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The Association has a free Alohaowners Forum, now an integral part of this website (and replacing those previously hosted by Sailnet and Yahoo). It is the main means of communication between members and ideal for circulating news, events or other information and also seeking help and guidance - between us we have an enormous body of experience of looking after the various Aloha models and members can answer almost any question.

Unlike the previous Sailnet List and Yahoo Group, this new forum is not email based. Access is principally through your internet browser via a Forum Login page. You can set some notification preferences, but will not receive individual emails of new posts and need to logon from time to time to check for updates, or to draft replies or new messages.

Some of you may not be familiar with how Internet Forums (aka Bulletin Boards) work, so we've compiled this brief guide which should help. We hope the sign-up process and the software used for the board itself are intuitive to use.  Extensive support can be accessed by clicking the “Help” button, but feel free to if you need further assistance or have any queries. 

·         Notes and Forum Etiquette

·         Joining the Alohaowners Forum

·         Submitting New Topics, and Viewing or Replying to Forum Posts

·         View the Forum Archive

·         Using RSS News Feed

Notes and Forum Etiquette

·         You don't have to own an Aloha or have details registered with the Association to join the Alohaowners Forum - if you would find it interesting, please join.  

·         Topics submitted must be Aloha or sailing related. Please keep posts and replies brief and to the point.

·         Only "registered" members can view or submit to the Forum. We've had virtually no trouble with people "spamming" or submitting inappropriate posts to our lists in the past, and we hope it stays that way.

·         Remember there are no "stupid questions". Don't be afraid to ask any question because you think it is too simple (if you don't know and someone else might, it's worth asking) or may have been covered before (although you may want to use the “search” functions on both the website and the forum to see if you can find anything in the webpages or previous messages first).

·         When moving off an existing topic please do this by creating a new topic with a relevant Subject line. Otherwise, unrelated correspondence gets hidden under existing topics which both corrupts that topic, and makes correspondence on the new topic more difficult to find. 

·         For the same reason, subject headings such as "Help needed" should be avoided as they are not nearly as useful as something specific to your query such as "Aloha 28 Prop Shaft Diameter"

·         The Forum must not be used to advertise goods or services. Subject to the Advert Guidelines, Aloha Owners Association (and Aloha 34 Network) members can place ads for Aloha yachts and related equipment on the Sale and Wanted webpages.

·        To protect against viruses, the Forum does not allow "attachments" (except the manuals set up by the Moderator in the “Manuals Download” board). If you have information, articles, pictures, etc that you would like posting on the Aloha Owners Association website (or if a picture would particularly help illustrate a problem you are seeking advice on), please and it will usually be added to the site within a few days.

Joining the Alohaowners Forum

·        Follow this link to the logon screen.

·         Click on either
- the “Register” button or
- the link to “Register an Account” above the login box

·         Simply complete the requested details to create your account.

·         Once you are signed up/logged in you will see the main screen and can use the “Profile” button to add or update personal details, or select preferences for your account.

Submitting New Topics, and Viewing or Replying to Forum Posts

Once you have logged in you will see the main screen and can click on links to:

·        The “Aloha Discussion” board to view existing messages, reply to these by clicking on the “Reply” button or create new topics using the “New Topic” button.

·         A separate “Manuals Download” board containing PDF copies of owners and operators manuals for download. No replies or new messages can be posted to this board – if you have additional material that could be posted here, please and it will usually be added to the site within a few days.

View the Forum Archive

• There is no separate message archive. All messages and replies (unless deleted by the moderator for some reason) will be accessible from the main screen. Within each board they are displayed with the topics which have the most recent replies first. 

Using RSS News Feed

• The Forum now provides an RSS News Feed which suitable news-reader and some browser programs can use to bring you copies of new posts. For more details of how to set this up see RSS News Feed enabled in the Site & Forum Support section of the forum.

Last updated  12 December, 2006 - © Aloha Owners Association