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    Posted: 19 Jul 10 at 8:51pm

Originally posted by timeintheboat

One of the ways to keep the costs down for the Nationals is to sail for less days. The 3 or 4 day weekend with 7+ races (as used by the Supernovas as mentioned in the OP, Phantoms and more recently with great success the N12s).

It's true that a shorter event would be cheaper but for us (scorpions) at least the Nationals is the highlight in the calendar and gets a lot put into it. Obviously there are accommodation costs and time off work etc to consider but most the fleet want their full weeks holiday at the nationals... It isn't all about the sailing and most are there to enjoy a bit of both racing and socialising. The shore parties have already organised their first social for half an hour after the fleet launch on the first day so they are happy with spending the week there too! 

Having said that £165 (£110 first time entrants, U21 helms and boats with sail numbers <1850) gets you a week in Looe including 9 champs races, a crews race and practice race plus champagne reception, commodores reception including food and wine, quiz night, pimms party, karaoke night, fancy dress disco and final night prizegiving with a buffet and live music all thrown in too so its cheaper than quite a few others too...

Now up to 84 entries...
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 I have to say the 29er open at Thorpe Bay YC - Open Details - 25th & 26th September, £15 pounds for a two day event in the Musto, thats 6 races as well.  I will enter that event even if for some reason I can not make it, it just goes to show just how cheap a good club can put an event on, moor people will go so they make just as much money?

http://www.mustoskiff.com/fixtures.htm

Money in the post this week to support a club like this.

The entrance paperwork has £20 on it, but even if is £20 would be good . £30 for the 29er, 49er and b14.

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Originally posted by RS400atC

Nationals will always cost quite a bit, accomodation, travel, a week of eating out, plus clubs have to provide a good race team and expect to make a profit. Over £200 seems a bit fierce though. But it's a lot less than taking a flying fifteen or SB3 to Cowes Week.


Actually hardly anybody takes a FF to Cowes Week. It's pretty much a local regatta for the Cowes Corinthian fleet. The huge cost of the ferry is one issue. Entry is £250 which isn't actually too bad in the overall scheme of things.

SB3s have 34 entries this year, down from a little less than 100 a couple of years ago. It seems they are mostly going to Garda instead.

I took a 707 to Cowes Week for a few years and accommodation was the biggest expense. However Cork Week is worse in that respect.
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A week long Nationals on the sea is going to cost a lot to put on, so costs are always going to be pretty high. Once you work out where all the money goes, and what you get (in a decent class) for your money, then it makes sense. I did the Fireflies last year, and had an cracking week, well worth the £180, or whatever it was. I'm off to the Lightnings at Northampton in August, which will cost £20. Great value, but I'm sure the running costs and the amount laid on for competitors don't compare to a week on the Solent.
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