Oct 03
The strong westerlies gusting to over 30 knots during the early afternoon were forecast to ease by the race start time of 1730. The SOOD, Sprit of Kudu, opted to make the call of whether to race or not at 1600. It was decided to race.
The earlier st…
Oct 01
New Entry Dinghy Sailing The new entries have arrived and already they have been out on the River Dart in our Bosun Fleet. Out there with them are their predecessors undertaking their Mariner four training package in the picket boats.
Sep 27
The Livorno Cup is awarded to the winner of a race between the BRNC Contessa 38s which takes place annually during the Dartmouth Royal Regatta within the Royal Dart Yacht Club racing programme. This year there were 4 teams representing the BRNC Staff, …
Sep 25
I am delighted to announce that our RN Offshore Sailing Team has won the prestigious RN Sports Team of the Year category. This is a fantastic achievement and very much deserved. The whole of RNSA and the sailing it has enabled has been part of buildi…
Sep 24
Change of Command and new Commodore for the Britannia Yacht Club. Captain Roger Readwin RN has assumed Command of Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth and taken over from Captain Jolyon Woodard as Commodore of the BYC. The photograph show the cerem…
Sep 24
The RNSA office will be closed on Friday 27th September. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Sep 20
Announcement of the RNSA EGM 1 Nov 19 and Portmouth Moorings’ Berth Holders Meeting 11 Oct 19. Dear RNSA Members,
Further to the Vice Commodore’s letter of 5 July 2019 covering the latest update on the route to charitable status, I am pleased to confi…
Sep 19
A great evening to be on the water, not quite so good for yacht racing though. In the absence of Happy Apple, Tinker T took on the mantle of SOOD. With the already light SSE breeze of 5-7 knots likely to ease further a short course of N Sturbridge and …
Sep 18
This evening 6 Portsmouth sailors, each in RNSA Fusions, battled it out for the Baring Cup in glorious sunshine. Ian Parker and Claire Smith, staff at the RNSC, battled it out with Eleanor Eastman and Chris Paluchi from the RM School of Music along w…
Sep 18
Bradwell is best visited by boat, as our frustrated engineers discovered. A perfect forecast of sunshine and light winds had the East Coast RNSA and RNVR YC making a rendez-vous at the Alma on Friday, 13th September.
