Members that are approved skippers can rent club boats, subject to availability, for private sailing. They can sail with friends and family by reserving a boat on the Blue Sky Sailing Club calendar and prepaying the rental fee
The cost is hourly to a maximum of five hours. To rent for 24 hours, such as for an overnight trip, the cost is the five hour rate. See prices in the Prices and policies section
ALLEGRO (23 feet in length, model Columbia, shoal keel, outboard motor)
CONQUISTADOR (27 feet in length, model Aloha, fin keel, inboard 2 stroke gas engine)
TENACITY (27 feet in length, model CS 27, fin keel, inboard engine)
BLAZE (25 feet in length, model Northern 25, fin keel, inboard engine)
It is the policy of the club that members be approved as a Skipper before taking command of a club-owned boat. Skippers may be approved by the Commodore or Vice Commodore providing that the Commodore and Vice Commodore are experienced skippers themselves and comfortable in assessing candidates.
While club owned boats are keel boats between 20 and 30 feet in length, the Sail Canada Basic Cruising Standard is the basis for evaluating candidate Skippers. Skippers must demonstrate that they are able to cruise safely in familiar waters as both skipper and crew of a sloop rigged keelboat of 6 metres (18 feet) to 10 metres (30 feet) with an outboard or inboard motor in moderate wind and sea conditions by day.
Evaluation will be conducted on the dock and on the water and will generally take two hours with most of that time on the water. There must be sufficient wind for the candidate to demonstrate his/her skills. Not every item will be tested/evaluated.
The cost of the evaluation is a 2-hour lesson rate payable to Blue Sky Sailing Club and includes the boat usage fee.