YSC Club Rules

CONSTITUTION

1. The objects of the Yare Sailing Club will be: a. to organise matches, regattas and rallies for River Cruiser Class (RCC) yachts and b. to further, on its own account and in association with other clubs and organisations, the interests of RCC owners.

2. Membership of the Club will be limited to the owners or part-owners of RCC yachts. Associate Membership will be open to any individual with an interest in the sailing or maintenance of RCC yachts. Couples and children under the age of sixteen will be eligible for Family Membership.

3. Members, Family Members and Associate Members shall pay subscriptions as agreed by the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Only paid-up members will be entitled to vote at meetings or be eligible to win Club Trophies.

4. A Committee to manage the day-to-day affairs of the Club will be elected at the AGM. It will consist of a Commodore, a Vice Commodore, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer and a minimum of two and a maximum of ten Ordinary Committee Members. Four Committee Members will constitute a quorum. The Committee will be empowered to co-opt members; Co-opted Members will have no voting rights. In pursuance of the authority vested in the Committee by members of the Club, members of the Committee are entitled to be indemnified by the members of the Club against any liabilities properly incurred by them on behalf of the Club, whenever the liability is of a duly authorised nature or could reasonably be assumed to be of a duly authorised nature and entered into on behalf of the Club. The limit of a member's indemnity in this respect shall be a sum equal to one year's subscription at the current rate.

5. An AGM will be held during the winter at which Members, Family Members over the age of sixteen and Associate members will be eligible to vote.

6. On receipt of notice and agenda, signed by twenty paid-up members, the Honorary Secretary shall call an Extraordinary General Meeting.

7. This Constitution may be changed only by a two-thirds majority vote of those present and entitled to vote at a General Meeting held fourteen days after notice to the Membership of any proposed change.

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Races will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing (ISAF Rules), the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) prescriptions where they apply, the RCC Rules and these Sailing Instructions. Competitors are reminded of their obligations under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, particularly Rule 9, Narrow Channels, clause (b).

2. All competing yachts must have third party insurance of at least £1,000,000.

3. The safety of a yacht and her entire management including insurance shall, at all times, be the sole and inescapable responsibility of the owner or his representative who is in charge of the yacht. The establishment of these sailing instructions in no way limits or reduces the complete and unlimited responsibility of the owner or his representative for the yacht, her crew and her management.