RYA youth awareness campaign

I agree Garry about the Onboard goals. These sailors who see it as fun as a youngster, more involved in their club/school sailing and also the Swallows & Amazons aspect of sailing are more likely to remain club sailors which is excatly what needs to be encouraged. The encouragement of the elite is great, but the grassroots need to be equally encouraged.

As as been alluded to above when you are in University and then post university and try & re/join a new sailing club it is prohibitively expensive. With joining fees, membership & boat compound fees sometimes nearly £200 for one year it is quite off putting. Even more so if you do race some of the circuit and are away too but would like to race summer evenings, the costs do not balance out. To this extent I am a member of my parental home club as it is affordable, but nowhere else near my current location due to cost which is a shame.

So I think the 21-30 age group are possibly the most price sensitive age group when it comes to sailing, as many have to consider repayment of student finances.