Link to Yot Blog from User Profile?

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Reading Superstrath's recent posting about his drive leg had me wondering what he sailed. His profile gave no clues. Maybe he has a Yot Blog? Whizzed down through the index till I was dizzy, didn't find anything, maybe there isn't one.

Silkie obviously provides a link to his Yot Blog in his signature, but in general, I just wondered how easy it would be to add another line in the Forum User Profile.

Just in case the WebMaster discovers a clock with 26 hours in a day !!

Ash

[Telo]

Prout Snowgoose 37. It's a lovely boat, and was privileged to sail on it last December. Was sorry to read about the prop leg - must be a right scunner, particularly as he's been doing a fair bit of work on her. Superstrath re-rigged her over the winter. She points well and goes like the proverbial off a shovel.

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Prout Snowgoose 37

Thanks Shard.

Thought she might be a cat. Yes, I would imagine that she is fast - multihulls are in a different league - non of this lugging tonnes of lead/cast iron around. Just read Race Against Time by Ellen Macarthur, and boat speed relative to wind speed seem incredible to a 27' monohull owner.

Ash

[Silkie]

I just wondered how easy it would be to add another line in the Forum User Profile.

Why not just use the website field? Are you thinking of starting a blog? Or doing one already which I've missed?

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Why not just use the website field?

That would work. What I meant was - for instance, if I read a posting by you, I could find out more about you/your boat by following your link to your blog. Not the case with most posters.

Are you thinking of starting a blog? Or doing one already which I've missed?

I put together some rubbish last year. I'm tempted to start a new one this year, but the standards set by yourself and others are pretty high. My access used to be through the Public Library, which was pretty limiting but I now have laptop and broadband at home. I may write up my log in Word for a while before deciding to commit to a blog.

This is my link ( I can't remember how to hide the URL behind a word like you do ! )

http://www.yotblog.com/Mistral2005/

Ash

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Just did a Google search on 'Superstrath', and first three links were YBM, Bluemoment, Bluemoment ! Doesn't work for Ash, or Silkie though.

[Silkie]

Ash and Silkie are slightly more common terms than Superstrath.

I keep meaning to ask Nick how to improve the searchability of my blog but he's such a busy man these days I don't like to trouble him. I'd like it to do better on a search for "Hurley 22" which is one I use myself from time to time (to see what's new) and which mostly brings up boats for sale, links to pictures of Liz Hurley and a paper on zinc deficiency in rats.

I enjoyed your piece about Loch Lomond but I'd thought it was a one-off and had missed the My Rig entry. Sailing in company or on other boats of the same type is always educational.

You should keep the blog going. I just write about (most of) what happens and try to keep it honest (since this is what I like to read from others) without worrying about it's literary merits. If I was to compare my blog entry with tcm's CC write-up I'd never touch the keyboard again.

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I'd like it to do better on a search for "Hurley 22"

You should keep the blog going.

Your origional Machurley22 works well on the old Google search.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Ash