Thanks to all of you.

[Administrator]

Sometime in the next few hours, post #20,000 will appear on this forum. Today, new member #3,900 registered.

We launched the Moyer Marine Atomic 4 Community Forum in October of 2004. It has fulfilled our dreams and wishes beyond anything we might have imagined. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to contribute your problems, thoughts, comments, pictures, recommendations, experiences, and whatever.

As our Senior Members will attest, it's all about the content, and we are truly blessed.


Bill
MMI Webmaster

[sastanley]

Threads: 3,622, Posts: 19,998, Members: 3,900

Almost there Bill! I am sure I'll find something to blabber on about to surpass 20,000 total tonight!

I can also assure you that there is no way my A-4 would be running without the info I have absorbed from this forum!

Thanks for helping to keep the old girls ticking!

[Marian Claire]

I think the praise goes both ways. The quality of this forum is due in no small part to the skill, hard work and improvements you and the others at MMI have made. Thank you. Dan S/V Marian Claire

[thatch]

Thank's from "Kari On"

I can honestly say that if it hadn't been for Don's endeavor to lengthen the lives of our A4's I would most likely have given up and gone to the diesel side.
Here's hoping that this magical site will be around for a long, long time to serve as a source of information, encouragement and parts for all of us.
Best Regards, Tom

[pallen58]

Would have gone diesel

We bought the boat last year and as I get ready to do my first Spring start up I know I would not have been here if not for this site. We considered converting to electric, but who wants to dump $2000 into batteries every 5 years? Going diesel was considered but trading one form of fuel for another did not make sense. But this site has given me hope I can keep er going. Thanks to Dan and all who have responded. So whether you keep your fingers crossed, throw salt over your shoulder or pray do one for me as I hit the starter.

[roadnsky]

When I bought my boat the price was good enough that I felt it had a "built-in" budget to re-power to a diesel.
Then the water pump went within the first week and I found this wonderful site.
The knowledge, sharing and expertise is unmatched. It's a goldmine.
I wouldn't part with that wonderful little beast now for anything!

Thank you Don, Brenda, Bill, Ken and everyone else who makes this such a great service to the A4 and sailing community worldwide.

[Dave Neptune]

Wow

Congratulations on a wonderful achievement and a fabulous site. About the only thing I would wish is that I would have found it sooner. I have been working on engines most of my life and I have picked up a few things on the site that have helped me with my ole' 40 year old A-4 and she's still a ticking.

Thanx especially to Don and the rest of the crew for their willingness to offer excellent advise for A-4 owner mechanics and "wanna-be's". You Guys Rock

Dave Neptune
1970 E-35 MKII original A-4 still ticking.

[Kurt]

Thanks to you guys! When I bought my boat complete with a great running Atomic 4 I knew nothing about inboard engines of any kind. I figured I should educate myself while the motor was in great shape so that I could deal with things as they would invariably pop up on a 34 year old motor. That is where this forum became invaluable. It has also helped me make several improvements to the engine. I have recommended it to every A4 owner I have run into since then. I have also gone from offering more information than I am seeking - crazy how much I have learned here! I'm sure I'll have more questions and advice for the forum down the line. For us folks who like tinkering on boats and their accordant systems, this forum is a fun place to spend some time - at least it stimulates my brain much more than Facebook!

[ndutton]

My Turn

As previously stated ad nauseum, I'm an old school sort and accordingly I'm pretty wary of new fangled stuff - like online discussion forums. This group was my first entry into the arena so I didn't know J.S. about protocol, chat abbreviations, emoticons and the like. I'm now involved in 3 boating related forums so I can compare this site to the other two.

The previous accolades are all well deserved, A4 information is excellent and the Don's input is incredibly generous. One thing I've noticed that hasn't yet been mentioned is that this forum is articulate. Bill has set the bar high and we're all better for it. I look forward to the next post no matter who writes it, they're all good.

My thanks to the Moyer Marine family including all fellow listmates.

P.S., to rekindle a phrase I used a few months ago, those other 2 sites are ugly stepsisters compared the MM Community.

[tenders]

In my experience this site and Don's contributions to the A4 community form the most valuable body of unique information I've used on the internet.

Seriously - plenty of the rest of the stuff on the internet is cool, but most of it is not that valuable, or exists in other forms. The funneling of A4 owners and expertise onto this site (the parts side, and the forum) is extremely valuable and does not exist anywhere else.

So, twenty thousand thank yous, Don and Bill and the rest of the forum community!

[Triton106]

I will just add my thanks to Don, Brenda, Ken, Bill for all of the helps you provided to me over the years. It's hard to believe my A4 is still running, no double all the credit goes to you four.

One thing I would like to suggest is to bring back Miss of Month pageantry. I always enjoyed the beautiful restoration works others have done.

[lat 64]

Way cool

As previously stated ad nauseum, I'm an old school sort and accordingly I'm pretty wary of new fangled stuff - like online discussion forums. This group was my first entry into the arena so I didn't know J.S. about protocol, chat abbreviations, emoticons and the like. I'm now involved in 3 boating related forums so I can compare this site to the other two.

The previous accolades are all well deserved, A4 information is excellent and the Don's input is incredibly generous. One thing I've noticed that hasn't yet been mentioned is that this forum is articulate. Bill has set the bar high and we're all better for it. I look forward to the next post no matter who writes it, they're all good.

My thanks to the Moyer Marine family including all fellow listmates.

P.S., to rekindle a phrase I used a few months ago, those other 2 sites are ugly stepsisters compared the MM Community.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts too. Thanks all. I did a fairly good job of avoiding big mistakes because of this forum.

Shawn, look at your posts. You alone count for nearly 1/20th of the entrys.
Is that good or bad?

Cheers all,
Russ
Me Father was the keeper of the Eddystone light........

[jhwelch]

Did the person who made post #20,000 get 4 spark plugs?

[mike7a10]

Me Too...

My thanks too! As an infrequent member I can say that over the past 5 years that I have owned my sailboat I have saved literally thousands of dollars by being able to make my own repairs. Thank you Don, Ken and all of the others who have made this a viable and useful site for us A4 owners!

Congratulations on this milestone and keep up the good work.

PS...I have just finished a complete major rebuild and I am going to make a post with before/after photos very soon.

Mike
S/V Plan Sea

[sastanley]

i can't help myself..I am a forum addict!

Shawn, look at your posts. You alone count for nearly 1/20th of the entrys.
Is that good or bad?

Cheers all,
Russ

I frequent some other forums too, but reviving this motor from its 20 year snooze has been a great challenge that has been the most rewarding for me of all the boat projects.

I hang out over at SBO some, but I only have a few posts there, the Catalina 30 Yahoo Group is archaic, but it is the only real good place to access to other C-30 owners, even if half of them don't seem to have a "clew".

Over on Sailing Anarchy I have 4,295 posts, but I've been a member there since 2005.

I have been comparably tame over here, but quite honestly (as Neil mentioned), this forum is much more stimulating.