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• Thread starter SimbaDog
• Start date 17 Aug 2015
• 17 Aug 2015

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I know many clubs, not all sailing clubs, who have a member and non-member price. Needless to say the ones that have differential pricing only get visited once; unless a member buys the drinks at the bar.  

My club has two prices, but one for normal club use including visitors, and the other for when the club is hired out for functions.  

Not sure why you think you should pay the same price as members whose subscriptions subsidise their prices, nor why you think the club should care if you don't return if the only reason you are there is to take advantage of cheaper prices.  

Our club has a membership card which you can pre-load with money to be spent in the club. The fact that the club has the money in advance plus the £400 annual membership gives members a 10% reduction on bar bills when paid by club membership card. As these payments cover the running costs of the bar its understandable why the drinks could be less. If you want to take advantage of the members contributions then perhaps you are the sort that would not be welcome. Likewise there are many that don't want to join any sailing club often to save money yet happy to advantage of facilities that others have paid for. No one objects to visiting yachtsmen from other sailing clubs.  

Is the OP a member of any club though? Surely the point of reciprocal membership and pricing is that it's swings and roundabouts. For every visiting yachtsperson in your club drinking beer at a price that you have subsidised, one of your members is in another club drinking the beer subsidised by that club's members?  

ohmaggie said: Not sure why you think you should pay the same price as members whose subscriptions subsidise their prices, nor why you think the club should care if you don't return if the only reason you are there is to take advantage of cheaper prices. Click to expand...

l'escargot

Not a member but want to complain about how a club is run? My club has a similar system and I think it's a good way of benefitting members and preventing non members taking advantage of those benefits - sounds like it has worked in your case...  

skyflyer said: Is the OP a member of any club though? Surely the point of reciprocal membership and pricing is that it's swings and roundabouts. For every visiting yachtsperson in your club drinking beer at a price that you have subsidised, one of your members is in another club drinking the beer subsidised by that club's members? Click to expand...

Blue Sunray

I usually visit other clubs - if ' arriving by water ' so as to use the showers and maybe meal facilities, even I with my half Scottish ancestry hadn't thought about cut-price beer ! I've always found Salcombe YC very friendly.  

• 18 Aug 2015

Perhaps they don't want the additional turnover? Many years ago I attended a dinner dance at a non sailing club, a total of 150 people with about 50 members of the club, where we found that the members got "bar discount". The following year they lost the event and several thousand pounds in turnover. Their business, their choice.  

drakes drum

SimbaDog said: Over the years I have probably visited 50 plus different yacht clubs around the UK & have mostly been welcomed In Salcombe at the weekend & went to the yacht club for lunch & drinks, somewhat amazed to find that we were charged standard high street prices because I am not a member It's the only club I have so far visited that doesn't offer reduced price drinks etc. Not a lot of point in going there, might as well have gone to one of the many pubs where at least the Doombar probably wouldn't have been flat either! Click to expand...

• 19 Aug 2015

Our club has a card scheme which members can load with cash to pay for bar drinks and food. This helps the bar staff enormously as it is far quicker than handling cash and change or normal card trasactions with PINs, it also serves to identify members so visitors can be asked - if the staff remember - "have you signed the visitors book?". Using the card also gives members a small discount off the standard bar prices, if members don't bother to use the card they pay the full price, the discount is chiefly to encourage use of the cards. From the club finances perspective the cards help as there is a balance in the club account from all the cash on members' cards and as you have to top up either with actual cash or using a debit card there is a big reduction in credit card fees.  

drakes drum said: Many clubs have a discount scheme for members only - both mine operate like that. And Doombar, like any other decent british beer, isnt meant to be fizzy like lager. Click to expand...

Last time we were in Salcombe yacht club, a couple of months ago, we were made very welcome.  

Bluenote2 said: Last time we were in Salcombe yacht club, a couple of months ago, we were made very welcome. Click to expand...

• 20 Aug 2015

jerrytug said: This, in my very limited experience, is what a yacht club is meant to be like. Click to expand...

Elecglitch said: and know that you would not in London. Click to expand...

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Island Cruising Club of Salcombe, Devon

Prospective new members, new members, all are welcome to join....and you don’t need to own a boat.

The Island Cruising Club was formed with the objective of providing a sailing opportunity for people who don’t own a boat. We encourage members to sail the keelboat fleet (see below) by themselves during weekdays and weekends, and to participate in club sailing and races at weekends. We will have regular social events and training onboard our clubhouse ship, Egremont , moored in Salcombe harbour.

The Island Cruising Club was formed in 1951 in Salcombe, Devon, by John Baylay. He was joined in the early days by his wife and a small group of friends who funded and organised the acquisition and usage of a fleet of classic yachts. The membership of the club grew to a maximum of around 1,500 sailors in the 1980’s and required the establishment of a dinghy training facility to teach basic sailing skills. The current clubhouse is Egremont , a former Mersey ferry, which has been converted to provide accommodation and refreshments for members and students. In 2011, the Club decided to separate the running and upkeep of Egremont , the dinghy training facility, and the members’ club into three distinct entities.

Read “Our Island Story” The first 30 years of the ICC

The Island Cruising Club operates a fleet of keelboats which comprise 6 Squibs  and 2 Solings. These boats are moored in Salcombe harbour, close to Egremont , and are fully equipped and rigged. They provide the opportunity to sail in the sheltered waters of Salcombe estuary between Kingsbridge and the harbour entrance. Qualified sailors may also sail in “The Range”, outside the harbour.

In addition, a group of members own Island Spirit , a 37’ Delphia yacht, which is available for members’ sailing and for training courses.

The Club also owns two large passenger launches, “ Shamrock ” and “ Duncan ”, which are used to ferry members between the shore and Egremont , and a RIB which is used as a safety boat for any sailing outside the harbour. These boats are also intended to be used for excursions by members, or for individual use by members.

The main activity of the Club is day sailing of keelboats in Salcombe harbour, or out in The Range, either individually, or in organised races (which will be held on Saturday afternoons in summer). Cruises and training for RYA examinations will also be organised on Island Spirit during the season. The clubhouse and bar on board Egremont will be open on Saturday afternoons between 1700 and 1930 in summer. Members’ evenings with food will also be organised during the sailing season. Click for Forthcoming Events .

Everyone who sails with the Club has to be a member, but membership is inexpensive and open to all, with no references required. Once a member you become a joint owner of the Club's own sailing fleet, the launches, and a way of life.

Members can either join individually, as couples, or as a family. Reduced rates are applicable to junior members.

Fees for membership and daily sailing fees are set out in detail here

If you have any queries regarding membership, please contact the Membership Secretary  

To download an Application for Membership Form click here

New members of the Island Cruising Club will be joining an organisation with a long and proud history. They will have the opportunity to sail, at a very reasonable cost, with like- minded individuals of all levels of experience. The social side of sailing will be available on board an historic vessel, moored in a pristine location in the heart of the beautiful South Hams. Members will be able to learn, and to pass on their skills to other members, and to enjoy competitive racing amongst friends on “class” boats.

Membership of the Island Cruising Club gives the opportunity to access many other Yacht Clubs around the country and worldwide, and to meet fellow sailors. Members living in locations outside South Devon are encouraged to form groups to meet and socialise during the year.

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