UK's Most Expensive Sailing Club

Dinghy sailing in some clubs and classes can still be really cheap. I returned to sailing around 10 years ago after the usual post Uni/getting married break from the sport, picked up an old Laser for £500 and rejoined my old club. I got 5 years regular racing (25 sundays a year perhaps?) out of that old boat and I reckon the overall cost was around £1400. Or put another way, under £300 a year or just over a tenner for an average days sailing:

£500 sailing club subs at approx £100 a year
£400 (2 secondhand sails)
£100 (depreciation on the boat - sold it for £400 after 5 years use)
£250 (new kit, wetsuit etc)
£150 (insurance)

And do you know what - at club level I was half way competitive. So who says sailing has to be expensive and elitist?

Try Mount's Bay sailing Club.  This from the web site, www.mbsc.org

Current annual subscription rates are as follows:

• Single member - £35
• Joint members - £60
• Out of port member - £16
• Junior member - £10

Current joining fees are:

• Single member - £35
• Joint members - £60
• Out of port member - £16

Small additional fees are payable for the use of the dinghy pen and the car park alongside the dinghy pen.

And under 12 year old kids are free when their parents join.

And.. great sailing water ( Int 14 Nationals this year ) and mostly rubbish jobs.

 

Steve

If they know it's a one off, then they'll come back n pay their fees in time next year to avoid having to pay it again...

Is it just aother name for dinghy park? or sumfin like this...

Oh yeah... they said the sailing wasn't bad either