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SEASON
14/15
REVIEW

RYA SCOTLAND
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Contents
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Welcome
From the Chair
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CEO Review
Looking forward
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Start
Season 14/15
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Go!
Developing our sport
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Train
Coaching & Development
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Highlight!
Annual Awards Dinner
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Performance
A year for medals
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People
Race Officials
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Highlight!
Commonwealth Flotilla
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Finance
2014 - 2015 Income and
expenditure review
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Vision
Coming up this season
SEASON
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Design
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NEW
DINGHY
INSTRUCTORS
2014
Welcome to
the RYA Scotland
annual review
It has been an incredible and busy year which has seen
more fantastic performances from our young Scottish
sailors, the Commonwealth Flotilla of 250 boats from all
over the UK sailing up the Clyde into Glasgow city to soak
up the atmosphere of the Commonwealth Games, our team
of Regional Development Officers covering off thousands
of miles visiting clubs and centres across Scotland, Coach
Education Development getting hundreds of coaches,
instructors and officials engaged in RYA schemes and also
our team of committee members and coast watchers who
have responded to hundreds of consultations. We couldn’t
have achieved it all without the help and support of a huge
number of volunteers, partners and sponsors. We are
extremely proud of all that we have achieved over the period
and with a new CEO, James Allan, leading the team, I am
sure we have many more successes to celebrate over the
coming year.
Tony Gorzkowski
RYA Scotland Chairman

CEO REVIEW
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From the
Chief Executive
Officer
RYA Scotland
has had a
fantastic
year and I hope you
enjoy exploring
this revised
RYA
MEMBERSHIP
IN SCOTLAND
annual review.
HAS GROWN
At the core of this work are the RYA Scotland
staff and our volunteers who provide an
enormous amount of support across the
organisation. In particular I would like to
BY OVER
5%
JOIN US
acknowledge the work of my predecessor,
James Stuart, who has been the energy
behind RYA Scotland for the last four years.
We have also said a fond farewell to Nick
Scott and Angie Sword who have left us for
new pastures. Going forward we welcome
Tim Ellis who has moved into the High
Performance role from Coach Education
Development and Nikki Stewart who joins
the team replacing Tim.
I would ask you use the awards to help us
of boating and I look forward to meeting
Through the coming year our energies will
focus around growing club membership and
we will begin to review our current strategy.
Other highlights to look forward to are the
Scottish Keelboat Academy, the new Scottish
Club Trophy, the Team 15 Tiree Wave Camp
and of course the Annual Awards Dinner.
“RYA membership makes all
this possible. If you are not
already a personal member,
I would encourage you to
join us.”
recognise our volunteers. RYA Scotland
wouldn’t exist without them and they are
deserving of our sincere thanks. We also wish
to thank sportscotland for their continued
support and our extended team at the RYA in
Hamble for their continued support.
Already I have met many dedicated and
more of you on or around the water. It is
clear that RYA Scotland is an organisation
that continues to move forward. RYA
membership makes all this possible. If you
are not already a personal member, I would
encourage you to join us.
James Allan
Nominations are increasing each year and
enthusiastic people connected to this family
RYA Scotland Chief Executive Officer

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©Marc Turner, pfm pictures
Raising the profile
A key focus for the RYA Scotland team of staff and volunteers
is to raise the profile of RYA Scotland and the sport. We set
out to do this in a number of ways including improving our
external communications to members and prospective members,
increasing our online presence through web and social media,
building and improving our partnerships, and increasing our
media coverage. The RYA Scotland Commonwealth Flotilla was an
event that gave us a rare opportunity to work hard on all these
areas and in the end delivered some fantastic results.
Building and
improving networks
Increasing our press coverage
The Commonwealth Flotilla event attracted over
£220,000 worth of printed media coverage alone
as well as featuring on BBC Scotland, STV, BBC
World News online as well as various radio shows
including BBC 5Live. The Annual Awards Dinner
and Push the Boat Out also provided strong
platforms from which to secure media coverage
in both local and national press.
A FRESH APPROACH TO MEMBERSHIP
The RYA have revamped all the membership
materials including the Joining Point packs for
clubs and centres. The new posters, leaflets and
resources in the Joining Point pack make it even
easier to earn commission for your club or centre.
www.rya.org.uk/go/joiningpoint.
RYA Scotland newsletter
Our monthly e-newsletter continues to go from
strength to strength and has seen the open rates
increase from 22% to 25%.
THE COMMONWEALTH FLOTILLA
ATTRACTED OVER
£220,000
WORTH OF PRINTED MEDIA
COVERAGE ALONE
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Three things you
might not know about
RYA Scotland
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There are nine RYA members in
Scotland who have been members
of the RYA for more than 50 years!
2
UK wide there are 320,000 club
members in our sport of which only
20,000 are personal RYA members –
this is something we are working to
improve on.
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There are over 2300 RYA
instructors in Scotland and over
1800 of them are commercially
endorsed.

