imho - I think it's a combo of many factors:
1 biggest factor is simply the drop off in cat sailing and racing in the USA
2 the personal attacks on this thread from time to time (think wouter)
3 the beat down people get when they give wrong technical advice
4 political arguments - especially when they sneak into non political threads
5 the degradation of other people's political views that ostracize people (i.e. when Todd_Sails he calls people dumecrats and such) - this is completely out of line and there is no room for this in a sailing site. I would have kicked him out if I ran this forum
I really try to visit this site but it's often outdated, scattered? and hard to navigate settings, pictures and events.
the data is not outdated - maybe the look and feel of it is, but there is no need to re-envent the wheel or spend 100's-1000s of hours chaning it to a newer looking format.
If you can't figure out how this site works... than ask for help
I have been a web developer for almost 20 years now and in my opinion - this is a sailing forum, i see no need to "pretty it up" or spend any time or money into adding un-needed features.
