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    Posted: 02 Mar 17 at 10:45pm
Presumably the sailing members were't allowed to socialise then?
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Originally posted by andy h

The point made about multiple club membership and people in the Solent having loadsamoney is probably true, but a lot of sea clubs are a bargain compared to big lakes where the water board often take a hefty amount of a club's income.  I was a member of Lee on Solent SC for a couple of years alongside my main club Chew Valley.  LOSSC was a bargain in compar ison.  Still trying to remember why I live near Bristol.


If you want some tide and cheaper memberships around Bristol, try Thornbury SC, Portishead SC or Clevedon SC.
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...a club with a cheese shop would be nice mmm

A club that has the freehold is a bit of a bonus.
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"The Freehold Of Cheese" I might call my next boat that LOL
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saw something like this in Pula, Croatia last year. Seemed a very civilised way of going sailing (Referring to indoor boat park)

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I'd want my indoor boat park to have a somewhat lower roofline. How to achieve that without either taking masts down or having it flood I'm not sure. Maybe lock gates down to a lower level indoor pool with slipway and moorings?
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I suppose you could store fully rigged boats on their sides?
Get some special trolleys perhaps.
Good for polishing the bottom and attending to the rig?

More seriously, it is nice to have space where you can capsize a boat on land.
Ideally a nice soft lawn.
Often a bit lacking in coastal clubs.
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Originally posted by JimC

While you're all in wonderland, why not add "sponsored by a gazillionaire so the subs are only £40 a year"

no thanks - pay a little more and not be subservient to the benefactor.  
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Originally posted by winging it


Grafham meets pretty much all of these criteria, it's an amazing place to sail, and yet turn out isn't great.  Some times I think the bigger the club the less attractive it becomes.  The most popular clubs seem to be those housed in little old buildings in poor states of repair with the volunteers doing all the work.  It's not the facilities that people join for, it's the feel and atmosphere of the place.
I'm a member of Grafham and Hunts.  I sail a lot more at Grafham, but I still go to Hunts for my women's group and my casual sailing.  


I think you've just highlighted the difference between being a member of a club and the customer of a business.

Some people want to be part of a community, whilst others want to just pay their money to turn up and sail (plus a whole spectrum in between)

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My brother's club has;

Two or three bars, open about 12+ hours per day, every day.
No duties
Professional (I think) or volunteer RC
Free boat storage
Free BBQs, although you may have to buy the beer at cheap prices
Nice grassed rigging areas
Big car carpark
Clean and modern changing rooms (if I recall correctly)
Fast boats
Activities for some other halves
A couple of types of full catering, about 12 hours per day, 7 days a week
A stretch of flat water about 20m x 2-3m straight off the rigging area.
Cheap loans for some boats
Arranged sponsorship for some boats
About 125 pounds prize money for a weekly personal handicap win, IIRC, plus cash for places.
About 125 pounds prize money for a weekly line honours win, IIRC, plus cash for places.
About 25 pounds paid every time a boat in the main class finishes a weekend race
And they pay your national association fees. Oh, and subsidise your regatta costs


Membership is......free to boat owners and volunteers, about 40 pounds for crew.
It's not sponsored by a gazillionaire, but by lots of OAPs and locals throwing money into the one armed bandits and bars. Not my scene, but it has advantages.



Edited by Chris 249 - 03 Mar 17 at 12:19pm
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