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ian.r.mcdonald
Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
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Topic: Structure Posted: 08 Nov 19 at 4:11pm |
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Dictating is not the way, suggesting is the way forward ( comrades). Rather than just promoting a club to get members with any boat, promoting a selection of classes and gently push those that fill a niche. Now of course every club needs a single hander for perhaps those moving on from double handers ,something that is easier to recover and with some class? I dont see that suggesting to new members and actively marketing some classes is anything but positive. And if someone wishes to join with the first boat in the club of a class fine, but once in perhaps they will be attracted by some of the small fleet groups talking after racing? |
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
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Agreed if we don't give new boats the opportunity to gain a foothold in a handicap fleet they will never reach critical mass.
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eric_c
Far too distracted from work Joined: 21 Jan 18 Online Status: Offline Posts: 382 |
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Historically, and even recently, not all classes have started out in handicap fleets. It's not unknown for a group of people in a club to get together and decide to all buy the same boat. Or it's kicked off by a club buying a group of boats for training or charter. There are still a lot of OD fleets around, and recent new ones. But many people wanting OD racing seem to find it from keelboats. Personally, I like to do a variety of racing. Sail an old laser when nothing else is on offer, crew something high performance the next week, race yachts on some Sundays.
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