RYA Membership
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Topic: RYA Membership
Posted By: winging it
Subject: RYA Membership
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:12am
We hear lots of calls for the RYA to do this and that, or in some cases calls for them to stay well clear, but how many posting here are actually paid up members?
Up to you whether or not you name yourselves. And by the way, they are now making it compulsory for instructors to hold RYA membership. Any thoughts?
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Posted By: catmandoo
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:26am
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what do you mean as fully paid up member , as a member of an affiliated yacht/sailing club part of your membership fee goes to the rya , therefore in my opinion gives everyone in such clubs a right to whinge , especially on how the rya are killing off club sailing !!!
im both affiliated and personal gold member (however I had no choice in that )
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Posted By: JohnW
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:35am
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Fully paid up gold member here.
If nothing else, the discount on Holidays (eg 10% off Neilson, 15% off Sunsail) covers the cost when paying for a family of four.
http://www.rya.org.uk/joinrenew/benefitsnew/personal/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.rya.org.uk/joinrenew/benefitsnew/personal/Pages/default.aspx
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:53am
Member of an affiliated club and a personal Gold member. Everyone racing is required to at leat be a member of an affiliated club surely?
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Posted By: i tick
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:55am
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The boy is a member, because he has to be. I cannot see much advantage to him though.
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:56am
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Also, I'm sure I remebr being told when i qualified as Instructor (2002) that I needed to be a member for my certificate to valid back then?
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 10:57am
Originally posted by alstorer
Everyone racing is required to at least be a member of an affiliated club surely? |
Really? I've raced loads of times and not been a member of an affiliated club...
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Needs to sail more...
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Posted By: i tick
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:01am
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In big races some people RYA where others put their club name.
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:02am
Well, strictly speaking you only need one person to be a member.
75 ENTERING A RACE
75.1 To enter a race, a boat shall comply with the requirements of the
organizing authority of the race. She shall be entered by
(a) a member of a club or other organization affiliated to an ISAF
member national authority,
(b) such a club or organization, or
(c) a member of an ISAF member national authority.
75.2 Competitors shall comply with ISAF Regulation 19, Eligibility Code.
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:06am
Originally posted by alstorer
Well, strictly speaking you only need one person to be a member.
75 ENTERING A RACE
75.1 To enter a race, a boat shall comply with the requirements of the
organizing authority of the race. She shall be entered by
(a) a member of a club or other organization affiliated to an ISAF
member national authority,
(b) such a club or organization, or
(c) a member of an ISAF member national authority.
75.2 Competitors shall comply with ISAF Regulation 19, Eligibility Code.
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Oh well, I'm sure we won't be disqualified, it was a while ago!
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:09am
Yep if only to get into the RYA lounge at the LBS had family membership for many years, only me now.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:13am
I guess you are signing up to abide by the rules of a world wide club, so you need to have some connection to that club.
I'm an RYA personal member (a gold one, in fact, as it is simply a length of time thing) and affiliated through club and 3 Class Associations.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:25am
Instructors - you could previously do an instructor course and not be a member, but you would just get your G14 signed and not get a certificate. Now you have to enter your membership number when the yellow card goes off to the RYA and Principals have to check active instructors are members ie you can't revalidate without being a membe.
I have replied to the allegation of 'killing off club sailing' so many times I am bored with it.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:38am
I seem to remember it cost the amount of membership more to qualify as a non member, didn't it? Can't have been many who didn't join, at least for a year.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Posted By: catmandoo
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 11:42am
Originally posted by winging it
I have replied to the allegation of 'killing off club sailing' so many times I am bored with it.
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yeah sorry for mentioning that chestnut , death of club racing too dull to consider .
guess we shall all quietly fall into the RYA masterplan of us providing them with a huge training infastructure for little cost to them , infact we can pay for the pleasure .
not place for this i know - .
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 12:37pm
As good a place as any. And true, if you ignore the fact that if even only some of those people stay with sailing and join a club, then the clubs benifit. And that there are grants available through the RYA to fund such ventures, so the RYA is paying. And provides loads of support. And trains the trainers.
Wow, I'm sounding like Nessa, now...
The system isn't perfect - it has grown from something designed for a different job - the old YRA - as is often the way with human beings.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Posted By: Jon711
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 1:39pm
Been a full member since 1984, classed as a gold member, would have thought that with that membership duration, it should really be a platinum membership now.....
Jon
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Blaze 711
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Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 4:07pm
I'd rather be an elective member of the RYA than a registrant of some faceless Whitehall department for leisure marine users.
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Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 5:29pm
Never been a member, just member of a club.
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Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 5:44pm
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Yep, gold too - inevitably.
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Posted By: rb_stretch
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 6:51pm
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Currently not, but been off and on over the years. Usually I lapse cause I lose faith that they are actually doing anything useful.
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Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 6:52pm
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Gold Instructor here, I have windsurfing listed as my main sport, that way you get third party insurance. If it is not, give the a call and they can change it straight away.
I have bought a few items with instructor discount and use the RYA lounge plus the discount at Ally Pally.
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Posted By: scotsfinn
Date Posted: 08 Aug 13 at 9:12pm
Yup I'm one too ...... But not an elite goldist
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Posted By: Paramedic
Date Posted: 09 Aug 13 at 8:15am
I'm one because I have to be.
They are certainly finding new ways of increasing revenue!
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 12 Aug 13 at 10:13am
Originally posted by catmandoo
what do you mean as fully paid up member , as a member of an affiliated yacht/sailing club part of your membership fee goes to the rya , therefore in my opinion gives everyone in such clubs a right to whinge , especially on how the rya are killing off club sailing !!!
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Your club must never speak to your local RDO then or your local RDO is not good at his job. The RDO we have in the Eastern Region is a top bloke and has done a lot for Hunts as a club to encourage participation at all levels.
This is working as we currently have a waiting list for boat park spaces and the largest membership we have had for a number of years.
Go on give them a call, you never know you might be pleasantly surprised....
( http://www.rya.org.uk/contactus/telephone/Pages/RegionalContacts.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.rya.org.uk/contactus/telephone/Pages/RegionalContacts.aspx in case you do not have their number to hand)
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D-Zero GBR 74
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 12 Aug 13 at 10:15am
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Oh and I am currently a personal member. I was a huge skeptic of the RYA until I did my instructors course (which was part funded by the club and part funded by the RYA with a small cost for me personally).
Personal member to keep my instructors certificate validated.
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Paul
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D-Zero GBR 74
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Posted By: Hitcher
Date Posted: 12 Aug 13 at 5:07pm
Originally posted by RichTea
Gold Instructor here, I have windsurfing listed as my main sport, that way you get third party insurance. If it is not, give the a call and they can change it straight away.
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Deviating slightly…surely if windsurfing is not your main sport, this is then incorrect information and your insurance is invalid? Like saying that your car lives in a secure garage when it doesn't, to get cheaper insurance.
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Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 12 Aug 13 at 6:38pm
You get third party provided by the RYA as a benefit if you have windsurfing as your first sport. Sorry if it wasn't clear.
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