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Well, it has been a long thirteen days and finally, I have the Forum up and running.

There are two issues still left to be worked out. One is that several recent posts have been wiped clean but I think I might be able to chop and paste them together.

The other issue is that of membership, the member/user account data file was corrupted, damaging or deleting members. I was able to piece a good portion back together. It appears to be more of the senior members than the new more recent members. For the most part, that probably wonâ€™t be an issue. Out of the last 430 new members, 95 percent of them have never posted after joining. In addition, many other members havenâ€™t been active or even visited the site in more than 3 to 5 years. Even today, most members may stop by only once a week.

When members canâ€™t sign-in to post their message on the â€œPosting pageâ€, This will be a sign that your member info was corrupted or deleted. Please email me, and Iâ€™ll recover your old account info if possible or make a new account.

As of today, we have 42,000 posts dating back to 2006. You might recall we lost many thousands to hackers in 1998, 2003, and again in 2006, Site hacks in 2013 and 2019 caused havoc but no loss of data or info. The forum was created in 1995 and was part of my old Knights of the Sea website, for a short while the forum was included in the PT Boats Inc. (PT Headquarters) website to steer more traffic its way, and it was very successful at the time bring some 300 to 500 visitors per day. I later moved the forum back to its own website, after differences developed at PTBI.

As of today many people still confuse this website/forum â€œThe PT Boat Forumâ€ as PT Boats Inc., but it is not. It has always been privately owned, financed and operated by myself 1995.

Here is hoping you will able to continue enjoying the forum, even with all the nasty attacks brought about by sad people.

Dick . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: May 22, 2024 - 11:22am
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Just repositioning to top

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: May 22, 2024 - 12:54pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Hello Dick!
First of all let me thank you for all of this work you had to do. I think it is pretty sad that these idiots have nothing better to do than mess with this Forum. They have nothing to gain except for causing pain and suffering for innocents. Put that on their gravestone. Anyway I just wanted to say Thanks!
Jerry

Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR

Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: May 23, 2024 - 12:25am
Total Posts: 1490 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 11:16pm

Great job Dick! That must have been quite a challenge!

Former crew member of the Big Blue Sightseer ex-PT 486

Posted By: Gerry McGovern | Posted on: May 23, 2024 - 11:58am
Total Posts: 81 | Joined: Oct 7, 2016 - 1:47pm

Outstanding site management, as usual Dick. Oorah!

Al

Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: May 23, 2024 - 2:04pm
Total Posts: 994 | Joined: Oct 30, 2006 - 8:19pm

Dick;
Thanks for the sitrep, and once again congrats to you, the IT Officer/ IT Department Head..BRAVO ZULU!!!
Take care,
TED

Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 23, 2024 - 5:06pm
Total Posts: 3089 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am

Dick;
Thanks for the sitrep, and once again congrats to you, the IT Officer/ IT Department Head..BRAVO ZULU!!!
Take care,
TED

Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 23, 2024 - 5:19pm
Total Posts: 3089 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am

Dick,
Thank you for your efforts. The site would be lost without them.
Jonathan

Posted By: JEno | Posted on: May 24, 2024 - 5:56pm
Total Posts: 75 | Joined: Oct 13, 2019 - 9:52am

thank you for all your hard work Dick , if this posts you may not have to restore my log in ability.[:-cheers-:]

Scott Campbell 2nd gen,PT 248
Ron 20

Posted By: Scott C | Posted on: May 25, 2024 - 2:16pm
Total Posts: 114 | Joined: Nov 20, 2019 - 4:34pm

Just repotioning to top

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: May 25, 2024 - 4:15pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Thank you Dick !

Bob Stanton
Ron 16 PT224 2nd gen

Posted By: Robert J Stanton | Posted on: May 26, 2024 - 11:25am
Total Posts: 23 | Joined: Jun 21, 2012 - 8:48am

These Hackers need to get a life - thanks Dick for your dedication to this phenomenal website

Posted By: DougdeM | Posted on: May 28, 2024 - 5:28pm
Total Posts: 4 | Joined: May 28, 2024 - 11:49am

Testing Again - After a failure

Dick . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 1, 2024 - 4:03pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Trying to recover a couple of recent Posts.

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 1, 2024 - 4:08pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Still testing - modifying .cgi script files

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 1, 2024 - 4:28pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Even more -
Still testing - modifying .cgi script files

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 1, 2024 - 4:30pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

This should be final test - fingers crossed

Dick . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 1, 2024 - 5:07pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Just Testing
Sunday 2:49 PM June 2, 2024

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 2, 2024 - 2:52pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Just Testing
Sunday 2:49 PM June 2, 2024

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 2, 2024 - 2:58pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Just Testing
Sunday 2:49 PM June 2, 2024

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 2, 2024 - 3:08pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Final Test . . . . June 3, 2024 @ 2:30 PDT

Dick . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 3, 2024 - 2:32pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Testing email 1

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 3, 2024 - 2:58pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Testing email 2

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 3, 2024 - 3:06pm
Total Posts: 1488 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Dick we are so thankful we have you taking care of this site. It has been difficult to say the least over the years. Great to see it up and running, I just wish more folks would take an active interest.

Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: Jun 4, 2024 - 4:55pm
Total Posts: 3545 | Joined: Oct 9, 2006 - 6:09am