Availability & blackouts

Members can only book a boat when it's available. As admin, you define those windows under Admin → Availability. Nothing's bookable until you open it.

Availability windows

An availability window is a span of time when a boat (or the fleet) can be reserved. You can set:

• Recurring windows — a repeating pattern, like "every weekday 09:00–18:00" or "Saturdays and Sundays 08:00–dusk". These follow a recurrence rule so you set them once and they keep applying.
• One-off windows — a single opening for a specific date, handy for a special event or an out-of-pattern day.

Recurring windows are expanded forward automatically, so the calendar stays populated weeks ahead without you re-entering anything.

Blackouts

A blackout closes a period that would otherwise be available — for maintenance, a club race, a private charter, or weather. During a blackout, the affected boats can't be booked even if a recurring window would normally open them.

Use blackouts rather than deleting a recurring window when the closure is temporary; the window resumes automatically afterward.

How members experience this

Members see only the open slots when they go to book a sail. If a boat looks unbookable when they expect it to be open, the usual cause is a missing window or an active blackout.