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GOING ONLINE
GOING SOCIAL
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
have all helped us to connect with
both sailors and non-sailors all
over Scotland and even further
afield. Mixing our content up with
informative posts with some fun
ones too has kept our followers
increasing steadily. A Capsize of the
Week video posted to our facebook
page was seen by over 122,000
people and generated over 1200
likes and over 1500 shares. That’s
an impressive capsize!
CAPSIZE OF THE WEEK
1200
LIKES
1500
SHARES
Watch on facebook
USING THE WEB
RYA Scotland created a new micro
website for the Commonwealth
Flotilla which attracted a huge
number of visitors. Telling the
stories of some of the participating
boats and also hosting the boat
tracking for the event, it proved to be
a great resource for the media too.
The event increased traffic to the
standard RYA Scotland website by a
staggering 350% during July 2014!
SCOTLAND’S BOAT SHOW
RYA Scotland, Major Sponsor of Scotland’s Boat Show
RYA Scotland is a major sponsor of Scotland’s Boat Show at
Kip Marina in October. The 2014 show allowed us to showcase
a range of imagery and artwork from our work as well a
range of talks and meetings throughout the show such as the
Commodores’ Gathering. The show is a great opportunity to
help promote our sport as well as a chance to meet up with our
members face to face.

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WE
ARE
PROTECTING
YOUR
BOATING
RYA Scotland is always keeping an eye
on key issues
Marine
Protected Areas
Marine Scotland has designated two
no-anchor areas, Whiting Bay and Loch
Teacuis. We have plotted anchorages in
relation to the features of conservation
interest and have worked hard to provide
evidence which we hope will have
these restrictions overturned, without
compromising conservation goals. As
always, RYA policy is ‘education not
regulation’.
LOCH LOMOND & TROSSACHS
CAMPING BYELAWS
These threaten to over-ride the right
to camp under the Scottish Outdoor
Access Code (SOAC) and could adversely
impact the traditional sport of small boat
camping by sailing dinghies and sailing
canoes. We have proposed an exemption
which still allows the authority to control
roadside camping, its primary problem,
while respecting the rights given by the
Land Reform Act and SOAC.
Devolving management Of The Crown Estate In
Scotland To The Scottish Government
The Smith Commission recommendations on devolving
management of the Crown Estate in Scotland to the
INVASIVE SPECIES
& BIOSECURITY
INLAND WATERWAYS
Scottish Government.
On non-native invasive species and
The RYA Scotland Inland Navigation
Our concerns are: i) that the crown income is
planning for biosecurity in the marine
Panel (SINP) has continued to liaise with
accompanied by legal and practical marine obligations
environment, RYA Scotland continued
canal users. It has attended the annual
which must go along with it and ii) that Crown Estate
their significant input to the development
MCA Inland Waters and Lochs Safety
has substantial expertise and a national overview and
of guidance being prepared. A full
Committee, West Area. A representative
capability which are important to retain in some form.
Biosecurity Management Plan was
is a member of the RYA Inland Navigation
prepared and implemented for the 250
Panel and another is a member of the
Our views were conveyed in an RYA letter to the
visiting craft that came to the Clyde for
Scottish Canals Key Stakeholder Group.
Secretary of State for Scotland and to Scottish Ministers,
the Commonwealth Flotilla and this
The SINP has had meetings with Scottish
and evidence was given to the Devolution (Further Powers)
provides a continuing exemplar for
Canals regarding safety issues at The
Committee at Holyrood.
Read full
RYAS
position paper
on our
website
managing biosecurity in future
large events.
Kelpies and at Ratho Marina.

