About Sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.
A course defined with respect to the true wind direction is called a point of sail.
Sailing Fees & Terms
Cost: $25.00 NZD
Safety & circumstances beyond our control
As your safety is our first concern, a course/event may be cancelled or rescheduled or curtailed by us in weather conditions which may in our view make the course/event dangerous or unsafe or due to circumstances beyond our control (including staff illness). We may also cancel, postpone or reschedule a course/event where there are not enough people booked on the course/ event to make it viable.
As with other activity-based experiences, water sports activities contain an element of risk. It must be understood that your participation in these activities is your decision and at your risk. The course/event leader has primary responsibility for the safety of the students and equipment at all times and his/her decision is final. If any participant commits an illegal or potentially dangerous act including carrying or taking of drugs during or before a course/event, is under the influence of alcohol, persistently disregards the instructions of the course/ event leader or duty manager, or is disruptive or exhibits difficult behaviour, the course/event leader and manager reserve the right to terminate such persons’ participation in the course/event with no responsibility to them. In such an event there will be no right to any refund.
Damage
Should damage or loss to vessels, persons or equipment be caused as a result of wilful damage or gross negligence by a customers, a customer under the influence of alcohol or drugs or as a result of refusal or failure to obey instructions given by our staff, then he or she will be liable for the full amount of repair or replacement and any resulting costs. The course/event leader reserves the right to terminate the course/event.
We cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage to any person caused other than through our negligence or breach of contract or for damage to your property whatsoever caused.