from what it looks like....its gone...toast...dusted.

the /forum directory is gone....and the domain root isnt indexed and isnt allowing directory listings.

my assumption of the situation....that site is gone. and they are making a new one from the ground up...possibly without the forum.

 Too bad , there was alot of good info and knowledge there.  You just had to weed through the B.S. to find it.  I hope it wasnt all thrown out.  

the worst one i have been on is screamandfly and they dont like you unless you an outboard guy and they totally diss on jets even though they have a jet and v-drive section can't get questions answered and there solution to everything is seal the transom up and put a ob on it

Thay dont like anybody (screamandfly) !!!   Even when I asked a question about my OB over there ,  the great tech wisdom thay provided was " get a manual " .  Thay must be a bunch of bitches over there because every one knows real men dont need a fuc#### manual  ,  just a little info sometimes .  

I've looked at the HB site.......... having belonged to a very good Yamaha FZ1 forum for the last couple of years ( www.yamahafz1oa.com ) Iknow a good forum when I see it. the people that post regularly are usually helpful and knowledgable on the site's subject as well as other outside interests that come up from time to time. This forum seems to fit that mold as does the FZ1 site mentioned earlier. The HB site is full of wannabe ballers that are in-debt up to there a-holes with their six figure toys. most of them seemed like they wouldn't give you the time of day unless your floatin along in the latest 42' whatever that's powered by twin blown monster motors that use 150 times the fuel that their tow rigs gulp. Not my thing! Sorry if you're offended but that's just my 2 cents.

Great, I'm a newbie here too 

Why are you a superior being if you are floating on a $100K DCB instead of a 30 yr old $6K daycruiser that you have to store outside?  I like only having one house payment each month, it helps me sleep much better. $100K doesn't even get you a boat you can ski behind or tow thru the local Del Taco 

That's what the Jet Section is for  , many well experienced guys there, I hope they find their way here

Hey Brad, I think areyou going to have to devote more space to Oilslingers & Eggbeaters.  To bad 

I see you pw tony ,no ford avitar

where is beerjet....normally he has some words of wisdom to add....but nothing yet....is he helping santa this week? is he really an elf?

hes too busy sending me picture messages via cell phone...

I see you pw tony ,no ford avitar

What do you think Vami? Boobs or Ford? 

I like them, those would look good bounching around on my boat

my assumption of the situation....that site is gone. and they are making a new one from the ground up...possibly without the forum.

 

Yeah Yeah    new format....yeah yeah

Well, the hotboat forums set the standard in my opinion. That's where I got my forum start. The original hotboat is where I have met everybody I know on this site. I'm greatful for the friends I made on HB and I will miss it . There is no need to bash hb. I am glad that this site will benefit from it though.

i agree with you....it was a great place...but i wasnt satisfied with what it offered for the jet community, thus why this site came into play.

now what has happened in the past few days baffles me....i lost a lot of respect for them.....now i am reading that rexone is trying to talk some sense into them to bring it back with a stronger set of rules and guidelines. good luck...the damage is done. i dont care if they only banned people who 'deserved it' ....their execution was childish.

So what really happened?

here is a post from rexone about the ongoings...

http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=648