Jul 15
RNSA acquires Dartmouth’s J80
The Britannia Association have sold their J80 Wave Warrior to RNSA. The boat will be renamed Jackaroo and based at Queen Anne's Battery in Plymouth. She is part of a strategy to encourage younger serving personnel to take up the sport. Jackaroo arrived by road at Queen Anne's Battery Marina in Plymouth on Friday 11 July.
Jul 14
Crew for the J Cup and Cowes Week
Please confirm your availability to represent the RN in Jolly Jack Tar and Jackaroo We are finalising the Royal Navy Sailing team crew lists for the J Cup and Cowes Week, as a result of short notice operational demands we have 1, possibly 2 slots available for the J Cup. There are also places in Jolly Jack Tar the J109 and the newly acquired Jackaroo a J80 for Cowes Week.
Jul 14
Race 5 Portland Friday Evening Series
Last outing for Series 1 The final race of the first series took place in glorious sunshine, with an 8 -10 knot breeze from slightly north of west giving perfect sailing conditions. It was also the highest turnout so far with eight boats.
The course got off to a downwind start, the alternative probably involving tacking through the moorings! A luff by Snow Goose on Draig on the line saw the latter hit the pin-end mark, as spinnakers went up on the run down to buoy 7.
Jul 11
RNSA Late Summer Series Race 6
Fellow Sailors. My first attempt at the results and I can almost guarantee they are correct. However a little hitch with the software – I managed to date the race for Thursday and the NHC race states it was abandoned. The ‘fields, are locked and I would rather not play with the software and mess it Electron was unusually close to the start line at the start, and put in a consistent show.