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Rowing, until recently in the UK has been a fairly exclusive sport I think.
My grammar school had a boat house on the Thames.More recently you’ve had talent scouting to find genetic freak kids kicking an airflow ball around at school.
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I did that once at school. It helped that one of the other student's father was the pres of the rowing club and of course that we had a nearby river. It does seem a bit ra ra over here. Is it because all the posh schools are on rivers? :)
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My grammar school had a boat house on the Thames.
What’s the colour of the boathouse at Kingston grammar school?
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My grammar school had a boat house on the Thames
See you in the golf club thread mate
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If you live near the coast it is very accessible. I raced dinghies on the river Lune as a kid and the milieu was not what you would stereotypically think of as 'yacht club' - probably lower household income than your average rugby or cricket club across the UK. Same at the sailing club where my parents live now on the Clyde.
Overall sailing is less accessible than cycling because there are fewer places to do it, and in some places you may encounter snotty attitudes. Once you get to a competitive racing level it is probably no different in cost per year than cycling though.