I thought mine was pretty wordy, but it all fit. Today I started adding more stuff to see how far I could go, and I could not go far beyond what I already have on there. Seems like that should be way more than adequate for most people.

To help people it is important to know whether you sail on inland lakes or big water (do you launch through surf?), and freshwater or saltwater. If you give your state or country, we know whether you can sail all year round or only in the summer.

And if you give your country, other than the U.S., when you talk about some boat we have never heard of, we will know, "Okay, they have that boat in that part of the world but not in ours."

That kind of general information just saves a lot of repetitive questions back and forth every time somebody asks for information about something. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Like, "West side of Lake Michigan, launch off beach," answers pretty much all of the above questions.

Or "Upper Midwest United States, inland lakes" also answers a lot of those questions.

Or, like, "Southwest U.S., inland lakes and/or Sea of Cortez"

Anyway, it's not like anybody needs your town and your zip code.