User talk:Mad about boats

Welcome
Hello Mad about boats, and welcome to Wikipedia. I hope that you have enjoyed contributing and want to stick around. Here are some tips to help you get started: If you need any more information, plenty of help is available - check out Questions; ask your question here and attract help with the code ; or leave me a message on my talk page explaining your problem and I will help as best as I can. Again, welcome! strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 08:36, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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