Regular Membership: This membership is available to applicants over the age of 21, and requires the applicant to own a boat in a recognized class and store that boat at BSC. The cost for Regular membership includes an initiation fee and annual membership dues. Wet or dry slip fees are additional. All dues and fees are billed on either a quarterly or annual basis, the latter payable in full in January of the calendar year.
Associate Membership: This type of membership is available to applicants over the age of 21 who do not meet the boat ownership requirements for Voting Membership. There is no initiation fee. Membership dues and boat storage fees are billed quarterly.
Intermediate Membership: Intermediate Membership is limited to those individuals who have not attained the age of twenty-eight (28) years, and who are not otherwise eligible for Student Membership. The cost for Intermediate membership includes a reduced initiation fee and lower quarterly membership dues.
Student Membership: Student Membership is limited to those individuals who shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years, but who have not attained age twenty-five (25), and who are full time students in high school or institutions of higher learning. The cost for Student membership includes a reduced initiation fee and lower quarterly membership dues.
All Members have full access to the club, facilities, and events.
BSC is a private club, not a public marina. Membership requires sponsorship by two current club members, and there are additional requirements.
The Membership Chair can explain the entire process, including the dues schedule and other costs (which we strive to keep quite reasonable).
If you already know members of the club who will sponsor you, you should obtain an application form from one of them or the Membership Chairperson (members can download a PDF of the form after logging in), fill it out, have these members sponsor you and indicate so on the form, and then submit the application to the Membership Chair.
If you do not know any members of the club, you should contact the Membership Chair and he or she will get you in touch with some members who will interview you and may become your sponsors.
Probably not. We are limited in our slip capacity. As a result, in most instances our wet slip capacity is completely full. A process is in place allowing members to be placed on a waiting list for a wet slip once approved for membership. Wet slips are assigned on a first come first served basis, subject to the constraints of various resources (boat/slip sizes and so forth). Wait times vary. If you do not have a trailer and have to have a wet slip, alternate arrangements should be made.
Historically, there has been no problem getting immediately assigned to a dry slip, however circumstances vary and will be discussed upon approval of membership.
Yes, but all members and guests must follow Club Rules. Pets are not allowed in the immediate vicinity of the Clubhouse or patios. Otherwise, pets brought to the Club must be leashed or kenneled and observed by the owner to not be a nuisance to other members or guests. Members are responsible for cleaning up after their pets.