RYA membership
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Topic: RYA membership
Posted By: m_liddell
Subject: RYA membership
Date Posted: 29 Aug 06 at 9:01pm
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My RYA membership just came up for renewal. The only reason I'm a member is because it is a requirement for having a dinghy instructors qualification. I don't plan on teaching in the coming year so can I just re-join the year after? £37 is pretty steep since I don't really get anything else out of it. Quite a price hike from the £28 last year too. |
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Posted By: hurricane
Date Posted: 31 Aug 06 at 12:48am
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you only need to be a member to become an instructor but personally i think the rya do a great job at organising legal protection for instructors so its worth keeping up memebership ------------- lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007 |
Posted By: s_squirrel
Date Posted: 31 Aug 06 at 6:59pm
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£37 to the RYA who provide all the legal guys to argue on behalf of free rights on the water and preventing uneccessary legislation - it's a bargain. Yes, you'd still get the gain if you didn't join, but does this not just feel like stealing??
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Posted By: mopuk2000
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 1:56pm
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Its very suprising that they dont have any kind of student membership once you are over 21. |
Posted By: s_squirrel
Date Posted: 03 Sep 06 at 6:16am
| And I am very surprised that students, who wouldn't think twice about spending £37 in the night club on a Saturday evening, expect that the world should give them everything at a discount! |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 03 Sep 06 at 11:55am
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When you look at how heavily legislated sailors are elswhere in the world (together with the associated costs) and know that pretty much, but for the RYA, the UK would have been exactly the same, membership of the RYA is an absolute bargain..... ------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: mopuk2000
Date Posted: 04 Sep 06 at 1:01pm
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That’s a very broad sweeping generalisation. |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 04 Sep 06 at 1:48pm
But also a very valid one! ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 04 Sep 06 at 3:02pm
nope.... ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |