Date set for Medway regatta

If you’re looking for a fun, competitive event to take part in this summer, the Medway Dinghy regatta could be the one for you.

Clubs sign up for team racing taster days

The team racing stand at the recent Sailboat and Windsurf Show at Alexandra Palace was a huge success with 100s of visitors flocking to the stand to find out how…

Is the dinghy scene over-complicated and elitist?

Wandering around the RYA Sailboat and Windsurf show and seeing how increasingly specialist many of the classes are becoming, it is little wonder that newcomers may find the dinghy scene…

Carbonfibre rigs for Contenders

The international Contender association is currently evaluating the use carbonfibre spars. It’s expected a decision on the rule change will be ratified this year.

Riding the cleansing wave

‘More than anything you’ve got the knowledge that you’re part of the solution rather than part of the problem’ says Surfers Against Sewage campaigner John Griffiths

A universal key to the sea

‘Anyone with any disability - I mean any disability - can sail this boat’ says Steve Sawford, builder of RYA Sailability’s latest dinghy