Dual Site Membership Details

Inspire Sailing offers a dual site membership with its partner club Modern Sailing in Sausalito.  With a dual site membership, you can enjoy charter privileges at both locations!   

WHY UPGRADE?

You’ll expand your breadth and depth of experience by chartering a wider variety of boats and navigating through different micro-climates on the Bay! You’ll also receive discounts on clinics and courses and invitations to club events and club sails at both locations.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

A dual site membership costs $75/month (or $90/month for you and your partner).  If you are already a member of either Inspire Sailing or Modern Sailing, there is no additional fee to upgrade.

If you are not yet a member of either club, then there is a one-time initiation fee of $500, though we’ll waive this fee for any former OCSC members until November 15, 2021.

To begin chartering at the second location, you may be required to complete an on-the-water checkout or clinic. See discussion below.

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

Please call us at (510) 831-1800 or email us at inquire@inspiresailing.com and we’ll be glad to upgrade your membership or answer any questions.

HOW DO I START CHARTERING AT THE SECOND LOCATION?

Because of the different fleet composition and different marina procedures between Modern Sailing and Inspire Sailing, enabling members to take full advantage of the dual site charter privileges requires a brief checkout or, in some cases, an upgrade clinic.

Here’s how it works for each type of skipper wanting to expand to dual site privileges:  

  1. Inspire Sailing member with a Sport Boat < 30’ certification wanting to charter at Modern Sailing:

    Because this skipper likely learned on a tiller-steered J24 sport boat, he or she will need to become familiar with the larger Catalina 30 (or similar) boat that has a wheel, an inboard engine, and a lot more momentum. The skipper will need to complete a two-day “Upgrade to Silver” clinic. Upon successful completion, the skipper will have access to the Silver Fleet at Modern Sailing. (This clinic will also be available to single-site members at Inspire Sailing who want access to the Silver Fleet at Inspire Sailing.) Cost = $495

  2. Inspire Sailing member with a Gold or Platinum Fleet certification wanting to charter at Modern Sailing:

    This skipper will have to complete a 3-hour “site specific” on-the-water checkout at Modern Sailing.  The skipper will be checked out at the fleet level that matches his or her relevant experience. For example, if you have sailing experience on 33-37 foot boats, you will complete a checkout for the Gold Fleet, which certifies you to take out the Silver and Gold Fleet vessels. If you have experience on boats 38+ feet in length, you will be checked out at the Platinum level which certifies you for all of the mono-hulls at Modern Sailing. Cost = $150 (Clinic)

    As an alternative, clients will be able to complete a custom checkout with an instructor at Modern Sailing.

  3. Modern Sailing member with a Silver Fleet certification wanting to charter at Inspire Sailing:

    This skipper will have to complete a 3-hour on-the-water checkout at Inspire Sailing on a Silver Fleet boat.  The focus of the checkout will be “local knowledge.” Upon completion, the skipper will have access to the Silver fleet at Inspire Sailing. Cost = $225

  4. Modern Sailing member with a Gold (or Platinum) Fleet certification wanting to charter at Inspire Sailing:

    This skipper will have to complete a 3-hour on-the-water checkout at Inspire Sailing.  The focus of the checkout will be “local knowledge.” Upon completion, the skipper will have access to the Silver and Gold Fleet at Inspire Sailing. If the skipper has a Platinum Fleet certification, the process is the same, and would also then have access to the Silver, Gold, and Platinum fleet at Inspire Sailing. Cost = $225

  5. Modern Sailing members with Silver, Gold, or Platinum Fleet certification who want to charter Sport Boats < 30’ at Inspire Sailing:

For those adventurous members from Modern Sailing who would like to experience the thrill of a sport boat, we will provide a special “Sport Boat Clinic.”  This is a 2-day course at Inspire Sailing that will introduce the skipper to the tiller-steered J24.  The second day of the clinic will include an on-the-water evaluation which, upon successful completion, will enable the skipper to charter Sport Boats < 30’ at Inspire Sailing.  Cost = $495

WOW. THAT SEEMS CONFUSING, CAN YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE?

Sure, here is a simple table that summarizes what you need to do. Find your certification and location in the left column and follow across. Remember the fleet sizes - Silver (30-32’), Gold (33-37’), Platinum (38-44’). At Inspire Sailing, Sport Boat < 30’ is equivalent to US Sailing Basic Cruising, and Gold/Platinum is equivalent to US Sailing Bareboat Cruising.

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