Terms & Conditions

Interpretation

The following definitions and rules of interpretation shall apply in these conditions: “Centre” means Dingle Sailing Club, The Marina Centre, Dingle, Co. Kerry. “Contract” means the contract between the centre and the customer for the provision of services. “Customer” means any person, company, firm or any other legal entity, including any employees, agents or subcontractors which places an order or purchases a service from the centre. “Service” means any course, product, service or facility offered by the centre to the customer.

Main Points

•If you cancel, we will only refund the booking cost if we can fill your place.

•We reserve the right to cancel any course if insufficient bookings have been received. A full refund will be made if we cannot accommodate you on another date.

•All bookings for applicants under 18 years of age are verified by the parent or guardian when the card transaction is processed.

•Failure to attend the course during designated dates will result in forfeiture of fees.

•As sailing is a weather dependent sport, the Dingle Sailing Club is not responsible for sailing time lost due to bad weather.

•All course bookings come complimentary with a temporary membership for Dingle Sailing Club which lasts for the duration of the course and following days. (7 days in total) Upon satisfactory completion of the course, they can apply to the secretary of the club to become full members.

•Dingle Sailing Club reserves the right to refuse a place and to exclude from a course any person who, in their opinion, behaves in an abusive or disruptive manner, prior to or during a course. No refund will be given in such circumstances.

•In case of injury with the participant, were we cannot reach your emergency contact number, we will bring the participant to the medical centre/hospital for further instruction and care.

•Participants will get wet and will be in the water for some of the time, this activity is undertaken at your own risk.

•If participants arrive before the designated time, the instructors and staff will be occupied preparing for the day.

•Our courses are Irish Sailing Certified courses. On completion of the course, there is no guarantee that the participant will receive a certificate. We believe it’s very important that certs are awarded when they are ready.

•Our instructors work very hard to make sure their sailors have a solid foundation of boat handling and we do not believe in qualifying someone purely based on participation. We strongly believe it’s about the skills and not the certs. We are a very boat handling focused club, we take a lot of pride in teaching skills from start sail, basic skills and Improving Skills to the correct standard.

•We do not take responsibility for any personal possessions such as jewelry, watches, and glasses etc. We advise not to bring anything of value on the water. If you need to wear glasses, it is possible to buy an attachment for the back of glasses for watersports.

•Participants are strictly forbidden to bring phones or other devices on the water. Phones and other devices are also strictly forbidden in the changing rooms.

Application of Terms

These conditions are the only conditions upon which the centre is prepared to deal with the customer. Booking Places cannot be provisionally booked. Once you have decided on your course and its dates, please make the appropriate payment. Bookings cannot be accepted without the appropriate payment. A booking is not definite until confirmed by the centre.

Cancellations

All cancellations made by the customer must be made in writing and submitted via email or post. In the event of a cancellation, the deposit tendered by the customer is forfeited. If the customer cancels the booking within one week* of the course commencement date the entire fee tendered is forfeited. Customers are advised to insure against and check whether their own personal insurance policy provides cover against certain unavoidable cancellation. The centre reserves the right to cancel any booking at any time without prior notice where we believe on reasonable grounds that this is necessary due to unsuitable conditions. Cancelling a booking should not be confused with the need to reschedule a sailing lesson due to weather. Where a lesson is rescheduled, this does not count as a cancellation. Non attendance at a course or leaving during a course will result in the entire fee tendered being forfeited.

Health

Customers participating in courses at the centre must expect to be involved in adventurous and strenuous activity. Customers must be in general good health and must satisfy themselves that the activity is within their abilities. The customer must make a true and accurate declaration of their health when booking and must make the centre aware of any medical conditions they have. The centre reserves the right to refuse a booking on medical grounds.

Medical Attention

The customer will permit for basic First Aid to be administered by a suitably qualified member of staff where considered necessary or by a qualified medical practitioner. The customer authorises a qualified medical practitioner to provide emergency treatment or medication if necessary.

Complaints

If the customer encounters an issue with regard to the services being provided by the centre, they should notify the Centre Manager immediately in writing. The centre will endeavour to resolve a problem as soon as possible.

Weather

Dingle Sailing Club endeavours to go sailing in a wide range of weather conditions. Unfortunately, we are not for safety reasons able to sail in certain wind conditions. We cannot take responsibility for the weather conditions on the day and cannot make refunds for sailing time lost due to weather, we do endeavour to arrange an appropriate catch-up session for this.

Unruly Behaviour

Customers are required to have consideration for others at the centre. If, in the centre’s reasonable opinion, the customer or any member of their party is behaving or likely to behave in such a way as to cause danger, upset or distress to any third party or damage to property, the centre is entitled without prior notice to expel the customer immediately. No refunds will be made and customers are liable for any damage caused.

Intellectual Property

The copyright and all other intellectual property rights in the products and services shown in the centre’s brochures, website and other materials shall at all times remain the property of the centre.

Data Protection

Personal information requested by the centre at the time of booking or any subsequent information is held in its original form and on computer. The centre is the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1988 and will process your data in accordance with the act. The centre will not divulge your information onto Third Parties, except where stated at point of collection. This is limited to the Irish Sailing (for certificate registration purposes). By providing us with your information to process a booking, you agree that your personal information can be: 1.) held and accessed by the centre’s authorised staff 2.) used to contact you in the future either by email or post to send you e-news and general information.

Circumstances Beyond our Control

The centre shall have no liability to the customer under the contract if it is prevented from or delayed in performing its obligations under the contract or from carrying on its business directly or indirectly by any acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, unusually severe weather or default of suppliers or subcontractors.

Equipment

The centre reserves the right to provide sailing craft other than those specified at time of booking.

Rights of Third Parties

A person who is not a party to this agreement (except where applicable) shall not have any rights under or in connection with it by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

General

The customer will release the centre, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents and sponsors from any liability no matter how arising with his / her attendance, play and transportation related there.

Valuables

Please do not leave any valuables on the premises as we cannot accept responsibility for the security of these items if left on premises.

Understanding of Terms and Conditions

The centre’s acceptance of any booking will only be done subject to your acceptance of these conditions. Payment of a fee and / or a consent signature of the customer (parent / guardian if under 18 years) will be regarded as evidence of and consent to these conditions.

This document was last updated on February 12, 2020