have on this board. But he wanted nothing to do with it. The new format would have come a year earlier, but out of respect for Greg's wishes I joined him in telling Bill no thanks. Furthermore, if you reread the Stuberg thread you will find that Greg was among the first to "pile on", but changed his tone after Stuberg blew a little smoke.
I have nothing against anyone's choice of boat, but I am not inclined to participate in a wide open discussion forum. I have a membership in THT that is rarely used, and looked at a few of the others and didn't even bother joining. Inasmuch as the personality of this forum is appreciated by an overwhelming number of the members here, and I own the damn thing and like it as much as they all do, there is no sense in my entertaining any notion of changing it. I am sorry if you or others find it too constrictive.
Gary, I am rather intuitive with respect to the written word, and have a usually accurate ability to see beyond the words and sense a bit about the writer himself. It's more of a curse, I think, than a talent. My take on you is that you are not nearly as gruff as sometimes your words would have one believe. You are a very honest person - a straight-shooter even though it is often from the hip - and probably someone I would get along with pretty well on the dock or the fishing deck. If we got to know one another fairly well, I would probably be inclined to visit once in a while. But if when I came to your home I insisted on parking my truck in your garage, wouldn't you tire of that (even though the truck is a Dodge)? Maybe the analogy doesn't fit all that well, but it is much the same on this virtual home of mine. Anyone is welcome to visit, but don't ask me to change my comfort level to accommodate what someone thinks I should like.
Greg is a very smart man, and eventually he will see some more of the truth beyond what is being said. But for the time being, the link to his site is going to be removed from our front page because it really has become an online advertisement for a brand of boat that is not our focus and for a dealer who is using Greg's good graces.
I don't think any of the Moderators here are going to remove your membership, but if you wish it to be, I believe you have the ability in your Profile to do it yourself. I hope you choose not to.
Mike