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    Posted: 26 Oct 16 at 4:11pm
Originally posted by transient

Originally posted by Wrighty

 its a changing world now and Sunday is a working day now.
 


yep........didn't realise it had changed that much though.  As the gig-economy gets hold I guess clubs will have to be even more flexible.

Sounds like a good job is being done at Carsington.




not just the 'gig economy'   it;s more the  '  order it by  11pm and get it  the next day ' economy ...

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you're not wrong Mr H...and you know us 100 sailors by now, we love a sunset!
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GBR 940 - I'd offer to run some racing for you on Friday but think you'd be lucky to get a one lapper in....maybe even not that. 3-5 kts max!
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Wednesday Night club racing is sometimes more popular then our Sunday normal club racing...always has been. More recently the iMoths and RS100's have been out on every other Friday afternoons when the tide is in...so much so the RS100's now have the "POETS Cup"...where we've been getting 9 boats out regularly.
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Thanks guys, that makes sense now.  Where I used to live we had racing at a different club every weeknight. Monday evening and Friday evening both worked very well too, because they made the weekend seem longer.

Down here, oddly enough, midweek racing is almost all done in yachts, possibly because mast-up dinghy storage is rare and it's therefore a bit harder to get dinghies rigged and unrigged.
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Originally posted by transient

Originally posted by Chris 249

As an outsider, can I ask why so many dinghy clubs in the UK choose Wednesday night?


It breaks up the working week nicely. Wednesday is a popular evening for many pastimes including popping up the pub for a couple of pints with the lads.


Wednesday afternoons  are also the traditional  'half day'  in  higher education and the military   where sports /local  Adventure training  /  mid week drinking takes place 
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Originally posted by PeterG

Half day closing must have a lot to do with it, but of course the reason half days were normally Weds is the same reason Wed is a common choice for mid week racing anyway - the clue being in the title - "mid".
Weekday evening racing has become more popular than weekend racing at both my old club, in Eastbourne, where Wed evening PRATT racing has become the place to be. Where I am now on the muddy upper reaches of the Exe esturary we can only sail at high tide, and so do between 2-4 race evenings a week on alternate weeks, as the tide suits. In contrast weekend racing is generally less well supported.
In both cases I think a critical factor in success for midweek evening racing is catering - people don't just come to sail, they come for the meal (hopefully a good one), drink and chat afterwards.


Yes the catering is always a bonus on Thursdays, something to eat and a beer afterwards.

So you were a PRATT then? Jason (Andrews) always spoke highly of PRAT racing. Then what would he know, he was probably responsible for the bar record being constantly broken at Merlin week
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I can't answer the social history, but from the POV of a bloke with a young family, Wednesday evening is 'no biggie' when securing the pass...
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Half day closing must have a lot to do with it, but of course the reason half days were normally Weds is the same reason Wed is a common choice for mid week racing anyway - the clue being in the title - "mid".

Weekday evening racing has become more popular than weekend racing at both my old club, in Eastbourne, where Wed evening PRATT racing has become the place to be. Where I am now on the muddy upper reaches of the Exe esturary we can only sail at high tide, and so do between 2-4 race evenings a week on alternate weeks, as the tide suits. In contrast weekend racing is generally less well supported.

In both cases I think a critical factor in success for midweek evening racing is catering - people don't just come to sail, they come for the meal (hopefully a good one), drink and chat afterwards.
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Round our parts early closing was/is on a Thursday afternoon. Hadn't really thought why our club does racing on a Thursday but this could explain matters. Certainly better supported than our Sunday racing
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