bertram31.com

Anyone having problems accessing Boatdiesel.com?
I get nothing but a blank white page, and does not matter what device ie. iPad/laptop

I just tried, and at first it came up as a blank page. I hit refresh, and now it is working. I went to the pdf library to make sure that worked as well. All is good on my end.

Yep, had to refresh and it works on the Windows laptop on Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

Still not working on iPad with safari.

Thanks for checking!!

Kevin

I had the same issues and had to try a couple of times before it loaded.

Is anyone still having trouble with the site? I have not been able to get on it for a while.

Me neither

its not working for me either at the moment

I know when they had the issue a few weeks ago, they said it was due to an upgrade, and they had it fixed. But I guess not.

Tony Meola wrote: ↑Oct 23rd, '24, 20:28 I know when they had the issue a few weeks ago, they said it was due to an upgrade, and they had it fixed. But I guess not.

I hate to use the word HATE, but I HATE software upgrades. Seems many companies push out upgrades before working out the kinks and bugs and we become the guinea pigs. It's one thing when its a cheap App, gaming software or home computer used to surf. But when its my Cell Phone Provider updating my phone and I cannot answer business calls, my accounting software that won't generate paychecks on Payday or my CAM software tossing out odd moves that can crash a machine...Yes it becomes HATE, I hate updates as its a roll of the dice and the companies give you not choice these days sun-setting the old well working software.

I do have to say the update Matt provided us with this site...to my knowledge went very well.

I still can’t get to open on anything Mac.

I think Boat Diesel is dead and gone, unfortunately.

John

It looks like it is. Over on The Hull Truth a couple of guys had said that before the update there was a struggle to keep it going.

It's a sad day then -

Unfortunately, most don't know the amount of time it takes to answer and update a web site or edit and post videos although it is easier these days than when Pat and I started out in the early 2000's.
When we had the mechanical board, pretty much the first of its kind, I'd work 14-hour days to keep my business going and then spend 2 to 4 hours answering questions for no money as it wasn't a subscription service like boat diesel was.
It lasted 2 years before I pulled the plug and was just worn out because it wasn't limited to 31's, it was all boats and all things related to boats.
I imagine if you're paying people to keep a subscription service going and the subscriptions drop, sooner or later it dies which is why Pat and I have always made this a donation site only. And the donations in the last two years have dropped to almost nothing as people's expenses have skyrocketed which I understand.
Luckily it doesn't take much in the way of funds to keep this going for now.

BTW, techies rule the world and there's nothing that us novices can do. I thank God for one of our own who saved this site when we got notice it wouldn't pass muster anymore without an upgrade which I have no knowledge how to do or implement.

Tank you Bruce and Mike, and Matt for the improvement.

Appreciate all you do Bruce