TERMS AND CONDITIONS

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Payments

Payment in full is required 30 days before departure. Booking reservations can be assured outside the 30 day window by payment of a $500 per person deposit. Deposits are non-refundable.

Upon receipt of full payment the course materials will be ordered from ISPA and sent via expedited Canada Post to the address you provide. A tracking number will be forwarded by email as soon as it is received from ISPA.

Payment by etransfer to john.garfitt@gmail.com is the preferred method of payment. There are usually no service charges for etransfers.

Major credit cards and PayPal are accepted, however, a 3% service charge will be applied to the full amount, including tax, due to bank credit service fees. Credit card payments can be made by phone.

PayPal payments can be sent to john.garfitt@gmail.com (PayPal may take up to 8 days to process a payment).

British Columbia GST is 5%.

Safety Equipment

OSR (Offshore Special Regulation) approved PDFs are supplied for all courses except Master, Offshore and Master, Ocean. Master candidates are expected to supply their own OSR approved PFD, AIS PLB and personal safety equipment.

Course Cancellations and Refunds

Course fees will be refunded if a course is cancelled by FBSS.  In the event that FBSS and affected students agree to reschedule the course, no refund shall be issued and a new, mutually agreeable course date shall be established.  No compensation other than refund is offered.

Course fee deposits are non-refundable. Course fees will be refunded at 50% if a student withdraws from a course more that 14 days prior to its start date. Teaching materials will remain with the student.

Course fees are forfeit if a student withdraws from a course within 14 days of the course start date. Teaching materials remain with the student.

Cancellations due to pandemic shall be refunded at a rate mutually agreeable to FBSS and the student(s). Teaching materials will remain with the student.

Credit for Teaching Materials will be applied to rescheduled bookings. 

Charter Cancellations and Refunds

Charter fees will be refunded less any non-refundable payments to third parties by FBSS, if a charter is cancelled by FBSS.  In the event that FBSS and the charter party agree to reschedule the charter, no refund shall be issued and a new, mutually agreeable charter date shall be established (subject to agreement by any involved third parties.)  No compensation other than refund is offered.

Charter fees will be refunded at 50% of the balance after any non-refundable payments to third parties have been deducted if a charter party withdraws from a charter more that 14 days prior to its start date. 

Cancellations due to pandemic shall be refunded at a rate mutually agreeable to FBSS and the charter party.

Charter fees will be forfeit if a charter party withdraws from a charter within 14 days of the charter start date.   

Caveat - Waiver of Liability

By signing on to a Flying Bulldog Sailing School Ltd., (FBSS,) course or charter, students and charter parties expressly agree to accept any and all risks associated with sailing on the high seas and coastal waters and expressly agree to hold harmless Flying Bulldog Sailing School, Ltd., its officers, instructors, heirs and successors from any claim whatsoever arising at any time, by any means, including time aboard ship and time ashore. Students and charter parties expressly acknowledge and accept that they accept all risks of man-overboard, being lost at sea, shipwreck, failure to be rescued, sickness, accident, or injury, acts of violence committed against them by third parties, losses by theft or vandalism and all similar adverse events.

Students and Charter Parties are strong advised to carry personal insurance against all possible misadventures. 

All students will be required to sign a waiver of liability, as required FBSS’s insurance underwriters.

Policy on Drugs

No intoxicating substances (with the exception of alcohol) shall be brought onto an FBSS vessel whether legal in Canada or not. (The vessel may enter foreign waters and be subject to search and seizure by foreign authorities.)

The presence of illegal drugs aboard will be reported.