RACING POLICY

Every yacht participating in any STYC racing event must have liability insurance currently in effect that covers property damage, personal injury, and death, in an amount not less than $300,000 USD per occurrence; the policy must cover yacht racing activities. Yacht owners acknowledge that the decision to enter their yacht and participate in any race is solely their own, and agree to be bound by the Racing Rules of Sailing as adopted by US Sailing, including national prescriptions, except as modified by the Vessel Traffic Safety Rules, the organizers, and the Race Notice for the event. Each racing skipper shall monitor VHF channel 14 when in the vicinity of and while occupying the VTS lanes.

TROPHY POLICY

Most of our races will have trophies available at the awards party following the race. If you do not pick up your trophy, you will need to contact the Race Committee Chair to make arrangements to get your trophy. We will generally bring unclaimed trophies to the Spring and Fall Membership Parties, and to the Christmas party. Any trophy that is not claimed by the Christmas Party will be disposed of. For the helmet stickers of Ballard Cup, you must be present at the post race awards to claim your sticker.

DELIVERY POLICY

If an event specific item (such as T-Shirts) is purchased from The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club, it will be available for pickup at the event.

REFUND POLICY

There are no refunds, except for correcting errors made. If an error is made purchasing something from us, we will do whatever it takes to fix the problem.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Statement of Privacy.

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club is committed to protecting your privacy. This Statement of Privacy applies to The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Web site and governs data collection and usage at all The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club sites and services; it does not apply to other online or offline sites, products or services. Please read the the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Statement of Privacy. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club is a general audience web site, intended for users of all ages. Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Statement of Privacy.

Collection of your Personal Information

As an E-commerce Web site, the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Information collected by the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club is used solely for the purpose of billing and shipping your online purchases. the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club does not collect any information about your computer hardware and software. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. We are not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Web site.

Use of your Personal Information

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club and its operational service partners collect and use your personal information to process product orders and deliver the products requested. It is possible that the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club may also use personal information to inform you of other products or services available from the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club and its affiliates. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your personal information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club, including its Web site; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club or the public. Personal information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control your Personal Information

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club offers its customers choices for the collection, use and sharing of personal information. You may notify us of your preferences by email. Please be sure to provide complete account information so we can identify you in our records. You may also stop the delivery of future promotional e-mail from the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club by responding directly to any email you receive with a request to remove you from the mailing list.

Security of your Personal Information

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we use a secure payment gateway so your information is protected.

Changes to this Statement

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club will use your personal information, The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club is protecting your information.