Two good reasons for Normandy landings The Normandy Baie de la Seine is a popular cruising ground for UK sailors. At its eastern end is Fécamp, an achievable start point after a passage from the Solent for a summer cruise – thence on to Honfleur, Deauville and beyond. Fécamp has a visitor-friendly marina, a fishing museum and a beach but, ...

By: Jane Swan, The Green Blue If 2012 was the year of bilge socks, fuel collars and phosphate free washing up liquid, then 2013 is going to be the year of tarpaulins and, we hope, technology as The Green Blue takes another look at ways to minimise diffuse pollution, and the problems associated with copper concentrations in particular. At this ...

The RYA Dinghy Show, in association with Suzuki and Yachts & Yachting, is the only place to be over the weekend of 2-3 March if you’re into dinghy sailing or are thinking about taking to the water for the first time. The event showcases  all the very best that the dinghy sailing world has to offer, from kit, boats and ...

If you love messing about on the water in a dinghy and want to learn how to improve your skills, or perhaps you want to find out how to get started and have an exciting day out, then a trip to the RYA Dinghy Show is for you. Every March, everyone and anyone who is interested in dinghy sailing pack ...

I met recently with Fiona Pascoe, director of ThunderCat Racing and she told me of a mission statement that’s spreading within the ThunderCat community. “We don’t talk about someone’s disability; it’s all about their ability,” she says. “Over the past six years, Vee Ganjavian and I have promoted inclusivity. “People do think I’m slightly obsessed with the words ‘diverse and ...

“Yaroo!” Billy Bunter would have cried. “Here’s the ginger beer.” And the Famous Five never went on an adventure without some. To get a flavour of what those original brews might have tasted like, try a bottle of Fentimans Traditional Ginger Beer. Fentimans makes a range of mixers – and non-alcoholic ginger beer ‘botanically brewed’ in Northumberland to a traditional ...

By: Jane Swan, The Green Blue Like the 49 million other internet followers logging on five times a day to the race tracker, The Green Blue is taking a virtually obsessive interest in the 2012-13 Vendée Globe, especially as we follow the progress of our Green Blue Ambassador Mike Golding in this, his fourth campaign. We’d like to say we’re ...

What an exciting year 2012 has been to date; not just for Great Britain as a nation but for the RYA too! As well as representing the interests of 3.2 million UK boaters, we’ve run special events, crowned champions and seen Olympic and Paralympic JanuaryAt the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show, the RYA unveiled its new ‘Our Sporting Life – ...

Five lucky young OnBoard sailors were given an amazing opportunity to visit the House of Commons to meet with MP’s and Ministers and talk all about sailing.Iona Dixon, Grace Bradley-Shankar, Jake Prentice, Becky Brown and Stuart Philbey, all young OnBoard sailors who sail at clubs and centres across London, were special guests of the RYA and BMF at their Parliamentary ...

ThunderCat racing is hot news this month as the announcement comes that the UK has won the bid to stage the 2013 UIM P750 ThunderCat Racing World Championships. The event will be hosted at Pentewan Sands and Watergate Bay, Cornwall on 4-13 October 2013. Winners of the 2012 RYA ThunderCat Racing (Stock Class) National Championship, Southampton-based Team ‘Ahmad Tea’ (Mike ...