RYA - South Coast Organisation or national coverage?

[Athene V30]

Read the quarterly RYA mag at the weekend.

From an East Coast perspective we didn't get a mention! North East did for a change otherwise it is Solent, Solent , Solent!

Don't know why it annoyed me so much but it did! Good mind to give up my membership and invest the fee in Admans!

 

[MoodySabre]

I haven't read mine yet but it is seldom worth looking at. I like the fact that the RYA object to regulation of boaters (don't you hate that word?!) but other than that I can't see what they do for me as a non club member, non-Olympic hopeful, non-racer.

You don't have to belong to do the courses. I'm not sure why I pay to belong.

Adnams - hmm you might be onto something /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Pye_End]

Certainly plenty of regulation in this issue - especially if you pop over to the continent! So much for the EU doing away with all that. Seems to me that it will be just as complex than it was 'in the good old days'.

 

[tillergirl]

I think there is an 'Easterly' News publication. I get sent it by email but since the great computer crash I've lost the link so it will have to wait for the next one.

Without wishing to seem like a recluse, I am begining to think its a good idea that no one thinks of us around here.

 

[Vamoose]

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Without wishing to seem like a recluse, I am begining to think its a good idea that no one thinks of us around here.

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I'm with you on that one !

 

[LittleSister]

Well, I live and sail on the Solent (Well, someone has to!) and most of the content seemed irrelevant to me. It's a very particular sort of Solent portrayed and covered in this mag, as in some others we could mention.

'It's South East life, Jim, but not as we know it.'

 

[Jomo]

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Certainly plenty of regulation in this issue - especially if you pop over to the continent! So much for the EU doing away with all that. Seems to me that it will be just as complex than it was 'in the good old days'.

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Agree, very big brother (Ugh!!).... and having to pay for the privelege. Not V impressed /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Jezlyn]

You'd better complain to Terry Corner!

 

[Athene V30]

Will do when I see him! Perhaps the East Coast RYA reps are too busy off sailing the Baltic etc to write the report /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif - and NO I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER JOB!

Spoke to a guy on the RYA stand at Southampton yesterday. He immediately went into defensive mode sayign there was a lot in it about the olympics / regs etc. When he turned to the 'round the coast' or whatever they call it he had to admit defeat!