New clubhouse, new trustees and new volunteers
Flushing Sailing Club (FSC) volunteers helped build a new clubhouse during the pandemic and now the team is growing. In spring 2020, just as the club was coming to the end of a major ...
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Volunteers make an enthusiastic return at Saltash Sailing Club
Saltash Sailing Club (SSC) has developed a Topper Race Academy after the pandemic negatively impacted both its volunteer base and its formerly strong youth racing section. Aiming to reengage existing volunteers, as well as ...
Tracey Boyne just keeps on doing it
We featured Tracey Boyne, owner of Mylor Sailing School/Mylor Sailability, during Steering the Course 2021. She’s still full of drive and determination, and now we’ve got an update, so we’re featuring her again! After ...
From a career break to adventure racing
Annabel James was a secondary school maths teacher for 25 years before deciding to take a career break in September 2021, just before her 50th birthday. Having volunteered as a Dinghy Instructor for 15 ...
A new SI follows her dreams
Gabby Asman passed the last RYA SW Senior Instructor (SI) course of 2021, which ran over two weekends in late November/early December. She is currently studying to be a vet at the University of ...
Girls Go Sailing at Exe Sailing Club
The Girls Go Sailing (GGS) group at Exe Sailing Club started up again this year after a hiatus during the pandemic, and it has really kicked off! By early May 2022, there were 70 ...
Aspiring female instructors project returns for third wave in the Midlands
A programme for Aspiring Female Instructors in the RYA Midlands region is returning this summer as part of World Sailing’s Steering the Course festival of women’s sailing. The aim of the programme is to ...
Join HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Ships Salute
The UK Chamber of Shipping is inviting Ship Owners and recreational boaters to take part in the Ships Salute as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A Ships Salute is where every vessel in ...
Get your entries in for the British Keelboat League at Burnham
The British Keelboat League is heading to the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch with teams invited to get their entries in for some fast-paced and fun racing. The event promises two unmissable days ...
RYA Training Recognition withdrawn from Cornish Cruising
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022, the RYA Training Committee met to consider the future RYA Training Recognition of “Cornish Cruising”, a Falmouth based RYA training centre offering a range of RYA courses. This hearing ...