Category: RNSA

RNSA Cruisers witness the 3 Queens in Southampton

Solent Cruising Group Members joined in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations along with the 3 Cunard Queens RNSA Porstmouth Cruising Group celebrated the Diamond Jubilee by joining in the celebrations of the 3 Cunard Queens in the Solent on Jubilee weeken…

RNSA(P) Early Summer Series Race 9

Breezy finale to the Early Summer Series With the wind gusting up to 25kts it was a fast and furious finale to the Early Summer Series.
The IRC results confirmed that “Tinker T” (David Bunn) was the series winner but the minor places could only be …

East Coast Calais Rally

Annual Branch foreign cruise 15 members and four boats joined with the Little Ship Club and Thames Estuary Clubs for the annual visit to Calais. Little Ship Club records show the first vist being in 1923, 85 years ago. Numbers down due to the competing…

River Dart Diamond Jubilee Parade

RNSA Boats take part in the celebrations Nicko Franks, Dartmouth resident and longstanding RNSA Member, set to and organised a very successful parade of boats on the River Dart on 4 June to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, with the help of the Harbourmas…

RNSA Pile Mooring in Hamble available for immediate reallocation

River Hamble One of our pile mooring berths in the Hamble River has become available for reallocation with immediate effect. The mooring is situated mid-river, almost opposite the top end of Hamble Point Marina and is suitable for a yacht up to 32ft lo…

RNSA Pile Mooring in Hamble available for reallocation

on Hamble River One of our pile mooring berths in the Hamble River has become available for reallocation with immediate effect. The mooring is situated mid-river, almost opposite the top end of Hamble Point Marina and is suitable for a yacht up to 32ft…

RNSA(P) Early Summer Series Race 8

Another perfect racing evening and everyone gets to finish Another perfect racing evening and although the wind did soften towards the end all the competitors were able to achieve a finish.
From the first start “Widgeon” (Nick Fletcher) shot out of…

Solent Cruising Group Activities

Peter has produced an updated programme with a couple of extra items. The programme has been refreshed and has a number of new additions – the latest iteration is below. These events are open to all members and cater for all tastes, so why not come al…

A "dark and stormy" encounter

2 RNSA yachts recently enjoyed “dark and stormy” encounter in mid Atlantic – not of the meteorological type, but of the type to be found in the bar of St Georges Sailing Club, Bermuda. The “dark and stormy” ( dark rum and ginger beer) is Bermuda’s s…

Royal Navy Windsurfing Team attend the 2012 Defi Wind Competition

A team of 8 Royal Navy Windsurfers travelled to Gruissan in the South of France to compete in this year’s Defi Wind long distance windsurfing race. Known as the “The Challenge” the Defi wind is one of the premier events on the World Windsurfing…