Southern
Welcome to RYA Southern Region, incorporating all RYA affiliated clubs and organisations in Hampshire, South-East Dorset, the Isle of Wight and Chichester Harbour.
The Southern Region is managed through the Regional Committee, its members being representatives of area associations and individuals with specialist skills or interests.
The RYA Southern Region incorporates all RYA Affiliated Clubs and Organisations in Hampshire, South East Dorset, the Isle of Wight, and Chichester Harbour, plus a few London based and Sevices Clubs whose sailing base is in the Southern Region, approx. 160 in total. The Region is run by a volunteer committee consisting of representatives from the major sailing organisations in the Region, together with a RYA Sailability Co-ordinator, and the Regional Cruising Committee members.
The Region also has its own Training Panel consisting of volunteers appointed by HQ at Hamble. The Region is represented nationally by the Regional Chairman who serves on RYA Council, and is elected by the Clubs in the Region, also by a representative on the RYA Cruising Committee, this person is in turn co-opted as a member of the Regional Committee. The full Committee normally meet three times during the year.
The Regional AGM is held in late September/early October, just prior to the RYA AGM. At the AGM each Regionally Affiliated Club is entitled to send one voting representative. RYA Personal Members, and members of affiliated clubs and organisations are also welcomed at the AGM, although they are not entitled to a vote. Every affiliated club receives 28 days notice of the AGM, with a full Agenda, Chairman's Annual Report, together with a copy of the Regional Accounts.
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Latest News
- Emsworth Youngster Receives Special Recognition
- Unity Bowns, aged 11 from Emsworth, has been presented with a special award by the Southern Committee of the Royal Yachting Association for ‘Courage and Fortitude in an Emergency’.
- COWES SAILOR RECEIVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION
- Natasha Lambert, aged only 15, defied her young age to sail single handedly around the Isle of Wight on 27 September.
- West Wight Wind Farm - Navitus Bay: update
- The RYA continues to oppose the plans for the proposed wind farm at the western end of the Isle of Wight because of the potential impact upon recreational boating.
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