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    Posted: 11 Jun 24 at 2:00pm
I'd always assumed Corinthian meant something like "plebs like you couldn't possibly afford to join our Yacht Club"
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Err no many old yacht clubs and other sports clubs were so called because they banned professional staff to sail their boats .
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Jim is closer to the truth, apartheid is rampant in sailing.
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Never found that here..
https://www.bcyc.org.uk/page/The%20Club
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I know ‘ apartheid’ does happened at some clubs . Luckily I have never seen it at clubs I’ve been a member of or have sailed at . Smile
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Originally posted by JimC

I'd always assumed Corinthian meant something like "plebs like you couldn't possibly afford to join our Yacht Club"


Nah. Whether Snotty Yottie Clubs have that attitude or not, its not 'Corinthians.

Once upon a time, mid C19, owning a yacht was like owning a racehorse: you didn't ride it yourself, you had 'people to do that'.

Corinthian sailors were those who chose to sail their own yachts, without professional skippers.

An example was the Corinthian Seawanhaka Yacht Club.

Edited by Brass - 12 Jun 24 at 11:21pm
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The non-Corinthian skippers kept many ordinary men in work - Brightlingsea crews were well regarded in the 1920's.

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