1. The name of the Club shall be 'The Redwing Club'. The headquarters of the Club shall be at Bembridge. The objective shall be to promote the racing of Bembridge Redwings particularly from Bembridge.

2. The Club burgee shall be white with a pair of red wings in the centre.

3. The officers of the Club shall be a Commodore, Class Captain, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer, who shall be ex officio members of the Committee. They shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Club taking office on the following First of October. They shall serve for three years but shall be eligible for re-election.

4. There shall be two meetings of the Club each year, one in the Winter and the other during August, which will be the Annual General Meeting.

5. It is desirable that candidates for membership of the Club shall be members of the Bembridge Sailing Club. They shall be either owners or prospective owners (whether sole or part) of a Redwing. Election of Candidates shall take place by postal ballot. In elections one black ball in five shall exclude. Potential purchasers or part purchasers of a Redwing shall not be proposed or seconded by the seller or part seller.

6. There shall be an entrance fee and an annual subscription for each member which shall be paid annually by Banker's Order on the 1st January of such sums as shall be agreed at the Annual General Meeting. Unless a change in the entrance fee and/or the annual subscription is proposed it shall not be necessary for the fee(s) currently in force to be further approved at each Annual General Meeting.

7. A former owner or part owner of a Redwing may remain a member of the Redwing Club as an Associate member on payment of such subscription as the Committee shall decide. Such member shall have no voting rights but shall be entitled to attend General Meetings of the Club.

8. Persons who are not owners or part owners of a Redwing may be elected as an Associate Member.
Voting will be by postal ballot and one black ball in five shall exclude. Associate Members may attend General Meetings of the Club but shall have no voting rights. They shall pay such entrance fee and annual subscription as shall be agreed at the Annual General Meeting.

9. The owners or part owners of eight separate boats shall form a quorum at general meetings.

10.Alterations or additions to the Club Rules or Class Rules may only be made at the Annual General Meeting with two thirds of those boats represented voting in favour. Details of the proposed changes shall have been included in the circulated agenda of the meeting. In all matters of voting there shall be only one vote per boat.

11. The Committee shall consist of the Officers of the Club and six owners or part owners of separate boats. Two members shall retire annually and shall not be eligible for re-election for one year. Three shall form a quorum. All vacancies shall be filled by election at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee shall be responsible for the entire management of the Club and their decisions shall be final and binding on all owners.

12. An Associate Member of the Redwing Club who wishes to purchase or part purchase a Redwing shall apply for election as a Full Member in accordance with the provisions of Rules 5 and 13.

13. All candidates for election as Full or Associate members shall be proposed and seconded by the owners or part owners of 2 different Redwings, not being a Redwing in which the candidate is or is about to become an owner or part owner or in which he/she has regularly crewed in the past 2 seasons. The Proposer, who shall have personally known the candidate for a reasonable period of time, shall in his/her letter of proposal give details of the sailing experience of the candidate and the length of time that the candidate has been known to the Proposer. Candidates shall be introduced to as many members of the Committee as possible. Before the name of the candidate is submitted for ballot in accordance with Rule 5, the candidate shall first be considered and approved by the Committee.