Club Dinghies and Hire

Try a Club Dinghy before committing to buying your own

Try a range of club dinghies with us before you make a decision to buy your own. The Felpham SC Training fleet includes RS Teras, Picos, RS Feva, Fusions, Topaz, Lasers,  Hartley 12.2 and a 2000. This excellent range provides something for everyone and covers all of the RYA course syllabi and the lower end of High Performance.

 

Club Dinghies may be hired at any time that the Club is open subject to agreement with the Senior Instructor or the Team Leader. On some days/evenings the dinghies may be heavily oversubscribed, they may be committed to a specific activity, or there may be a club event that precludes use of club dinghies.

Most of the boats and equipment has been purchased within the last few years and must be treated with care, particularly as the maintenance and any repair work is carried out by volunteers on a goodwill basis.  Boat hire costs are typically between £10 and £30 depending on the boat and whether being hired for a half or full day. Please refer to the Tuition and boat hire price list for further details.

Boats are hired on the basis that if you hire a boat and it is returned damaged or you damage another boat, the hirer pays the for the repair. In other words if you bend it you mend it. This applies to all sessions run by the club.

Boat Hire Conditions

  • The Team Leader/Senior Instructor has given permission for the hire to take place.
  • The conditions are deemed suitable by the Team Leader/Senior Instructor – if winds are in excess of Force 4 then permission is unlikely to be granted.
  • The equipment must be booked and paid for at the time of hire. The ONLY exception to this is use on a Friday evening by cadet members and on Thursdays for social sailing / top tips sessions where payment is managed separately.
  • The members name should be recorded in the blue Club Boat Hire Folder found in the race office, along with the details of the boat hired.
  • Any damage or concerns, however small, should be reported immediately and recorded in the hire folder. The hirer is responsible for the safe launching and recovery of the boat and for ensuring swimmers, small children etc are not in the vicinity.
  • When finished the boat and fittings must be washed down and returned back into their original state.
  • If available, covers should be securely replaced.

NOTE THAT ANY LOSS OF THE ABOVE ITEMS WILL RESULT IN THE HIRER BEARING THE FULL COST.

If any further assistance is required please consult the Team Leader/Senior Instructor on the day. It is hoped that the equipment will last some time and these conditions have been set to help ensure this is the case.

If you are interested in longer term boat hire at Felpham Sailing Club then please contact the Training Principal at the club or email [email protected].