Who's going and when?

Originally posted by iGRF Dinghy show.. I'll be there Sat morning until just after lunch I guess, depending on how interesting it is this year.

Edited by Simon Lovesey - 28 Feb 19 at 2:04pm

As an aside, having only ever been two or three times in my life, is the Dinghy Show the sort of thing you'd go to each year, or occasionally?
I went last year, is there likely to be much difference year to year or is it a better experience to go every few years to really see big changes in the sport?

Edited by Jamie600 - 28 Feb 19 at 4:14pm

Originally posted by Jamie600 As an aside, having only ever been two or three times in my life, is the Dinghy Show the sort of thing you'd go to each year, or occasionally? I went last year, is there likely to be much difference year to year or is it a better experience to go every few years to really see big changes in the sport?

I really enjoy it, a bit of a show victim me, there's always stuff to see, some to marvel at others to chuckle about, sometime old sailing friends and acquaintances to run into and I usually always miss something even though I think I've 'done' the whole room. My ex windsurfing buddy Dee Caldwell is allegedly going to be somewhere with his new boots I shall have to go and check out and maybe take the piss that's he's now selling to us dinghy sailors...

I shall have a look at that new trapeze harness which isn't quite as expensive as I thought, especially compared to some harness prices we see in kiting these days.

There's a new quick little Streaker that might upset the applecart down the lake next winter I shall have a look at. Then there will inevitably be new foilers , so bound to be something else, so yes, every year I make the trip..

Going without a stand to man this year on Saturday. Looking forward to wandering around bumping into old friends.

I hope the Streaker doesn’t have a Carbon rig. The PY bandit moaners will have a field day with that. I remember one issue the bandit  moaners have is that the old wooden ones artificial push up the PY making the plastic boats bandits. Adding a carbon rig will only worsen this separation. The appeal of the streaker is that it hasn’t gone down the carbon route.