Subscriptions
Existing members Renew your subscriptions here.
Please read the following notes before applying:
Our membership year runs from 1st April for 12 months but you can join at any time of the year. Membership categories and fees are detailed below.
- You will need to add the appropriate type of membership to your order (i.e. Family, Individual, Young Adult, Junior or Social) and a Joining Fee for Family and Individual memberships.
- You should add a Boat Fee for each boat you intend to use or keep at the club. A boat fee is payable for every boat kept or sailed at the club. Individual Members can request one boat space and a Family Member group can request two. Subject to availability you can request additional boat spaces. If you sail your own boat(s) you are required to hold adequate insurance, in particular (each boat) must hold insurance against third party claims to the sum of at least £2,000,000.
- A one-off Key Deposit is payable per key if you require a key to access the club grounds and clubhouse.
- All membership applications go through an approval process which can take up to two weeks. You will receive email updates on the status of your application and a welcome pack once your application is approved and your payment has been received. Payments are annual and may be made by bank transfer or by direct debit.
If applying part way through a year:
- Applying between 1st October and 31st January - for first time Family and Individual Memberships only, a reduced price is payable, which includes membership up to 31st March. See tables below for prices.
- Applying between 1st February and 31st March - the full membership fee is payable, which includes the remainder of the current year up to the 31st March plus the whole of the following membership year from 1st April.
Duties:
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Individual, Young Adult, and lead Family members are required to do club sailing duties.
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Members should expect to do around 2-3 duties each year. Duties are allocated on each of our sailing days: Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesday daytime and a few Thursday evenings in the summer - the latter two are for Rescue Helms (an OOD is also rostered on Wednesday daytimes). Those racing on Wednesday evenings will undertake additional duties specific to that race series. See the Duties Booklet for more information on duties.
- Members not required to do duties are 'non-lead' Family Members who do not sail at the club more than 6 times per year, Junior members and Social Members - see Club Rules for exceptions.
Organisations:
If you are an organisation and would like to apply for group mmembership please contact the membership secretary for more information.
See full Club Rules for full information.
Please select from the Subscription Categories below:
Key Deposit - Frostbite Member
Period: 1Key deposit specifically for Frostbite Memberships only. Refundable on membership expiry provided key is returned and any boats have been removed from the boat park.
Frostbite Memberships
Period: 90Frostbite Individual Membership 2025 is available to members of other sailing clubs that do not offer racing during the winter: join CVLSC for our Frostbite racing series which runs from 1st Jan to 31st Mar 2025 and only includes the scheduled races on Sundays.
This fee also includes the right to keep one boat at CVLSC for the duration of the membership.
Please note: if the boat is double handed, both the helm and crew must be Frostbite Members.
A Joining Fee is not required for Frostbite Individual Membership.
Junior Frostbite Membership
Period: 90Junior Frostbite Membership 2025 is for one child between 12 and 18 years old whose parents are not members of the club.
A Junior Frostbite Member must have a responsible adult's (parent or guardian) details on their account.
See the above Frostbite Individual Membership 2025 for joining criteria and Frostbite racing series details.
Individual membership
Annual End Date: 31st Marchpro-rata price for 1/10 ⇒ 31/1
(Referred to as a Full Member in the Club Rules) Individual membership covering one adult.
No Joining Fee for 2024/25 membership applications - our usual £50 Joining fee has been waived for new Individual membership applications received between 1Feb2024 and 31Jan2025.
You may need to add a Boat Fee and a Key Deposit to your order, if applicable.
Reduced pricing in first year (renewals at full price)
| Full year price: £251 | 1/4 ⇒ 30/9 | 1/10 ⇒ 31/1 | 1/2 ⇒ 31/3 |
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| Subscription | £251 | £126 | £251 * |
Retired Family Membership
Annual End Date: 31st MarchRetired Family Membership is open to a family grouping which consists of two adults both of whom (i) are eligible for a State Pension and (ii) have been Members for at least 10 years. For the avoidance of doubt this category of membership cannot include any person who would be eligible for Junior Membership or Student Membership.
Family membership
Annual End Date: 31st Marchpro-rata price for 1/10 ⇒ 31/1
Open to each of the members of a private family grouping of one or two adults, together with any number of children within their guardianship under the age of 18 (or 25 if in full time education or training**).
No Joining Fee for 2024/25 membership applications - our usual £50 Joining fee has been waived for new Family membership applications received between 1Feb2024 and 31January2025.
You may need to add the Boat Fee/s and a Key Deposit/s to your order, if applicable.
(**See club rules for details.)
Reduced pricing in first year (renewals at full price)
| Full year price: £326 | 1/4 ⇒ 30/9 | 1/10 ⇒ 31/1 | 1/2 ⇒ 31/3 |
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| Subscription | £326 | £178 | £326 * |
Social membership
Annual End Date: 31st MarchSocial Membership is open to any individuals with an interest in the sport of sailing, but who wish to attend the clubhouse for social purposes only and do not wish to participate in sailing activities, with the exception of radio sailing.
Retired Single Membership
Annual End Date: 31st MarchRetired Single Membership is open to any individual who is eligible for a State Pension and who has been a Member for at least 10 years.
Young Adult membership
Annual End Date: 31st MarchSingle membership for a young adult aged over 18 and under 25 years on 1 April.
You may need to add a Boat Fee and a Key Deposit to your order if required.
Junior membership
Annual End Date: 31st MarchJunior membership for one child between 12 and 18 years old whose parents are not members of the club.
A Junior Member must have a responsible adult's (parent or guardian) details on their account.
You may need to add a Boat Fee and a Key Deposit to your order if required.
Boat Fee
Annual End Date: 31st MarchA Boat Fee is payable for each boat kept or sailed at the club whether it is berthed at the club or not.
A Single memberships (Individual, Retired Single, Junior, Young Adult) may be allocated one 1 exterior boat space. Family & Retired Family memberships may be allocated 2 exterior boat spaces. Each boat kept or sailed at the club requires a Boat Fee.
Boat spaces are allocated by the Boat Park Manager. Please contact the Boat Park Manager before bringing your boat(s) to the club.
Boat Insurance - if you sail your own boat it is a condition of membership that you hold adequate insurance in accordance with the Club rules.
Additional Boat SPACE Fee
Annual End Date: 31st MarchThis fee is for an additional space in the boat park above the normal allocation for your membership category (see also 'Boat Fee' for details). Only add this fee if you require an additional boat space. It is subject to a maximum of one additional space per membership and availability.
Additional boat spaces are allocated by the Boat Park Manager - you must contact the Boat Park Manager before bringing the boat to the club.
Don't forget to add the Boat Fee to your order as well.
Key Deposit
Period: 1Key deposit. Refundable on membership cancellation provided key is returned.
Sailboard Fee
Annual End Date: 13th March