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    Posted: 30 May 06 at 3:46pm
It might not even be so much to do with the price of petrol, we have loads of dinghies sitting in dinghy parks in Plymouth and so far this season, I haven't had the pleasure of racing against over 90 percent of them. Maybe people are moving away from the racing side of sailing, hence the heavy investment in "easier" boats that some manufacturers are making. Mind you it could be all the guys aren't as daft as us and are staying nice and comfy racing yachts until it get warmer.
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Yes ... but people are also serious about being able to pay the mortgage and feed the kids ... I suspect these are issues you chaps are yet to deal with ...

 

Ok I'll clarify - mortgage, bills and food obviously come first, but after the essentials there is a secondary budget which can be spent on sailing, diy, eating out, cinema, drinking etc.

What I'm saying is that sailing tends to take priority over all the other leisure activities when it comes to my disposable income, and if you are serious about the sport then that's really how it should be.

That is fair enough ... it's just as fuel prices have crept up & up I guess at some point the secondary budget gets consummed ...

What would be interesting to see is some stats on Open Meeting attendance ... a bit like the Nats table Y&Y do.

I guess it would be a big job to collate all the data ,,,

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I'm planning to do the Byte one day open at Weston, and I live in Newcastle......borrow the assoc boat and FlyBe, cheaper than the car.  Not sure greenpeace will approve tho

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Originally posted by Guest#260

Yes ... but people are also serious about being able to pay the mortgage and feed the kids ... I suspect these are issues you chaps are yet to deal with ...

 

Ok I'll clarify - mortgage, bills and food obviously come first, but after the essentials there is a secondary budget which can be spent on sailing, diy, eating out, cinema, drinking etc.

What I'm saying is that sailing tends to take priority over all the other leisure activities when it comes to my disposable income, and if you are serious about the sport then that's really how it should be.
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...........Dairy Milk!
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Lowering your standards from the usual Dairy milk then ??
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Buy a van, live in the back, tow your boat sell your house for those few extra months of sailing if necessary sell the family to!!!
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I agree with jamie: if your serious about the sport it shouldnt change your comitment.

Personaly though, petrol costs a lot. I simply cant afford to be traveling all over the country whether id like too or not

Yes ... but people are also serious about being able to pay the mortgage and feed the kids ... I suspect these are issues you chaps are yet to deal with ...

Rick



I was under the impression we were talking about the rise in petrol prices, not rediculous petrol prices in general.
If an extra few pence per litre makes the differance between not being able to put a roof over your head and feed your family or not then maby you should tone down the sailing a little anyway as thats running a little close to the line for my tastes


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