3. All persons, whether owners of a vessel or not, who are interested in sailing are eligible for membership.

4. The membership of the Club is defined by the following classes:

All members in the above classes who are entitled to vote are hereinafter referred to as Full Members.

5. A candidate for membership shall send to the Honorary Secretary the prescribed application form, duly completed showing his or her name and address, and any other particulars the Committee may reasonably require, countersigned by two members of the Club who are entitled to vote at General Meetings, as proposer and seconder.

6. Candidates for election to membership shall be made known to a quorum of the Committee before consideration for election. The election shall take place at the first available committee meeting after the receipt of the application by the Honorary Secretary and the introduction of the candidate to the quorum as aforesaid. Candidates may, and on the request of any member of the Committee shall, be elected by ballot and shall be elected by a simple majority vote of those members present and voting at the relevant meeting of the committee. Such rejection of an application shall not prevent a subsequent application.

7. Any member who is a Full Member may at any time seek the permission of the Committee to compound his or her future subscriptions for such sum as the Committee may decide from time to time.

8. The Club, on the recommendation of the Committee may in General Meeting and by a majority of three quarters of those present elect Honorary Members, but the total of such Honorary Members shall not exceed five percent of the total number of Full Members. Such Honorary Members shall not pay any yearly membership fee and except for any Full Member who is so elected shall not be able to vote at General Meetings and shall neither be elected nor co-opted to the Committee or any Sub-Committee except in an advisory capacity.

9.

(a) Temporary Members may be admitted for periods of sixteen days or less on payment of the fees in force at the discretion of the Committee (or to such persons to whom the Committee may have delegated such discretion) unless sailing from the Club by invitation of the Club, in which case they shall be admitted free of charge as Temporary Members for the duration of the event in which they are sailing.

(b) No person may be a Temporary Member for more then sixteen days in any one year unless by express permission of the Committee or the operation of Rule 9(d) hereof.

(c) Temporary Members must conform to Club Rules and any published Bylaws or Regulations. No Temporary Member shall be entitled to vote on any matter save that he or she may be a member of a protest committee by invitation of an Officer of the Club, nor may a Temporary Member introduce guests to the Club other than with the express permission of an Officer of the Club.

(d) The Honorary Secretary, or any other person who has received the authority of two members of the Committee, may expel, temporarily or permanently, any person who is, or who is deemed to be, a Temporary Member.

(e) Any member of any Club affiliated to the RYA arriving by water may be authorised to use the premises of the Club, without any charge, by any member of the Club Committee. Such authorisation shall specify between which dates (not being more than 7 days apart) the said person may use the premises.

10.

(a) Every member of the Club on accepting membership undertakes to:

1) furnish the Hon. Secretary with a current address to be recorded in the register of members and any notice sent to such address shall be deemed to have been duly received;

2) comply with the Rules and any regulations or bylaws made by the Committee from time to time;

3) accept that membership shall be deemed to constitute consent to the holding of relevant personal data by the Club for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1984.

(b) Any refusal or neglect to comply with the obligations under Rule 10(a) hereof, or any conduct which in the opinion of the Committee is either unworthy of a member or otherwise injurious to the interests of the Club, shall render the member liable to expulsion by the Committee provided that before expelling a member the Committee shall provide a reasonable opportunity for the member to defend him or her self or to resign the membership.

(c) The vote on a resolution for expulsion shall be by ballot and the resolution shall only be carried if not less than three quarters of the Committee present vote in favour of the resolution.

(d) A member expelled in accordance with the procedure stated in Rule 10(c) shall have the right of appeal to an Extraordinary or Special General Meeting of the Club called by the Honorary Secretary within 28 days of receiving a written request from the said member. The written request shall have the written support of thirty Full Members of the Club (or if the total voting membership if the Club is less than one hundred and fifty, one-fifth of the said total). The voting at any such Extraordinary or Special General Meeting shall be by ballot and the resolution shall only be carried if not less than three quarters of the members eligible to vote and present vote in favour of the resolution.