Dinghy Show 2017

Originally posted by davidyacht Birmingham would make sense, in the dinghy heartlands

It would be the last time lots from the South Coast would bother, Birmingham is the absolute pits of hell, I don't think there's a single thing that would persuade me to venture there for pleasure, it was bad enough when work forced trips there.

Nope we also used to enjoy our annual trade show when it was in Manchester, a great city, then it moved to Telford, also quite fun, that Ironbridge is quaint and the beer not too expensive, it's just Birmingham that sucks, probably just ahead of Liverpool in vying for the ultimate title - City Hell on Earth.

Edited by iGRF - 23 Feb 17 at 8:33pm

When will HS2 complete....? You could in and out of Brummie within a day, balti'd and lagered up to your eyeballs.... of course you need to be careful Graeme;,according to Trump supporters the entire city is run by Islamic State... but I'll lend you my Douglas Gill Hijab, you'll be fine.

Edited by turnturtle - 24 Feb 17 at 7:12am

I predict that the Dinghy Show organisers will (try to) tag onto the Boat Show at ExCel (heard it here first)

Those idiots that run the Boat show couldn't organise the proverbial pee up in a Brewery, they stumbled across the perfect synergy for a couple of year with the combination of Boat, Cycle & Outdoor which certainly gave the Cycle element a boost and brought a diverse group of visitors to add a touch of hair colour to the increasing grey wash that ran through the corridors of previous years, then they lost it, the bike show moved to join the motorcycle show and the Boat show continued back into oblivion. I very much doubt having dinghys alongside will do anything for either camp, there's no way the classes could afford Excel and the commercial stands that didn't already exhibit at the Boat show, would never cope with the staff, accommodation and stand rental costs. Nice idea, but unlikely model to succeed plus bad timing, the Boat Show lost the plot when they moved away from that dead week between Xmas and New Year.