Messaging, is a way to send a notification to a specific user or group (we don’t have any groups yet). It’s basically the same as the messaging in Facebook.
You select the person you want to contact by clicking on their icon (or picture, or avatar - whatever you want to call it). This opens their “card” with name, boat information, etc. and it has an envelope on it. You can do it from a list of topics
or while you’re looking at a posting
Clicking on the envelope opens up an input window much the same as when you are creating a posting.
Type in your message, then either send it or change your mind and close it.
If the person is in mailing list mode, it will go out as an email. If not, then the person is online, there will be a little number by the icon in the upper right. They click on their icon to see their notifications, and they click on the one they want to open and potentially reply to.