Sailjuice reducing interest in events

Personally I have been a keen participant in the Winter Series over the years and this year sailed four of the six events that went ahead and would have done more if they had not been cancelled. I really enjoy them and learn a great deal from each event; its handicap racing so the result will always be a mess and frankly I rarely look at how I did (just looked and see I finished 19th overall in the series) but instead I set myself a goal depending on the conditions like beat all the boats in Class X or be on the same leg and person Y. Over the years I have many of my best mates that I see at these events and its great banter on and off the water. Personally I do not do the Summer series at all as I go to H2 events instead as class racing is always going to be better than handicrap. To the OPs original question - suspect that the Brass Monkey was not well attended as it was rescheduled to be later than normal and we are now in the class racing season - I was at a class event in Weymouth racing other H2s for example.

Was planning a lot in 20/21 but that didn’t happen, each event I entered then got cancelled. Two day events don’t have that much appeal in the depth of winter, so booked for Grafham GP and Bloody Mary 22, both of which were cancelled again, what luck!

Bloody Mary has a huge appeal but now our club runs January-March racing almost every Sunday that is easier.

Originally posted by Simon Lovesey ...quite a challenge for those counting laps from a cold committee boats to keep tabs on things.  The trackers give a lap count and time to cross the line,  which can be compared to the manual scoring sheets.

Can think of a few occasions when I could have done with that!

Originally posted by Simon Lovesey With four events cancelled during the 2021/22 SailJuice Winter Series it is difficult to make comparisons to previous winters

Fair point. So I just looked up 19/20. From 551 who scored points in at least one event (of seven) two did all 7, four more 6, 33 4 or more, 72 three, and 145 two, so I think it holds that people don't appear to be put off doing one or two events they fancy by the existence of a series. As I recall back when I was doing these events, long before Sailjuice, I usually did about 3 or 4.

A National series travelling over the days of shortest daylight and sailing in the coldest weather is an undertaking for the dedicated few.