Class associations
The class association: owners, certificates and a calendar that travels
A one-design or box-rule class has owners scattered across clubs and countries, measurement certificates that must be current to race, and a championship calendar that is the reason most members join.
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What usually goes wrong
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Hull numbers, owners and certificates live in three different files kept by three volunteers.
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A boat changes hands and the new owner is not a member, but still races.
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Championship entries come through a form on a free service that loses the data every two years.
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Dues differ by country and are collected by national representatives in cash.
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The modules that matter here
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Membership CRM
Owners with custom fields for hull number, sail number and builder; the measurement certificate as a qualification with an expiry date.
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Events & QR check-in
Championships with entries per boat, crew lists, divisions and waitlists; check-in at the venue.
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Directory & map
A members-only directory and map of owners, so fleets find each other and second-hand boats stay in the class.
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Dues & payments
Tiers per country or fleet, online payment in the class account, receipts without the treasurer’s spreadsheet.
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Website & widgets
The calendar and the directory embedded in the class website; the class brand on the portal.
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A season with SupaGuild
- Setup
Import the owner list, map hull and sail numbers to custom fields, load certificates as qualifications with their expiry.
- Renewal
Dues invoiced by tier; owners renew in the portal and upload the new certificate when the measurer signs it.
- Championship
Entries open on the public event page, member price for paid-up owners, waitlist when the venue is full, check-in on the first day.
- Transfer
A boat is sold: the new owner applies through the public form, the committee approves, the hull record moves with the certificate.
Questions
Class associations
01Can we make a certificate a condition for entering a championship?
Entries can be limited to members in good standing; a valid certificate can be required as a document at registration and checked by the race office. An automatic block on certificate expiry is not shipped yet.
02Do national fleets need their own account?
No. Chapters give each national fleet its own administrators and view of the register under one class association.
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