Timeline of the rya

In its 150th year, Laura Hodgetts explores the Royal Yachting Association’s evolution from ‘gentlemen racers’ to a world-leading national boating body

CELEBRATES 150 YEARS

The British Yachting Awards celebrate the finest of both the cruising and racing worlds. This year it offers recognition at the end of an extraordinary year, which has seen sailing deliver an astonish

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I’ve just come back from SailGP in St Tropez. Practice day was cancelled because the Mistral was blowing hard and it was a bit too much of a risk sending the boats out. The first day of racing was fan

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