Yuletide yardstick - is a change on the way

Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by JimC

I think it would be very easy to read too much into classes' attendance at the big winter events. My experience is that a few keen crews will jolly along a bunch of their mates who aren't that bothered abut doing these events to come along, and a class will have big numbers for a few years. 

Yup. For a few years there was an effort to get 5-10 B14s along to all the big winter events. Then everyone got fed up shivering! Plus this is a World's winter, so many of the most keen travelling boats are currently in a container on the way back from Melbourne.