Do you Yahoo? - If you are not among the 350 or so members of the CR 914 group that communicate by email about our great boat and class, check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cr914class. If you are not already a member of any other Yahoo group, click on "New User? Sign Up" and complete the form. Once you have signed up, then Sign In and take a look at the sorts of messages that you'll see there, some of which are posted by people who are contemplating joining the class and have questions about the boat or want to get a feel what kinds of folks sail CR 914s. If what you see interests you, sign up for the list-server-like procedure that automatically sends all new messages to your email address: click on "Edit Membership." Scroll down the page to the section headed "Message Delivery" and activate the radio button that says "Individual emails - Receive individual messages." Or choose the "Daily digest" of messages if you prefer not to receive every message the moment it appears.

That's all there is to it. Except, be careful to read everything while you are signing up. Some default settings may automatically subject you to "offerings" (ads) from Yahoo and elsewhere. But if you are careful how you do it, enrolling will not bring you any new spam (the group is moderated by our own Ernest Freeland, who filters out spam and irrelevant messages) and the number of messages you will get from the list server will be small, 0 to 10 per week or so. And, once you are a member, join in the discussions that interest you, ask questions, share your experience with others, answer questions asked by newbies and wannabes, and have fun.