The sea is a potentially hostile environment; by the very act of going afloat, members must accept that the safety of a boat and its entire management, including insurance, shall be the sole responsibility of the owner/helmsman who must ensure that the boat and crew are adequate to face the conditions that may arise whilst afloat. For more detail, see Paragraph 2 of the B.S.C. Sailing Instructions.

LIFEJACKETS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Members are referred to rule 13 of the Redwing Class rules which state:
"The following equipment shall be carried on board when racing:
· Life saving equipment complying with EN396 or any revision thereof for all persons on board, al items of which shall be ready for immediate use
· Two hand-held red flares and two orange smoke flares in good condition and in date in a waterproof pack
· Such other equipment, if any, as may be required to enable the boat to comply with the Notice of Regatta or Race, the terms of entry and/or Sailing Instructions applicable to any regatta or race in which Redwings are taking part"

A launch service will be provided before and after racing to take/collect members to/from their boats in the harbour or at Under Tyne. At other times, this service will depend on whether the launch and/or boatman can be spared from other higher priority tasks.

Boats are moored in the harbour or at Under Tyne at their owners risk. Every effort will be made by the B.S.C staff to help recover boats from Under Tyne when an unforseen emergency arises, however, it is the owners responsibility to make the necessary arrangements for their boats to be brought back into the harbour for security/safety or programming reasons. When priorities allow, Members' boats may be towed (at the owners risk) from the harbour moorings to the moorings at Under Tyne or vice versa, subject to the payment of a fee to the Secretariat. For 2001, this fee remains at £10 each way.

Start times, the forecast and other relevant information (updated daily whenever sailing is programmed) will be found on the White Board just outside the Cadet Room.

Please note that the three "letters" in the "Start" column in the Programme reflect the following:

For planning purposes launches will normally depart from the B.S.C pontoon as follows:

Please try not to be late.

Although the following should only be taken as a rough guide, soundings taken by the Rear Commodore (Sailing) BSC at the end of the 1988 season suggest that access to/from the Redwing Pool is normally possible: