Category: RNSA

RNSA ‘Part Time’ Employment Opportunity – Events and Marketing Secretary

The Royal Naval Sailing Association is looking for a new part time Events and Marketing Secretary to be responsible for facilitating and planning sailing events. Please see the attached Job Description. To apply, please send a CV and covering letter, …

RNSA ‘part time’ Employment Opportunity – Moorings Secretary

The Royal Naval Sailing Association is looking for a new part time Moorings Secretary to be responsible for administering the RNSA Moorings. The start date is negotiable from October 2014. Please see the attached Job Description. To apply, please se…

Annual race result summary

Summary of results for the 2014 season The attached document summarizes the results for both the inshore and offshore races for Plymouth during the 2014 season.

Fantastic Result at Gold Cup for Nat and Alex

Nat Roach and Alex Pickles score a perfect set of bullets to win Gold Cup Nat Roach and Alex Pickles romped home with a perfect set of 1st places in the 7 Race series to walk away with the Gold Cup at The Services’ Asymmetric Championships. The series …

The Normandy Klepper Challenge & Stella Anne

Stella Anne (owned and skippered by RNSA Portland member Simon Duff) acted as safety and support boat for the Normandy Klepper Challenge, which comprised three collapsible canoes, such as were used by special forces, to be paddled non-stop to the Norma…

Ladies that Lunch

A group of East Coast ladies have banded together for mutual support having lost their respective partners and to continue to support the Branch and Assoication. These are the advance guard we send out to check on dinner venues. This week coincided wi…

RNSA (P) Autumn Series – Race 4

“I can’t believe I am sailing in shorts and a tee shirt on an evening more than midway through September” was a comment overheard last night following the fourth race of the Autumn Series and indeed it was a cracking evening for a sail. The SOOD, Spiri…

RNSA (P) Autumn Series – Race 3

This is what autumn is about – 12-15 knots of wind, 10 yachts racing and a cracking sunset as a finale. Race 3 of the RNSA(P) autumn series had it all. Jolly Jack Tar the SOOD had a quorum of navy team sailors but not quite enough crew to sort the corn…

Bradwell Yacht Meet 6/7 September 2014

East Coast members joined with collegues from the RNVR YC for the return visit following the meeting hosted by RNSA at Woolverstone An unusually calm and still North Sea accompanied the annual RNVR Yacht Club\RNSA meeting at Bradwell, so it was time t…

RNSA(P) Woodcock Trophy

With light variable winds 10 Bosun Dinghies, making up 5 teams took to the water to compete for the Woodcock Trophy held at the Royal Navy Sailing Centre. The nineteen sailors were met with a downwind start just off the Sailing Centre, which opened up…