>>The complaints about a relatively small activity fee makes one wonder.
Makes you wonder that people have not tried some other fibreglass sport like sailing where someone's hand is out every minute for something. The cheapest way to park a keel boat used to be an MSB mooring at about $800 pa. At the same time, a club mooring was $350 per month and a commercial one about $450. We left the boat at Crowdy head one time, returning from a race. One of the fisherman said "You'll have to pay for leaving the boat in a pen… quite a lot…" When asked how much, he said in a shocked voice "$20 a week!" I tried hard to look horrified too as I handed over the money. It would have cost more than that for a single night in Pittwater. To add insult to injury, he insisted on running us to Kempsey to the train and then insisted on picking us up a week later and completely refused to accept any petrol money. Do clubs charge for leaving your trailer on the field? While I don't want to encourage clubs and councils to charge more, gliding is an incredibly cheap sport compared with many others. D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
