Premier League Sailing Clubs

Interesting topic and I think quite a tough one to bottom out as just looking at a club membership list doesn't give a real picture of actual racing activity. Most of the really good racers I know rarely race at "their" club. The racing calendars for the top guys I know seem to revolve around their worlds/europeans/nats/areas/opens/big handicap events, with club racing following a long way down the list. The other dimension to this is that many of our top guys are involved in the sport in a business capacity too, as sailmakers, boat builders or whatever and their time sailing is probably better spent across a number of clubs and events rather than a single club in terms of contacts = sales etc. 

My club never gets more than 10 boats but we have a higher level of sailing than any of the clubs mentioned - our lake is 1175 metres above sea level.

At clubs like Itchenor sometimes the club racing can have a slightly different format to turning up every Sunday throughout the year so it can depend on what racing you want as to which is the best choice. I know that classes like the I14's, 200's and Merlins at Itchenor organise weekends through the year (4 or 5 mini opens) where the members all turn out.

Originally posted by H2 Another way to look at this is to consider how many local boats race in the large events that visit these Premier Clubs. Draycote Dash, Grafham GP, Bloody Mary, Steve Nicks, probably others...always surprises me how few local boats enter and race which makes me wonder if they can't be arsed to show up for a 100+ boat event then do they show up for a club race?!?

Originally posted by CT249 My club never gets more than 10 boats but we have a higher level of sailing than any of the clubs mentioned - our lake is 1175 metres above sea level.