REHOBOTH BAY SAILING ASSOCIATION

Rules for Having a Boat, Sailboard, Trailer,
or Other Equipment on Club Grounds

Note: The Rehoboth Bay Sailing Association does not assume any responsibility for the protection and safety of member’s boats, sailboards, trailers, or other equipment of the damage/loss caused by or to such items. Members are both responsible for and required to tie down boats (both those on the beach and in the parking lot) that could be flipped in a storm and/or washed away with high tides. The following rules apply:

1. No boat, trailer, sailboard, or piece of equipment can be kept at the Club unless the owner is a current active member of the Club – meaning that their current year membership dues have been paid and any past outstanding account paid.

2. No boat, trailer, sailboard, or piece of equipment can be kept at the Club unless a registration form has been completed for each item and a current RBSA registration sticker affixed to each item. For example, if a boat is on a trailer, both the boat and the trailer require registration stickers and proper fees paid.

3. The location where a boat, trailer, sailboard, or other piece of equipment may be kept will be determined and assigned by the Club. Such items can only be kept in the assigned location.

4. Trailers must be first registered and then kept on the Club property. They must be maintained in safe and easily moveable condition, i.e., they must have inflated tires, working tongue hitch, and non-rusted out/broken frames or springs.

5. RBSA will attempt to accommodate boats, boat trailers, sailboards, and other related equipment of members if space is available in the assigned areas. If and when this is not possible, a waiting list will be established and published. Boats, boat trailers, sailboards, and equipment on RBSA property that are not properly registered and displaying a valid registration sticker will be removed, impounded, and disposed of.

6. Trial members (i.e., daily or weekly members) may not keep any boat, boat trailer, sailboard, or other related equipment on Club property without the permission of the Club Manager and then only if the proper fee is paid and a temporary registration tag is attached.
   
   
7. The exception is for boats and/or trailers brought on Club property by non-members participating in a scheduled sailing regatta and these must be promptly removed at the end of the regatta

8. All boats must be removed from the beach, masts lowered, and properly secured by the end of October. The club will secure any boats not in compliance and the owner will be charged $100 plus responsibility for any damage to other boats which may have resulted from their boat not being secured.

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March 28, 2006