The ongoing thread about anchor rode got me wondiering what it is about anchors, rode, and the number of engines that make these topics so controversial?
What is it about those three things in particular that can generate a 600-post thread?
I don't see it happen on any other topic outside of OTDE. For example, I strongly prefer Icom radios and Furuno radar over the other brands. But when I see a post from someone extolling the virtues of Standard Horizon or Raymarine, I have no urge to leap in and defend Icom and Furuno.
Or how about rope? Now there's something that every one of us deals with in important ways every time we take our boats out. But I don't see impassioned exchanges over the virtues of New England Rope vs.Samson rope (made in Washington and our personal preference).
So why do we shrug off opposing opinions about electronics, which posess WAY more aspects and features to like or dislike, or rope, the quality and properties of which I assume are greatly affected by how and where it's made, but we leap to our keyboards if someone says a bad word about our favorite lump of pointy metal or disses the number of engines our boat happened to come with?
What is it about those three things in particular that can generate a 600-post thread?
I don't see it happen on any other topic outside of OTDE. For example, I strongly prefer Icom radios and Furuno radar over the other brands. But when I see a post from someone extolling the virtues of Standard Horizon or Raymarine, I have no urge to leap in and defend Icom and Furuno.
Or how about rope? Now there's something that every one of us deals with in important ways every time we take our boats out. But I don't see impassioned exchanges over the virtues of New England Rope vs.Samson rope (made in Washington and our personal preference).
So why do we shrug off opposing opinions about electronics, which posess WAY more aspects and features to like or dislike, or rope, the quality and properties of which I assume are greatly affected by how and where it's made, but we leap to our keyboards if someone says a bad word about our favorite lump of pointy metal or disses the number of engines our boat happened to come with?