These rates are for 2008. They include a £2-00 pa increase in the Associate membership subscription, as was agreed at out AGM in December 2007.
Full membership of the HSC is £40-00 pa. Full members also pay a daily sailing fee of £6-00 to use the club owned boats.
Those who rarely or never use the club owned boats may join as Associate Members for just £10-00pa. Associate membership suits those who are more interested in our country walking events than in sailing or those who prefer to sail their own boats rather than our club owned boats.
Anyone can sail with the HSC on a one off or occasional basis by paying a temporary membership fee of £20-00 for any day they go sailing. There is no extra sailing fee on top of this temporary membership fee. Temporary membership suits visitors to the club or those associate members of the club who rarely use the club boats but for anyone who expects to sail in the HSC club boats at least a few times in a year it makes sense to join as a full member. If, as a prospective new member, you pay one or more temporary membership subscriptions then decide to join as a full member the same year you would normally be refunded the difference between the temporary memberships you have paid and the cheaper full member's day sailing fees.
All the above fees should be paid to the HSC Treasurer. cheques payable to the HOSTELLERS SAILING CLUB.
Our winter social and country walking events are mainly based at Youth Hostels. As from March 2005 it is no longer necessary to join the Youth Hostels Association. in order to stay at a youth hostel but if you are a member of the YHA you get a discount on the charges payable each night you stay at a hostel. You can join the YHA when you visit a hostel or through the YHA website.
The HSC is non profit making. Most of the income is used to pay mooring fees and insurance for the club owned boats and to pay for materials and replacement items to maintain these boats. A new Wayfarer mainsail costs in the region of £500-00. Some income is also spent on producing a club newsletter titled 'Ahoy!' which is distributed to all full and associate members approximately three times each year. Any surplus income is put aside towards the eventual purchase of replacement boat(s) which will presumably become necessary at some time in the future.
(note: although affiliated to the YHA, which is a registered charity, the HSC is not itself a registered charity and is financially separate from the YHA)