TERMS AND CONDITIONS

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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 fees will be refunded at 50% when a student withdraws from a course more that 7 days prior to its start date. Teaching materials will remain with the student.

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

Course fees will not be refunded if a student withdraws from a course within 7 days of the course start date.   

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% when a charter party withdraws from a charter more that 7 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 not be refunded if a charter party withdraws from a charter within 7 days of the charter start date.   

DOT approved PDFs are supplied for courses.

For coastal and offshore courses students should own all personal equipment including OSR (Offshore Special Regulation) approved PFDs/lifejackets.  High value (Offshore Special Regulation) approved PFDs/lifejackets are in short supply but are available for rent from FBSS on a first come first served basis for the course duration.

Payments

Payment by etransfer to john.garfitt@gmail.com is preferred

A service fee of C$55 (fifty five Canadian dollars) shall be charged for payment using PayPal.

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

GST is 5% in BC

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. 

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 US waters and be subject to search and seizure by US authorities.) Consumption of alcohol while on the water is illegal. 

The presence of illegal drugs aboard will be reported.