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Set the training record needed for each safety or race role.
Software for dinghy clubs
Dinghy Club Management Software
SailHQ links duties, training records, households and race dates. This edition is written for US sailing clubs.
US Sailing is the national governing body and the World Sailing authority in the United States. Boards also manage SafeSport duties and privacy rules that vary by state.
Reviewed 21 August 2026
Duty roster
Plan the people around each race day
Safety cover needs current records, clear roles and a roster members can use.
Junior households
Give each junior a record while parents manage household details and access.
Simple swaps
Members can offer or take a duty without losing the audit trail.
Related pages: duty management for race-day cover, race series and event planning and the sailing club member portal.
Checked country guidance
Separate national rules from state duties.
US Sailing prescriptions cover racing. SafeSport, tax and privacy decisions need their own owners and evidence.
Record the US Sailing relationship.
US Sailing is the national governing body for the sport and the US member authority of World Sailing. Clubs and other organisations can join its membership network.
What the club record should hold.
Keep the organisation membership contact, renewal status and board owner with the club record.
Open the official sourceFollow SafeSport reporting rules.
Adults with regular contact or authority over minor athletes must take SafeSport training. Suspected child abuse must also be reported to law enforcement.
What the club record should hold.
Track the covered role, training date and reporting contact without storing confidential case detail in general notes.
Open the official sourceTrack US Sailing certifications.
US Sailing courses include Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising and Performance Sailing. Clubs should store the actual certification name and expiry details.
What the club record should hold.
Record the certification title, issuing school, completion date and any renewal needed for the assigned role.
Open the official sourceUse US Sailing prescriptions.
US race committees add the US Sailing Prescriptions to World Sailing rules. The present rule cycle runs from 2025 through 2028.
What the club record should hold.
Save the RRS edition, US prescriptions and the approved notice and sailing instructions for each event.
Open the official source
Product scope
Know what SailHQ does today
SailHQ keeps the board record. It does not decide which federal or state law covers the club.
In SailHQ now
Members, households, duty roster, race series, boats, roles, weather and the club portal.
Kept in specialist systems
Race scoring, fee collection, formal accounts and advice from official or professional sources.
Common questions
US club questions
Yes. Record the training status, completion date and role that requires it. Reporting decisions remain with the club and the official bodies.
No. The board records its decision and access rules in SailHQ after checking the laws and advice that cover the club.
No. SailHQ manages club records. Race scoring, fee collection and formal accounts stay in specialist systems.
Yes. The board can set local roles and record the training the club accepts.
The main app and database are hosted in the UK. Clubs abroad should include this in their privacy review.
SailHQ records payment status but does not collect fees. Clubs can keep using ACH debit or their current provider.
Bring your US board setup to the demo
Your walkthrough can mirror the duty roster, certification checks and athlete-safety roles used by your board.