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    Posted: 17 Nov 11 at 10:01pm
Potentially moving to London with the other half and have been looking at some of the clubs.  Just wondering what the clubs are like?  Does anyone have any insights? 
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Totally depends which bit/ side of London you move to - its a big place.
 
The club link map in the tool bar is pretty good (up there in the tool bar) for getting a general feel for how many clubs are in the area, but i think more specifically you want to sail and in what way.
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Even more to the point there are an awful lot of clubs... river sailing, puddles, medium sized reservoirs, huge reservoirs, cliquey, friendly, soulless, common classes, rare classes, almost unique classes, you can find a club for pretty much any taste...
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What do you sail? In what conditions? There are clubs on the river; those below Teddington are tidal and sailing times are dictated by the tide.  Those above Teddington are non-tidal and sailing times are less restricted but some people find sailing on non-tidal waters a bit boring.  Clubs like Datchet Water and Queen Mary have big reservoir waters and better wind but are bigger (more impersonal) and membership / berthing is more expensive.

London is a very big place.  There are clubs in the middle of it and around the suburbs and more around the periphery.  If you live in East London and want to sail at Queen Mary or Datchet (both of which are on the western side near Heathrow) you will find yourself spending an awful lot of time travelling.  Sort out where in London you're going to live first and then go through the available clubs to see what suits your sort of boat, your kind of sailing and the depth of your pocket.


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public transport is the other consideration... sunday's ain't the most reliable for the networks.
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Some clubs outside the M25 aren't a million miles away either!
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How many clubs are there within the M25? A lot I think!
The there's the DFL clubs on the cosat of course....

Like anywhere else I would look at the whole deal, what class what people, what club.
400's at QMSC looks like  a good package, but equally there a loads of options which seem to work very well for people with different priorites.
A Raters on the Thames is good fun and the beer is OK at the RORC....
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Well up until recently i've sailed an RS400 on a northern puddle but currently i'm between boats.  Possibly going to sail with the other half or buy a single hander, depends on the club and what she wants to do.

She has family in Chiswick so this is the first area we will probably look at, this puts London Corinthian, Queen Mary and Dachet within 20 minutes by car.  I've had a look at the websites and Corinthian seem to sail only ents and lasers, whilst QM & Dachet cater for a lot more but seem much more expensive.  Does the more money buy you more?  Not that I'm after joining only one of these, i really know nothing about the various london clubs, hence the post to find out more.

I think I'm after a friendly club with a good social side where i can get to grips with a new boat without everyone taking things extremely seriously and going home as soon as racing finishes.  I'm obviously going to go visit a few but you can't always judge from a single visit what the place is like...
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Worth looking at Island Barn as well from your description. I sail there so I'm biased, but it ticks a good few of your boxes I think.

www.islandbarn.org.uk

Its another "up in the air" reservoir club, but a smaller reservoir and considerably lower fees (I wonder if Thames Water charge rent by the acre of water!?). For whatever my biased opinion is worth there's much more of a club atmosphere than QM or Datchet.

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Matt,

Do come and visit London Corinthian.

Let me know when and I can introduce you to a lot of the dinghy sailors (.... we've got yacht sailors as well).

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