Antigua Yacht Club
Rules for the use of the dinghies and the dock
DINGHY RULES
The AYC Dinghies are available only to paid up Gold Members of the yacht club. Gold Members can be weekly, monthly, seasonal or annual.
Members must be familiar with the type of dinghy they wish to sail.
Please register your intention to use a dinghy with the yacht club office. At times when the office is closed, please speak to one of the instructors.
If you are unknown to the instructors, they may oversee you rigging a dinghy.
If, at an instructors discretion, he feels you are not sufficiantly familair with the type of dinghy you wish to sail, he may suggest you take a few lessons. Don't be offended, it is for your safety and the safety of others.
Please remember that the dinghies are for the use of other yacht club members and are used for the training of children and young people. If a dinghy is damaged it prevents it from being used by others.
Be aware that the sailing area is a confinded space especially the area near to the club and note that expensive yachts are moored close by.
If you are not familiar with Falmouth Harbour, stick to the areas where you can see other dinghies sailing.
The instructors are there to help but their prime function is to instruct. If you need more than casual help or a little advice - book a lesson.
Demand for dinghies is high particularly when races are being held. Booking in advance can secure a dinghy for when you want it and avoid disappointment.
The instructor's word is final. If, for any reason, an instructor feels it is unsafe for you to take a dinghy out then accept what he says.
DOCK RULES
The AYC Dock is available only to fully paid up members of AYC unless by prior agreement by at least 2 Board Members.
Yachts may only be brought into the dock by prior reservation with the AYC Office and will be on a weekly basis unless otherwise approved by AYC Management. Reservations may be made no earlier than 30 days in advance of the intended arrival date.
Full payment is required in advance on completion of the booking form. Berths booked and not used will be charged at the full weekly rate unless cancelled at least 24 hours in advance.
The berthing fee is EC$7.50 (excl ABST) per week per foot length overall.
The maximum period a berth may be booked for is 7 days, although this period may be extended on a weekly basis (and on the appropriate payment) if no other member requires it. The yacht asked to leave the dock will be the one who has been longest on the dock, assuming that berth has sufficient water for the new yacht.
Any yacht using the dock that has not paid in advance will be requested to leave immediately and will be charged the full weekly rate.
During the season one deep water berth will be allocated as “short term parking” which members can use FOC for a maximum period of 6 hours to facilitate storing etc. or overnight from 1700-0800. Pre-booking is required.
During busy periods and once all the berths have been allocated there is the opportunity for extra yachts to “hang off” yachts on the dock. Pre booking and full payment will still be required.
An exception to the requirement to pay berthing fees may be granted to any member who provides their vessel for use to further the training of YC cadets at the discretion of the Board of Directors and provided that no other paying member requires it.
Dinghies are not to be stored on the Boardwalk, but when put ashore should be kept in the allocated area or racks.
Deployed anchors and warps are to be retrieved upon departure at the end of the berthing period. If not done so AYC reserves the right to recover said mooring equipment and charge the member for doing so.
Yachts being used for commercial purposes will not be accepted onto the dock.
Supply of electricity is not an obligation of AYC. When available electricity may be used on an intermittent basis but not as a permanent supply to the yacht. Power cables are not to be left connected and must be removed when the intermittent use is finished.
Water, when available, may be taken FOC, but members are asked to respect the cost of this to AYC and minimise their requirements.
Whilst members may “Overnight” on yachts berthed at the dock with prior permission for a maximum of 3 nights in succession, living on board is not permitted.
Whilst on the AYC Dock yachts shall not:
Display signs or notices unless with the permission of the AYC Management
Use heads unless the yacht has a holding tank or sewage disposal system
in use
Dispose of garbage on the docks or Yacht Club Property
Pump oily bilge water overboard
Hang out laundry above deck
Use any open flame appliance above deck
Painting, scraping and repairing of gear shall only be permitted at the discretion and with the permission of the AYC management. Storing of equipment, working on gear or stashing of debris on the dock deck shall not be permitted
If any member believes that another is abusing the privilege of being able to use the dock they should inform The Board in writing and their observations will be considered at the next Board Meeting.
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