The latest 'project'

I don't know anyone who would ever consider dragging a dinghy up a shingle beach, this is NOT common place in the 

Most shingle beach sailors that I've seen avoid dragging their boats as much as possible. It does happen occasionally but is not common practice. Most rough launches I've seen the boat gets lifted into the water by helpers.

We're not all like GRF 

Fast (ish) Solos rough launch:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37279784@N02/4052807030/in/set-72157622486497168

Gratuitous dragging, shocking. I suppose, given time it makes the boat lighter.

Originally posted by transient Gratuitous dragging, shocking. I suppose, given time it makes the boat lighter.

Standard procedure.. The Alto at it's first launch...

You can't get sentimental about a few scratches, whatever it might get on the way out, they'll be a whole lot worse on the way back and cheaper than a broken mast waiting fro someone to get the trailer

Originally posted by yellowwelly Dear Committee, Please can we invest in a slipway.  Sailing dinghies here is sh*t. Your faithfully, iGRF (on behalf of the membership) __________ Graeme, feel free to 'Basher' that onto an email.

Don't, you have no idea how long and how often I've whined about the lack of a slipway, we do have one but it's buried, every now and then after a storm it reappears, but we've not had what you could call a determined committee, bent on making launching and recovery easier for it's membership.

Not surprising the lake holds such attraction with it's simple single handed launch.

That Solo movie from 1985 could have been Hythe, but then so could the numbers of participants, we haven't seen that number of pairs of hands for many a year.