MEMBERSHIP

The Club membership is limited to around five hundred full voting members plus spouse members, cadets, juniors and OAPs which in total amounts to approximately seven hundred.

Current membership fees can be found in the year book.  Fees are reviewed annually at the annual general meeting held on the second Friday in January each year.  Fees are renewable each February.

Anyone wishing to join should drop the Membership Secretary a note requesting a membership form.  They then need to complete this and obtain a proposer and seconder to sign it.  The form will then be posted on the notice board for one month which allows any member the opportunity of writing to the committee with an objection.   After that the application form is approved by the Management Committee and the applicant will be invited to attend an interview by two Club Officers normally held on a weekend in February.  The purpose of the interview is two fold; the Club needs to confirm that the applicant has a genuine interest in sailing or boating and the applicant has the opportunity of finding out everything he needs to know before making the final commitment of joining.  Applicants are then invited to a prospective members meeting, normally a Sunday morning in March/April where they will be invited to part with their money and receive their membership pack together with a club key which allows access to the club and facilities 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.  There is normally only one new members meeting a year so any person applying for membership has to wait until the following Spring before being admitted subject to the number of vacancies arising from members not renewing their membership.