RYA Chair term extended for the year ahead
The RYA has today announced that the Board has agreed a one-year extension to the tenure of Chris Preston, a passionate sailor with more than 50 years’ experience of racing and cruising, as its ...
Daily Archive: June 30, 2022
Former RYA junior squad members break records in prestigious Round Britain and Ireland yacht race
Lou Boorman from Pembrokeshire and Elin Jones from Wrexham spent a gruelling 22 days and more than 2000 nautical miles at sea aboard White Knight, a Contessa-32. At age 20, Lou has also become ...
Law change to protect teenagers from sexual abuse
From Tuesday 28 June, sports coaches and faith leaders will be recognised in law as being in “positions of trust” and so banned from engaging in sexual activity with under 18s in their care. ...
Girl power at Kent Schools Sailing Association
Sarah White, KSSA’s Commodore, writes: KSSA is celebrating its 60th year this year; 60 years of providing training and events for young sailors from 8-18 years, but recently they held a first for the ...
Brian Pahlmann Joins RYA Scotland Team
Brian Pahlmann joins the team at RYA Scotland as the Regional Development Officer (RDO) for the North of Scotland and the Islands. With a strong background in community sports and active lifestyles we welcome ...
Accessible sustainable and open to all
Children’s Sailing Trust (CST) began life as the Helford River Children’s Sailing Trust in 1997, and it’s a charity that has helped over 5,000 children to learn to sail. CST opened a brand-new headquarters ...
2022 Women on Water Festival
RYA Northern Ireland has announced this year’s Women on Water Festival, which is set to be an action-packed day at Donaghadee Sailing Club. This event, which will take place on Saturday 23 July, will ...
Temporary concession announced for UK boaters visiting Saint-Quay or Saint-Cast
A temporary concession has been introduced for British or Channel Island nationals wishing to visit the ports of Saint Cast and Saint Quay, in France. The concessions will run for the summer season from ...
Young sailors enjoy a great weekend of sailing at the RYA East Regional Junior Championships
With the aim of the OnBoard fleet being ‘games with aims’ rather than focusing on racing, young sailors were aged 13 and under and relatively new to sailing, and enjoyed activities including the ‘megasup’, ...
Cruising Observations On the West Coast
After electrical, mechanical, bow-roller/anchor, and crew with COVID issues, Chair of RYA Scotland’s Cruising and General Purposes Committee, Charles Bird finally slipped lines and headed further up the west coast for the next few ...