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A voice for
recreational boating
SINCE
2010 WE’VE
RESPONDED TO
1220
MARINE LICENCE
REFERRALS
RYAS
This has proved to be a typically busy year, with a late
stimulus provided by the Smith Commission. The Cruising
and General Purposes Committee comprises 14 members
currently, covering a vast range of experience and expertise from
navigation and boating safety to legal matters, planning and
environmental issues, inland waterways & marine biology.
It is heavily supported
by our team of Coastwatchers
- volunteers
who provide the locallybased
expertise from
all round the country.
A training conference
took place in November
for updating the team
and sharing experience,
with input from staff
from Marine Scotland, Northern Lighthouse Board and the Crown
Estate’s marine coastal officers, as well as RYA Scotland.
“Our objections need
to be based on grounds
of safety and the
right of navigation,
or adverse impact on
recreational boating.”
313 referrals of marine planning applications were scrutinised
and all given responses; these mostly cover marina developments,
renewable energy installations, fish farm changes, harbour
improvements and dredging, and usually 98% of our responses
are ‘no problem’. Our objections do need to be based on grounds
of safety and the right of navigation, or adverse impact on
recreational boating.
Tidal turbine and wind turbine
applications are plentiful, but few
have actually started yet. Some of the
planned offshore wind farms are now
in progress and several demonstrator
sites for floating wind farms are
planned, but larger wave energy
projects have failed recently and
won’t be implemented.
Members of The Cruising and General
Purposes Committee represent RYA
Scotland on a range of Scottish and
UK Committees and bodies where
they can ensure that the voice of
recreational boating is heard.
These include:
• The Crown Estate
• Northern Lighthouse Board
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Marine Scotland
• Cross-Party Group on Recreational
Boating and Marine Tourism at
Holyrood
• Scottish Canals
• A range of RYA committees
Other consultations with national
and regional bodies include:
• Marine Scotland
• SNH and Marine Scotland on the
projected Marine Protected Areas
• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
National Park, on proposed
camping byelaws, and on the
maintenance of navigation marks

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GO!
What a great year for developing
our sport
2014 saw a number of changes and opportunities for participation and
development with the selection of the 20 focus clubs, the new Team 15
programme, the delivery of a number of workshops through the Active
Marina programme, a Scottish winner in the Honda RYA Youth RIB
National Finals, the re-energising of a number of Sailing Development
Groups, not to mention the promotion of sailing through
the Commonwealth Flotilla.
Where the
team has been
Throughout 2014 the RYA
Scotland team has visited a
variety of places throughout
Scotland and the UK.
These ranged from club visits,
partner meetings and
Sailing Development Group
meetings.
WEST
Annandale
Castle Douglas
Stranraer
Largs
Campbeltown
Inverary
Clyde Muirshiel
Country Park
Glasgow
Greenock
Lochgilphead
Oban
Bardowie (Loch)
East Kilbride
Prestwick
Cove
Helensburgh
Rhu
Cumbernauld
Strathclyde Park
Toward
Airdrie
Dalbeattie
Portavadie
Kip
Tiree
Cumbrae
Loch Insh
UK
Southampton
Hamble
Poole
Swindon
NORTH
Kirkwall
Stromness
Dingwall
Inverness
Nairn
Fortrose
Lochcarron
Skye
Glencoe
EAST
Aberdeen
Skene (Loch)
Loch Venachar
Edinburgh
Montrose
Dalgety Bay
Perth
Dundee
Peterhead
Forfar
Lower Largo
Loch Ard
St Andrews
Loch Lomond
Linlithgow
Stirling
Monikie
Country Park
Auchterarder
Falkirk

