Club Boats

The sailing club owns a number of dinghies which are used for the  training sessions and are also available to hire  by club sailing members for either racing or informal sailing.

All those wishing to hire the club boats are required to be qualified to least the RYA  Dinghy Level 2 Basic Skills award.

The boats available include:

6   Optimists  (Many of these have shared ownership and are not available for hiring)

2  Wayfarers

1  Laser 2000

1  Laser 3000s

1  Mirror

2  Lasers

7  Toppers

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Boats are hired at the following rates (under review and subject to change):

Adults     £10 per day or £5 per half day.

Cadets     £8 per day or £4 per half day.

Boats may be hired for racing at a charge of £2 per race.

These fees are used towards the maintenance of the boats.

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Club boats may only be hired by adult LOSSC sailing members holding the RYA Level 2 / Basic Skills certification. Other members who are undergoing training and wish to gain additional experience may be permitted to hire a club boat with agreement of one of the club sailing instructors on the day of the hiring.

• Club boats may only be hired during times when the signal station is manned and a member of the sailing committee is available (unless special arrangements are made prior to hire period).

• All hirings MUST be authorised by the duty sailing committee member (or if unavailable any sailing committee member) and fees paid before use. All hirings must be recorded in the club boat hiring book kept in the signal station.

• The duty sailing committee member when agreeing the hiring may restrict the usage of the craft or the sailing area as deemed appropriate for the prevailing conditions, experience of the helm and/or crew, etc.

• When hiring club boats it is the hirer's responsibility to ensure any problems or damage to the boat is notified to the duty sailing committee member before going afloat.

• The hirer is responsible for the boat and its equipment, together with the safety of the craft and crew, with due consideration to the weather conditions, sailing area, experience of the crew. The number of crew sailing a club boat is limited to the recognised maximum crew numbers for the class of boat (i.e. Topper and Laser - 1 crew, Laser 3000 - 2 crew, etc).

• Buoyancy aids are to be worn at all times (in accordance with LOSSC rules).

•  If in the opinion of the duty sailing committee member, duty race officer or any LOSSC flag officer the hirer is deemed to be misusing the club boat or sailing in a manner that is thought to endanger the craft, its crew or other craft, the hirer will be instructed to immediately return the boat to the club compound.

• All damage, loss or other issue with the boat and its equipment occurring during the hire period is the responsibility of the hirer. All such matters MUST be reported to the duty sailing committee member at the earliest opportunity. The repair / replacement of any damage, loss or other issue is the responsibility of the hirer and must be undertaken at the earliest opportunity or at a time agreed by the duty sailing committee member. If any damage or loss is found subsequent to the hiring the hirer may still be deemed to be responsible for repair / replacement.

• LOSSC reserves the right to refuse the use of any club boat for hire.

• LOSSC reserves the right to refuse individual club members the use of club boats.

Please ensure when using as club boat for racing that the race officer has logged your name against the boat's sail number. If you fail to do this your race results may not be properly accredited.

For more information please contact any member of the sailing committee.