No offense, but I never sign with my name. And I'll probably never do. I'm not anonymous either as there are a number of people from my club on this board, and they can all vouch for me: I really exist! And if you look through my post you can find the club I'm sailing at and my sail number, or even the last regatta I went to and the results of it.

The reason for using an alias is not for lack of honor or to offend anyone but it is because my name is relatively unique and I don't want my sailing activity to register more than my professional activities in search results. ie, when my name is pushed into google I want my resume to pop up first, not some crazy idea I had related to sailing...

So please do not assume that all posters not using their real names are somewhat hiding for a nefarious purpose. There are reasons that could make us choose not to use our names.