Reply To: Question for OK Sailors at Burghfield
Hi Phil,
I leave my mast up most of the time, with the boat just on its launching trolley. The dinghy park spaces have tie down points, so it’s normally fine like that. There is an area for you to leave your road trailer.
Occasionally I do leave the boat and mast all loaded up on the trailer if I’m dropping it off after being away at the weekend, but we’re not supposed to as the trailers take up quite a bit of room in the dinghy park spaces and make it a bit difficult for the boats around you.
I’ve not found anywhere else to leave my mast at the sailing club, but might ask around before winter. I’ve found that with the mast up rain water runs down the mast into the boat. Not a problem in the summer so long as you prop the bow up at the right height and open the bailers, but in winter it never really gets warm enough to get rid of the moisture. That’s my theory anyway, but it just seems that if in winter you pack the boat up on a nice dry sunny day without the mast in the boat stays dry and the woodwork copes better. Always helps of course to leave the inspection hatches open, etc.
Anyway, enough of the boring stuff. Please do email me and let me know when you’re going for a sail. I’ll try to organise getting all of us out at the same time for a few of the club races. Alan (Atkin) is sailing in the Wednesday night series, and Deryck Lovegrove is local and interested in joining (just won’t completely admit it yet!). My sailing this summer has been even more occasional than last year, but should be doing some Sunday club races through July and August. It’s a great club to sail at, so fantastic news to be having something of a core of OK sailors forming.
Look forward to seeing you on the water and let me know if you need any help getting going.
Best regards,
Stuart Coles
OK 2072
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07725 522591
