Choosing a boat: The sailing bug

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The sailing bug

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Topic: The sailing bug

Posted By: tmoore
Subject: The sailing bug
Date Posted: 15 Jun 13 at 5:56pm

As most of you know I sold my RS300 nearly 2 years ago and have not sailed dinghies since. This is because I work on a copper mine in Zambia and get four 3 week holidays a year. Sob story yes I know!

I miss the freedom of being on the water and racing at all levels. I have been able to do a couple of yacht holidays with friends and have bought myself an RC sailing yacht but neither seems to quite give me the sailing fix I got from my 300.

Short of buying another 300 (which I will feel guilty about because it will just sit in the garage), does anyone have any great ideas to get sailing again. Buying a boat to use 3 times a year seems crazy. I have looked at crewing positions but who wants a helm/ crew for just a few weeks at a time. Sailing in Zambia is unfortunately out as the lakes are filled with crocs and although I would of course win a wrestling match with one, it would involve animal cruelty!

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Replies:

Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 15 Jun 13 at 8:45pm

sailing holidays - a great choice of boats, nice locations, no stress about storing a boat.

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the same, but different...

Posted By: Ian29937
Date Posted: 15 Jun 13 at 11:09pm

Menorca?

Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 16 Jun 13 at 8:50am

If I only had limited number of weeks in the year to see anyone out of the office I don't know I'd want to spend all of it on sailing holidays.

I don't think RS would want you to feel guilyt about having an RS300 in the garage that only comes out a few times a year - it is a mass production boat after all, and goodness knows there are anough others round the country that are sailed no more than that. But if it really worries you get a damn Laser. They are fun to play with in waves if you take it somewhere suitable and no-one ever need feel guilty about contributing one more to the tens of thousands of Lasers that are hardly ever sailed...

Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 16 Jun 13 at 9:41am

There's always risk in life! Get something fast and outsail the crocs!

Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 16 Jun 13 at 9:55am

Charter an RS100 for a euro/world champs- Garda/Como.... One good weekend a year, in the sun, racing a nice boat on long windward leeward courses ... And alcohol.

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Posted By: ASok
Date Posted: 16 Jun 13 at 1:08pm

Keep a club membership and just use your club boats? No overhead cost, but you aren't going to rack up any time to quench that thirst for sailing

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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 16 Jun 13 at 5:41pm

That pay and play thing that doesn't exixt yet that was discussed a while back!

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