Club problems

Originally posted by JRB12 Originally posted by 423zero Title thread now changed to by jrb 12, could almost be April 1st CYHT aka Jim hacker, yes prime minister, could be something by iGRF. Sorry I don’t know what you mean. I started the thread and no one has changed that. This is not a send up. I came on here to gauge if anywhere else was so bad.

Edited by Dakota - 01 Dec 22 at 12:23pm

I think many who participated in the dinghy racing drinking culture of the 70s and 80s are still sailing and drinking … or are no longer with us.  as 423zero says, not to be condoned in present times.  Though pales into insignificance when compared with Rugby extra curricular activities.

I really don’t know where your going with this . I don’t see a connection  between your original allegations of club misconduct/ coverups/ bullying etc  and the fact a competitor in a race is sailing with a hangover or a race officer has a glass of wine between races ( neither of which break any law or regulation. ) .

Edited by Dakota - 02 Dec 22 at 10:16am

This beer was actually out on the water on a yacht doing the OD. 2 of them and proudly in social media pictures of their beers.

The problem with organisations like this is they rely on bullying to silence the voices.
Intimidation, recrimination, controlling the committee all serve to make the weak follow, the indifferent shut their eyes, and the protesters get a punishment or walking away. This is why there’s been so many disciplinaries. What started as some minor complaints snowballed into a tighter grip and control by these people in anyway they could. So for example the beer drinker complained about a post in a private FB group that they claimed was about their family members and that it was offensive to them and bullying. But in reality an light hearted poke at the way these people operate. The “defendant” eventually got a year ban from the club after a long disciplinary process where the disciplinary rules weren’t followed properly. Yet you have the same person as a training official drinking against race, training rules. And it gets whitewashed and the some one else gets kicked out for questioning all of this with the governing body.

Realistically I think you need to find a club that's better aligned with your philosophies. I'm not sure the amount of cultural change required is achievable even in the medium term at any typical amateur club.