Category: RNSA

Items include forthcoming AGM items, mooring issues including recent thefts, the change of financial year-end and a proposal for Affiliated status for the branch following the recent RNSA vote on charitable status.

Winter series Three Portsmouth sailors got afloat yesterday for the 2nd day of Frostbite racing. Given the light winds, they chose to race the normally double handed Hartley 15s by themselves. Results were split equally with Quinn Squires, Lee Bichard …

The Portsmouth Branch Annual Review and Prizegiving is being held at Hornet Services Sailing Club on the evening of Wednesday 27th November. The bar opens at 1800 and then we will move through into the Fabrosa Room for the Annual Review and Prizegiving…

Racing a J24 against 8 other Naval Delegations from around the world in Brazil and Chile. In Rio De Janeiro the team made a very good start and had a commanding lead at the first mark however, a bent spinnaker pole then caused a loss of down-wind speed…

The Flag Officers and Committee are delighted to announce that having counted all the votes cast over the last month, a majority of 96% voted in support of the proposition for RNSA to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. This clear majority …

Don’t forget to vote and for those attending the buffet to pay! EGM will start at 1800 sharp. The proposition is:

To endorse the Central Committee’s decision to wind up RNSA in its current form and transfer RNSA’s assets to the Charitable Incorporate…

FOCG 2020 is a week of celebration, entertainment and some sailing. The aim.
After the success of the RNSA & RNVR ‘s D-Day 75 trip to France, this is designed to encourage members to come together at different events around the country organised by dif…

As the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk approaches, the Portsmouth Offshore Group is holding a talk from 1930 on 6 Dec entitled “The Miracle of Dunkirk”. The speaker? Our very own Terry Corner, Rear Commodore (Cruising)! RNSA members are…

Lizzie Farrington, S/Lt Lawrence Hodgkinson (Phase 2 training) and Officer Cadet Henry Wilson (DTUS scheme) are travelling (towing the boat) this evening to Hyeres to represent RNSA at the SB20 World Championships. We wish them all the best and hope t…

The season finished with a whimper rather than a bang! With much still to play for in the final Wednesday evening race of the 2019 season the forecast initially gave room for optimism that a classic race might end the season, alas it was not to be. A v…