Membership Types
There are three types of membership at the Half Moon Bay Yacht Club.
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP:
Initiation: $300
Total Annual Dues: $540 ($135 billed quarterly/$45 monthly cost)
Hospitality and Watch Officer Duty Program:
The HMB Yacht Club is a 99.9% volunteer operation. Except for our part-time bookkeeper we do it all. If you want to join in the social volunteer fun and learn how to run the club, meet lots of members and save money on your dues, you can ‘work’ for the club. The Yacht Club offers a small stipend for those trained as Hospitality or as a Watch Officer (contact the Port Captain for training at portcaptain@hmbyc.org ). The stipend is $15 per watch. Only two watches per quarter will be paid for, although many volunteer more because they enjoy helping out.
Adult Sailing and the Youth and Family Sailing Programs:
Sail away, every way, any day, for “free”!
With your regular membership, you can:
1. Have someone sail you: Sunday Skipper, Wednesday Night Sailing, Womens Sailing, and more…check the web-site and/or contact sailing@hmbyc.org.
2. Become a checked-out skipper and sail any of our boats in the harbor. If you know how to sail, this does not take very long: Contact sailing@hmbyc.org and they will connect you with their check-out program.
3. Learn how to sail: we’ll teach you! There are low-cost adult sailing classes and clinics and, for no extra charge, you can participate in our new Youth and Family Summer Sailing Program (starting 6/11/11, the weekend after school gets out, and will go until end of summer, or end of October, when we put the boats away, depending on interest). This is a special program we are starting this year to especially encourage families to join and participate in sailing whether you know how to sail or not. Besides the natural mentorship of other members sharing their sailing knowledge we also offer a private sailing instructor for hire.
Other Membership Privileges: Club Rental, Boatyard space rental for boats, SUPs, kayaks…
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP:
Initiation: $300
Total Annual Dues: $100 ($100 billed at year-end, for next year/$8.33 monthly cost)
You must live, or berth your boat, 50 miles, or more from the HMB Yacht Club to qualify for this membership. Please check the map link which defines the 50 mile perimeter.
No voting privileges. No use of club vessels.
JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP:
Initiation: At BOD discretion.
Total Annual Dues: $100 ($100 billed at year-end, for next year/$8.33 monthly cost)
INITIATION NOTES:
If you resigned the club in good standing and would like to re-initiate membership, here are the guidelines for both Regular and Associate:
Rejoin within one year, initiation costs $100.
Rejoin after one year initiation costs $150
Rejoin after two years, initiation cost $300