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TEAM 15
& WINDSURFING
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REFER
A FRIEND
rya.org.uk/
go/refer
T15 Co-ordinator – Chris Bradby –
consulted with the local windsurfing
community and organised three newlook
weekends of activity for Team 15.
These offered the opportunity for sailors
and coaches alike to refine their skills
and gain new ones, whilst participating in
the fun, friendly racing and freestyle activity that
Team 15 is famed for.
Watch the
RYA Scotland
Tiree video
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Day event
Participants
took part
Coaches involved
in delivery to
islanders, Team 15 and
GBR Junior sailors
T15 Events
Aims of new format for 2014
• Encourage more people to
attend the new weekend events
• Develop the participants’ skills
• Develop the coaches
• Allow the clubs ‘hosting’
to showcase themselves
• Encourage more parents
to attend
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Weekends
attendees:
Clyde
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at:
Lochwinnoch
(Clyde Windsurfing Club),
Loch Insh
& Monikie Country Park
Insh
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Monikie
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RYA SCOTLAND
WE’RE
GoING the
Extra
mile
Our team travel across the
country for you check out our
most travelled
Liza Linton
1569
Pam Scott
2963
Angie Sword
2143
Robin Paris
5069
Robin Nicol
10,256
22,000
miles in total
mileage from 1st April 14 - 31st March 15
Development Days
Three local Development Days were
held at Nairn, Rhu and Perth in late
November/early December 2014.
The presentation and workshops
on offer aimed to help the clubs
develop, increase and retain
membership and become more
sustainable. A total of 48 delegates,
representing 25 clubs attended the
three sessions, hosted by Nairn SC,
Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club
and Perth Sailing Club enabling a
further sharing of ideas and best
practice from throughout Scotland.
Active Marinas
The Active Marina programme has
seen five marinas across Scotland
running programmes of training and
social activities all year round.
The programmes are focused on
getting berth holders more active
and confident on their boats. Largs
Yacht Haven, Kip Marina, James
Watt Dock Marina, Portavadie
Marina and Rhu Marina are all RYA
Active Marinas.
Disability Sailing
Race 2 the Games
RYA Scotland supported the
Commonwealth Games Legacy 2014
event, Race 2 The Games. This took
place on the River Clyde on 2 July
2014 when 17 boats with children and
adults with additional support needs
raced 33km from Greenock to Glasgow
creating a spectacular flotilla of
colourful access dinghies.
Those sailors inspired others in their
schools and community groups to try
sailing resulting in a 50% increase in
participation amongst the disabled
community at Clyde Muirshiel
Regional Park’s Castle Semple
Centre, Lochwinnoch.
Legacy 2014 funding gave nearly 600
people in 2014 the opportunity to
sail at Castle Semple – a RYA Centre
of Excellence for accessible sailing
since 2012. The resulting increase in
participation in one year leaves the
Centre operating at near capacity
in 2015 given its current fleet of
accessible sailing dinghies.

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Honda Youth RIB
Championships
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The Powerboat Committee of RYA Scotland organised three Powerboat training days in
partnership with The Lochgoilhead Scout Centre, Castle Semple and Longcraig Scout Centre
leading up to the Scottish Regional Finals of the 2014 Honda RYA Youth RIB. A total of 28
youngsters took part in the training events.
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NEW
powerboat
INSTRUCTORS
Scottish Regional finals
The Scottish Regional finals took place on Saturday
7th June 2014 at Castle Semple Centre, Clyde
Muirshiel Country Park, Lochwinnoch. 18 participants
attended across the two age groups
• Winners of the event – 8-12yrs = Jamie Paterson,
13-16yrs = Robyn Dougall
• Both winners represented their clubs/centres at the
Southampton Boat Show
• Jamie Paterson won the overall 8-12yrs National
Finals by nearly 7 seconds over his closest rival.
He won a new Honwave T40 RIB with a Honda BF20
engine for Findhorn Marina.
National Scouts Regatta
RYA Scotland also continued
their support to the National
Scouts Regatta in September
2014, with a volunteer from
the Powerboat Committee
attending as well as the
course for the Honda Youth
RIB and the RYA Scotland
RIB. Over 60 scouts had the
opportunity to take part in
the powerboat challenge with
Cramond Scouts emerging as
the overall winners.
Scottish Student Sailing
BUSA Team Racing Championship Finals, 60th Anniversary edition
Commodores’ Cup
They say that good things come to
those who wait. Well, it has been
a 17 year wait to see the BUCS /
BUSA Team Racing Championship Finals
return to Scotland, but 2014 was the year.
The 60th Anniversary edition, hosted by
University of Strathclyde Sailing Club with
sponsorship from North Lanarkshire Council
and Summer Sail Week, ran from 6th - 8th
April at Strathclyde Country Park. The
three days of intense competition brought
to a close a Championship which had been
contested by 500 sailors, representing 36
universities. 28 teams, made up of 168
sailors, travelled to Scotland and the venue
of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Triathlon to contest the finals, having
qualified through regional qualifiers
and the playoff event. Cambridge
Blue took the finals race, and the
Championship! Although it was so
close that not even the competitors
knew the result until the finish boat
told them who had just put a nose
over the line first!
In the summer of 2014 three Scottish
yacht owners from the Clyde teamed
up and were nominated to become the
Scottish Commodores Cup Team. The
team made up of Eala of Rhu, Zephyr and
Aurora combined to represent Scotland
for the first time since 2006 and had a
great week finishing in 6th position. More
importantly everyone involved is ready to
improve on that result in 2016.

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train
COACHING
RYA Scotland is supporting people
through training
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NEW
rcl2
COACHES
2014
R
YA Scotland helps to develop club and training centre by
supporting people through their Senior Instructor qualification
and their Race Coach Level 2 qualification.
We introduced programmes such as Pre Course Support for SI and
RCL2 courses, Instructor/Coach Development Days, and a revamped
Fork Dinner programme.
Overall workshops have
been very well received. 310
instructors and coaches
attended RYA Scotland
workshops. The most popular
of these workshops was without
doubt the 4 weather workshops
ran with Simon Rowell at Castle
Semple, Largs and Edinburgh.
Simon made the sessions fun
and understandable which is
difficult on such a complicated
subject.
“310 instructors
and coaches
attended
RYA Scotland
workshops.”
We have also worked with the coaches within the performance side of
our sport with the Coach Development Programme. This is a structure
of support to help new coaches into race coaching and to support
RYA Scotland Class Academies. Two coaches were selected for this
programme Sophie Taylor who is working with the Optimist Class
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support from an external mentor as well as from the head coach of
each class. These coaches also have access to personalised learning
which is another area which we will look to feed into clubs to tailor
the learning experience for our coaches and instructors.
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NEW
senior
INSTRUCTORS
2015 started with a bang with the RYAS Principal, YMI and Instructor
Conference at Hampden Park Stadium. With over 80 people attending
a day of workshops from ‘Duke of Edinburgh’ to ‘Working with
Volunteers’ the day was designed to give people a few tips to take
away with them and apply to their own club, training centre or their
own coaching/instructing practice.
The great start to 2015 continued on the 21/22 March at Cumbrae with
a Powerboat Trainer and Coach Assessor weekend. Aimed at people
interested in becoming an assessor or a trainer, the weekend included
improving teaching skills, theory as well as preparing the candidates
for the course with personal development plans.
The year finished with a flourish as the Windsurf Instructors had
a weekend preparing them for the season ahead, improving personal
skills as well as their teaching skills. This coincides with a kick off to
the Team 15 season with RDO Robin Nicol and T15 Coordinator Chris
Bradby providing workshops for the instructors.
80 PEOPLE
ATTENDED THE RYA SCOTLAND PRINCIPLE
AND INSTRUCTOR CONFERENCE
©Paul Wyeth

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Highlight
rya sCOTLAND
annual awards
january 2015
Watch the
Annual Awards
Dinner video
165 people
attended the awards
dinner at Glasgow Science
Centre on 31 January 2015
to celebrate the dedication and
achievements of the people in our sport.
After dinner speaker was Sean McCarter former
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race skipper
who talked about his experiences leading a
team on a race around the world.
Thanks to sponsors Clyde Challenger, Thames
Water Commercial Services, Clipper Round the
World Yacht Race, Caledonian MacBrayne.
©Marc Turner, pfm pictures

