Hi all

We are trying to attract people to sailing down here and ran an shorter advert in the local paper and had this on the end of our weekly sailing article

TRY SAILING DAY.This coming Saturday 16th December, 1pm, (weather dependent) the Huon Yacht Club invites members of the public interested in sailing, to join us for an afternoon on the water. Several of our regular racing yacht skippers have kindly offered to take members of the public out on their yachts so that people may experience sailing. They would like to encourage anyone interested, in the hope they may crew regularly on some of the boats. Open to 18 years and over, limit 2 persons per yacht. Bookings are essential as places are limited. Location Huon Yacht Club, Shipwrights Point, Port Huon. Contact Don xxxx on xxxxxxxxxx for further information and bookings

This went in the paper which came out on Wednesday and i had no calls at all

The idea was to have 2 sailors on each boat ( i had 4 boats lined up) with 2 members of the public and let them steer and play with sheets etc for an hour or two and hopefully get some new members in the club

Is it to close to Christmas or is there a lack of interest in sailing

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Regards Don