PabloPicasso
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How do you go about joining a new yacht club in an area where you know no one. Like, if you move the boat to a new area?
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pvb
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Just go and ask them, most clubs are desperate for more subscriptions.
rob2
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Most clubs welcome new members, although there may be a waiting list for club moorings. It is usual for a newcomer to ecome a temporary member for perhaps six months during which time they are expected to get to know other members and find some who will second their application for full membership. I was told at one club that this is common policy as gangs of property developers used to join a club en mass to gain sufficient voting rights to buy the property!
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VicS
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There's one with a fine looking club house overlooking the Solent at west Cowes. Worth asking do you reckon?
l'escargot
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West Cowes? I'll have you know there is no such place - only Cowes and East Cowes
When I joined one with a clubhouse overlooking the Solent, the duty committee member asked us a few questions then proposed us and found another committee member to second us.
VicS
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West Cowes? I'll have you know there is no such place - only Cowes and East Cowes
That is why I used a lower case "w" ... to indicate that I was using west as an adjective ... not as part of a place name although I suppose it is really north Cowes.
William_H
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I have been hanging around our local yacht club for 30 odd years. I am sure that the club you choose will welcome you. If only to take your money. Our club go to a lot of trouble to get new members in with open days with no nomination fee for joining etc. It is always easy to get 2 people for nomination and seconding of application. Once a member it certainly is easier to get into it if you have a boat and join in races. A bit harder if you join and want to crew. It taskes a while to be known. Certainly volunteering for service will get you right in there. I must say club membership has been most rewarding for me and my wife. Now I am stuck with that lot (no escape) having been made an honorary life member a few years back. good luck and enjoy olewill
pvb
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VicS
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Absolutely!
On second thoughts perhaps not. I read somewhere recently that they have decided after 200 years to admit female members.
Found a nice picture now though
pvb
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On second thoughts perhaps not. I read somewhere recently that they have decided after 200 years to admit female members.
Found a nice picture now though
Worst barbecue I've seen for ages!
Tranona
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If they bought a tumble dryer they would not have to hang their laundry out to dry in public!
cliff
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Many yacht/sailing clubs want active members and discourage potential members living more than say 20 miles from the club.
DanTribe
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On second thoughts perhaps not. I read somewhere recently that they have decided after 200 years to admit female members.
Found a nice picture now though
I think the smoke is how they deal with rejected applicants.
PabloPicasso
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Blow them up? Stops people reapplying I suppose
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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We (me and the family) move around the country every few years and wherever we are, I join the local sailing clubs. Although the rules always require to be introduced by club members, in practise and if your face fits you will be accepted with open arms. At present I am a member in two well known clubs near the Solent. All clubs welcome the right people.
JumbleDuck
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Ho-hum.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Right people means whatever is "right" for that particular club; it is not money related.
JumbleDuck
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It sounds nice in theory, but you only have to read The Lounge to see where it can end in practice, and why.
skodster
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West Cowes? I'll have you know there is no such place - only Cowes and East Cowes
I spent my childhood as a Cowes resident and we often referred to Cowes as 'West' Cowes to differentiate from the East bit. If someone asked where I was from it was always 'Cowes' but locals would speak of either west or east in conversation. There are a couple businesses that refer to themselves as 'West Cowes xxxxx' as well. I think that it's a local thing.
PabloPicasso
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Hmmm do tell us more...
