Club racing Sat or Sun What do you prefer?
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Topic: Club racing Sat or Sun What do you prefer?
Posted By: iamalipaul
Subject: Club racing Sat or Sun What do you prefer?
Date Posted: 02 Jan 14 at 9:54pm
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I'm just curious to know, I,m thinking of weekend club racing and not specific events. My preference is for Saturday, leaving Sunday for family time, chores and Tesco shop. ------------- Still swimming with an RS700! |
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Posted By: Time Lord
Date Posted: 02 Jan 14 at 10:09pm
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Sunday for me - believe in the keep Sunday special campaign. ------------- Merlin Rocket 3609 |
Posted By: robin34024
Date Posted: 02 Jan 14 at 10:11pm
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Well most of the opens in my class are on saturdays, so I much prefer sunday club racing so that they don't clash!
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Posted By: Blue One
Date Posted: 02 Jan 14 at 11:43pm
As above.  Also valuable weekend time should never be wasted doing chores or the Tesco shop. The weekend is for fun, families and sailing.
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Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 6:48am
| Sunday as Saturday is for making the long trip to the chandlers' to get bits and pieces to fix the boat since they don't open on Sundays! Supermarket shopping can be done any weekday and should be adults only to save time and money! Or Saturday is for Junior sailing if they are old enough. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 9:07am
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Agree with Sunday sailing. And with Sunday as a day to avoid shops like the plague. 1st, the should be shut, 2nd, hardly anyone else thinks this, so they are always hell. Monday morning shoppers are efficient and get on with the shopping. Sunday shoppers appear to think they are having a day out - bloody weirdos - and simply get in the way.
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 9:14am
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Sundays.
Sometimes as punishment for years of former misdeeds, the bread knife makes me go into Supermarket places it has even happened on a Saturday, Saturday is holy, play, do wtf I like day, I regard it as a supreme sacrifice if I go, as to shopping on a Sunday - heresy! Anyone doing it or encouraging the act should be burned at the stake on a bonfire of Enterprises and GP14's with a Miracle used for kindling. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 9:38am
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what you need is a club which offers competitive sailing on both saturday and sunday- then you can pick and choose your sailing calendar around the myriad of other factors: weddings, no wind, family visits, club working parties- you can't very well go sailing while everyone else is picking up litter or giving the bogs their annual clean. Old friends visiting, holidays, family birthdays, overseas work travel, city breaks, too much wind, sodding mass-pursuit races, children's parties, other sporting commitments, hangovers from hell, children's activities, open meeting non-members (sorry 'guests') taking all the parking, christenings (for kids who then don't go to church), topless Polish girls in summertime, 'sunday lunch' with friends at overpriced gastropubs that you can't even drink at as you've driven 30 minutes to get there for someone to present you with a boring ol' roast dinner, when all you really wanted was a bacon butty from the galley and a bad case of acid indigestion at the leeward mark... Nope, the best day for sailing is Wednesday evening. That's sacrosanct... May to September, outside of family holidays, Wednesday sailing is a religion. |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 10:22am
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Our racing is set by the tide, so varies from week to week. Having grown up inland, where we raced all day every Sunday, I do like the variable times we have now as it means we can do other stuff too (e.g. kids can do other sports as well as sail, as they don't clash every week).
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Posted By: fleaberto
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 10:33am
Well now, that's a 'Ladies that launch' initiative that I may offer my services to! ------------- Lightning368 'All the Gear' (409), Lightning368 'Sprite' (101), Laser (big number) 'Yellow Jack', RS Vareo (432)'The Golden Rays' |
Posted By: fab100
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 11:08am
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Every Saturday afternoon, alternating afternoons and mornings on Sundays at Frensham - so can still sail on Sundays where a friendly lunch is scheduled - just make sure its a morning-sailing weekend. And if the weather forecast is lite'n'sh1te, do something else and earn some brownie points to offset an Open meeting weekend. May still be able to get a race or two in on the other day. We don't get blown off either - did anywhere else race on New Years Day? ------------- http://clubsailor.co.uk/wp/club-sailor-from-back-to-front/" rel="nofollow - Great book for Club Sailors here |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 11:11am
| Draycote raced apparently... although AIUI, turn out wasn't as good due to the windguru effect putting people off thinking it might get binned. |
Posted By: GybeFunny
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 11:17am
| We (Chipstead SC) raced on New Years Day, best sail of the year (even though it was 0mph gusting 30mph). |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 11:49am
| Some times I yearn for the predictable nature of inland sailing times, but really the answer has to be whichever day gives you the most water (tide) versus sunlight.... |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 11:57am
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grass is always greener.... I turned down an early promotion in my career as it would have involved relocating to Brighton to head up a new office (but I thought dinghy sailing would be a bit crap, shingle launches, often too windy etc). I hung out for the move to the Midlands where I could be near a big lake to sail on one of those legendary winter venue locations week in, week out, none of the tidal restrictions of my yoof.... Now I windsurf more than dinghy sail, and had life been based in or around the pink pound capital, I would possibly get more TOW in decent waves and lumps with lots of wind. (and be sailing a Starboard with Tushingham sails*) * in-joke for Graeme
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Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 12:10pm
| not the best place to be right now, but coastal sailing is, for me, always better than inland, playing the tides is part of the game... I have to re-program my head when I get inland! |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 12:21pm
I couldn't agree more  Inland sailing is something best done at winter, on a little lake, in a Laser to keep your hand in. Or a once or twice a year champs if you are fortunate enough to have the time to travel around a bit.
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Posted By: gordon
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 1:05pm
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When I sailed in France we sailed Saturday and Sunday every other weekend. It worked well - a full-on sailing weekend then a weekend for the family!
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Posted By: Oli
Date Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 3:07pm
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Sunday is the most popular series day for the fast fleet at my club, 22 starters (average) series turnout on sundays compared to 18 for saturdays. other fleets within the club may vary but i would guess that they show a similar difference.
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