Another club closure

According to a post on Northampton sc fb page .We have peace in our time. 😀
The water company has with drawn its threat to change the sailing clubs lease. 
Hopefully more details will follow in due course. 

Edited by Dakota - 08 Mar 23 at 9:13pm

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Dakota Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 15 Aug 22 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakota Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Another club closure Posted: 08 Mar 23 at 9:10pm
	According to a post on Northampton sc fb page . We have peace in our time. 😀 The water company has with drawn its threat to change the sailing clubs lease. Hopefully more details will follow in due course. Edited by Dakota - 08 Mar 23 at 9:13pm

423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3384	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 23 at 1:16pm
	Website document download for committee shows a lot of vacant positions, including Vice Commodore, can't find anything to contradict this, probably be corrected shortly
	Robert

Dakota Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 15 Aug 22 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakota Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Mar 23 at 5:16pm
	As I said these are just my musings . Some of them come directly from a ex commodore of the club over a drink in that clubs bar, some are my own and some come directly from the statement from the current commodore about the situation saying that the club cannot survive with out the land to do the large events . BUT my info is a few years old now so if the information is incorrect or out of date or both. Please feel free to correct me ( on here or by pm ) and I will alter or even delete my whole post . I have no desire to upset anyone . In fact I will pm Chris Bowen so hopefully he can give me the most current information. Tbh I have no idea why the water company is trying to force this on the club as it has two other car parks with direct access to the reservoir it could use, so has no need to try and force this on the club and the use of words like elitist to describe the club seem unnecessarily inflammatory and simply incorrect. Hopefully some common ground can be reached between the two parties . Edited by Dakota - 08 Mar 23 at 2:37pm

Chris Bowen Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 21 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Bowen Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 23 at 10:40pm
	Dakota. Can I suggest that you fact check your post and correct the errors of which there are many.

Dakota Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 15 Aug 22 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakota Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 23 at 7:35pm
	I am in two minds over this . First off I have to say I like Northampton sailing club as I’ve been to a lot of nationals there in the past and the racing and the catering is always top notch. Plus their sailibility group does a terrific job. But on the other hand it one of a number of club in the midlands that are semi professionally run which means it’s overheads are high for a club of its size so it needs the space to run large events to make enough money to survive. Which is probably why they don’t want to give up any land as club boats and the club house only take up about a third of the site. It’s club racing has very low turnouts for a club of its size. Looking from the outside it looks like a place were good sailors leave their boat between opens and nationals because there are very few duties to do Hopefully someone will post better background information and disprove my musings. I know a poster who sails a Lightning 368 ( among other boats ) has recently joined the club as I’ve seen his boat in the boat park. Hopefully he will give us some inside info. Edited by Dakota - 08 Mar 23 at 3:00pm

423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3384	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 23 at 3:11pm
	Another club facing closure, not sure if some of the issues raised by the club aren't emotional?
	Robert

423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3384	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 23 at 3:08pm
	https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/pitsford-based-northampton-sailing-club-fighting-for-its-life-as-landowner-proposes-to-take-back-some-of-its-land-4050285
	Robert

Grumpycat Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 29 Sep 20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 497	Post Options Post Reply Quote Grumpycat Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Oct 22 at 10:49pm
	Sadly this has been inevitable since the turn of the year . I cannot fathom the local councils thinking on this decision. But it’s happened , luckily most of the club members have found new homes at local clubs .

Late starter Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Feb 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 479	Post Options Post Reply Quote Late starter Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 22 at 8:43am
	Sadly SASC closed yesterday. The local paper ran a headline saying "Stormy waters sink Sutton Sailing Club". RIP SASC, 1959-2022. https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/stormy-waters-sink-sutton-sailing-club-after-battle-with-council-to-stay-afloat-3861061

423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3384	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jun 22 at 11:57am
	Missed the Ian Proctor event at Bosham, was hoping to have gone. Edited by 423zero - 06 Jun 22 at 7:22pm
	Robert