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05-01-2020, 12:32 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Sidney, BC
Country: Canada
Vessel Name: Currently Boatless
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 32
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Grand Banks forum
Anyone else not able to log into the other GB Owners forum?
Get error message;
The specified username is currently inactive. If you have problems activating your account, please contact a board administrator.
Have sent numerous emails to administrator over last months without response.
Created another account. Same result.
Problem the with the server is likely.
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05-01-2020, 01:12 PM
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Guru
City: Vallejo, California
Country: United States
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,857
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I can log in ok. After nine years, I had to recently “join again” as their system couldn’t find me! That web site has slowed in popularity and administration maintenance in recent years. However, its data base is a wealth of info on GB boats.
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Ray
"Mahalo Moi"
1986 GB-42 Classic
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑβΕ
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05-01-2020, 01:16 PM
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Guru
City: Narragansett Bay
Country: New England
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 962
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I just got on.
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05-01-2020, 04:58 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Sidney, BC
Country: Canada
Vessel Name: Currently Boatless
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 32
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Yes lots of archived info. But can't access it without logging in.
Not much activity, probably due to new members unable to complete registration process.
I created a new member profile.
Still waiting weeks for acknowledgement email so i can log in.
Could someone log in and go to bottom of main page and contact a TEAM member and alert them to problem.
Can't contact a TEAM unless logged in...
I use same name on both forums.
Thanks
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05-01-2020, 05:03 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Port Hope
Country: Canada
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 33
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This issue was discussed a number of months ago. Seems like problem is still outstanding. Interestingly, any one can read the posts but you can't view pictures unless you're a member.
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05-01-2020, 05:42 PM
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Guru
City: Boston
Country: US
Vessel Name: Adelante
Vessel Model: IG 30
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 797
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Same problem. I gave up. Not a lot of activity on it so wasn't worth the aggravation.
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05-02-2020, 04:10 AM
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Guru
City: Jupiter, Florida
Country: United States
Vessel Name: Black Eyed Susan
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 42' Classic
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,460
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The wait for admin approval has always been the case. We are all so used to instantaneous internet access, responses, etc. that it is irritating. I believe there is on admin but not sure. If you own an older GB it is absolutely worth the wait and people do answer the posts.
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BLACK EYED SUSAN
Grand Banks 42 Classic
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05-02-2020, 03:53 PM
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Member
City: Henderson Harbor
Country: USA
Vessel Name: NorthStar
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36 Classic #502, JD Anmarine 404
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 7
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If I am not mistaken, John Shannahan from the Oxford Yacht Agency at Dickerson Harbor down on the Chesapeake started the website. I am not sure of his involvement with it now a days, but the site is a reflection of his love for and knowledge of the Grand Banks. I have had a few conversations with him myself about my boat, which he had built, imported, and stocked some 44 years ago.
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05-03-2020, 11:28 PM
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Guru
City: Gulf Islands
Country: canada
Vessel Name: MissStress
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 910
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Bob Lowe is running what he can, when he can. He cannot seem to fix the site so when you do become a member you can see the pictures. post is a waste of time as no one seems to be aware a post was made.
I asked the same questions months ago and admin here does not like you talking about another forum and will soon delete this thread too.
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SteveK
You only need one working engine.
That is why I have two.
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05-04-2020, 12:52 AM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Country: USA
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 10,201
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Some 6 years ago I logged in as a newbie on GB forum. Lap top immediately got a nasty virus. Soon thereafter, I read on this forum there was a virus on theirs. Haven't tried since. Hope the GB forum stays up and running for GB owners.
Dead Forum Circumstance:
For years there was a great Tollycraft Forum with many active contributors and a search feature where oodles of knowledge was stored. The Tolly forum was old school format; but it worked really well. Then... Tollycraft Club execs decided to "modernize" Tolly Forum. End result - Due to some BIG BoBo... Every piece of info was lost for eternity. Many of us tried to locate the posts and reboot the site. All to no avail. Tollycraft Forum never started again.
Soooo... I say... Enjoy it while we got it - regarding this wonderful Trawler Forum!
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05-04-2020, 06:09 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Port Hope
Country: Canada
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Soo-Valley
Bob Lowe is running what he can, when he can. He cannot seem to fix the site so when you do become a member you can see the pictures. post is a waste of time as no one seems to be aware a post was made.
I asked the same questions months ago and admin here does not like you talking about another forum and will soon delete this thread too.
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Thanks for the update. The main reason I wanted to join was to view pictures that others had posted regarding dog ramps. Our 60 lb dog will need something to assist boarding from the swim platform.
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05-04-2020, 10:34 AM
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Guru
City: Pender Harbour, BC
Country: Canada
Vessel Name: Gwaii Haanas
Vessel Model: Custom Aluminum 52
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,474
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Bob Lowe was a very knowledgeable GB repair guy but an opinionated a$$hole who used the site as his own personal soapbox. He alienated almost all the good moderators and banned a lot of us who posted regularly. Many posters just endured it because Lowe really did know his stuff. But myself, Frode and a couple of others moved on. It doesn’t surprise me that its deteriorated but there is a sad loss of knowledge with its demise.
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05-04-2020, 12:31 PM
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Guru
City: Vallejo, California
Country: United States
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,857
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsbank
Bob Lowe was a very knowledgeable GB repair guy but an opinionated a$$hole who used the site as his own personal soapbox. He alienated almost all the good moderators and banned a lot of us who posted regularly. Many posters just endured it because Lowe really did know his stuff. But myself, Frode and a couple of others moved on. It doesn’t surprise me that its deteriorated but there is a sad loss of knowledge with its demise.
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Bob Lowe is a right-winger, you’re a left-winger. The two of you are members of fringes that refuse to meet in the middle. So relations, of two otherwise smart individuals, never find compromise. Bitterness of the fringes have given us the world we live in today.
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Ray
"Mahalo Moi"
1986 GB-42 Classic
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑβΕ
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05-04-2020, 07:54 PM
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Guru
City: Jupiter, Florida
Country: United States
Vessel Name: Black Eyed Susan
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 42' Classic
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,460
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Just wish there was a way to mine all of the information and save it in one form or another. It was fairly active, not like TF or anything but still ok, when I bought our boat 3 years ago. It does seem to have slowed down significantly since then. As for Bob, as long as he helped me find where I could purchase that rare used single-phase supersonic flux capacitor in GB beige and Corinthian leather trim that I needed for the aft stateroom....I didn't care who he voted for.
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Hal
BLACK EYED SUSAN
Grand Banks 42 Classic
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05-04-2020, 08:08 PM
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Guru
City: Pender Harbour, BC
Country: Canada
Vessel Name: Gwaii Haanas
Vessel Model: Custom Aluminum 52
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,474
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Hell’s bells I am definitely not left wing. Hand me my ammo Billy.
The difference is that I think I can think...
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05-04-2020, 10:10 PM
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Guru
City: Gulf Islands
Country: canada
Vessel Name: MissStress
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 910
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsbank
Hell’s bells I am definitely not left wing. Hand me my ammo Billy.
The difference is that I think I can think...
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Don't believe everything you can think 
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SteveK
You only need one working engine.
That is why I have two.
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05-04-2020, 11:37 PM
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Senior Member
City: Long Beach
Country: USA
Vessel Name: Checkmate
Vessel Model: GB 42
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 110
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I tried to sign up for the Grand Banks forum a year ago. I never got confirmation of my request and never got an answer from admin there. I think the site must be largely abandoned.
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05-05-2020, 01:01 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 10,927
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggitoni
Bitterness of the fringes have given us the world we live in today.
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Poetry! Sadly, it`s true.
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