Solstice
New member
Yes, you can. It is at least 25% off their Sailing Directions. A useful saving.
Yacht Club Subs
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Peppermint
New member
Logic
would indicate no benefit then no subs.
That doesn't explain why I'm still a member of a few class associations who's boats I don't sail anymore and an absent member of two sailing clubs on lakes/ponds that I rarely/never visit.
I can only think of three reasons to join a yacht club. 1. to race 2. to socialise
3. snob value. All valid for some I suppose.
would indicate no benefit then no subs.
That doesn't explain why I'm still a member of a few class associations who's boats I don't sail anymore and an absent member of two sailing clubs on lakes/ponds that I rarely/never visit.
I can only think of three reasons to join a yacht club. 1. to race 2. to socialise
3. snob value. All valid for some I suppose.
graham
Well-known member
Re: Logic
If you dont need or use the club why pay ??
Personally I am a member of a club that provides moorings and shore facilities at a good price.
As for visiting other clubs,why does it allways seem that the smaller the club the warmer the welcome?
If you dont need or use the club why pay ??
Personally I am a member of a club that provides moorings and shore facilities at a good price.
As for visiting other clubs,why does it allways seem that the smaller the club the warmer the welcome?
Peppermint
New member
Re:Or any welcome
so many of the big clubs have a sort of "keep off my land" sort of attitude. I guess thats what their members pay for.
It used to be quite easy to blag your way around some of the Solents "finest" clubs and once you'd been in say the Royal Lymington a few times you didn't need to join. Guy I crewed for kept his dinghy and engine there and had one of their moorings purely by front.
so many of the big clubs have a sort of "keep off my land" sort of attitude. I guess thats what their members pay for.
It used to be quite easy to blag your way around some of the Solents "finest" clubs and once you'd been in say the Royal Lymington a few times you didn't need to join. Guy I crewed for kept his dinghy and engine there and had one of their moorings purely by front.
david_e
Active member
Fact & Feeling
It's the difference between fact and feeling. On paper you might be better off. But you won't feel that way, you won't notice the dosh, but your feelings and emotions of not being a member are no compensation.
You don't have to physically use the club alot to enjoy and benefit from membership, it's the sense of belonging that counts. Those who criticise clubs and members are the same ones you wouldn't socialise with, so ignore them.
It's the difference between fact and feeling. On paper you might be better off. But you won't feel that way, you won't notice the dosh, but your feelings and emotions of not being a member are no compensation.
You don't have to physically use the club alot to enjoy and benefit from membership, it's the sense of belonging that counts. Those who criticise clubs and members are the same ones you wouldn't socialise with, so ignore them.
Forbsie
New member
I resigned from my club on the Crouch last year because I hadn't been there for a couple of years. It wasn't too much of a decision for me because the subs were £246 a year and having moved house it had become too far away for a comfortable commute on saturday mornings. Being a canny Aberdonian also had something to do with it.
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Toutvabien
Member
I am glad to know where I belong, thanks very much for confirming my suspicsions.
I think that the point that I was trying, in my rather proletarian manner, to make was that for me and my family half the fun of cruising around the coast is meeting different kinds of people in different places. As you may have guessed I am not trying to ban yacht clubs, rather making a point, that I thought was reasonable, that they are not for everybody.
English yacht clubs are still mostly full of white, middle class, middle aged people. Turning up at the club on a Saturday evening with a couple of gangs of kids in tow often does not go down too well. There are notable exceptions, but by and large yacht clubs do not suit the sort of sailing that I do, is that not fair enough?
A bit more "riff raff" might liven things up a bit!!
I think that the point that I was trying, in my rather proletarian manner, to make was that for me and my family half the fun of cruising around the coast is meeting different kinds of people in different places. As you may have guessed I am not trying to ban yacht clubs, rather making a point, that I thought was reasonable, that they are not for everybody.
English yacht clubs are still mostly full of white, middle class, middle aged people. Turning up at the club on a Saturday evening with a couple of gangs of kids in tow often does not go down too well. There are notable exceptions, but by and large yacht clubs do not suit the sort of sailing that I do, is that not fair enough?
A bit more "riff raff" might liven things up a bit!!
ccscott49
Active member
The answer is in your nationality!
claymore
Well-known member
Aye - the wee orcadian gene seems tae be prevalent jest noo.
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Claymore
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Claymore
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