Category: RNSA

Applications are invited for the Small Vessel Lay-up at Bull Point in Devonport for the Winter of 2019-2020 The application form, for anybody wishing to be considered for laying up their yacht in the Devonport Bull Point Small Vessel facility, is incl…

Cdr Russ Clark and Lt Cdr Penny Clark (Rtd) (oh yes, and former Olympian!) come 5th at the 505 Euro Cup Riva del Garda 30 May-1 Jun, and then improve slightly to win the 505 Barcelona Exhibition Regatta the following week. See links for full reports pu…

Racing cancelled tonight (13 Jun 19) Tonight’s racing has been cancelled due to high winds. Expecting F6 in the harbour so would rather save people the journey down. Do come down for the rest of the series: 4, 11 & 25 Jul. Alternatively there are Wedne…

An evening to forget! Tinker T the stand-in SOOD arrived early at Gilkicker point to try and make some sense out of the confusing forecast. The 6 knots of westerly wind measured on arrival changed as they waited to 5 knots south easterly gradually then…

Post event feedback 32 boats and up to 105 members and friends gathered in Ouistreham , Normandy 4th to 8th June 2019. Represented by members from Clyde, Plymouth, Portland, Medway and East Coast. along with members of the Royal naval Reserve Yacht Cl…

BYC members are invited to join a rally to Guernsey and Jersey from 24 to 28 June 2019 Britannia Yacht Club members are holding a rally to the Channel Islands to support Phil Slade in his Bosun Challenge. We expect to arrive in St Peter Port on 24 Jun…

BRNC staff member to sail a Bosun Dinghy single handed from Dartmouth to the Channel Islands to raise money for the RN & RM Charity. Following on from his 2016 record-breaking double-handed sail in a Bosun dinghy from Plymouth to Portsmouth via France,…

This year’s SOR saw 3 races: Portsmouth to Cherbourg, Cherbourg to Weymouth and Weymouth to Portsmouth. RNSA won first IRC, first Victoria 34 and the overall regatta. The conditions were extremely challenging but eveyone had fun, very well done to al…

First of 5 evenings of handicap racing in Portsmouth harbour Four RNSA sailors turned out for the first evening of the James Cup. All four sailed fusions which, to the race officer’s delight, negated the need for handicap. The sun shone throughout and …

With the embers of the Red Arrows display, part of the D Day anniversary celebrations, dying in the sky overhead the small fleet of yachts assembled at the Gilkicker start line for the second race of the Summer Series. A moderate South westerly of 15 k…