RYA South - Updates

  RYA South - 2 weeks to go until RYA Connected! Have you booked your FREE place yet? Register here: http://rya.org/fAEa50Q7aZ7 RYA - Happy birthday to the National Lottery - Without the National Lottery and its amazing players we simply wouldn’t be able to do what we do. Thanks for everything. RYA - If being on the water has had an impact on your life, we want to hear from you! Share your story with us - http://rya.org/XZf750Q8TAb RYA - Celebrating our volunteers! The Francis Elkin Award - Brian Stanley - Wealden Sailability. Brian received the Francis Elkin Award for his exceptional dedication. Since founding the organisation in 2008, he's expanded it into a leading UK Sailability group, offering sailing and training to individuals with disabilities. Brian explained: “The Sailability programme is absolutely brilliant because there are so many people that are disadvantaged or who have disabilities. The big advantage is that no matter how disabled they are th...

  MCA - Inland waterways and categorisation of waters - Inland waters are categorised as A, B, C or D. This includes canals, non-tidal rivers, tidal rivers, large, deep lakes and lochs, and estuaries. Inland water categorisation policy and processes are dealt with by Technical Services Navigation ( TSN ) of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ( MCA ). You can find a list and definitions of these categories in Merchant Shipping Notice (MSN) 1837 (M) (as amended) For more details:   https://www.gov.uk/guidance/inland-waterways-and-categorisation-of-waters Marine Industry News - Dramatic footage of 18m Princess in flames off Isle of Wight - Two people have been rescued from an 18m Princess motor cruiser named Peroni , which went up in flames off the Isle of Wight on the UK’s south coast. https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/18m-princess-fire-isle-of-wight/ YachtsandYachting - Stuart Jardine - o ne of the best known and most highly respected sailors in the UK has pa...