Posted: October 02 2006 at 07:29 | IP Logged

Any members of the SRO board lurking around? Any ides what happened last night? I have some thoughts that Jeremy got fed up with some of the BS that was going on.  Dave S, Richard, are you there?? This sucks....

Frank (Impulse III)

Posted: October 02 2006 at 10:04 | IP Logged

I'm sure he got feed up with the garbage. I know I would have! Hope we hear something soon as his email said. It only takes a few to messup a great thing. I think Dave S summed it it in his post last night.  SRO is a great resource don't know how many tips I've picked up from it. Thanks everybody for the info and tips.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 11:14 | IP Logged

Sure caught me by surprise. He (Jeremy) just put all that effort into revamping the site so something mus have really ticked him off. What 'garbage' are you guys referring to? Something specific? And what was the gist of DaveS's post?

I sure hope this can be salvaged.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 12:04 | IP Logged

Hey Frank....I came "lurking" around after I got the email this morning......too bad about SRO......I sure do hope it is only a short term outage....

later,

dom

AKA OSD9

Posted: October 02 2006 at 16:49 | IP Logged

I sure hope he brings it back.  It was a great forum.  I know Jeremy had some difficulty with his new boat but I think they fixed everything to his satisfaction.

Widowmaker

Posted: October 02 2006 at 17:36 | IP Logged

I had only been an SRO member for a few months prior to buying my Sea Ray in September but it had already becme an invaluable resource.  Having access to that knowledge base was so helpful.  I too hope it returns soon.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 19:47 | IP Logged

Hey guys, glad to see that some of ya'll made the move.  I emailed Jeremy, well I replied to his email, asking what it would take for me to take over SRO.com.  There's just too much info, contacts, members, etc. to let it all go.  If anyone knows a direct email for him, please let him know and to contact me! 

Regards,

Jim Slack   code3racing@comcast.net   214.405.6352

Posted: October 02 2006 at 21:15 | IP Logged

Whew,

Thought I'd lost you guys!  I sent a note to Jeremy and to fwebster to find out what transpired.....I sure will miss the best boat board on the web if Jeremy doesn't get it back online.  Recommend we all e-mail as many SROers thatwe are in contact with and designate this as our temporary cyber transient dock.  I have fwebster, jlevin, ylwjacket, PN, Dancin Dave, FC3, and a few other e-mails and I will vector them here.

Frank, you coming to Solomons this weekend? 

regards,Skip

Posted: October 02 2006 at 21:28 | IP Logged

Slack. leave Jeremy alone.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 21:45 | IP Logged

SRO was a great information resource.  Thank you Jeremy for sponsoring the board.  Thanks also to members for your collective wisdom and for helping new boaters like myself climb the learning curve. 

Shame on you Sea Ray for not putting your full support behind Jeremy and the SRO community.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 21:45 | IP Logged

Hello to all, the former Ayjlevin here, now corrected to just J Levine.  I guess this is where we are to meet and lament about what happend to the SRO? Major bummer.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 21:49 | IP Logged

Hello all from Cap10Pat.  I'm afraid this is permanent.  I've been a regular on the BoatUS board too and only tonight noticed the BoatGroups forums.   I should say that some months ago I posted on SRO that if the site should go down we should all meet on the BoatUS boards. Despite Dave's reply message to the contrary at the time, here we are!

Jeremy, thanks for so many good nights - and days. Especially those long ones between projects as a computer consultant. And they can be long.  And, I too considered offering help or takeover of the boards.  But I have a feeling the problems were even worse than described.  Anyway, Jeremy, Great Job.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 22:02 | IP Logged

If there's a will, there's a way! 

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying this, but I would be happy to purchase a new domain, or purchase sro.com, host a new forum, website, etc. (I've already called in a few favors to see what can be done).  The important thing is to be able to have a data dump from SRO.com to a new site, therefore preserving the invaluable information. 

If legal issues are a problem, I'm in law enforcement and can call in some favors.  If money is the issue, I'm sure we all will agree to once again pay a small yearly amount.  If privacy would be an issue in the data dump, this too can be worked through. 

Let's no speculate what has happened to or with Jeremy, just let him know how much we appreciate the idea or SRO.COM, the hard work, time, dedication, investment, etc. he has put forth for SRO.COM.

SAVE SRO.COM

Regards,

Jim

Posted: October 02 2006 at 22:36 | IP Logged

Hey guys great to see you all!!!!

Wesley

Posted: October 02 2006 at 22:55 | IP Logged

OK Wesley you are a man of many talents you just posted to the other form at the same time you posted here. I need to know how you do it 

Not sure I can stay on top of so many forms.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 23:01 | IP Logged

BoaterEd is turning into a slug feast and "I know better than you" thread.  The regular BoatUS has some trolls that crawled in the cracks.  Darn shame.

Alex got under my skin over there.  Enough is enough.

Anyway onward and upward.  Good to see ya'll here too.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 23:21 | IP Logged

From BoaterEd:  I tried to reach him.
I did a “WhoIs” on the URL, called the phone number and a guy answered. I asked if he was Jeremy but the person asked what it was about. I said I was a member of SRO and would he give or sell the data so I could upload it as a resource. The person said I had the wrong number. I repeated the number back to him as listed on the “WhoIs” results and he verified that is his number but he said he had nothing to do with SRO. He then said a different name. Like Jason or something.

There are many new domains available: Officialsearayowner.com, thesearayowner.com etc. 

I'll purchase in the morning if I have ya'lls support.

Regards n gnite

Jim

Posted: October 02 2006 at 23:26 | IP Logged

Chuck it is the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, I tell you those things are magic.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 23:55 | IP Logged

How could Brunswick not have factored into Jeremy's decision?  I am SO disappointed at Sea Ray for missing an opportunity to support an enthusiastic community of owners.

Posted: October 02 2006 at 23:57 | IP Logged

My family was looking for a support group for my withdrawel.  They started saying:

"Hi, my name is Mark"  --- Hi Mark  --- "I just lost my friends at SRO.com"  ---- Tell us about it Mark---

I am glad to find ya'all.  I was thinking that the Searay survey must have turned up that the website was a source for info on Sea Rays and caused a rub, but I should know better than to speculate.  I am very sorry this happened as I too really appreciated the great technical insight from very knowledgeable guys. 

I hope the site re-appears....

Posted: October 03 2006 at 04:32 | IP Logged

Hello you Guys,

My wife asks me if I am sick.....

Yes we miss SRO.

Hope Jeremy gives SRO one more chance.

Peter

Posted: October 03 2006 at 08:43 | IP Logged

I feel the same way....I sure would like to know if Brunswick is somehow involved with the end of SRO.....

AKA OSD9

Posted: October 03 2006 at 08:52 | IP Logged

Amex, you make a good point.  Maybe if we take SeaRay out of the name all together, who knows.  I have found free software for a new forum.  We can call it what ever we decide on.  I'm not sure if we'll be able to migrate the information from the old SRO website, but we'll have to wait for Jeremy to respond.  If you guys are up to it, we can start this almost immediately.  As for right now, I don't see why I can't do it for almost and probably nothing from you guys.  I could possibly work on some website advertising or sponsorship to pay for any future costs (website hosting, etc).

Lemme know!

Regards,

Jim