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Rupert View Drop Down
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    Posted: 17 Jan 14 at 6:59pm
Interesting that you do it that way round, not paying to opt out, but having a reduction to opt in. Same result, subtly different approach.

Do enough people opt in to get enough of a race team?

And do you not find being paid to drive safety boat gets in the way of your own sailing?
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Carsington has a paid professional and a lesser paid underling.  They do maintenance, organise stuff keep a safety boat on the water during the week; but you won't see them doing weekend safety boat duties or running races - that's all done by volunteers..... and if you volunteer enough you get a reduction in your membership fee.  

Always short of volunteer race officers as having paid the membership fee, people would really rather sail than earn some of their membership fee back!



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Originally posted by Rupert

Interesting that you do it that way round, not paying to opt out, but having a reduction to opt in. Same result, subtly different approach.

Do enough people opt in to get enough of a race team?

And do you not find being paid to drive safety boat gets in the way of your own sailing?

I tend to work Saturdays, but yes it does get in the way. I am not a member of QMSC so can't answer the question, purely an observation from looking at membership.

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Posts: 643 		Post Options Post Options   Quote patj Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 7:25am

Way out west at Roadford Lake (and others run by South West Lakes Trust) there is professional safety cover and you can pay'n'play any daytime or do one of their courses and the club runs racing at weekends (and I think also mid-week) with volunteer race officers.

With a large sailing area, a proper on-site campsite and Dartmoor near, it's a good place for a holiday and so we have a puddle club away weekend there every year, which we coincide with the CVRDA event for classic and vintage dinghies.
This year that's 7 & 8 June and includes the Classic Finn Nationals and an invitation to Lowrider Moths to join us. (Shameless plug!)
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