Category: RNSA

Tinker T struggling to escape the clutches of the sticky mud in her berth in Dolphin Pool half an hour before low water feared they might not be the only victims of low tide, and thus it was so. A depleted fleet made the start line at Gilkicker with th…

Thursday evenings – any dinghy handicap racing

Five intrepid RNSA sailors set out on Thursday in the first of five RNSA(P) Dinghy Handicap race evenings. In a light SSE breeze the two Fusions, Laser, Laser Radial and Hartley 15 completed 2 close ra…

Use your navigation and sailing skills to complete the course of navigational marks on the River’s Orwell and Stour. Entry forms and Sailing Instructions from: events@fmyc.org.uk

Jolly Jack Tar(JJT) this weekend has become the Portsmouth regatta J109 Champion. With a mixed Royal Navy crew, skippered by CPO Joe Henry, JJT competed in a field of 9 J109’s in the Eastern Solent. Over the weekend in varying conditions, the series c…

Update on the use of the visitors mooring at St Mawes and RNSA overnight mooring concession on other St Mawes moorings RNSA Mooring St Mawes E11

The RNSA mooring in St Mawes is available for visiting yachts to use and is located in position N50.09.312…

The historical wind graph on Spitbank Fort showed how lucky the yachts competing in the RNSA(P) Summer Series race 2 were. A breeze of up to 9 knots appearing at 1830 and disappearing at 1940. Someone smiles on us. Not having historical data yet availa…

The Plymouth to Dartmouth Offshore Race takes place on 21 July and as the final race of the 4 race Ullman Offshore series. The Plymouth to Dartmouth Offshore Race takes place on 21 July and as the final race of the 4 race Ullman Offshore series could b…

The yachts competing in the RNSA(P) Wednesday series could be forgiven for thinking it was the start of the Autumn not the Summer Series as they made their way out of foggy Portsmouth harbour to an equally foggy Gilkicker. The visibility at Gilkicker w…

x Pinch yourself -you’re in the North Sea! Such was the brilliant sunshine over the May Bank Holiday for the Little Ship Club Calais Rally which has been going since 1928. Following the recent death of the inimitable Norman Hummertone MBE who had pre…

The Royal Navy Sailing Team are the 2018 J109 National Champions after a nail biting Regatta run by the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. The team competed in the RNSA’s 36 foot racing yacht ‘Jolly Jack Tar’ against other crack UK teams. The Regatta took …