suitable club near brighton/hove
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Topic: suitable club near brighton/hove
Posted By: tmoore
Subject: suitable club near brighton/hove
Date Posted: 31 May 09 at 7:16pm
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well theres a high chance I will be working in london over the summer and as such i will probably live with my girlfriend in brighton. Now im looking for a student friendly club (most are £55+ boat parking spaces) which for the 2months im going to use it seems rather steep!!! I also ideally need a club which allows road trailers to be stored under boats and theres nowhere to keep it otherwise. Other than that im not too fussy. Sea is preferable and it needs to allow an RS300 to race. Suggestions welcome! (and yes i have used the clubs and classes) ------------- Landlocked in Africa RS300 - 410 Firefly F517 - Nutshell Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse |
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Posted By: Rockhopper
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 6:47am
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hi tom , i would look at lancing sailing club i sailed there a few years at open a few years a go.i also picked a boat up from there last year and it seemed quite apart from the boat did not look that big i might be wrong. andy ------------- Retired now after 35 seasons in a row and time for a rest. 2004 national champ Laser5000 2007,2010,National Champ Rs Vareo |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 8:52am
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Shoreham for sea Weir Wood for lake ------------- |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 8:58am
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Agree with Rick (well I am somewhat biased re WWSC) and Lancing is a nice little club as well |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 11:01am
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Lancing is a great place to sail and an extremely friendly club.
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Posted By: tmoore
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 9:59pm
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Lancing sounds like the best bet from your feedback. I seem to remember some on here sail there. Can anyone give me the low down on it? I did look at shoreham but they seem to want a lot of money because the 300 is wide and if i remember rightly they don't do student membership. . . (may be getting mixed up though) ------------- Landlocked in Africa RS300 - 410 Firefly F517 - Nutshell Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 11:13pm
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Speak to Black No Sugar... she is the Commodore of Lancing SC.
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Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 01 Jun 09 at 11:24pm
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If you go to the Lancing SC Facebook site all will be revealed, including contact details. Black no Sugar is head honcho and whipper in. She is inordinately helpful. |
Posted By: bigwavedave
Date Posted: 02 Jun 09 at 6:27pm
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Lancing is a good friendly club, I had lots of fun there and was made to feel very welcome, but you have to land on the beach so if you are the type who doesn't like the bottom of your boat touching the ground then Weirwood or Shoreham. ------------- 
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Posted By: tmoore
Date Posted: 02 Jun 09 at 7:08pm
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what do you mean 'land on the beach' i dont like that phrase. Don't people help each other out with trolleys and such like or do all the singlehanders haul their boats up the beach adding gellcoat to the sand/stone mix already found on the beach? ------------- Landlocked in Africa RS300 - 410 Firefly F517 - Nutshell Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse |
Posted By: bert
Date Posted: 02 Jun 09 at 10:06pm
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No he means that at a standard beach club you would have to abandon ship before the hull goe`s up the beach & if you are lucky someone will have your tolley ready & thereby saving you the possible scraping of the underside of your hull. BUT if no one is available to bring your tolley what do you do with the boat? ------------- Phantom 1181 AC-227 IC 304 blaze / halo 586 |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 02 Jun 09 at 10:40pm
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Every time I have been at Lancing there has always been a large team of helpful people who simply grabbed your boat and carried it up the beach. Then you help the next people come in...
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