WHY NOT HAVE A TRAIL SAIL BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO JOIN
If you are interested in joining PYC, we offer two types of opportunity for you to meet us and have a sail on one of our yachts. In both cases you would be an introductory member; paying £40 for one month of membership which starts on the date you first sail with us. If you decide to join during this month, this would be subtracted from the full membership fee. You can join any other club sails that have spaces during your Introductory Membership (but not races, training or our Summer Cruise - for which you need to be a full member).
We don’t want to keep you waiting too long to take part in an introductory sail, so if there is sufficient demand from a number of potential members we organise dedicated trial sails. These are one or two day sails with an experienced club skipper and mate. It is usually necessary to share a cabin. These run on exactly the same basis as a club sail, but are arranged for just introductory members. During the summer this is most likely to be on a week day, because our boats will already be busy at weekends.
The cost is just the sailing fee, plus introductory membership fee (£40), which we charge in advance.
We plan Trial Sails through the season - so far 6 Trial Sails have taken place. Please complete our Trial Sail Planning Form if you are interested in an Trial Sail with PYC.
You join a regular club sail as an introductory member. Normally these would be two-day trips, with an overnight stop somewhere in the Solent, with a group of existing members. In this case the trip runs as a club sail and you would be charged the sailing fee, plus introductory membership fee, which we charge in advance followed by your share of any trip expenses (e.g. provisions, fuel, marina fees).
3. Introductory Membership
We appreciate that some potential members may like to try the club before they join, especially if new to sailing. To address this we offer a one-off introductory membership subject to the following conditions:
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