Harken....

Originally posted by 2547 Shows may have been good for flogging beach toys but people don't get into dinghy sailing on a whim at a show. The network of clubs need to be the way into the sport. Clubs need to burn the members only signs and throw open ithe doors.

I don't know how many clubs still fly the "Members Only" sign but I guess not many. Most nowadays say "New Members Welcome".

As a opposed to if I were running Dakine and only went and found out someone had stuck my brand all over them RS100s.... Hell, I dunno what I'd do ;-)

You presume too much Ed, my other boat is a RS800, and a Wayfarer, and a Lymington Scow. Can't have too many boats!

Dear Mr Ash-Vie,

 I whole heartedly agree with your sentiment about never having too many boats.  Unfortunately, however, I have so many boats I can't afford to equip them.  I wonder, therefore, if you would be interested in fitting out my very lovely cold moulded i14 Agamemnon, built by Richardson in 1965.  In return I might consider allowing you to use my gorgeous dinghy as an exhibit at the Dinghy Show, which is, as we both know, where all the proper, well informed sailors go to make their purchasing decisions. 

Yours truly,

wing wang

xxx

For those of us that don't take Seahorse, what was it? Was it along the lines of "if you've never snapped a mast, you're not trying hard enough?"