Corinthian Spirit (latest email newsletter)
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Topic: Corinthian Spirit (latest email newsletter)
Posted By: JimC
Subject: Corinthian Spirit (latest email newsletter)
Date 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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Posted By: The Q
Date Posted: 11 Jun 24 at 2:51pm
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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 . ------------- Still sailing in circles |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 11 Jun 24 at 7:27pm
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Jim is closer to the truth, apartheid is rampant in sailing. ------------- Robert |
Posted By: The Q
Date Posted: 12 Jun 24 at 7:28am
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Never found that here..
https://www.bcyc.org.uk/page/The%20Club ------------- Still sailing in circles |
Posted By: Dakota
Date Posted: 12 Jun 24 at 7:36pm
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 . ------------- Duncan D-zero 315 |
Posted By: Brass
Date Posted: 12 Jun 24 at 11:20pm
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 https://www.seawanhaka.org/" rel="nofollow - Corinthian Seawanhaka Yacht Club . |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 20 Jan 25 at 8:56am
| The non-Corinthian skippers kept many ordinary men in work - Brightlingsea crews were well regarded in the 1920's. |