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Winners
Club of the Year
Elizabeth Mackay Award
Coach of the Year
Instructor of the Year
Official of the Year
Volunteer of the Year
sponsored by Thames Water
Commercial Services
Dalgety Bay
Sailing Club
Nikki Stewart
Royal Northern
& Clyde Yacht Club
sponsored by Clipper
Round the World Yacht Race
Laurie MacDonald
sponsored by Clipper
Round the World Yacht Race
Arlene McNeilage
Cove Sailing Club
sponsored by Clipper
Round the World Yacht Race
John Readman
Clyde Cruising Club
sponsored by
Clyde Challenger
Robert Gordon
Nairn Sailing Club
Class Academy Sailor
Youth Sailor of the Year
Performance of the Year
sponsored by
sponsored by
sponsored by
Caledonian MacBrayne
Caledonian MacBrayne
Caledonian MacBrayne
Hannah Scott
Calum Rosie
Lorenzo Chiavarini
Loch Venachar Sailing Club
Helensburgh Sailing Club
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PERFORMANCE
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RYA SCOTLAND
THE 2014 SEASON
A Year For Medals
After a record breaking year in 2013, Scotland’s young sailing
talent had a lot to live up to in 2014, and they did not fail to
impress.
Scotland’s young sailing talent based themselves at sportscotland
National Centre Cumbrae for training camps working with their team
of expert coaches to develop their skills and put in the hard yards that
would earn them great results, podium places and medals all through
the season.
RYA YOUTH NATIONALS
Youngest
Class
Academy
sailor
SOPHIE
KENNEDY
Joined the class academy aged
6
©Paul
Wyeth
The RYA Youth Championships at Weymouth and Portland National
Sailing Academy in April saw Team Scotland arrive in force with a
team of over 20 sailors across 7 classes. A week of perfect sailing
conditions produced record results for the Scottish team.
Jamie Calder
Jack Aitken
Gillies Munro
1st Laser Radial &
Claimed the
& Daniel Harris
ISAF Youth Worlds bronze medal in
Secured a silver
Team place
the Laser Radial.
medal in the
29er class.

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RYA SCOTLAND
TEAM GB
LUKE PATIENCE
RYA SCOTLAND
Class Academies
470 CLASS
Gold at the EuroCup regatta in Weymouth,
Gold at the European Championships and
Silver at the Pre-Olympic regatta in Rio
make Luke a strong contender for the GB
Rio 2016 Olympic Team.
RYA Scotland Class Academies offer accessible training across all 6
pathway classes in Scotland. Class Academy training has seen over
150 sailors take advantage of over 90 days of training activity across
Scotland. The programme has grown in popularity in 2014 and has seen sailors
young and old making the most of the world class coaching on offer.
charlotte dobson
49er FX Class
Top 10 results in the World Championships,
European Championships and Pre-Olympics
leaving her top ranked British boat heading
into a critical 2015 and the battle for
selection for Rio.
Lorenzo Chiavarini
LASER
Lorenzo Chiavarini won the U21 European
Championships and the U21 World
Championships. He then topped off an
incredible season with 11th place finish
at the Senior World Championships in
Santander.
JUNIOR CLASS SUCCESSES
In the Topper class Calum Rosie
of Helensburgh completed a clean
sweep in picking up the Inland
Championships, the National
Championships and the World
Championships. Anna Sturrock won
the female National Championships
and Niamh Harper finished 11th
at the World Championships.
A successful year for Topper coach
Duncan Hepplewhite with 80%
of his Development Team making
GBR squads!
The Optimist sailors had a great year
with 3 sailors selected to GBR squads
and Harris Cartwright finishing 6th
overall in a hotly contested National
Championships.
Andrew Brown and Erin Watson
were spectacular in the windsurfing
Bic Techno class, both winning their
respective National titles.
YOUTH CLASS SUCCESSES
JAMIE CALDER
Bronze medal at the U17 European
Championships, 20th at the ISAF
Youth Worlds and 3rd place at the
National Championships.
GILLIES MUNRO
& DANIEL HARRIS
4th at the 29er Nationals and
6th place finish at the World
Championships in Canada.

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15
YOUNG
Scottish
sailors
selected FOR
the GBR Youth
& Junior Squads
2015
6
Scottish
windsurfers
selected for the
British Squad
of just
12
places
8
Scottish
sailors
on the British
Podium
and
Podium Potential
Programmes
image©Josh Kerr photography
image©Paul Wyeth
image©Paul Wyeth
The Performance sailors in Scotland have delivered in 2014
7
2
1
2
3
1
9
1
National
World
Commodores
European
3 European
World Cup
European
Pre-Olympic
titles
titles
Cup Team
titles
medals
medal
Cup medals
medal

