Afloat.ie is giving away Henri Lloyd and Helly Hansen hats for good suggestions made on its forum thread 'Brain Waves – ideas to develop our coastline', which is bringing up some interesting ideas. Cimota would love to see colour-coded maps of mooring points, or a Google map; while David Whitaker suggests floating boxes instead of concrete piers for smaller clubs; and Wandering Aengus would like to see a revival of centres that were once commercial (fishing and coal harbours) into leisure centres, and says we should be thinking ‘micro’, not ‘macro’. All ideas are welcome and you could win a hat! Log on and give your idea here. Elsewhere on the forum, Ezgoing has asked to hear from parents and other sailors as to where children go when their Optimist gets too small. Glouisfr says the One Metre Class may be what they’re looking for as it’s easy to transport and doesn’t cost a fortune to rig. What do you think? Comment here
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