VindisDad said...Sorry guys,
Didn't mean to cause a ..... storm
Just interested in having a bit of a sail again
Global warming
I've noticed one or two freak storms crossing the Southern Hemisphere of late[}:)]
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Heed the words of SN. In the UK we have a finite list of venues that dwindles over time. We have clubs that have dropped out of the Fed, negotiated with their local council for 'exclusive rights' that means day membership from the club to sail and no chance of competition there. Little bits fallen off that weaken the whole.
Venues (the councils thereof) look for excuses to ban sports from areas, as that cuts their public liability - St Annes was a special case but a major venue was lost but 4 years later kites with 2 or more lines were banned due to public safety
so it was a matter of time anyway. Once a precedent is set others can follow suit.
You lot have venues that I can only dream of for size and consistency of surface. Anything that large in the UK is a nature reserve, SSSI (site of special scientific interest), a bombing range, still littered with WW2 garbage (
kiteboarder.co.uk/kitesurfing/hazards-fraisthorpe-beach-27431), mud or too popular to allow sport. Elvington Airfield where I sail is obviously private, but we are a quiet, green sport, the club has a good relationship with the owners, we leave no footprint (hard on concrete but hey ho), we get several sailing days a month through the whole year,
but we do have to hire the venue.
Pull together guys, don't follow the UK, organise things for everyone, keep your land owners sweet, keep the access as open as reasonably possible for all. Stop bitching and get organised or you'll lose stuff, sometimes before you really knew you even had it
Cheers Col
Cheers Col
for god sake you clowns this is not helping the past time of land sailing is it,, why not meet somewhere out in the mulga and dook it out and get it out of your systems, this is one reason i'm thinking of selling all my stuff and taking up knitting !!
