Refund Policies

Refund & Cancellation Policies

Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club refund and cancellation Polices for the following activities are listed below:

  • Club Functions & Events
  • Discover Sailing Centre & Sail Training Activities
  • Yacht Racing & Centreboard Racing
  • Regattas

Club Functions & Events

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Purpose

To be eligible to attend a Function/Event hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club payments are required at the time of booking. 

Procedure

  1. Payment is required to confirm a participant’s registration for the Function/Event.
  2. Refunds will only be provided to cancellations made within the following notice periods:

a) Less than 48hrs prior to the Function/Event or after bookings close, whichever is earlier – No Refund
b) More than 7 and less than 14 days prior to the Function/Event – 50% Refund (less any transaction fees)
c) More than 14 days prior to the Function/Event – 100% Refund (less any transaction fees)

3. No refunds are provided after the commencement of the Function/Event.

4. Cancellation of any Function/Event, by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club will be refunded (less any transaction fees).

5. Functions/Events not attended by participants are forfeited & are not transferrable to any other person.

Discover Sailing Centre & Sail Training Activities

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Purpose

To be eligible to participate payments are made prior to a course or race starting.

Procedure

  1. Payment is required to confirm a participant’s position on the course/event.
  2. Refunds will only be provided to cancellations made within the following notice periods:

a) Less than 7 days prior to the Course/Event – No Refund
b) More than 7 and less than 14 days prior to the Course/Event – 50% Refund (less any transaction fees)
c) More than 14 days prior to the Course/Event – 100% Refund (less any transaction fees)

3. No refunds are provided after the commencement of the course.

4. Cancellation of any lesson/session, by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Discover Sailing Centre & Training Academy, due to bad weather or other reason will be made up with an alternative session(s) date & time nominated by the club.

5. Sessions not attended by participants are forfeited & are not transferrable to any other person.

6. Completion of the course is required within a three month period of commencement.

7. If the course/event is cancelled by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club prior to it commencing, a participant may transfer their booking to another course of the same value, or receive a refund.

Yacht Racing & Centreboard Fees

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Purpose

To be eligible to participate payments are made prior to being eligible to compete in a club series or event.

Procedure

  1. Payment is required to confirm a participant’s position to “race or enter the series”.
  2. Refunds will only be provided to cancellations made within the following notice periods:

a) Less than 7 days prior to the Event – No Refund
b) More than 7 and less than 14 days prior to the Course/Event – 50% Refund (less any transaction fees)
c) More than 14 days prior to the Course/Event – 100% Refund (less any transaction fees)

3. No refunds are provided after the commencement of the race/series.

4. Cancellation of any races/series (Abandoned races excluded), by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, due to bad weather or other reason will not be rescheduled.

5. Races not attended by participants are forfeited & are not transferrable to any other boat entry.

6. If the event is cancelled by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club prior to it commencing, a participant will receive a refund, less any transaction fees. 

Regatta Entry Fees

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Purpose

To be eligible to participate payments are made prior to being eligible to compete. The Notice of Race may override this Policy.

Procedure

  1. Payment is required to confirm a participant’s entry into the selected “Regatta”.
  2. Refunds will only be provided to cancellations made within the following notice periods.
  3. Transfer of entry is not permissible.
Refunds:

a) Entry fees will be non-refundable after the ‘close of entries’, 

All requests for an entry fee refund shall be made in writing and submitted to the Organising Authority by email to: sailing@rpayc.com.au.

b) In the event of a race being abandoned or removed from the schedule of racing, entry fees will not be refunded.

Transfers:

A boat’s submitted entry and/or entry fee shall not be transferable to any other boat.

The transfer of a boat’s submitted entry to another Class (where eligible) of the same owner, will not be accepted after the ‘close of entries’, except in the case of the event being cancelled by the Organising Authority. All requests for a transfer shall be made in writing and submitted to the Organising Authority by email: sailing@rpayc.com.au.

Subsequent entry fees that are due because of the transfer of a boat’s submitted entry to another Class shall be calculated based on the classification of when the entry fee was first received.