yacht clubs

[SeaStu1]

I'm grateful to be a member of a club, mainly because its the only way l can afford to keep a boat on the water, l would love to have a berth in a marina but its not going to happen anytime soon!

Admittingly l went to a club because its a cheap financial option, however l see its advantages particulary with the social side and members helping each other out etc but the downside is as mentioned already the politics around the commitee, individuals wanting to 'share their vision on the future of the club' and then thrust it on everyone else and mostly having to maintain your own mooring tackle on a cold day in February before relaunch! Again, it has meant though that this is an affordable hobby for me and no doubt others.

If l had the choice of stepping off the pontoon and onto the boat l would be there. Give a club a go, see how you feel, remember you don't have to renew your membership the following year!

 

[Wansworth]

Spent some time in the Itchenor Sailing Club and was quite envious.If you have children there are even more benifits.You may need to buy the class boat they sail burt from what I have seen there are a lot of pluses to being in a club.You get to read the yachting press free!!!

 

[Romeo]

My local club is fairly hard core dinghy racing, and I did question whether I should remain a member (having been one since I was born!)

Rather than leave, I considered that I should simply change the club to make sure it offered a bit more of what I wanted in the hope that it would be what some other people wanted too. So I started up an anual boat muster for my sort of boat, using the club facilities, promoted a social "sternchase" passage race which had fallen into abeyance a bit, and took over the organisation of the Burns supper. Putting a bit more into the club I got a bit more out of it.

 

[Seajet]

Sounds apalling Seajet, but dont tell others or convince yourself that the club you describe is typical or even common. It isnt. I had a spell as chairman of our regional sailing association ie club of clubs, and I travelled round to all of them. Maybe twenty clubs in total. Not one was remotely like the disfunctional set up you describe.

What are you doing about your club? Are you getting involved to put it right?

Wotayottie,

the answer is 'oh yes, but it takes time; there's an old RAF saying "Old Skills and treachery will always defeat youth and enthusiasm " !

 

[maby]

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...from what I have seen there are a lot of pluses to being in a club.You get to read the yachting press free!!!

If that's all you get out of it, I think you could pay the editor of PBO to come and read it to you personally for the membership fee of many yacht clubs!

 

[Seajet]

If that's all you get out of it, I think you could pay the editor of PBO to come and read it to you personally for the membership fee of many yacht clubs!

+1, and in the accent / language of ones' choice !

 

[Wansworth]

+1, and in the accent / language of ones' choice !

The Itchenor Sailing Club is in the catagory of the faded canvas sailing trousers held upby the old school tie.....as a visitor a pleasant interlude in reality...

 

[Seajet]

The Itchenor Sailing Club is in the catagory of the faded canvas sailing trousers held upby the old school tie.....as a visitor a pleasant interlude in reality...

I crewed an Int 14 dinghy at Itchenor.

I found the place welcoming and friendly, though it seemed every dinghy type except me had highlights in their hair and were universally called 'jaimie', with a red hot knowledge of racing marks, but mentioning ' cans to port, cones to starboard 'was apparently not the done thing, so quelle surprise when we piled up onto the Winner shoals.