inter club team racing

Originally posted by The Moo My recollection of team racing from a long way back was that it was very much a contact sport and there was a reluctance to use own boats for fear of damage. .....

Last team racing I did was in Bosuns for this reason!
It used to be possible to charter a fleet from the Navy?

Originally posted by jcooper I would like to see if I can get some team racing started at my club sometime in the future. Apart the challenge of generating enthusiasm, the need to have 6 (or even 4) Fireflys (or similar) presents a high barrier to starting team racing. Does any creative ideas on how to get around this 'chicken and egg' situation of boats and any other comments on getting team racing started? One idea for boats would be to use Lasers to get started; although not a traditional team racing boat, there are lots them around, they are the same and in general people know how to sail them.

Really whatever club boat you have is fine: Ents, Wafs, 2Ks, Bosuns, Fevas...
Lasers work but they tend to damage quite easily with those stupid thin gunwales.

If you and your club were set on "Team racing boats" it's possible to build up a flight of Laser 2's, old Larks or 420s quickly and cheaply from universities and club sin-bins. If you really wanted Fireflies, 6 glass ones start at around £900-1000 per boat or you could pick up 6 wooden ones for a couple of grand all in (There are loads at the £200-£400 mark around in gardens and garages that wouldn't take a massive amount of work to get on the water).