ylop
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I am aware of a couple of “clubs” which own more unusual boats/operate on unconventional basis:
- Brighton Belle: where members own a 1/64th share in a 55ft Oyster Ketch
- Offshore (Overlord) Cruising Club who sail a 1930s 58ft windfall boat - with around 200 members
in both cases membership is relatively low (Brighton Belle is a one off single digit thousands with no annual fee, and then per day rates for sailing that are trivial compared to charter; OCC is less the £100 per annum and less than £50 per day!)
Is this a common approach? It strikes me as a neat way of operating some of the more expensive to maintain boats - and perhaps some classics like pilot cutters or old gaffers might benefit from this?
- Brighton Belle: where members own a 1/64th share in a 55ft Oyster Ketch
- Offshore (Overlord) Cruising Club who sail a 1930s 58ft windfall boat - with around 200 members
in both cases membership is relatively low (Brighton Belle is a one off single digit thousands with no annual fee, and then per day rates for sailing that are trivial compared to charter; OCC is less the £100 per annum and less than £50 per day!)
Is this a common approach? It strikes me as a neat way of operating some of the more expensive to maintain boats - and perhaps some classics like pilot cutters or old gaffers might benefit from this?