Crewe & District Model Boat Club

Crewe and District Model Boat Club

Sailing Area Rules

The following rules are in place to protect our Members and the Public and to ensure we can continue to enjoy the sailing waters:

Parking
Enter the Boundary Stores area and drive carefully along the dirt track through the gate to the sailing area.
Park your car in the parking area on the left hand side of the track. Make sure you do not block the track if the car park is full.

Sailing
Launch models from the club jetty. This is the jetty to the left of the sailing area when viewed from the car parking area.
Keep models within the agreed sailing area on the lake.
No more than four persons on the jetty at any one time
Do not leave stands on the jetty or obstruct the entrance to the jetty at any time.
Do not stand on the launching jetty when sailing other than to launch or recover your model
The Sea Scouts jetty is available for launching models when not in use by the scouts. This jetty is not suitable for disabled access.
No IC models. Electric, sail or steam models only
All racing yachts to have rubber bumpers fitted at the bow
Transmitter aerials to have golf ball type protectors attached

Frequency control
The designated transmitter operation area is bounded by the two landing stages extending to the car park areas immediately behind the stages.
Please ensure that you do not operate your transmitter outside of this area.
In case of an emergency requiring you to operate elsewhere please advise others sailing accordingly.
Do not switch on your radio control equipment without first checking that it is safe to do so and that you have exclusive control of the frequency
We operate a fixed allocated frequency for 40MHz and a pegboard shared frequency control system for 27MHz. If you are sharing a frequency please keep your sailing to a reasonable time and release the frequency when you have finished sailing.
Check the pegboard and take a spare peg for the frequency you are to use. Then and only then can you switch on your radio transmitter.
If your frequency peg is in use, advise the current peg holder that you wish to share the same channel. When they have finished their sail and returned the peg you can claim the frequency and switch on your transmitter. Failure to observe this procedure may result in a damaged boat.
40 MHz users have their allocated frequency marked on the board. If using a spare unallocated frequency Members must mark the frequency and their name on the white board.
For 2.4GHz equipment ensure that the transmitter and receiver have correctly selected a spare frequency and that full control over the model is possible before launching on the water.
Any Member guilty of “damaging a boat” by switching on their transmitter when they don’t have the frequency channel may be liable to pay compensation to the owner of the damaged boat.

Insurance
All those sailing models must have valid Insurance.
Non-club Members will be required to provide evidence of insurance

General
No dogs are allowed at the club sailing site.
Do not leave any litter on site including debris from broken or repaired boats.