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Terms and conditions

All craft belonging to members must be insured and carry a MINIMUM cover of £2,000,000 third party insurance and must comply with Milton Keynes Sailing Club Ltd. rules and Regulations for Use of Caldecotte South Lake for non-motor-powered water-sports activities.

Boat storage space is limited and will only be allocated by the Compound Administrator.

Allocated spaces are not transferable.

Boat storage compound fees are a single annual payment that entitles the member making the payment to store craft in the space allocated in the compound in relation to which payment has been made. It covers any period during the Club year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March each year.

Whilst, at present, there is no restriction to particular classes of craft, the management committee reserves the right to refuse admission to craft that they consider to be an unsuitable type, or of unacceptable condition.

Multi-hulls, keel boats and craft over 17 ft. long are not permitted to sail on Caldecotte South Lake. In exceptional circumstances a dispensation may be granted at the sole discretion of the Club’s management committee.

Storage of all craft in the compound is at the owner’s risk. Milton Keynes Sailing Club Ltd. will not be responsible for any loss, damage, injury, or any like matter that befalls any craft left in the storage compound.

Only members of Milton Keynes Sailing Club Ltd. or any other Clubs that are licensed to use the site will be permitted to store their craft in the compound.

Craft belonging to member(s) whose membership has lapsed must be removed IMMEDIATELY from the boat storage compound.

Any craft not removed by its owners will be removed from the compound by the Club. Any loss, damage, injury, or any like matter that befalls the craft after its removal from the compound will not be the Club’s responsibility.

If at any time fees or charges payable to the Club by any member or former member shall be 3 months or more in arrears and a boat, or boats, the property of that member or former member remains upon the Club’s premises: –

  • The Club shall be entitled to move the boat or boats to any other part of the premises without being liable for loss or damage, however caused, to the boat, tackle or gear attached to or stowed therein.
  • The Club shall be entitled, upon giving one month’s notice in writing to the member or former member at his or her last known address as given by the member to the Club, to sell the boat together with any tackle attached or gear therein, and to deduct any monies due to the Club from the net proceeds of sale before accounting for the balance, if any, to the member or former member.
  • Any boat which, in the opinion of the Club, cannot be sold may, upon such notice as aforesaid, be disposed of in any manner decided by the Club and the expenses shall be deemed to be a further debt owing to the Club by the member or former member.

Should it be necessary for any craft to be relocated within the compound the Club will give reasonable notice to the registered owner of this requirement. However, the Club retains the right to move any craft within the compound as the Club deems necessary.

The Club reserves the right to require the removal of any craft at any time at the Club’s discretion. Should the Club require a craft to be removed part way through a Club year the owner will be refunded the appropriate proportion of the boat storage compound charge relating to that proportion of the Club year remaining, subject to the Owner having paid all outstanding charges at the time of removal of the craft.

The club employs no paid officials. It is a condition of the granting of permission to members to store craft in the storage compound that all members with craft stored in the storage compound are to assist in performing necessary duties relevant to the maintenance and upkeep of the compound when called upon so to do.

The water in the Caldecotte Lake may contain blue-green algae or Leptospirosis (Weil’s disease); certain health risks may exist. The secretary may from time-to-time post notices on the club notice board advising of such risks. Milton Keynes Sailing Club Ltd. shall not accept any liability for any such health risk.