I started a poll here: http://litoralis.blogspot.com/
No.
Maybe start a poll to summarise the results (turn this thread into a poll if possible - moderators/admin ?) or start another. Otherwise I broadly agree with GBR 134 (how many Lasers and where is BSSC as I'm considering moving to King's Lynn and remember doing Fireball Open's there many years ago; as well as at Snettisham Beach).
Ian
Chris, I added a poll. It's your thread. I'll delete it or edit it if you like.
I am not sure what you mean by "racing practice" in the poll.
Well, for example, our Laser sailors try to meet mid-week whenever the wind is good, and last night we did practice starts and ran a few races. This was an informal get together. Just an e-mail from the fleet captain (me) saying "Ya wanna sail?" Our junior coach set up a start line and did two minute starts from a crash boat. Sometimes we practice roll tacking or tune, etc., all with an eye for prep for club and regatta racing. (The weatherman got it wrong though.Light air again.)
I think that falls in the category of practice practice, not racing practice. For the purposes of this discussion I think we need to keep a clear distinction between organized racing, and practice of all types. Perhaps you could remove the "racing practice" category from the poll and edit the "non-racing practice" category to include "group practice."
(I think the line between this type of practice and club racing could become a fuzzy one for some small fleets.)
So choice 1 could read solo practice and choice 2 group practice? We already have people who have checked the original categories in these.
That sounds good.
I think we need to be able to vote for more than one choice like the poll on my blog.
I tried to change the poll to do that, but it's not giving me that option now. It did when I set the poll up. Sorry. If this is very important to you I can delete the poll and start over, but I'd rather not!
OK. A vote for group practice includes a vote for solo practice. Likewise a vote for club racing includes votes for solo and group practice, and so on. I want to change my vote to a vote for group practice.
If you want to vote for more than one option (i.e. in a cumulative fashion), go here.