Member survey results - racing
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From our Commodore, Steven London…
This will be the first of 6 weekly instalments playing back the findings and insights of the Membership survey we ran earlier this year.
Unsurprisingly, 96% of members rated ‘racing’ as very or extremely important.
We also asked you about more specific elements of racing - including race management, fleet competitiveness, fleet size, twilight sailing, winter racing series, and a potential ‘green fleet’... And this is what you told us:
·The introduction of a ‘green fleet’ was generally not supported, with the majority saying they had no strong feeling either way.
There was good interest in twilight sailing, and to a lesser extent, the winter racing series… with the majority of respondents saying they were ‘interested’ or ‘very interested’.
Race Management, Fleet Competitiveness and Fleet Size - are what really matters to our members - and where our focus should be.
With regard to race management, volunteers found it difficult and sometimes stressful getting all the finishing times and numbers recorded. It’s also quite a task each week for our handicapper Daryl, who had to interpret numbers recorded against members to create accurate results sheets.
So one of the first actions committee has taken is in regard to race management, with the trial of the ‘sailor’ app for sign on which we introduced in the last few weeks.
By introducing sign-on via the app, we’ve already begun to streamline race reporting, allowing us to record all sailors entering a race. Our intention is to continue using the app and introduce its use as an on-water tool for the PRO to record race finishes in real time - which will eventually allow for results to be published soon after racing is complete. We will be providing demos to PROs and the race management team over the coming months.