PEYC owns two club 707’s. These two boats are available for use in a variety of ways. These guidelines describe the arrangements which will be in place to allow this to happen.

1. Accredited helms.
   
   • Unless specifically stated, for a boat to be taken out, the helm must be ‘Accredited’.
   • To become Accredited helm, an individual must be a paid up club member and must have submitted a sailing CV and had it endorsed by one of the 707 Management Committee (namely Geoff Bowerman, Jock Blair and Guthrie Stewart).
   • The Chairman of this committee will maintain an up to date list of Accredited helms, a copy of which will be supplied to the Marina Administration unit to enable them to accept bookings.
   • Applications for Accreditation should be sent to Geoff Bowerman ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
   • Apart from the skipper, the rest of the crew need not be accredited, nor - for an occasional visitor - do they need to be club members.
2. General guidelines
   1. Booking
      • The sessions will be booked through and the keys collected from/returned to the Marina Administration office.
      • The charge for each hire is £25, invoices will be sent out by the club treasurer.
      • Late cancellations (within 48 hours of the booking) will be charged in full unless the booking is taken over by another party.
   2. Sailing
      • Unless specifically authorised, the boats are restricted to sailing on that piece of the Forth that is bounded by lines north/south through Oxcars Light to the east and Limekilns to the west.
   3. Safety.
      • The well being and safety of both the crew and the boat are the responsibility of the skipper, i.e. the Accredited helm.
      • Please note, lifejackets MUST be taken on board. They are NOT supplied by the club. Skippers must make their own arrangements.
   4. Faults
      • Faults must be reported by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
      • Code Flag B will be flown on the boat if it is deemed NOT to be seaworthy. The boat must NOT be taken out until the fault is rectified and the flag removed
3. Day sailing
   • Accredited helms will be able to hire a yacht for £25 per session – ‘a session’ being either the daytime (up to 5.00 pm) or the evening (5.00pm onwards).
   • If the Marina Authorities are flying the Red Flag (typically winds of 16/17 knots or more and a disturbed sea state), PEYC 707 Day-sail Hires are NOT be taken out.
   • A hire charge will not be made for such a ‘foregone’ session.
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4. Racing
   • The 707’s can be hired for racing.
   • Regattas will be charged at £50 for the weekend.
     NB Where this would take the boat outside of the normal sailing area, special authorisation is required from a member of the 707 Management Committee.
   • The arrangements for booking and charging for special events (e.g. team racing) will be advised separately.
   • The Red Flag restriction (see above) will not apply to racing hires, in that the race arrangements themselves will provide a level of safety cover not available for the lone cruising yacht.
   • The number of racing hires per year per person (or per syndicate) is six. For this purpose, a regatta hire is counted as two.
5. Training and Development events
   • From time to time there will be club sponsored/club run training and development events. If any charge is to be made, that will be made known in the pre event publicity.
   • Such events could be aimed at club members or outsiders (potential new members, schools, colleges etc) with the course content covering helming and/or crewing.
   • Where specified, helms may not have to have been accredited.