Club motto

Saturday due to various reasons, I found myself only club member who knew what needed doing at end of day. trying to describe problems I had getting help without swearing   no one wanted to help, they had boats to put away.

I would like a quote I can put on notice board, something along the lines of "safety is the responsibility of everone" we are all members, no one gets paid.

FFS it's not hard to show up a couple of times a year to do RO or safety duties, nor is it hard to offer to help hauling the safety boat up the slip which takes about 10 minutes max (but, I suppose, it's not hard to get the crew to pull the trolly clear of the water when you sail a two hander, many at my club still don't bother). I can only sail Wednesday evenings (and, so far, not many of those) during the season but I'll be there for my appointed duties or make sure I've swapped with somebody well in advance........

IIRC, back in the day (early '70s) it would be unheard of to avoid doing you 'OOD' and/or 'rescue boat' duties. My dad and I did race nearly every Wednesday and Sunday during the season and a good few frostbite series weekends so a couple of duties seemed like a small price to pay (and I chose that last phrase with some thought as I, or my father, never considered it a'price' at the time, t'was just what you did). I was not aware of anybody avoiding duties (I was in my teens so maybe I just wasn't aware but, equally, I don't recall my dad complaining of others not puling their weight).