The Club received another “pat-on-the-back” from the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) following its annual inspection as an RYA Training Centre. Tom Wilson from the RYA, who visited MRSC on 5th May during one of the Club’s regular training sessions, inspected the training boats, equipment, facilities and record keeping and praised all the instructors and the shore side safety team. He said that he was extremely impressed with everything the Club was doing.
During the training session there were 30 juniors with 7 instructors taking part in the RYA Level 1 and 2 Sailing Course and 15 adults with 5 instructors either working towards their RYA Level 2 or taking part in the Start Racing Course. Currently there are 70 junior and 25 adult members on the Club’s RYA Training Scheme. The Club has 24 Instructors, 5 of whom are Senior Instructors, and one RYA Club Race Coach
John Barnett, Rear Commodore and the Club’s RYA Principal, said, “MRSC is very fortunate to have such a dedicated team of RYA instructors and helpers who are all Club members and give their time freely to promote and encourage sail training. We now have 18 sail training boats; Optimists, Toppers, a Wayfarer, a 420 and a Finn along with a number of training safety boats."
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