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    Posted: 18 Dec 10 at 1:16pm
Although business team building exercises are, I suspect, largely *******, there is something to be said for the old "put 'em through hell together and they'll end up mates". And this is why I think you do get a friendlier atmosphere when Fred is not just someone in the Laser fleet the other side of the dinghy park, but also the bloke you were clearing away the bl**** brambles with last autumn, and Jane with the Byte is also the person who was painting the ceiling while you were holding the ladder and topping up the paint tray for her.
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Nicely put, Jim.
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Originally posted by Late starter



Re the too many classes thread - not sure about that, think I'm more convinced by the argument that someone made up thread about cost being a big barrier to the sport nowadays. When I started we all built our boats from kits, and from what I recall the cost was relative peanuts.

 I am sure there is a big market for a basic/intermediate club racer, such as a Miracle, but at a sub £3k price point.   What I’m amazed at is why some entrepreneurial soul hasn’t built the “China Boatbuilding Factory” to go alongside the “China Sail Factory”, and leveraging offshore production economics to achieve this level of price reduction.


+1. I'm all for the homegrown industries and keeping it in the U.K. but when a competitive boat costs 10K+ I can understand why there arn't that many new ones being built. 

It's a shame really But I would  buy shares in China boatbuilding factory.
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