The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
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Its Just a Name -or is it?
Members with “boat names that denigrate a person, or group of people based on gender, age, ability, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnicity”, will be asked to rename their vessels or leave the club
Not Unduly Offensive?
Balancing the much needed removal of offensive behaviour from sailing, with not caving in to the “fun police”, is something that we all need to think about whether we sail wooden, plastic, Port Kembla pine or concrete boats.