How far do you travel
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Topic: How far do you travel
Posted By: fizzicist
Subject: How far do you travel
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 9:31am
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How far away is your local club? I'm getting hacked off with the drive to get to my current club & although the sailing itself is brilliant, the facilities are a bit ropey so I'm considering switching clubs. However the biggest pond available is 45 miles which is further than I currently travel. But it's a much bigger & better equipped club. Does anyone else take a similar trade off and is it worth the effort? ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 10:10am
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When I bought my first house I had the following criteria : 1, Must be able to get my car on the drive 2, Must be able to ge my Hurricane on the drive 3, Must be drivable distance from Grafham (Hitchin is about 30 miles from Grafham) 4, Must be commutable from London / close enough to the station 5, Must be able to afford it.
So I just went up the A1 from where my parents live (Digswell) until I found something . ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 11:02am
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I drive 25 miles to my club when I'm at home and the same when i
sail at uni. Fuel cost is the only issue when sailing 3 times a
week as the drive only takes about half an hour.
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 11:17am
Fules costs; yup, that can be a killer ! Worse if driving "enthusiastically I can get 8mpg  ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 11:46am
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8mpg! wat do u drive? a huge mercedes? ------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 12:04pm
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That's the Impreza ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 12:10pm
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Yep, the Impreza can drink petrol at an alarming rate - and it gets very expensive as I run it on Optimax all the time....
But if I am being sensible and keep the revs below 3000 i can also average 35mpg - but what is the point of having a turbo car if you don't exercise the turbo !
I've also had it off the clock (on a German moterway) and the clock goes to 160MPH !!!!!!! (but it was probably around 145mph as the clock overreads somewhat) ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 12:56pm
Oh Scoob, I know how you feel! I'm not in the same league as you (pushed my car to 125 once, and I'm sure it could go faster but I chickened out) but I love seeing those spotty teenagers in their souped-up Saxo trying to take me at the lights!!  I usually lose sight of them in my rear mirror after 20 seconds... (and the beauty is, my car looks very tame, an ordinary Pug 306... with a nice engine, ask Contender443 )------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 2:55pm
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I can imagine a super-turbo charged Oppie, running on Optimax! It's when you lap the Laser4000 you know your in trouble!! ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 3:39pm
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98.6 RON oppie ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 5:30pm
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My best one was beating this chav in his done up nova off the lights, whilst towing the 29er in my mum's diesel 306, will never forget the look on him and his missus' faces, comic! ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 5:42pm
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Scooby, your parents live just down the road from me, haha! That piece of A1 is lovely for driving, apart from all the cameras and OB in their vans! ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 9:01pm
So Iv'e got solar panels on my house to support your rediculus driving habbits. You should by a jet ski for the full set.  ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 11:10pm
I also have solar panels on my house I hate jet Ski's.
Strawberry, where is that then ? ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: redback
Date Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 11:54pm
| Mine's a turbo diesel, so I get to use my turbo whichever club I go to. I belong to 2, one is 20 mins away and the other is 50 mins away. I used to drive a fast car, now I sail a fast boat and drive sensibly. |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 9:43am
And my bike will slaughter it from the lights, does 60mpg and cost me a coupla thousand... So what was your point? |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 9:59am
Agreed, but the bike cannot tow the boat. What bike have you got Jim ? ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 10:00am
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Jim, Jack, Scoob and others !! Chill out!
Coming back to the original topic, it takes me between 20 mns (daytime traffic) and 8 mns (night time GTi, vroooooom!) to get to the club... and I get there at least 4 times week! (I look after the galley, shop and tidy up - and sometimes sail a little ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 10:25am
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Lancing SC - the place to be - complete with French caterers...now how far would you go to get that?? I used to travel 150km each to go for a sail...now that distance would get me to the club and back 3 times!! (Gotta love SIngapore...) |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 11:39am
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drive 20 miles each way to get to my club because its better than the puddle 2 miles down the road from where i live ------------- |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 1:20pm
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I moved to the most local club (15/20/35 minutes from home (bike light traffic/heavy traffic/car heavy traffic) and 5/10 minutes from work (bike)) because I found that I was much less likely to travel double the distance to a club with better launching space/bigger water unless the weather was perfect. Bonus is that the local club is friendlier with better atmosphere.
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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 3:11pm
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when I was at uni, it was 25 min on the metro in the morning to get to south shields SC from the middle of newcastle, fequired no brain power, physical effort or even any level of sobiety. It was great. Unfortunately those days are gone, now I'm at home (same town as scooby) so its half an hour or so to grafham. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 5:43pm
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Scooby, I live in Old Welwyn. So how many of you guys sail at Grafham? And how regularly? ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 26 Aug 05 at 10:43pm
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Old Welwyn eh, My old stomping Ground from Monks Walk ! ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 28 Aug 05 at 5:58pm
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Lol I travel prob max of 5 mins to club though it used to be 10 to my old club but we then switched. The new ones much better / friendlier. But I must say that I dont actualy sail at my club much and do many open meetings. most summers we would be at club about 5 times in summer so the maximum I would travel for a weekends sailing is from london to liverpool (northwards) and london weymouth (southerly) ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 29 Aug 05 at 3:19pm
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800 mile round trip to Hartlepool from Weymouth this weekend:) ------------- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Own-Tactics-Coach/dp/0470973218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565831&sr=8-1 - |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 29 Aug 05 at 3:23pm
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Strawberry,
Planning to sail next Sunday and the last Sunday in the month.
Don't get out more than twice a month at the moment - I've a young Family ! ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 29 Aug 05 at 5:33pm
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I'm trying to persuade all the Cherub lot to go to Grafham this w/end! So keep an eye out for us. If we were to come, could you sign any of us in as visitors? ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 29 Aug 05 at 11:33pm
I was at grafham this weekend just gone (did look out for you scoob but I didn't see you), went for a bit of 2-boat sailing with one of the club boats. Sailing on sunday was awesome, F4 all day and brilliant sunshine. They set a square course in the morning, two great two sail reaches, won by nearly three min on corrected time  . Afternoon was just as windy, had a few of those moments where you just keep bearing off and bearing off and you wonder if the gust will ease before you get to the bottom of the run. Probably be back up there sept 10/11th if anyone is about. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 31 Aug 05 at 7:51pm
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Sorry James, I missed the ponchos, I only started at Newcastle in 2001, but I guess that means you knew the likes of Mr.'s Sugden, Whyle & Cooper. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: ben.s.uk
Date Posted: 01 Sep 05 at 10:25pm
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I used to drive to carsington 5 days a week, was working at the watersports center tho used to take about an hour and a half in the morning during term time but once the summer hols kicked in it went down to about an hour/ 45mins at a push and thats in my 1.1 pug still cost around a 5er a day tho |