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Renewing your Portland Yacht Club membership

Welcome to the new season and we welcome back all our fantastic members to enjoy everything the club has to offer.

Please note if you are joining the club for the first time you will need to fill out a membership nomination form which is available at the bottom of this page. For this you will need two current club members to endorse your membership then either email it pycportland@gmail.com or you can put it in the letter box in the committee room door, hand it the secretary or post it to the club at post box 796 Portland 3305.

Membership types:

Type	Benefits	cost
Senior membership	Full club access including on request a yacht club key. Voting rights Full sailing privileges at the club including on water support and entry into all PYC sailing events Use of club boats Discount prices for apparel and beverages. Reciprocal rights at clubs in the western region Invitation to all social events Insurance cover under AS see link for further details: Individuals and Member Insurance - Network Insurance Group: Professional Risk Management \| Australia (networksteadfast.com.au)	$220 before Oct 30 then goes to $245
Family membership	Full club access including on request a yacht club key. 1 key per family. Voting rights only for senior memberships selected. Full sailing privileges for the yoth and adult senior members (not social member) at the club including on water support and entry into all PYC sailing events Use of club boats Discount prices for apparel and beverages. Reciprocal rights at clubs in the western region Invitation to all social events Insurance cover for the adult senior and youth (not the social member) under AS see link for further details: Individuals and Member Insurance - Network Insurance Group: Professional Risk Management \| Australia (networksteadfast.com.au)	$440 if both adults senior sailors and then all kids under the age of 18 free. (will include 2 votes) $310 one senior member, one Social member and one youth, all other kids under the age of 18 will be free. See details below on how to renew
Youth under 18	Full club access including on request a yacht club key for Yard only if you have your boat in yard. Full sailing privileges at the club including on water support and entry into all PYC sailing events Use of club boats Invitation to all social events Discount prices for apparel and beverages. Reciprocal rights at clubs in the western region Insurance cover under AS see link for further details: Individuals and Member Insurance - Network Insurance Group: Professional Risk Management \| Australia (networksteadfast.com.au)	$60
RC Laser $60	Full club access Entry into all club RC events Discount prices for apparel and beverages. Invitation to all social events	$60
Social	Full club access Discount prices for apparel and beverages. Invitation to all social events Note: unable to participate in on water activities unless upgrades to a sail pass or sailing membership.	$30

Renewing your membership online

Click on the tab “renewing membership” select the appropriate category make sure personal details are correct.
For those that are full members and also wish to sail in the RC Lasers please add on the RC fee.
There maybe a processing fee for paying online.
If you are not sent a receipt after payment is made via email from revolutionise (AS platform for membership) please email the club.

Family membership

For family membership that includes two adult senior memberships, enter each adult individually, For all subsequent youth members under the age of 18 enter them under youth 2.
For family memberships that have one senior adult sailing member and one adult social member. Enter all family members individually. After you add the Senior member add the social member under Family Adult Social member. Then you will need to add and pay for a full youth member. For all subsequent youth members add them under youth 2 for free.

If you are having any issues please email the club or speak to the secretary.

To become a member of the Portland Yacht Club, nomination and membership forms must be completed, signed by two club members and displayed on the club noticeboard two weeks before a Committee of Management meeting. On approval, the annual payment is made for the appropriate membership category.

IMPORTANT!

If you have been a member of our club (or any club) across Australia in the past few years, your details (including Australian Sailing Number) should be in our system. If you don't know your Australian Sailing Number, you may look it up here: AS Number Finder.

Files available for download

Membership Nomination Form pdf

PYC Membership Form 2023 -2024 pdf

Boat Storage Application Form pdf

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