RYA Cymru Wales

📣 REMINDER! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Applications for our Welsh National Sailing Team close at midnight THIS Monday 15 September 2025. There are Junior & Youth squads for Optimist, Topper, RS Tera, 29er, 420 and ILCA sailors, apply here 👉 rya.org/tgHT50WV1Sf ⛵#welshsailing #hwyliocymru

Remember to join our free webinar at 7.30pm Monday (8 Sept) for a walk through the key changes in the 2025–2028 Racing Rules of Sailing - whether you're a weekend dinghy sailor or a regular keelboat crew, this is your chance to stay up to date! 👉 rya.org/vhPC50WPnFE

FINAL CALL for our Welsh Youth & Junior Championships - sign up closes at midnight on Monday 8 September 2025 - don't miss out, make sure you get your entries in over the weekend! ➡️ rya.org/LTSf50WRIeY

Join us for a 5km AquaPaddle - the "ParkRun" of the paddling world - with our BIG Weekend! Or develop your paddleboarding skills while enjoying a SUP Explore of the Menai Strait - or for a different kind of board sport, why not give winging a go? 👉 rya.org/BaFT50WRHSh

Our upcoming BIG Weekend includes youth multi activity days for ages 8-15 so you can bring your family with you! While you are stretching or refreshing your skills, or working towards instructor qualifications, the children can have great time too 👉 rya.org/6fJF50WQ6oC

There are spaces available on our one-day RYA First Aid course at Plas Heli on Saturday 13 Sept - this useful qualification provides the confidence to help someone in an emergency and is an essential ticket for becoming an RYA Instructor, book at: rya.org/W9S350WQ64q

It's not long now until our Welsh Youth & Junior Championships! Have you entered yet? Chase away the back-to-school blues and finish your summer season in style with our coached regatta and main fleet racing at Plas Heli, Pwllheli 👏⛵😎 Sign up! 👉 rya.org/YtPX50WPn39

Would you like to become an RYA Dinghy Instructor to support OnBoard activities at your club? We have an RYA Cymru Wales subsidised course coming up during the autumn half term holiday at Llangorse SC - book asap to secure your place! ➡️ rya.org/3oIu50WPtOR

Keen to keep up with the racing rules and what's new in the 2025 edition of the rulebook? Join international judge & umpire Chris Lindsay for a free webinar 7.30pm Monday 8 Sept for a sailor-friendly webinar to stay up to date 🌬️ rya.org/Xese50WPnkN

The next online RYA Safeguarding for Race Officials course is on Monday 8 September, 18:30- 20:00. The course is a requirement for becoming or renewing as an RYA Race Official with a focus on relevant information for the role. Register at: rya.org/cQaI50WOYCs

Did you know that as part of our BIG Weekend @plasmenai there are options to work towards instructor qualifications and endorsements? Check out the poster and find all the info you need to book your place at our Events Hub 👉 rya.org/zP9a50WOY4G ⛵

Our BIG Weekend includes shorebased options: join a club session to explore safety management, racing formats, development and funding; learn about digital navigation or radar; or complete RYA First Aid or RYA Sea Survival courses - sign up! 👉 rya.org/p3i050WHwgN

If you would like to become an RYA Dinghy Instructor to support OnBoard activities at your club, we have an RYA Cymru Wales subsidised course coming up this autumn at Llangorse Sailing Club - book your place at: rya.org/lrwA50WAcMT

Pathway & Events Officer Hatty Morsley has the latest news from the Dragon Series in our blog and looks ahead to our OnBoard Festival and Welsh Youth & Junior Championships… read it here!👉 rya.org/stHh50WJlNC ⛵

Finall call for our photo competition! Do you have a favourite picture of getting on the water in Wales? We're looking for a new cover photo for our website home page! Send in your snaps for us to share on our digital channels to admin@ryacymruwales.org.uk by 22 Aug 2025

Give winging a go! Join us for a half day session at Bala Sailing Club on Friday 29 August the day before our OnBoard Festival - open to ages 8 and above (no maximum!), sign up here by scrolling down to Event Extras 👉 rya.org/pysM50WGIlB

Bookings are live for the BIG Weekend! Join us at Plas Menai for an action-packed programme of opportunities to stretch and refresh your skills, gain a qualification or simply try something new - we have something for everyone - don't miss it! 👉 rya.org/ttss50WF92e ⛵🌬️😎🌊

Parents! There is an opportunity to complete the one-day RYA First Aid over the weekend of our summer OnBoard Festival at Bala, Saturday 30 July - find out more & book to secure your place! ➡️rya.org/bM0v50WF8XP

Entry is live for our Welsh Youth & Junior Championships! Coached Regatta and Championship Fleet racing for all levels - it's also an indicator event for our squads! Sign up now to join us 13-14 September 2025 at Plas Heli, Pwllheli 👉 rya.org/zsmX50WEpnH

Interested in becoming a race official? If you've ever wondered what it takes to go from your club start line to officiating at the Olympics or SailGP, join international judge & umpire Chris Lindsay for an entertaining free webinar on Monday 11 August 👉 rya.org/RKWl50WCuhm