• Ordinary Membership - Single Joint and Family
• Overseas Memberships - Single Joint and Family
• Juniour Membership
• Student Membership
• Temporary Membership
• Proposing or seconding a candidate membership
• Election to Membership

Ordinary Membership - Single Joint and Family

Applicants must be over eighteen years of age who are ordinarily resident in Jersey.

Couples may apply for Joint Membership, which applies to married couples or partners in an established common law relationship residing at the same address.

Family membership is available to Single and Joint members for an additional fee, entitling them to add any number of children up to the age of eighteen.

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Overseas Memberships - Single Joint and Family

Overseas Membership is available to applicants over eighteen years of age who are not resident in Jersey for more than six months in any one year and have an overseas postal address. Overseas Joint and Family Memberships are available in the same way as for Ordinary Members. Overseas Members have no voting rights and may not take part in the running of the Club.

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Juniour Membership

Junior Membership is available to Young Persons under the age of eighteen who are ordinarily resident in Jersey. Junior Members have no voting rights and may not take part in the running of the Club.

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Student Membership

Student Membership is available to applicants between the ages of eighteen and twenty three who are ordinarily resident in Jersey, on production of evidence that they are in full time education at a recognised educational establishment or are indentured apprentices.

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Temporary Membership

Visiting Yachtsmen who are intending to stay in Jersey for more than three weeks and wish to enjoy the Club facilities are invited to apply for Temporary Membership for periods of three or six months.

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Proposing or seconding a candidate membership

Proposers and Seconders must have been Ordinary or Honorary Members of St Helier Yacht Club for more than 3 years and should have known the Candidate personally and well for a period of not less than 2 years. This rule may be waived for applications for Overseas and Temporary Membership (see below).

Before proposing or seconding an application, you should ask yourself how well you really know the candidate; whether in your opinion the candidate would take a real and active interest in the Club and support the Club generally; whether you would invite the candidate to crew with you; whether the candidate will "fit in" with other Members and whether you think Members, in general, would wish the candidate to be a member. The candidate should have a real interest in boating.

A letter from the Proposer supporting the application must be submitted with the Application Form.

Applicants who, for any reason, are unable to have their applications proposed or seconded by eligible members of the Club, may submit an application supported by a written character reference, which should preferably be from a responsible officer of a Club or Organisation of which the applicant is a member.
 

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Election to Membership

A list of candidates for election to membership will be posted on the Club Notice Board for a period of seven days prior to the Executive Committee meeting at which their election will be considered, which will normally be in the same month as the interview. Comments from Members regarding any candidate are always welcome, and should be made confidentially in writing to the Honorary Secretary.

Successful Candidates will be notified in writing, normally within a week of their election, and will be invited to assume their membership on receipt of the Letter, Constitution and Rules and their membership card(s). Successful candidates, being "on probation" are not offered immediate full membership of the Club upon election, but full membership will be automatically granted after 1 year, subject to the acceptability of the membership to the Executive Committee.

An unfavourable decision by the Committee will be communicated in writing to the Candidate's Proposer, who will have the responsibility of informing the candidate accordingly.The Committee will not give any reason for this decision.
 

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