race length

I've had warnings about the ramp from my husband Michael, who went to the Contender Nats there.  He loved the club and the water but does have reservations about the ramp!

Im looking forward to meeting Basking shark!

Pierre,

Not a lot of chance of you coming up to visit us in September for the Osprey Open, then? You can fly to Newcastle and I am sure someone would give you a lift out. Then we would just have to provide a suitable boat.

At least we should meet at the Nats, which must be nearer you if you are 400 miles away.  I liked the 2 races a day at the Nats but we are back to the whole week format again with one long race. I would agree that a week makes sense if we are going all that way, but on balance I prefer more shorter, more intense races.

That sounds good to me.  Shame you're 400 miles away.

I like lots of racing so our current format of 2, 75 minute to 90 minute races suits me fine.  At Wilsonian we race down the river to the wide open spaces I wouldn't want a shorter race as this would restrict our space.  I wouldn't mind if they were a bit longer!  I really enjoy our long distance races - the Medway Marathon is marathon length (is that 26 miles) and can take anything between 3 and 5 hours.  We also have a creeks race (always at high tide) that too is about 20 odd miles and great fun since we go places you can't normally get to.

At Bough Beech they have a monthly short course series of 4 races 2 back-to-back, am and pm.  Not so good for me but good for Lasers although I do know of one Laser helm who turned around and went home when he discovered it was scheduled.  There was a time when we did 3 back-to-back!

And that's a common and understandable view from people who prefer multiple shorter races in the day. However you don't seem to want that either. You just seem to want less sailing.