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    Posted: 05 Jun 20 at 12:11pm
Its all about risk assessment be it either the clubs and then most importantly the individual.

Happy to follow what the club committee has agreed. They give up their time to help run the club(been there, done that, not prepared to jump back in).

If I think personally that the committee have taken things to far or not done correctly for my safety I can stay at home till I am happy.

I follow the guide lines and I am quiet relaxed with the whole thing(probably due to my job daily contians a fair degree of risk anyhow)

My wife on the other hand.

At least we can go for some form of sailing you could be sheidling.

Although sailing without racing is not a hobbie I would continue with. As soon as the club allows racing and I am happy with the risks I'll be there.
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Well about 25 out sailing this morning. All good. Common sense and obeying the rules. You're welcome.
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I'm not convinced racing more than 6 single handers is permitted under the "meet 6 people" rule.  The 6 person meeting is still > 2m.  I suspect it wont be policed.  BUT if there was an outbreak and T&T actually got involved and there were say 18 racers named... someone might start to ask some questions.

That said, the government has allowed the return of competative sport, some of which will be <2m.  

Originally posted by didlydon

We can't physically do it & maintain a healthy distance in the race box
A race box can run single person.  You may need to add some automation (check out Android DSRC App) or if you need two people can one be in and one outside the box.

Originally posted by didlydon

or safety boat -
RYA has suggested single manning 2 RIBs instead of double manning 1.  IF something bad happens both RIBs attend and if necessary helm of 1 anchors and transfers to the other. You will be within 2m, It will be an emergency. You will try to stay apart. You will keep the time to a minimum.

Originally posted by didlydon

 
 or changing room
Is it necessary?  We are brought up with such luxuries so we expect them.  In the summer, turning up with swimming gear on under clothes seems easy enough to switch to a wetsuit.  (Dry Suit - turn up in huggy bear - its pre-warmed).  Changing at the end of the day possible under a towel or dry robe if you want to be posh

Originally posted by didlydon

& keep things as "sterile" as we should.
Restrict numbers. No gear to be kept in change (put it back in the car {mentioned the other day at a club meeting it was like a revelation!}) wipe down the bench with cleaning wipe before and after use.  Certainly going to be an issue for capacity...

Lets not rush too quickly back to how it was before & risk & second wave of this bugger!    
Couldn't agree more.  I think we are unlikely to allow formal racing until July - and really looking for one or more of the following:

- Relaxation of the 6 people rule
- A formal ruling on amateur sport
- Relaxation of the 2m distance

We would like some better clarity on changing rooms and are vaguely hopeful that sort of thing will come with announcements on Gyms etc.

Either this weekend's protests will have shown the virus is down and gone, or we have a second wave coming and we can forget July!

Some of our current work is about being ready to race when the time comes.  So getting our old automation in the race box cleaned off, tested and fully replaced with DSRC if needed.
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Having seen the protests over the last few days, is this topic not largely irrelevant?
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Originally posted by Wiclif

Having seen the protests over the last few days, is this topic not largely irrelevant?
Depends in which way! Either because if its OK for 10,000 people to squeeze into a small place to throw bikes at horses its presumably fine to have 2m distance sailing?  

Or because - wave 2 is not almost certainly just 2 weeks away, and so we will be in a full lockdown again?
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Originally posted by didlydon

 
 or changing room
Is it necessary?  We are brought up with such luxuries so we expect them.  In the summer, turning up with swimming gear on under clothes seems easy enough to switch to a wetsuit.  (Dry Suit - turn up in huggy bear - its pre-warmed).  Changing at the end of the day possible under a towel or dry robe if you want to be posh

...or even posher, like wot I am - purchase a changing tent  LOL Great for getting changed out of wet into dry gear when it's raining (like the weekend just gone).
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Could be social distancing is going to be reduced to one metre.
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Folks, do we imagine that one of these days some Government Minister is going to stand at those snazzy lecturns and utter the sentence "from the 15th its fine for people to race in their dinghy's in groups of more than six so long as they use a 3-2-1 start sequence and agree to not sail by the lee so as to minimise port-starboard infections when on a run" or something as specific and totally unexpected?

Or are we going to have to use our common sense if we want to go racing again? The plan is to enjoy help stop this virus, right?
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Probably not this year, I haven't even managed to sail yet, nothing from my club, park rangers dragging there feet.
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Been doing yardstick based flying laps at ours. They were most fun (and slower) when one happened to end up in the company of others.
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