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Section 8 – General
8.1 Insurance and Indemnity At all times when a vessel is on Club premises and/or involved in Club activities, a Member or Visitor shall insure against: i.
loss or damage of any kind to other persons or other privately owned property or Club owned property caused by the use of the privately owned property, and
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any legal liability whatsoever for damage to property or personal injury to any person whomsoever caused by the use by the member or any person of the privately owned property for an amount of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000).
Prior to entering a boat onto Club premises or participating in Club events, an owner or operator of a boat shall forward to the SYC office details of a current insurance policy with appropriate cover and thereafter, shall ensure that the SYC office continues to hold a copy of a current insurance policy for so long as the boat remains on Club premises, or participates in Club events. Each Member or Visitor utilising Club facilities and/or participating in Club events shall indemnify and keep indemnified at all times the Club, its servants, agents, and officers against or in respect of all claims, actions, suits or demands whatsoever and howsoever arising by virtue of the use of Club facilities, or participation in Club events including but not limited to injury or loss to himself or his boat, injury or loss to any person on such boat or boarding or alighting there from and injury, loss or damage to any person arising in any way.
8.2 Animals Animals shall be permitted on Club premises except for the clubhouse and its enclosures and access ways. Trained guide dogs are exempt from this By-Law. Dogs shall be on a leash and under the effective control of an adult. Animals other than dogs shall be constrained so as not to create an annoyance and shall be under the effective control of an adult. Animal droppings shall be removed, wrapped and placed in a rubbish bin. Animal droppings shall not be disposed of into the sea. All signs relating to animals posted on Club premises shall be observed.
8.3 Club Burgee and Flag Officer Flags The Club burgee shall be a white pennant, the length of which shall be twice its width at the hoist, with an Admiralty Red (Ref. T1144) bar having a width of one quarter the length of the centre line of the burgee and placed at right angles to the base line cutting the centre line in the second quarter.
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