Perfect Sailing Club ideas

Originally posted by Pierre

Originally posted by Pierre

Originally posted by Chris 249

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.

Smug b*stard

Not really..... it's not my club and I wouldn't want it to be, which is why I said it's not my scene. In fact I think it says something that many people who could join a club like that choose not to.

Edited by Chris 249 - 03 Mar 17 at 9:54pm