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turnturtle ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 05 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2538 |
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but isn't that because they have a media driven agenda, not one too concerned with grass roots participation?
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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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From what I can make out Topper et al sell shed loads of rotomould sailboats, its just that apart from the small ones we don't see them at the clubs. It would be interesting to know where they are sailed, I suppose I ought to go out to Chichester harbour or somewhere some hot Sunday summer afternooon and do a head count of what's out there.
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NickA ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 784 |
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They're all sitting in our boat park being steadily consumed by brambles - though unlike the abandoned GP14s and ents they are, at least, not rotting.
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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At least wood boats will go back to the earth. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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423zero ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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At my club their are numerous Toppers, Topaz, Taz a Magno, Bahia, a very large Sea Cadets rowing boat plus three safety boats, none exposed to uv light, except in use, so will probably see this century out.
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RS400atC ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3011 |
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The casual users of kayaks seem to be eithr hirers, or those who buy them as a must-ave accessory for the holiday cottage. There is a deep divide between beach users, who play a few times a year, 'adventure centre' clients and 'enthusiasts' who go out every weekend in the winter. Then those competing in the various disciplines are separate again. You don't race a roto kayak on flat water. |
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Sounds pretty similar to sailing, then.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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DiscoBall ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 03 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 305 |
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Which is probably part of why flatwater racing is a tiny sport that has a not dissimilar demographic timebomb to dinghy sailing. There's a similar amount of grey hair, but the bellies tend to be smaller... ;) Actually there are roto surfskis in use for flatwater races in Australia, and certainly some hype over a new version that looks like it might get a toehold internationally. As for casual users, there's a broader church than just hirers and holiday homers. The sit-on-top thing, perhaps more than the rotomoulding has pretty much made it paddlesports 'dinghy boom' moment. It's just that the clubs and governing bodies are keeping their heads very firmly in the sand! We certainly get a lot of SOT paddlers interested in joning at club open days, but I think most of them pick up the 'you have the wrong sort of boat' vibe and they don't become members. |
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