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    Posted: 04 Jun 22 at 1:26pm
I don’t know-did someone upset him? He’s such a sensitive little thing!
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The cost and changing lifestyles seem to be a big factor and I think another major factor is how people feel about life in general. Lots of unpleasant stuff has happened over the last few years........maybe the added excitement and competition of attending an open event is just not wanted by some atm.

Leisure activities typically thrive in times of prosperity and security, times of safety. Creativity, the arts and leisure are moving down many folks list of priorities quite rapidly.........it's not all about money. 

Edited by Sussex Lad - 04 Jun 22 at 11:40am
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Has iGRF really gone?
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People notice the fuel price and moan about it, but my car is nothing specia and will do 40mpg towing a boat. That's about 20p a mile on diesel. It might influence whether I'm keen to do an open in the North East, it's not really significant for anything South of the M4. A lot of noise about fuel costs, but the roads are still just as busy. In fact if anything reduces my willingness to travel at weekends, it's the traffic of all those people not being priced off the roads! It takes longer to get anywhere than it did 20 years ago, and driving is less pleasant.
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Posts: 929 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Paramedic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jun 22 at 10:10am
I think a dinghy racer seriously enough to open meetings is better compared to someone who does a lot of the UK amateur triathlon circuit.

I don't know what the costs of this are, but almost certainly a similar increase to that of going from pottering with the local cycling club both in terms of time, entry feed and equipment.

I agree wholeheartedly that times are not normal and this is why some classes are struggling a bit. Interesting some classes are thriving, but are working hard for it.

Is this a new normal? You'd hope that fuel prices will reduce and stabilise but a big part of me thinks that covid and Putin have accelerated what was going to happen post Brexit anyway and these costs may be here to stay.
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The costs of a weekend away are much the same, if not more, in most of the 'growth' sports people keep comparing sailing to. Anyone who's mildly serious about cycling, athletics, whatever will bespending significant sums on travel. There  must be huge numbers of people in the UK spending upwards of £100 fairly often on weekends for their sport or hobby.
 
 
 But, is that any guide as to what people are prepared to spend to attend an open meeting when they've already invested in racing at their home club?  If people are not attending open meetings, is that due to cost? (quite likely for some young people perhaps??) or is it because the last few open meeting weekends they attended did not exactly fill them with the desire for more?  But this year, I suspect I'm not alone in not expecting to attend many/any open meetings because I'm too busy catching up other things which didn't happen over the last two years and haven't been able to plan my year around any sketchy class calendar that wasn't published in good time. Times are not 'normal'.
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Originally posted by davidyacht

Even if you skipped an Open Meeting, the chances are that you would spend more money in B&Q.  I suspect that iGRF would be pointing out what a load of tight a***s dinghy sailors are if he were able to post 

Theres some truth in this.

How often do we travel anyway? Most classes are reducing the number of events partly to try and increase quality, but also partly I suspect because clubs are being more choosy about what they close to members for. 
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I don't recall ever paying for accomodation in the years I spent doing circuits until I got old enough to need (and earning enough to afford) a full B&B. Sitting room floors, clubhouse floors, tents in dinghy parks, airbed in the back of the van...
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Plenty of people have a weekend away or a city break.  An open is no more expensive than that.  In fact you can do the Open on Saturday and explore Oxford/Cambridge/Bath/Birmingham on the Sunday.
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Even if you skipped an Open Meeting, the chances are that you would spend more money in B&Q.  I suspect that iGRF would be pointing out what a load of tight a***s dinghy sailors are if he were able to post 
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