Royal Yachting Association (RYA) latest news from Marine Industry News. Includes events and campaigns and new personnel.
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has announced a new partnership with lifestyle brand, Sebago. As the official RYA Onshore Lifestyle Footwear Supplier, Sebago has committed to a four-year partnership. The RYA says the investment will support its work to ensure boaters have access to clean and safe waters and provide opportunities for people from all backgrounds […]
In January 2023, MIN reported that the UK was introducing new legislation to crack down on the dangerous misuse of watercraft such as jet skis. With the new legislation now in force, the responsibility is now firmly on users, operators and owners of powered watercraft to make sure they protect not just themselves but other […]
Finlo Cottier is to become the new CEO of RYA Scotland. Following a recruitment process aided by the RYA and Sportscotland, Cottier will be leading Scotland’s national governing body for boating from May this year. Originally from the Isle of Man, sailing brought Cottier to Scotland’s West Coast where he began work as an Arctic […]
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has appointed professor Sir Michael Arthur, an experienced racing and cruising sailor and accomplished British academic, as the new chair of its board. Arthur, a member of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, will take over the position of chair from Chris Preston after the RYA annual general meeting in November […]
The Southampton International Boat Show returns to Mayflower Park (15-24 September 2023) for its 54th edition, and RYA members can take advantage of an exclusive free ticket to the show, plus up to two half-price tickets. The free ticket is only available for a limited time and must be redeemed before 11 April 2023. “We’re […]
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has announced the appointment of a new non-executive director to its board. Polly Handford joins the RYA from the Football Association, where she was the director of legal and governance. “Both from growing up in grassroots sailing and through my work with the Rugby Football Union and more latterly the […]
Sailing bodies from around the world have expressed their profound disappointment at the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision not to reinstate sailing to the Paralympic Games for LA28. From the very start of World Sailing’s #BacktheBid campaign, the RYA and other sailing authorities have committed unwavering support to the reinstatement of sailing in the Paralympic […]
Harriet Steptoe has been named as the recipient of the 2021 RYA Yachtmaster of the Year award. It reflects her exceptional demonstration of sailing and skippering skills during her RYA Yachtmaster certificate of competence exam. Nominations are put forward each year by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA)’s worldwide team of RYA Yachtmaster examiners. In recognition […]
Recreational boat owners, established in the UK, who lawfully purchased and kept their boat in the EU at the time the UK was an EU member, will not be eligible for Returned Goods Relief (RGR), the government has advised. It’s a disappointing outcome felt by the Royal Yachting Association, British Marine, Association of Brokers and […]
The RYA awards panel has revealed the 12 finalists for the 2023 RYA and Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year Award. Supported by Gallagher, the awards recognise the outstanding achievement of sailing clubs across the UK, and highlight the hard work and dedication that goes into running a successful club. The awards will […]
While the maritime industry is slowly making moves to improve sustainability agendas, the past is simultaneously catching up with it. Today, a huge wave of boats built in the 60s and 70s are reaching their natural end, and it’s an issue the industry needs to tackle fast. Though recycling efforts, alternative materials and innovative technology […]