Death knell of Sea Schools?

[Sharky34]

Are people really going to want to spend a week, in close proximety to a load of strangers, doing a practical yachting course when all this is over?

 

[Poignard]

Are people really going to want to spend a week, in close proximety to a load of strangers, doing a practical yachting course when all this is over?

If they don't then it isn't over, is it?

Are you suggesting that people are going to continue social-distancing for evermore?

How would that work in practice when people have to go to work, attend school and travel on public transport?

 

[Sharky34]

If they don't then it isn't over, is it?

Are you suggesting that people are going to continue social-distancing for evermore?

How would that work in practice when people have to go to work, attend school and travel on public transport?

Coronavirus: 'The new normal' - This is how the UK might operate once lockdown is eased

 

[johnalison]

The risk to hitherto uninfected people will diminish over time. I suspect that for the remainder of this year it will be too high for anything but casual contact, though I expect to see most shops open and sporting events resumed eventually, though I am not pressing for this. By next year, people's perception will have changed. The risk to fit young people is in any case relatively low, and I think that non-vulnerable people will be trying to lead something like normal lives by this time next year. New cases will still be occurring, according to models that I have seen, but the level will be low enough for the number of fatalities to be 'acceptable'.

 

[jac]

The risk to hitherto uninfected people will diminish over time. I suspect that for the remainder of this year it will be too high for anything but casual contact, though I expect to see most shops open and sporting events resumed eventually, though I am not pressing for this. By next year, people's perception will have changed. The risk to fit young people is in any case relatively low, and I think that non-vulnerable people will be trying to lead something like normal lives by this time next year. New cases will still be occurring, according to models that I have seen, but the level will be low enough for the number of fatalities to be 'acceptable'.

I agree. Practical courses will take a hit this year but by next summer there may well be an effective treatment, we could even have a vaccine but even if we don't, the current panic and hysterical reaction by many of the covid stasi will be history. Numbers ,ay be down a bit but i suspect that may have more to do with the economy.

 

[Poignard]

In many situations it will be impracticable to maintain social-distancing because there isn't the necessary space available for people to spread out into

For example, on public transport, in offices, factories etc.

 

[Sharky34]

I agree. Practical courses will take a hit this year but by next summer there may well be an effective treatment, we could even have a vaccine but even if we don't, the current panic and hysterical reaction by many of the covid stasi will be history. Numbers ,ay be down a bit but i suspect that may have more to do with the economy.

"Current panic and hysterical reaction"?
What planet are you living on?
How many deaths have there been, both here & worldwide & you think its "panic & hysteria"?
Are you for real?

 

[Sharky34]

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In many situations it will be impracticable to maintain social-distancing because there isn't the necessary space available for people to spread out into

For example, on public transport, in offices, factories etc.

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We'll have to make some then won't we.

 

[MoodySabre]

The loss of sailing schools is not even a statistically measurable blip on the rank of small business that will disappear never to return. So far as it being a loss to the sailing community, well, you can learn to sail without going to a sailing school.

 

[Poignard]

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We'll have to make some then won't we.

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Lebensraum?

 

[capnsensible]

The loss of sailing schools is not even a statistically measurable blip on the rank of small business that will disappear never to return. So far as it being a loss to the sailing community, well, you can learn to sail without going to a sailing school.

You cant learn to sail without going sailing though......

 

[dom]

.....For example, on public transport, in offices, factories etc.............

Seriously, this train is about as far as social distancing can go on the Underground!

A packed train is an entirely different affair

 

[dom]

You cant learn to sail without going sailing though......

Yeh, course you can -- lots of people here have! ?

 

[capnsensible]

Yeh, course you can -- lots of people here have! ?

Meeow.....

 

[capnsensible]

Are people really going to want to spend a week, in close proximety to a load of strangers, doing a practical yachting course when all this is over?

Lots of stuff on the RYA Instructor facebook site. Particularly the financial aspect for the one man one boat RTC.

The charter fleets around the planet must be having major snags. Imagine having 60 or more yachts stuck in marinas?

 

[Deleted member 36384]

...... Particularly the financial aspect for the one man one boat RTC.

I think ''one man boat RTC'' will be more flexible at surviving the crisis, assuming debt is managed. A few of the schools that I am aquainted with in the Scottish scene are run by folks who have very low overheads. I am not suggesting this is normal but I do wonder if many of the smaller schools will be more robust and can restart relatively easily. Of course the whole social distancing thing is the big spanner in the works if that remains in place for a long time.

 

[capnsensible]

I think ''one man boat RTC'' will be more flexible at surviving the crisis, assuming debt is managed. A few of the schools that I am aquainted with in the Scottish scene are run by folks who have very low overheads. I am not suggesting this is normal but I do wonder if many of the smaller schools will be more robust and can restart relatively easily. Of course the whole social distancing thing is the big spanner in the works if that remains in place for a long time.

Its those people that are posting that they are gonna be out of the game.

 

[Ningaloo]

"Current panic and hysterical reaction"?
What planet are you living on?
How many deaths have there been, both here & worldwide & you think its "panic & hysteria"?
Are you for real?

About the same as in a bad flu season.
But we don't destroy the economy every winter.

 

[Motor_Sailor]

About the same as in a bad flu season.

Not according to some of the grownups that have studied these things.

 

[rogerthebodger]

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Seriously, this train is about as far as social distancing can go on the Underground!

A packed train is an entirely different affair