Route to Membership
1. The membership application form can be downloaded from this page. In the first instance your application will be for Social Membership.
2. Send the fully completed application form with a photograph to the address shown on the form.
3. Your completed application form will be displayed on the club notice board for at least 7 days. An interview will then be held in the clubhouse before a panel of 4 members of the Management Committee. If there are no objections to the application you will be notified in writing (this may be by email) with a request to pay the appropriate Social membership subscription. Upon payment of this you will become a Social Member and be sent a membership card and a copy of the current tide table/diary (if available).
4. As a new Social member you will be expected to support the club and demonstrate a commitment to it. You will be on probation for at least two years.
5. Only Full members may keep a boat at Strood Yacht Club, whether on a pontoon mooring, mud berth or land berth. You must be a Social member for at least 9 months before you can be considered for Full membership. This can be varied in exceptional circumstances.
6. When vacancies occur, suitable candidates will be selected from Social members who have fulfilled the qualifying period and demonstrated significant commitment to the club. Candidates will be asked to attend an interview before the full committee during a committee meeting (usually on the first Monday evening of the month).
7. Social members applying for Full membership usually do so after asking for a berth for their boat and such a berth being available (see additional notes below).
8. Successful applicants for Full membership will be required to pay a one-time joining fee plus the annual membership fee, together with any other fees which may be appropriate (berthing, mooring, etc). A table of current fees can be found on the notice board in the clubhouse.
Additional Notes:
The club rules allow for a maximum of 50 Social members. Sometimes there is a waiting list.
Boats moored at the club are limited to a maximum of 40ft (12.2m) overall length. There may be a waiting list for pontoon moorings. Existing Full members take priority in allocation of moorings and this also applies when such members change their boat and there is a change of berthing requirement, eg increased length. The club’s Mooring Master works hard to accommodate as many boats as possible and deals with applications fairly.
Strood Yacht Club has excellent facilities: all tide pontoon moorings, mud berths, land berths, dry docks, slipway, crane, car parking, and a clubhouse with full facilities and easy access to good shopping, local tourist attractions and transport.
The club runs varied motor cruising, sailing and social programmes which Social members are encouraged to join in. If berths are available a Social member can temporarily berth their boat on the club's pontoons after obtaining the Mooring Master’s permission and upon the payment of a visitor’s mooring fee.
The club and its extensive facilities have been developed through the hard work, expense and dedication of Members since the club’s founding in 1945. New members are the inheritors of the facilities and the beneficiaries of that hard work, expense and dedication. It is the duty of all members to contribute to its well-being and development. If you only want to moor your boat and sit back and let someone else do all the work you should not join SYC, please go to a marina. However, getting involved in club life and its activities can give you immense satisfaction, a new interest in your life and a wider circle of friends. TRY IT!
NOTE: To comply with data protection regulations your application form will be destroyed if you do not join the club, otherwise it will be securely kept and your details will be held in computer records. You have a right to ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
