Racing  

Making Race Management Painless

The RYA can assist with improving race management and knowledge of the rules at your club.  Regional Race Managment Co-ordinators and Regional Rules Advisers are on hand to support your in-house programmes and give advice.

Courses that are run include

• Race Officer Training
• Knowledge of the Rules, and Rules Updates
• "Club Rules Advisers" training
• Training Mark Layers in the latest techniques
• Using technology in laying courses
• Safety advice and best practice for events
• Judging and Umpiring

Racing Charter

The RYA Racing Charter is a set of guidelines designed to help make racing more fun, fair and welcoming for competitors and organisers at all levels.   The Charter promotes good rule observance and encourages sportsmanship and communication between competitors and organisers.   The Charter also provides a framework for Rules Mediation and Arbitration, taking the pain out of protests.

Portsmouth Yardstick

The RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme has been used to handicap racing for decades.  Now it's been brought right up to date by the RYA Technical Department with online and instant returns direct to the RYA from your club race results computer.  This makes the system less onerous on your volunteers and more effective for competitors and race officers.

Consent to lay racing marks

The RYA pays a consolidated annual licence fee to the Crown Estate Commissioners on behalf of all affiliated clubs, entitling them to lay temporary racing marks on seabed areas controlled by the Commissioners.