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drifter ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 09 Jun 08 Location: Oxfordshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 177 |
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mongrel ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 304 |
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I don't know the RYA doesn't put on a demo day at Rutland or somewhere with plenty of room, invite each class &/or manufacturer to have a shore display, and a couple of demo boats on the water. Have trade stands on shore, with catering to help sponsor the event. Put it it on over a May bank holiday, makes more sense to me to be able to try or see the boats on the water, than bimble about an exhibition hall.
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D-one foils are lurvely.......
Let's not have head to heads for goodness sake. Last time I sailed two similar boats from these guys and didn't show a preference, people died
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yellowwelly ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 May 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2003 |
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Go away with those ridiculously sensible suggestions Mongrel- this is dinghy sailing ;-)
(The dinghy exhibition is for grandparents- weighing up the needs of the Grandkids vs. a nice new Solo/GP14/Miracle... Edited by yellowwelly - 12 Feb 14 at 6:36pm |
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timeintheboat ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 01 Feb 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 615 |
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Midlands Club? Devoti range of boats for demo? Count me in.
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Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
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redders ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 30 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 41 |
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If you want to go a bit more into the Midlands I am sure it could be arranged at Bartley SC on a Sunday.
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The older I get the faster I was!
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Time Lord ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 03 Dec 13 Location: Warwickshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 301 |
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It will never happen as it is: A) far too sensible for RYA toffs to consider, and B) much too far from London for them to venture out. Damm good idea though - much better than the old TV studios. |
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Ruscoe ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 12 Jan 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1514 |
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Brilliant idea in principle but no class could afford it after the stupid prices charged to display at the dinghy show!
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JimC ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662 |
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Think about the logistics a bit more. Lets say each punter wants 20 minutes in a boat. Hard to get much of a feel for less. Given a half reasonable day for the poor sods manning the boats then that's , what, shall we say 25 people per boat. If your class can find two mugs willing to lend their boats out maybe 50. Then you need a spare boat so there's something to look at on shore. OK, so that's 3 boats times how many classes. There are about 100 classes in the current PY list. If we can get 2 boats for every class, and each punter tries 3 classes, then that's 1,500 - 2,000 paying punters. Not many to pay for renting temporary changing rooms, toilets etc, but far more than any club infrastructure could cope with. So 2,000 paying punters, each there for half a day, plus lets say 3 boat owners and one other helper per class, lets say 1,000 paying customers and 400 class reps on site at any time,
that's an awful lot more parking spaces than any club I can think of has... I'm not saying its impossible, but it sure makes Sailboat look easy to organise by comparison... |
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Ruscoe ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 12 Jan 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1514 |
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True enough Jim, not to mention the insurance issues, randomness of uk weather etc. I just think it would be nearly impossible to make it a success. Shame really, I hate dragging my ass to London over a weekend...god knows I spend enough time on the M25 and M4 nowadays already!
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