Where have all the Slow Boats Gone?

Originally posted by Matt Jackson Well obvously, but I've joined clubs (which claim friendlyness as an asset)  where not one person has spoken to me several weeks after joining and that's within my own class!

Do you look incredibly menacing?  Could answer some questions about friendlyness!

well there are clubs where people come up and introduce themselves straight away does that count as friendly. obviously you wont know people automaticly and it'll be a bit unfriendly seeming at first. isn't that the case with everything

(sorry if this post makes no sense, it makes sense to be but yeah)

 

Originally posted by Rupert All clubs, from the smallest puddle to the biggest sea venue, can site occasions when things have got heated on the water and novices have been shouted at, I'm sure. This is certainly not unique to Chew Valley, and probebly no worse there than anywhere else, especially other clubs where there are many high performance boats in a small space. It is easy when on the shore to see the error of one's ways - more difficult when in a panic trying to get a kite down and a much slower boat appears from behind it! Doesn't mean it should happen, but it is easy to understand.

Fair enough but how many of us then have the good grace to go and apologise to the novice/slower boat after the race and chat through the situation with them?

Edited by tack'ho

You would think that Chew would experience a drop in new members if novices are confronted with demon Fast fleets and frightening race situations, as it is they have one longest waiting lists so they must be doing something right.  

I can't remember the last time I saw an Ent/GP sailing at Chew. That said there are plenty of them in various states of repair around the boat park. At Chew, the slowest boat in the main handicap fleet (with 700/800/int14/49er at the top) is a 200- the other fleets do tend to do different course, often with a different leeward mark.

In the last 2 months there have been 4 new 800s at Chew- owners switching from a Merlin rocket/ RS200/ Buzz and Laser4000- so even fewer slow boats now!!