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    Posted: 01 Feb 13 at 1:24pm
ESSC sails for about 22 Wed evenings in the summer. Over the past few years they have become a lot more popular, and we have extended the season. We now not infrequently get more boats on the water on a Wed evening than a Sunday. In large part that is due to our personal handicap (P.R.A.T.T.) series for the the Laser, and a smaller one for the Dart 16 - as well as the great meals and good beer we get afterwards. 

There's nothing stopping anyone sailing at other times when they want, but in practice, since it's open sea, with few other boats around, and no safety cover outside club events it very rarely happens.
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Originally posted by Kev M

in 2012 they introduced Pink Sailing


Ooh, do they check? Sounds like a great opportunity for a bit of 'cross dressing' plus a bonus of maybe some silverware, watch out for Mrs Doubtfire in an EPS


On topic, my little lake club run a wednesday afternoon series, starts at 4, a hangover from the days of wednesday half day closing in nearby Hythe, having said that I do believe Hythe probably still closes on a Wednesday afternoon, to take a breather from the mobility scooter gridlock the rest of the week.

So my week goes Tuesnight Raceboards, Wed afternoon Lake EPS, Thurday Night evening series usually the Alto.

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Burton Sailing Club has the usual Wednesday night racing, then in 2012 they introduced Pink Sailing on Thursday night which has been a rel hit with the female members and getting more of them engaged with the club as a whole.  

We also have Friday night junior sailing but by all accounts that was a bit quiet last year.  We have some new blood getting involved with the juniors this year so hopefully that will pick up a bit more.
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A t our little club you can sail when you like, 24hrs a day 52weeks a year should you be so inclined. We race Sundays and Wednesday nights and have Family sailing or training on Saturdays with rescue cover. This year we tried having rescue cover for two afternoons during the week and this would have worked except for the weather. Our club is a very nice place to be.
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I sail in the Victory Class out of Portsmouth and we race Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The evening racing is easily the most popular.
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Originally posted by JimC

We have Adult training on Tuesday evenings in the summer, racing on Wednesdays. We offer cheap Wednesday only membership, which does have a small takeup.
 
Would add to Jim's comment that I think our Wednesday evening series is probably the most competitive of all the series in terms of turnout and quality of the racing. Suggests that people really do like it.
 
In actual fact I've just persuaded my wife who hasn't sailed in a dinghy for 13 years to race with me in this years Wednesday series. It only works cause we can have use of a babysitter in the evenings, which we can't during the weekend.
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At Shearwater you can officially sail any day dawn to dusk, March to end November but are advised not to sail alone - have a shore watcher or two boats out.
Over at Cheddar it's very different as you can't sail without safety cover and that's only weekends and wednesday night in summer.
Personally I think it's quite a big factor these days in keeping people in the sport as so many jobs now require weekend/evening working that those people don't get the opportunity to sail when most of us do. I've visited a few clubs that have weekday sailing and many retired sailors also take the chance to get out then as well as the weekend workers.
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SSC race on summer Wednesday evenings from the club line in the river / harbour, and its quite popular. Shame I can't get there in time  Unhappy. (Sundays is ctte boat start out at sea). My last club (little pond near Farnham) also race Weds eve and it is very popular. They also offer a reduced 'midweek' membership rate - or used to.
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We race every wednesday and thursday night, hamble river even put on a water taxi at 530 so we can quickly get out to our boats and get to the start at 630, also they finish us near the mouth of the river so its a quick hop back in
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I'd love it if there was a club near me that offered weeknight racing and a (reduced rate) membership for just that- ie what Jim describes. The club most accesible to me (having no car!) doesn't do weeknights at all
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