Category: RNSA

RYA update

RYA Guidance on sailing & racing with participants from different households during COVID-19 in England

Portsmouth Harbour LNTM

Work to be conducted on Ballast Pile You might have picked upon this already due to subscribing to the QHM Portsmouth Local Notice to Mariners and other safety information.

As of Monday work will commence in the replacement of Ballast Pile. Some of yo…

Coronavirus – advice and information for recreational boaters

Excitingly options are starting to open up for us to go sailing and the RYA update is useful update.. We are working hard with the RN to see what we can safely organise. Be ready!

Southampton Boat Show cancelled

Southampton International Boat Show 2020 will not take place this September. Organisers, British Marine, state the 52nd edition of the show will be postponed until September 2021 in the wake of Covid-19 government guidelines on large gatherings.

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Urgent call from MCA for people to mark property

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is urging kayak owners, and other watersports enthusiasts, to clearly label their property. This comes after hours were wasted looking for the owner of a kayak in the Solent this week. All it takes is a sharpie …

Royal Navy Sailing Centre (Portsmouth) reopens!

The RNSC has been closed since we went into lockdown on 23 Mar, but from Mon 29 Jun it reopens its slipways and to solo sailors (unless from the same household or social bubble). Message by Lee Bichard copied from the RNSC Facebook Group:

Well after m…

Armed Forces day – 27 June

What?
Armed Forces Day is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets. There are many ways for people, communities and organisations …

Royal Navy Reserves Day – Wednesday 24 June

Reservists are currently supporting operations worldwide. However, the contribution they make to our Armed Forces often goes unrecognised. As such an annual Reserves Day was created to highlight and recognise the valuable contribution Reservists make …

Annual RNSA Cowes Week Party cancelled

With the cancellation of Cowes Week and constraints resulting from Covid-19, it has unfortunately been necessary to cancel this year’s RNSA Cowes Week party. In our 85th year, the plan is to focus on this major anniversary as a celebration. Details …

Cowes Week Cancelled

Cowes Week Limited (CWL), organiser of the UK’s largest and best-known sailing event, has today announced the cancellation of the 2020 Cowes Week regatta. The CWL team had hoped that it would be possible to hold the much-loved regatta this summer for t…