The RYA would like to hear your views on what you want from RYA courses. From what you think about current RYA courses to what you would like to see offered in the future and what type of course format you prefer.  Shape your learning by helping to shape RYA training courses at http://www.ryainteractive.org. The survey is anonymous and is open until the end of April 2012.
 
Richard Falk RYA Training Manager explains “We’re always looking at ways to improve the courses that we offer, and to ensure that we are delivering courses which suit people’s needs and which are delivered in a format that works for them.

The best way for us to ensure that we are doing this is to listen, which is what the survey is all about.

The 2012 RYA Conference for Short Range Certificate (SRC) Assessors is to be sponsored for the first time by Standard Horizon and will take place at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday, 16th April.

Organised by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) for its 1800 SRC radio operator Assessors, the RYA Standard Horizon SRC Assessors’ Conference 2012 will provide delegates with up to date information on any changes to the SRC courses or their emphasis. It will also give the Assessors an opportunity to discuss various topics within the scheme and to provide feedback to the RYA based on their experiences over the 17,500 SRC courses held each year at the RYA’s 850 training centres in 32 countries across the world.

PR Works, the Lymington, Hampshire-based PR consultancy that is owned and run by the marine leisure PR communications specialist Peta Stuart-Hunt, is going from strength to strength, announcing that three new clients have joined their marine leisure market portfolio in 2012.

Peta has been appointed to run the PR & media communications for the Brewin Dolphin 12mR World Championships & British Open Tour, being held in the Solent in the UK from 27th June to 15th July 2012. The individual regattas are being hosted in turn by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Household Division Yacht Club, the Royal Thames Yacht Club and the Royal Solent Yacht Club. Modern and classic 12 Metre yachts from around the globe will converge on Solent waters for 17 days of sailing providing an impressive sight for on-water spectators as well as for those viewing from the shore.

From refurbished changing rooms to new pontoons, 17 sailing clubs and centres across the country are celebrating after successfully securing funding through Sport England’s Inspired Facility Fund.
 
Part of Places People Play, Sport England’s programme to deliver a London 2012 legacy of increased mass participation in sport, Inspired Facilities is investing £50 million of National Lottery funding in up to 1000 community sports projects between 2011 and 2014.
 
Funding will help club’s to refurbish or upgrade sports facilities or to convert existing buildings into venues suitable for sport which are accessible to the whole community. 

The winners of the prestigious 2012 Motor Boat of the Year Awards, sponsored by Pantaenius, were announced at a spectacular invitation-only award ceremony held at the Savoy Hotel in London on Monday January 9th 2012. Representatives from the boat manufacturers and sales companies, together with marine industry VIPs, were among the evening’s 200 invited guests.

Fifty-seven boats were short-listed for this year’s Awards which feature nine categories ranging from the smallest ‘Starterboat’ to the fast and furious ‘Performance and Superboat’ to the elegance and sophistication of the larger ‘Custom yachts’.

Each nominated boat has been personally tested by the professional journalists from Motor Boat & Yachting and Motor Boats Monthly during rigorous sea trials.