Reference
Roles & permissions
A side-by-side of what members and administrators can do in a club.
Each membership in a club has a role: member or admin. Your role is per club, so you can be an admin at one club and a member at another. Here's who can do what.
Clubs that run a sailing school also have a third, lighter role — student — for people who register for courses. A student can browse courses and see My courses, but doesn't get the booking and crew tools a full member has. Registering for a course adds you as a student if you weren't already part of the club; if you're already a member or admin, your role stays as it is.
At a glance
| Area | Student | Member | Admin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Register for courses; track My courses | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Book sails, manage own reservations | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Organize crews, invite/confirm/remove crew, join standby | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| View the fleet | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| View own certifications & endorsements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Read announcements (member-visible) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Manage own profile & notification preferences | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Book a sail with another member as skipper | — | — | ✅ |
| Create / edit boats & boat classes | — | — | ✅ |
| Set boat crew & skipper requirements, status | — | — | ✅ |
| Define certifications; grant to members | — | — | ✅ |
| Grant / revoke skipper endorsements | — | — | ✅ |
| Set availability windows & blackouts | — | — | ✅ |
| Invite members; change roles; suspend | — | — | ✅ |
| Edit a member's display name & contact details | — | — | ✅ |
| Create / edit / pin announcements | — | — | ✅ |
| Manage registration waivers (guest sails, courses, membership) | — | — | ✅ |
| Recalculate achievements; grant & remove badges | — | — | ✅ |
| Edit club settings (timezone, location, wind, local knowledge) | — | — | ✅ |
| View the audit log | — | — | ✅ |
Notes
- Admins are also members. Every admin can do everything a member can; the table only highlights the additional powers.
- Roles are reversible. An admin can promote a member to admin or demote them back at any time — with two safeguards: an admin can't remove their own admin role, and the club's last remaining admin can't be demoted until another admin is promoted. See Members & roles.
- Suspension is separate from role. A suspended membership loses access regardless of role until it's reactivated.
- Student limits are enforced, not just hidden. Booking and crew pages and actions require the member role — a student who lands on one is sent to My courses. Students also don't appear in the crew-invite search, so they can't be added to a crew.
- Members-only courses are the exception to course registration. A club can mark a course members only — only active members and admins can see it and register. Students and visitors can't.