Hi Rod-John.
Bank details received.
100 US$ transfer initiated. Funds will move at bank opening hours tomorrow.
Happy to help.
Mike.
I mailed a check today. Thank you John, and Rod.
Dan
Nate: Thank you for your donation.
Dan: Thank you for your donation:
Mike: Thank you for your donation.
Wow, this is great. I have not checked the balance but we may be close to approaching our goal. My estimate is we need about $100 more.
Please don’t let only a few support this website. Donate, $5, $10, $15, whatever you think you can afford to help support this priceless resource.
Thank You,
Rod
Wayne: Thank you for help keeping this priceless resource on the Internet.
Jay: Thank you for support this site.
I am thrilled at the response we have received for the fund raising campaign. Simply thrill.
We are close. Help push the ball over the top and save my typing fingers.
Too all who have help get the ball almost to the top, thank you so very, very much.
Rod
We’re a good bunch aren’t we!
No doubt the goto site for answers and ideas. Just sent $100 thru pay pal.
David
Hi Rod-John.
Bank details received - thanks.
100 US$ transfer made today.
Happy to help.
Mike.
S.V Adventure BCC #79
Mike:
Thank you so very much. I know you have and will benefit from the BCC forum.
Fair Winds,
Rod
David:
Thank you for your generous donation to the great site. We are a BCc family.
Fair Winds,
Rod
Ellen Dawson:
Thank you for your generous donation to help keep this BCC & FC resource on the Internet.
Fair Winds,
Rod
As of the last count, we have raised $1,300 - way to go. I would like to raise another $300 to give us a grand total of $1,600. If we can raise $1,600 total, we should be able to fund the site for another 3 years, perhaps 4 years.
I just looked at the titles of recent posts. They included:
Rebuild Ross Progress,
Dodger Coaming Bracket,
WTB Fatty Knees,
32’ Itchen Ferry,
I want a BCC, maybe,
Dodger Windows,
Monitor Water Paddle,
Heaters
Exhaust, Exhausted (this is the way feel right now)
The list goes on and on.
We are at the point, where I need the users who let other’s carry the ball, to pick up the ball and run with it. So far, about 20 people have donated to keep this site alive on the internet. The BCC and FC forums help maintain the market value of these classic, well made, seaworthy boats. Further, this collective resource provides technical and inspirational support for the Bristol Channel Cutter and Falmouth Cutter series. Please help support this site. Donate $5 or $10. You will feel better. Donating to the site also gives you a voice in the future of this site. The site belongs to the donors and Coledata. Thank you John for going beyond good business practices to support this site. We all own you a debt of gratitude. Thank You.
We should also thank Cape George Marine Works for keeping the boat in production, which helps maintain the market value of the boats. As we are all aware the marine business is in a slump and the money, currently is in building big boats.
“That direction of late has been a multi-million dollar 45 footer, but I am personally quite taken with the BCCs and have correspondence with Lyle Hess and Sam Morse going back to my youth as proof (attached below). We have built a CNC router and are currently setting up to digitize the bulkhead and interior panels for more efficient production, using our hull number one as a test bed. I assure you our enthusiasm hasn’t waned, please just keep us in the loop.” Todd Uecker, Cape George Marine Works. Thank you Todd.
I suspect we will be hearing more from Cape George.
If you have not donated, please donate now and become part of this invaluable website.
Thanks to all who have supported this site.
Fair Winds Shipmates,
Rod
Hi,
I am relatively new to the group. However in the past six months every time I asked advice or suggestion (from head replacement to new sails) the information I received was always better than the professionals I consulted later.
This forum is treasure chest for us.
I am thankful and grateful to all people who keep it going.
Thanks everyone,
Mehmet
CERYAN BBC #53
Mehmet:
Thank you for your words of support and generous donation. I concur the knowledge and experience base at the site is incredible.
Thank You,
Rod
Robert K: Thank you for your support.
Ron T: Thank you for believing in this great forum.
Thomas W: Thank you for your generous donation.
We raised $1,328. If we can raise $1,500 to keep this website on the internet, I would be thrilled. As a family of BCC and FC owners, you should be proud what you have done. Currently the SLM website is busier than either Hunter of Beneteau.
I plan to end the campaign Sunday at 6 pm. Making a donation of $5, $10 or $20 just means we keep the “lights On” longer before we must run another fund raising campaign. What ever amount you donate helps.
Thanks to everyone who has made this site possible and for keeping the “lights ON” longer.
Rod
Come on guys and girls… we are so close to what Rod is shooting for. Just look deep in that bilge for some change that might have fallen out of your pocket. If the rest of us infrequent posters but frequent readers ( I know there are a lot of us out there) and the all of the frequent posters can find another $5 of $10 bucks, it can put us over the top. Let’s show how good we REALLY are!!
Robert R.
s/v Nereus
I would like to thank all of you who have contributed to the maintenance of the www.samlmorse.com website.
As investors in the site, I am sure you would appreciate some accounting for your money.
When Sam L. Morse closed, we continued to maintain the site, and, when the annual contract was due to be renewed on 3/1/07 we started to collect contributions to keep the site alive.
The table (attached below) reflects revenue received from donors, and hard costs met frm those donations. It does not include my personal time (which would explodde this into a low 5 figure amount) or web hosting fees, which I donate as my contribution to the forum.
Some statistics:
Total hits on forum, past 12 months: 2,740,577
Total unique hits (user has never visited before): 105,719
Total download traffic: 37.146 gigabytes
Again, I would like to thank all those who contributed, and a special vote of thanks to Rod Brucksdorfer for creating the appeal.
John
050111_accounting_summary.zip (35.8 KB)
Dear BCC & FC family members:
Thank you for making this fund raising campaign a success. I know we have not accounted for all because checks are still arriving. When we have a final count, either John or I will post the final amount.
If this site important? Look a the data in John’s post. The fact we had 100,000 unique hits indicates sailors are still interested in these beautiful, seaworthy boats.
Again, Thank You.
Rod
IDUNA
Rod, thank you again for organizing this, and John, for all your time and effort.
Derek
“Gertrud”
Our fund raising campaign goal of $1,600 was surpassed. We raised a grand total of $1,663.00. Thank you, thank you, thank you for believing in these boats and believing in this website.
The following individuals made this fund raising campaign a success.
Robert Rudy
Mehmet Ilhan
Rod Bruckdorfer
Tim Pearia
Michael Guy
David Kent
Michael Guy
Derek Lundy
Thomas Winkler
Drew Cathell
Douglas Beu
Jay Odell
Neil McPhail
Ellen Dawson
Dan Dews
Paul Becker
Jo Anne Ross
Mark Fuller
Gary Felton
Ben Eriksen
Wayne Edney
Ron Downing
Luis Gomez
Ron Thompson
Virginia Cross
Robert Komarnisky
Thank You,
Rod
Hi Rod,
KIm and I have donated $100 via Johns PayPal account, on behalf of Aura.
Robin