Please find below information regarding training for volunteers interested in the London 2012 Olympics on 14th & 15th August, in case anyone within your club may be interested.

More information on volunteering for London can also be found through: http://www.rya.org.uk/aboutus/volunteers/Pages/2012Volunteering.aspx

Chris Eames from Lisburn was presented with the prestigious RYA NI Young Sailor of the Year Award 2009 at the Tullet Prebon London International Boat Show. The awards were presented by sailing legend Ben Ainslie, a previous winner himself, and recognise the outstanding achievements of youth sailors across the country.

I'd just like to wish all our visitors a fantastic 2010.

If you like to send us your sailing news or tell us about your events or if you have any suggestions on ways to improve the site we would love to hear from you. you can e-mail us: news@nisailing.net

The RYA NI AGM was held on Tuesday Oct 13th at Royal Ulster Yacht Club it was very well attended with standing room only.

Donaghadee Sailing Club officially opened its new club house today with the help of double Olympic Gold medallist Shirley Robertson OBE. The Club, has a new purpose built club house thanks to 5 years of planning and, amongst others, a successful grant application to Sport NI.

The Volvo Eco Challenge is a great opportunity for young sailors to get actively involved with an environmental project for their club. The Eco Challenge provides grants of up to £1000 to sailing clubs who undertake an environmental initiative, carried out by young people aged between 10 – 16 at their club

We have some photos in the gallery from the Photos from Brewin Dolphin Keelboat weekend held at at RNIYC 5th and 6th Septemper 2009. Winds were gusting to 32 knots on the Saturday which led to some lively sailing!

Belfast will host Port of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge organised by Sail Training International

The Tall Ships arrive in Belfast for 4 days this coming August, and the port of Belfast will play host to a magnificent spectacle as the final port of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009.

What started two years ago as a perchance email from a company called A Mylne & Co. in Scotland regarding the articles published in Mainsail in the summer of 2007 celebrating the 60'" Anniversary of lhe Glen Class. has now inspired Members of the Glens both in White rock and Dublin Bay to take part in a unique event in the Clyde Estuary in July of this year called the Mylne Classic Regatta.

We received this news from the Portpatrick RNLI – looks like an excuse to have a party in Portpatrick on the Ailsa Craig race weekend (as if we need a reason to party!)  Willie Ramsay who has looked after many boats from Northern Ireland has retired and the village is lighting a bonfire on Saturday 27th June to give him a send off.  Willie will be present and the lifeboat crew will be doing a BBQ on the harbour.

Don't forget this weekend (6th & 7th June) sees the Clasic Sail event arrive at Carrickfergus.

Now that the sailing season is really upon us don't forget the Green Blue, (the joint environment programme for the RYA and the BMF), is calling all boaters to send them their photos from out on the water for their new photography competition ‘The Good, The Bad and The Funny’.

Have you ever given up in frustration when searching for a particular item of sailing gear on the internet? Trying to find the right piece of kit at the best price can lead to many wasted hours spent surfing the net. It was this frustration that led to the creation of a new sailing goods comparison site, www.comparesailing.co.uk

www.crewni.co.uk

Crew NI is a privately run website that encourages skippers and crews in Northern Ireland to share their time on the water.

The idea behind Crew NI is to enable potential skippers /crews to get in touch with other skippers /crews to allow both sides to spend more time where they want to be ..... On Board !!!

You can find the site at http://www.crewni.co.uk/

BBC TV show ‘Eggheads’ are looking for lots of fun, interesting and unusual teams from Northern Ireland and would like to have a team of sailing enthusiasts on the show. Each team consists of six members, one of which is a stand-by. They will be coming to Belfast on the 17th and 18th November to meet potential teams, so if anyone is interested please e-mail news@nisailing.net and we will e-mail you back with the application forms