Given the unpredictability
of the weather (not to mention the composition of your
crew!) it’s often easier to leave the decision about where
to go on a particular sailing weekend to the last minute.
The downside is that you may always end up at the same
limited range of destinations and you are almost certainly
missing an opportunity to socialise with other club members
and benefit from others’
knowledge of anchorages, pubs and other facilities.
What we would
like to do therefore is set up a network of all skippers/boats
who sail locally and a simple mechanism for people to let
others know where they are heading on a particular weekend.
The purpose could be to get together for a barbecue, or
a trip ashore, to gain familiarity with the destination
or just for some company en route, in case the ‘donkey’ fails
again!
Do please therefore
join in – there’s
no commitment
– at the worst you will receive some emails saying where
other club members are sailing to – and at best you will
have some more enjoyable times on the water in the coming season.
When the time comes, you can send a short
email before the event to cruising@pmsc.org.uk to
say simply that “’<Boat name> is going to
the Deben on Saturday …th June probably mooring overnight
at the Rocks or Waldringfield …”. That message
would go to all the people on the network and anyone interested
could then liaise accordingly. |
