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    Posted: 01 Feb 13 at 12:50pm
A t our little club you can sail when you like, 24hrs a day 52weeks a year should you be so inclined. We race Sundays and Wednesday nights and have Family sailing or training on Saturdays with rescue cover. This year we tried having rescue cover for two afternoons during the week and this would have worked except for the weather. Our club is a very nice place to be.
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Burton Sailing Club has the usual Wednesday night racing, then in 2012 they introduced Pink Sailing on Thursday night which has been a rel hit with the female members and getting more of them engaged with the club as a whole.  

We also have Friday night junior sailing but by all accounts that was a bit quiet last year.  We have some new blood getting involved with the juniors this year so hopefully that will pick up a bit more.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote iGRF Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Feb 13 at 1:17pm
Originally posted by Kev M

in 2012 they introduced Pink Sailing


Ooh, do they check? Sounds like a great opportunity for a bit of 'cross dressing' plus a bonus of maybe some silverware, watch out for Mrs Doubtfire in an EPS


On topic, my little lake club run a wednesday afternoon series, starts at 4, a hangover from the days of wednesday half day closing in nearby Hythe, having said that I do believe Hythe probably still closes on a Wednesday afternoon, to take a breather from the mobility scooter gridlock the rest of the week.

So my week goes Tuesnight Raceboards, Wed afternoon Lake EPS, Thurday Night evening series usually the Alto.

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ESSC sails for about 22 Wed evenings in the summer. Over the past few years they have become a lot more popular, and we have extended the season. We now not infrequently get more boats on the water on a Wed evening than a Sunday. In large part that is due to our personal handicap (P.R.A.T.T.) series for the the Laser, and a smaller one for the Dart 16 - as well as the great meals and good beer we get afterwards. 

There's nothing stopping anyone sailing at other times when they want, but in practice, since it's open sea, with few other boats around, and no safety cover outside club events it very rarely happens.
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At Prestwick SC in Scotland we have racing every Thurs nite from May to Aug. Last few years we have built up Tues nite as a non racing night, for improvers. Sometimes on the Tuesdays we offer coaching to adults or cadets.The Tues nite is more relaxed and open to everybody, so beginners are not put off by racing types. We also allow sailing anytime during week, but it must be two boats at least if offshore wind.
Activity during week has built up very well.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote BBSCFaithfull Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Feb 13 at 1:56pm
Originally posted by winging it

Does your club offer sailing on weekdays/nights?  If so, what format does it take - training, juniors, racing, cruising?  Is it popular?  Has it affected the success of the  club as a whole ie more members, more people racing at weekends? 

If your club doesn't offer weekday sailing, would you go along if it did, and what nights/days would suit you best?  What would make you most likely to go - training, racing, cruising?  Or is sailing something you just do at weekends?

Our buddy rules are fairly open in the winter. We usually go out for a play by ourselves weather permitting. 

Summer we have a thursday evening series which is great!

For our club full weekday sailing would come at a higher rent cost and the need for staffed ribs so we just use the buddy system.
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We have a midweek series through the summer with starts typically from 6pm but due to our tidal situation it's not the same night every week. We also have no limit on when you can go sailing, but rescue cover is only provided when there is a planned race or event.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote tick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Feb 13 at 3:52pm
"Pink Sailing" and "Hitting female sailors" not to mention "New blood getting involved with Juniors". Burton SC sounds very cool.......My Solo went there, he will be shocked right down to his fabric supports!
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The guy you sold you Solo to Tick will be leading from the front this year, he's running for Commodore at the AGM.
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Chew is only open Weds, Thurs, Sat and Sunday. Wednesday day time is when the schools, pensioners, police etc go sailing. The Weds evening series is very popular, 80+ boats every week, and is just based on the normal format of classes and a general handicap fleet.

I'm not sure what happens Thursday day time, but I believe there are improver lessons in the summer evenings.

I would love the lake to be open on Fridays - so many people now have Friday afternoons off, and it would be a great time to get some practise in.
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