Sailing is for posh people

Originally posted by NickA I do notice that the kids who roll up for topper training weekends at our club (and thereby have a chance at Zone and National squads and will one day turn up at the Olympics) generally have mum and dad driving a Massive Camper Van or Audi Q7 or RangeRovaar and that all their kit is nice and new. Also noticed that by the time I was rich enough to own a nice dinghy I was too old to sail it well.

My brother has a son in toppers(now lasers) and daughter in 420. Yes he is on a good salary and works bloody hard for it and yes he has a motor home BUT no expensive holidays etc and it certainly doesn't make him posh.
I still havent got rich enough to buy me a decent boat and certainly not good enough to sail it.
If you want posh try the horsey fraternity


Edited by rogerd - 17 Nov 13 at 6:54pm

Originally posted by JimC Its amazing what you can afford to do if you cut out takeaway meals, booze, fags and foreign holidays... I got a new Cherub when I was on a very modest income back in the 80s.

Couldn't agree more Jim
Most people these days don't appreciate how much of their expenditure is basically on luxuries.

...you were lucky...our dad used to send us to tropics in t' Mirror dinghy to pick bananas out t' trees and then we'd have to be back by 6 in t' mornin' to start work at mill.

But you know, we were happy in those days, though we were poor.

AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE DAILY MAIL MAY I ASK?

Yacht Racing is for rich people.

Dinghy Racing has got far too expensive, but still a long way below Yacht Racing, IMO.

Polo is for posh people. 

Gymkhana's and Pony Club are for posh people and people who want to mix with posh people, but aren't posh themselves. 

Compared to massive stink boat ownership it's all still small beer.

The Daily Mail is just wrong, plain wrong.  Unless you happen to be white, middle or upper class and like a right-wing comic instead of a newspaper of a morning, IMO.