Dinghy Show 2017

It's not going to be Stoneleigh.......................................

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tacked on to the camping and caravan show at the NEC.....  

TT...left some unsubtle hints earlier......................

And as for you ChrisG, you don't find Tom Gruitt questioning my journalistic 'ear to the ground' .

But hey, aren't you the guy from the PYAG? I thought that they knew everything or do they only act that way?

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White House Press Corps? Don't jest, the situation isn't funny!

In a way, the situation is not so dissimilar as you might think. On this site, plus the Facebook page that often addresses some of the more interesting issues you can get some insightful comments. But investigative journalism, that's a rare commodity these days. What you can say and about whom is very strictly controlled. The power of the advertising budget holds the media in a very tight check - and that includes our organising authority....who just happen to be a big advertiser.

So you can't say many of the things that need to be said, even if you know about them. This has links over to the other current thread on the direction towards the future that the sport may be taking. I know I've mentioned before about my talk on 'The Slow Death of Fast Dinghy Sailing' - a talk I dedicate to the great Jack Knights. That really does lift the lid on some of the fundamental issues, but it doesn't get you any thanks for saying them! If Jack Knights were still with us (Bob the Fish still is!) then he would, I'm sure, be speaking out with his highly observant comments that quite often ripped egos to shreds and put various personalities right under the spotlight. Except that he wouldn't be, because I doubt that any of the media outlets would risk carrying his articles. 

I'd love to do more and with me thinking of retiring in the not too distant future, maybe once I no longer care a damn will do so.......