2020 Dinghy Show

Originally posted by davidyacht I won’t be there because I shall be going sailing, but I could quite happily listen to Mark Rushall’s talk on tactics, an Olympic Trainer talk on fitness, a meteorologist talk on weather forecasting, and Mike Mac do his legendary rig tuning talk ... that’s four hours, leaving little time to look at boats, have a beer and catch up with mates!

So would I, but after hearing it twice, I will join you in going sailing instead. Me not going, who cares. But someone of your status going sailing instead perhaps suggests a different direction could be useful?

Along with loads of other people not going

How abou a south coast and a northern event every 4 or 5 years to reach some different people?

Edited by ian.r.mcdonald - 18 Feb 20 at 9:29pm

Originally posted by Rupert Crystal Palace was a dreadful place, but I loved the feel of the show when it was there. Very amateur!

I went to buy an Iso ( yes really), luckily I turned into the squash courts and bought my third Fireball. It was amateur but it was vibrant

Nobody has sent me any general details about the show this year, but please tell me there wont be someone doing a talk about boat rigging, how to be an Olympic star and the story about sailing something surprising to Scandinavia- like it is every year

It needs someone competent ( igrf?) to market it properly

Perhaps Andy has the solution in his initial post.

Scrub the show and spend the money saved on a " show" website with tech info,training sessions and promotion of each class

This one, above, aimed at Ian

Originally posted by 423zero Combine it with caravan and motor home show at the NEC, loads of boaters also have caravans.