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Meet the team

25 Jul 24

Meet the Team GB sailors and windsurfers going for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

2024 RYA Eric Twiname Championships, credit Mark Radford/RYA

Dates and venues confirmed for 2025 RYA Youth & Junior events

22 Jul 24

4 children practicing the float to live method

RYA join RNLI and Swim England to offer thousands more Swim Safe sessions to children

16 Jul 24

Fleet of J70s racing downwind with blue spinnakers flying as part of a British Keelboat Academy training weekend 2023.

Apply now for the British Keelboat Academy

16 Jul 24

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Don't miss any of the action | 26 July - 11 August

From how to watch to who's on the team, here's everything you need to know about this year's Olympic Games.

About the RYA

The Royal Yachting Association is the national governing body for dinghy, motor and sail cruising, all forms of sail racing, RIBs and sportsboats, windsurfing and personal watercraft, and is a leading representative body for inland waterways cruising in the UK.

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The International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft is intended to provide evidence of competence when requested by officials in foreign countries. It is historically known as the International Certificate of Competence.