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PeterG 
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Less than a mile to one, about 250 to the other - guess which I sail most at!
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craiggo
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Posted: 08 Feb 11 at 10:58pm |
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2 miles for me, so pretty handy for working on the boat
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chrisg
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Cool, thanks guys. So, although the sample size is tiny, do you think it seems that people in general dont/wont travel that far to their prefered club. If you sail inland you might generally (with the odd exception) go for the nearest club to you which may be down to not having many to choose from, but if you live on the coast where there is plenty of choice you can be a bit more choosy and might drive past one to get to another.
Interesting stuff! I travel about 11miles to my club. There are two clubs nearer but they are considerably smaller water wise. |
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Rockhopper
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Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 7:21am |
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I can walk to mine in ten mins or five mins on the bike but in the crazy summer months when we have loads of dfl,s down it can take up to twenty mins by car not good when you have some extra stuff to take down and i am only half a mile away from the beach
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blueboy
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Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 7:38am |
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I drive about 50 minutes to a sea club. There are several (slightly) closer sea clubs but mine has the class I want to sail and by far the best sailing water and facilities. There is a pond club 10 minutes away but 100 yard legs don't really do it for me these days.
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Rupert
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Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 8:38am |
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Just how many sailing clubs are there in the UK? It seems amazing that so many of us can live so close to a patch of water where people sail.
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Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 9:55am |
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Think there's well over a thousand. Including yacht clubs based in London (but that sail elsewhere), there's something like 70 within the bounds of the M25 alone.
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radixon
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So going from where I am now, (hillingdon) to MSC i pass loads of clubs either over or under the M25. But as I do the trip on a Friday night to stay at her or my parents, I dont think that applies. Seriously, I still sail at MSC as I prefer a sea venue rather than a shifty lake.
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Iain C
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Six miles from home to my dinghy club (Draycote). The Sabre is on a swinging mooring in Gosport, but with a prompt exit from the office on a Friday night in Birmingham 150 miles away, a packed car and a fairly heavy right foot I can still be on board very much in the daylight. I reckon with a fair tide in the height of summer Cowes is a possibility before it gets properly dark...
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