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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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I think there were no longer enough windsurf stands and visitors to make it worthwhile.
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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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Anyone remember why it ceased to be the dinghy and windsurfing show?
Seems to me that a show with dinghies, kites, windsurfers, mountain bikes, canoes, climbing and any other outside equipment sports would be good. I guess the trouble is that dinghy sailing is the only one which has non commercial CA stands. I'd go, though. |
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Woodbotherer ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 192 |
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They did, there were dozens in the coach park, gave us the same idea, but were never as successful, windsurfers are such an independent bunch but we got a couple of coach loads, we used to go round the Crystal palace car park poster and stickering up all the cars and coaches to advertise our show which was usually a couple of weeks later.
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Thunder Road ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 24 Jun 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 372 |
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I seem to remember in the Crystal Palace days sailing clubs had a coach full of members going down to see the latest offerings. I think I went down with Horbury SC in an ancient Ford coach which took 5 hours in each direction. My dad went as well and had Shingles, he still talks about the trip usually when it's his round
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turnturtle ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 05 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2538 |
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I remember going as a kid where the price you pick a drysuit up for justified the trip....
My latest drysuit was less than £200 despite an RRP of nearer £400 from the manufacturer. It's easier to shop about now, great... one less sailing pass not used up on sailing shopping.
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maxibuddah ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Mar 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1760 |
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There were definitely more cheap gear stands there, rather than the virtually full market price offerings you get now. End of line meant 50-75% off, not 5%. At least that's what I seem to remember from crystal palace. That and it felt more like you were exploring there too. All in big hall kind of loses its enigma to me, bit too corporate feeling
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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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I'm sure there was more to it than I remember - I guess I'd have been 10 or 11. |
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Woodbotherer ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 192 |
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You can thank me indirectly for the show being at Alexander Palace, when we sold our windsurfing show that used to be held there, in 1987, they ran one more I think 1988, then moved and the RYA guy at the time who was also well into the windsurfing scene, Phil Jones leapt at the slot we left open.
They were at Crystal Palace, we were in temporary accommodation built after the fire while they refurbed the main hall which opened in 1988 with Princess Anne coming to the show which the RYA were heavily involved with at the time, so when the new owners moved the windsurf show fatally to Thorpe Park, the Dinghy show moved in. Some time later after the demise of the Wind & Surf show, we canvassed heavily to have a windsurf section within the show which duly occurred for a number of years. By the look of it's spartan appearance now there's a window opening for wider participation from other waters sports, I've never seen it so dead as this year. Maybe some kite, kayak and windsurf features would liven it up a bit, who knows, I wouldn't know who to talk to these days, Jenny Curry retired a while back and she was always the principle custodian of affairs concerning the show. It could do with another hall to be honest, we did consider an external marquee but all that does is remove valuable parking, one of the principle issues up there, that and communication, it's not the easiest place to get to.
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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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As I recall if you weren't an RYA affiliated class you had to be outside in the cold. I think AP is probably the best venue, it was a real down if you got thrown out to one of the outer halls at CP, which was rather likely to happen to classes not approved by the then much less demotic RYA. crystal Palace must have been a right pain to get to if you weren't from NE Surrey too. I've been to Picketts Lock shows, but don't really remember them. I believe the place we knew has been demolished.
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Those films show that Crystal Palace had a large arena too, and it had mezzanine floor where i.a. some clubs had stands. There were also classes that couldn't fit inside lined up along the path you took from car-park to hall (tho' they had room for that huge boating lake inside! I recall they had one of the first Isos sitting on it one year). I thought the whole thing had more character.
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