Membership

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Membership can be obtained at any time (details below), but must be held to participate in club activities other than social events.

Membership or no membership, you are encouraged to join our ever growing (more than 1,000 students!) official mailing list. To start receiving enticing e-mails about forthcoming trips, training events, races and socials, please register for an account, this will sign you up to the mailing list automatically.

Membership

There are three "classes" of Membership:

• Junior Membership: Students of Cambridge University
• Senior Membership: Graduates (Alumni) of Cambridge University, Fellows and Staff of Cambridge University
• Affiliate Membership: Any other candidates for membership, including students at other universities and members of the general public.

There are two "levels" of Membership, which are available dependent on which Membership "class" you are eligible for.

• CUYC ("Yachting Only") Membership
• Full CUCrC Membership

Yachting Only Membership

Cost

£15 (same for all classes of Membership)

Eligibility

Junior and Senior Members of Cambridge University (this includes students, alumni and fellows). Affiliate Members (external) by application.

Benefits

Access to all activities organised by CUYC, but no access to activities organised by other sections of CU Cruising Club, although the membership can be upgraded to full membership (see below) by paying the difference (£30) at any time.

Validity

Roughly 12 months, from the beginning of the Term in which membership was purchased until the beginning of the same term the year after. Memberships purchased between the end of Easter Term and the beginning of the next Michaelmas are considered to start at the beginning of Easter Term

Full CUCrC Membership

Cost

£45

Eligibility

Junior Members of Cambridge University only

Benefits

Access to all sections of the CU Cruising Club (Windsurfing, Yachting, Team Sailing and Casual Sailing)

Validity

The current academic year (including summer holidays) until the beginning of the next Michaelmas term

Trip Sign-up Preference Policy

Where the number of Members who sign up for an Event exceeds the number of places available for this Event the following order of preferences shall be respected: (1) Junior Members, (2) Senior Members, (3) Affiliate Members.

There shall be one deadline before which Junior Members have priority on signing up, after which Senior and Affiliate Members will be considered. For weekend trips the deadline shall be no less than two weeks before the trip. For longer trips the deadline shall be set by the Trip Organiser in consultation with the Vice-Commodore Sailing and shall be no less than three weeks. For Training Courses the deadline shall be set by the Training Officers in consultation with the Vice-Commodore Sailing. Trip Organisers should endeavour to find out from Senior and Affiliate Members when they need to know if there is space available for an event.

CUYC reserves the right to sign up a Senior of Affiliate Member to an Event before the agreed deadline at the discretion of the CUYC Committee (e.g., where the Senior or Affiliate Member has a particular attribute that would be useful or is required on the trip or course). Such cases will be agreed between the Trip Organiser, the Vice-Commodore Sailing, and the Commodore.

How to join?

Website Account
The first thing to do is register for an account on the CUYC website. This will allow you to sign up for events and trips and will automatically sign you up to the mailing list.

Crew Register
The Crew Register is what we use as a membership form. Any person taking part in CUYC activities, with the exception of social events, needs to complete it as accurately as possible. The form is electronic, once you have registered, you can find the crew register form in your account pages.

The form asks you to sign to your acceptance of:

The CUYC Safety Rules (view as a PDF document here).

The CUYC Regulations, especially the CUYC Damages Policy. CUYC Damages Policy is available for viewing here, with a link to the rest of the CUYC regulations.

We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent. We will not share this information with any person or company not directly implicated into the organisation of Cambridge University Yacht Club activities without your explicit consent. You can check the information that we hold about you by looking at your account pages. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct them promptly.

If applying for the full membership, you will need to complete the CUCrC membership form as well. Please send the completed form by mail (UMS/ICMS or Royal Mail) to your event organiser or Imogen Whittam, Vice-Commodore House, Trinity Hall, CB2 1TJ. Do not forget to arrange the payment for the appropriate amount, depending on whether you are applying for yachting only or full membership. Payment can be done by cheque or preferably by internet transfer - details here).