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people
Race Officials
ITS been a busy year supporting a series of events
across Scotland and the UK
David Kent at the Scottish Sailing Institute has played a key role
in increasing the pool of officials in Scotland with Race Officer
and Mark Layer Courses being run in a variety of clubs and 50
people taking part in a course over the winter.
A National Judges Course took place in October with 15 attendees.
Some of those attendees will be involved with international events
including the 2020 Games as well as working with local clubs to
improve knowledge of the rules in our sport.
The year ended with an Umpires Course, attendees of which will
be able to assist with Team Racing in Scotland.
“Scottish Sailing Institute has has played a
key role in increasing the pool of officials in
Scotland with Race Officer and Mark Layer
Courses being run in a variety of clubs”
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NEW
JUDGES
©Marc Turner, pfm pictures

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Highlight
commonwealth
flotilla
july 2014
Glasgow was the focus of the sporting world in
2014 as it hosted the Commonwealth Games. As well
as the sporting programme of events that form the
Commonwealth Games, the city came alive for the summer
to showcase the very best of what the city and Scotland has
to offer. The RYA Scotland Commonwealth Flotilla
saw over 250 boats sail up the river Clyde into the
Glasgow City Centre as part of the Commonwealth Games
celebrations. Thousands of people gathered all along the
banks of the Clyde to watch the spectacle – banners hung
from bridges and balconies, flags fluttered and music
played – all giving the flotilla of boats from all over the UK
the warmest welcome they could ever imagine. HRH Prince
Andrew also dropped in to visit the flotilla and enjoyed a
walk along the pontoons in Glasgow to chat to the sailors
about their experience.
Watch the
Commonwealth
Flotilla video

COMMONWEALTH FLOTILLA
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RYA SCOTLAND
Thousands of people gathered all along the
banks of the Clyde to watch the spectacle
COMMONWEALTH FLOTILLA
PARTNERS
Homecoming Scotland 2014
Inverclyde Council
Festival 2014
Scottish Canals
Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow City Council
Caledonian MacBrayne
Peelports Clydeport
Argyll & Bute Council
The Hub, Pacific Quay
National Lottery Celebrate Fund
Argyll Sea Kayak Trail
sportscotland
250 boats sailed
up the Clyde
COMMONWEALTH
FLOTILLA SUPPLIERS
GSS
Walcon Marine
Solent Rib Charters
Coastworks
Portacabin
SLAM UK

FINANCIALS
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SEASON
2014 / 2015
15/16
Our financial position remains healthy.
Highlights for year:-
Operating surplus of £8,000 in addition to this the Commonwealth
Games 2014 Flotilla produced small surplus of £3,000.
Performance RIB fleet upgraded during the year, grant aided
by sportscotland.
Income
Financial
report
Expenditure
august
RYA Scotland Scottish
Club Trophy
Clubs enter a team of young
sailors under the age of
16. Great experience for
those new to racing with a
morning of coaching and
then an afternoon of racing
to put into practice your
new skills! The more team
mates you have the more
fun it will be!
22 August 2015
at Loch Lomond
Sailing Club
october
Scotland’s Boat Show
As a major sponsor we will
have a stand where you can
come for a chat, more info
or ask questions. We will
also be running a series of
talks and on-water activities
which everyone can join in
with. RYA. Gold members
should keep an eye out for
details of a gold reception
especially for them!
9-11 October 2015
at Kip Marina
january
Annual Awards
Nominations will be open
at the end of the season,
who will you nominate? This
is the perfect opportunity
to say a huge thanks to all
those who make our sport
successful as well as giving
recognition. The awards
dinner will be taking place
on 23 January 2016 so watch
out for tickets going on sale.
23 JANUARY 2016
RYA Scotland
RYA
sportscotland
Representation
Communications, Marketing & Events
Coaching
Leadership & Admin
OCTOBER
The RYA Scotland
T15 Tiree Wave Camp
may
Push The Boat
Out 2016
Participation & Development
Performance
View View our our full full
accounts email: email;
admin@ryascotland.org.uk
Getting young windsurfers
involved with the iconic
Tiree Wave Classic event.
OCTOBER 2015
Watch the RYA Scotland
Tiree video
A national campaign which
is hugely successful in
promoting all the different
areas of our sport.
May 2016

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in range of formats and languages.
Please contact us for more information.