Is the price of petrol impacting ...
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Topic: Is the price of petrol impacting ...
Posted By: Guest
Subject: Is the price of petrol impacting ...
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 5:51pm
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... open meeting attendance? With the ever increasing price of petrol and greater levels of road conjestion do you think people are doing less open meetings than 5 years ago? Many people will make the once a year trip to the nationals and so the nats. attendance table would not pick this up ... I guess you can also factor in changing lifestyles; longer working hours and time poor people into this equation. Just wondered what people thought? Rick |
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Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 6:30pm
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Not for me, sailing comes first and if you are serious about the sport another £5 in the tank is neither here nor there. I must say I have noticed a huge increase in traffic though. I remember shooting down from Sheffield to Stokes Bay in three hours when I first started doing meetings ten years ago, now I always find the M3 down to Southampton resembles a car park on a Friday afternoon, no matter what time I set off. |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 12:47pm
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I agree with jamie: if your serious about the sport it shouldnt change your comitment. Personaly though, petrol costs a lot. I simply cant afford to be traveling all over the country whether id like too or not ------------- |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 1:25pm
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it's even worse when you have to pay/pursuade your parents to do it for you ------------- |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 27 May 06 at 8:37pm
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just paying for the petrol to get to the events is a nightmare for me but it soesnt stop me going! ------------- |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 28 May 06 at 8:13pm
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Yes ... but people are also serious about being able to pay the mortgage and feed the kids ... I suspect these are issues you chaps are yet to deal with ... Rick ------------- |
Posted By: Offshoretiger
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 8:24am
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A lot of the opens and travellers events Im doing at the moment involve about a 1000-1200 mile round trip. At theat point the cost of petrol is less of a problam than sorting out the time off and trying not to turn up at the event completely knackered and just wanting to sleep
------------- ...yesterday I couldnt spell enginner...now I are one!...... |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 10:03am
I was under the impression we were talking about the rise in petrol prices, not rediculous petrol prices in general. If an extra few pence per litre makes the differance between not being able to put a roof over your head and feed your family or not then maby you should tone down the sailing a little anyway as thats running a little close to the line for my tastes ------------- |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 6:31pm
You're coming all grown-up and sensible, Isis!! Incredible the difference a birthday makes...  ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: gonzo
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 7:15pm
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Buy a van, live in the back, tow your boat sell your house for those few extra months of sailing if necessary sell the family to!!! ------------- Go Big or Go home or sail a 49er!!! |
Posted By: MRJP BUZZ 585
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 9:29pm
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i make do with a galaxy ------------- Josh Preater http://www.bu22.co.uk">  BUZZING IS FUN
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Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 11:06pm
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Lowering your standards from the usual Dairy milk then ?? ------------- 49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)! http://www.grafham.org/" rel="nofollow - Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 29 May 06 at 11:09pm
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------------- Dennis Watson 49er GBR735 http://www.helensburghsailingclub.co.uk/ - Helensburgh S.C http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=560 - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine |
Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 10:32am
Ok I'll clarify - mortgage, bills and food obviously come first, but after the essentials there is a secondary budget which can be spent on sailing, diy, eating out, cinema, drinking etc. What I'm saying is that sailing tends to take priority over all the other leisure activities when it comes to my disposable income, and if you are serious about the sport then that's really how it should be. |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 11:23am
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I'm planning to do the Byte one day open at Weston, and I live in Newcastle......borrow the assoc boat and FlyBe, cheaper than the car. Not sure greenpeace will approve tho ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 2:02pm
That is fair enough ... it's just as fuel prices have crept up & up I guess at some point the secondary budget gets consummed ... What would be interesting to see is some stats on Open Meeting attendance ... a bit like the Nats table Y&Y do. I guess it would be a big job to collate all the data ,,, Rick
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Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 30 May 06 at 3:46pm
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It might not even be so much to do with the price of petrol, we have loads of dinghies sitting in dinghy parks in Plymouth and so far this season, I haven't had the pleasure of racing against over 90 percent of them. Maybe people are moving away from the racing side of sailing, hence the heavy investment in "easier" boats that some manufacturers are making. Mind you it could be all the guys aren't as daft as us and are staying nice and comfy racing yachts until it get warmer. ------------- Dennis Watson 49er GBR735 http://www.helensburghsailingclub.co.uk/ - Helensburgh S.C http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=560 - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine |