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    Posted: 26 Mar 17 at 8:13pm
Originally posted by Rupert

Good to hear you speak well of my cousin Edmond, grf!

He was an outstanding Assett of the RYA, did a lot of good work I don't know if he was ever recognised for it as against certain elements that were only hanging around to line their own pockets getting OBE's. Characters like him quintessential Gentlemen that gave even the legal industry a good name, he has nothing but respect from me. 
 Jenny Curry another acceptable face of the RYA sadly missed from the organisation of the dinghy show, there were always some good people there, maybe I'm just out of touch these days, maybe I'm just old and cynical but the phrase 'they don't breed them like that anymore' springs to mind.
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Originally posted by davidyacht

grades of membership

But they're not grades of membership. This has been clearly established in the thread. All 4 categories have the same basic rights and privileges. The only enhanced grades are gold and life. So, put brutally, the whole premise of your complaint fails.
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United we stand divided we fall, platitude I know but still true, without a unified body regardless of flaws, sailing would be picked at, for instance local council doesn't want our club in country park, we are a nuisance expecting them to do things for us, they want our building for storing farm equipment and galley for rangers, you know type of thing councils are good at. RYA behind us makes it to much trouble.
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Being a member of a club or CA gives benefits that aren't available to private individuals. Part of you club/CA fees go towards funding that.
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I do not disagree that the RYA does good things, our club has benefited considerably from regional support and Sport England investment initiatated by the RYA.  My reason for starting this post was to highlight what in my opinion is a poor initiative in splitting Personal, Associate and Affiliate grades of membership without offering any financial benefit albeit small to those who already contribute through their Class Associations and Clubs.
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This is the ting. Those who do not make any effort to find out what the RYA actually does are all too quick to dis them.

I was sceptical. Then I became a DI and met some of the RDOs. In my experience they are a passionate group of people who case deeply about what happens to sailing as a sport and to sailing clubs. 

Our local RDO was instrumental in getting us our first Sport England grant and (I believe) is helping with a current application. Without these people (and the org that pays their wages) wour sport would be in very dire straits indeed.
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Our regional rep very helpful, with us through a difficult period, club now on a sound footing, would be a shame if he was laid off.
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I am not saying that the RYA does no good work. 
However for an organisation claiming to be all encompassing the desire to label "boaters" seems contradictory and slightly indicative of an affection towards moving paper around for the sake of it.
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Originally posted by JimC

Its well worth taking a good look at posts on SA about US Sailing. Because its effectively a racing sailors only body it seems pretty much toothless and influence free with the US government, and the results is they have way way more government interference than we do. Having the RYA take a neutral stance if the issue is motorboaters versus sailboaters is a price well worth paying if the alternative is a body like US sailing with no influence at all.

Exactly. In the supposed land of the free, boats have to be registered. In Europe, there are places where a licence is needed. A lot of the work the RYA do go towards maintaining our freedoms, and it's mainly for that reason that I'm a member. Well, that and having to be.
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Good to hear you speak well of my cousin Edmond, grf!

I remember that even back then the RYA was thought of as too big and juggling too many pies, though. Generally, then and now, I've found if you contact them, an individual will be happy to help. As with any organisation, it is made up of people, and unlike most, they actually seem to want to help. However, the number of people working at grass roots dinghy sailing level is being reduced, which can't help in the long run.
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