Latest RYA member offers... 

Exciting new offers from Virgin Atlantic Flightstore and Sebago®, specially negotiated discounts on ‘any day’ tickets to the London Boat Show 2014 and the International School of Yacht design, ‘Sailing theory and yacht design’ course.

10% off Virgin Atlantic flights and exclusive Flying Club offer

Thanks to an exciting new partnership with Virgin Atlantic Flightstore; owned by Virgin Atlantic, RYA members can now take advantage of some fantastic benefits when booking a Virgin Atlantic flight.

Benefits include:

• Up to 10% discount off the airfare excluding all airport taxes and fees
• Flexibility of being able to date or route change for £25, plus any additional fare.
• Cancellations up to the day of departure for £150 per person (usually non-refundable by the airline direct)

Members will also have access to the Virgin Atlantic Flightstore speciality booking team who have over 10 years’ experience in dealing with a range of sports, including rugby, sailing, football, and have been working with several motor racing teams to support their travel requirements.

The team have extensive corporate and groups experience, and are also able to offer services beyond booking flights, including accommodation, car rental and private transfers, with the ability to negotiate preferential rates to support your travel specifications, such as car rental, group travel and low cost airlines.

You can also access fantastic prices when you’re booking your own holidays, whether you want to chill out sailing through the Caribbean or an action packed holiday to the USA we can give you brilliant deals with Virgin Atlantic and many other airlines.

For more details on this offer visit the Virgin Atlantic Flightstore member benefits page.

Furthermore, Virgin Atlantic are also offering RYA Gold Members instant ‘Flying Club Silver’ membership plus an exclusive opportunity to fast track to ‘Flying Club Gold’ when you earn 20 tier points within seven months of joining.

Flying Club Silver membership provides:

• 50% more Flying Club miles whenever you fly with Virgin Atlantic.
• Priority treatment at the airport with Premium Economy Check In, whatever your class of travel
• Complimentary Regus businessworld gold membership giving you access to office facilities around the world, worth £199 a year and much more.

While Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold membership gives you access to:

• 100% more base flown miles per flight and additional luggage allowance.
• Use of our Upper Class Check In, plus use of our Private Security Channel at London Heathrow
• Access to our award winning Clubhouses around the world.

For more details on the RYA Gold member offer visit the Gold member benefits pages and open the download.

Terms and conditions apply. You must be a current RYA member and you must advise your membership number at time of booking.

 

Exclusive RYA member discounts across the Sebago range

The RYA has negotiated some great new discounts with Sebago®, offering RYA members a 20% concession and a 30% concession for RYA Gold and RYA Instructor members across the Sebago range.

Find out more about each of these offers at:

• RYA Members 20% offer
• RYA Gold Members 30% offer
• RYA Instructor Members 30% offer

“Sebago® represents authentic product and timeless designs. Our original, handsewn Docksides® boat shoe and Classic beefroll penny loafer haven't changed since we first crafted them decades ago. Sebago® is a celebration of everything New England... where life in, on or around the waters is a geographical unavoidability; where we are nautical in our traditions but deliver a future of performance and ingenuity.

“Introduced in 1970, we never expected that Sebago® Docksides® would become the icon of marine footwear that they are today. Since their very first time out of the shoebox and onto a boat, Docksides® have been beloved by sailors everywhere. Appreciated for their handsewn genuine moc construction that wraps the foot in a single piece of form-fitting leather, delivering seamless comfort and hardwearing durability. As well as their slip-resistant, non-marking rubber soles that offer sure-footed security, the functional rawhide laces, and their non-corrosive brass eyelets that help them look as good as they wear.”

View the Sebago® range at www.sebago.com

 

Special discounted prices on London Boat Show tickets for RYA members

With the London Boat Show just around the corner, we are delighted to announce that RYA Members’ can take advantage of a specially negotiated ticket price of £11.00.

Taking place over the 4 to 12 January 2014, RYA Members will be able to buy an 'Any Day' ticket in advance at the specially negotiated discounted price of £11 (a fee of £1.75 applies per transaction when buying in advance), saving £9.00 off the cost of a ticket purchased on the gate.

Whether you like taking to the water in a powerboat, yacht, RIB, dinghy or personal watercraft, the London Boat show has something for you and, what’s more, Kids can go free when accompanied by a paying adult. So the show makes for a great family day out too.

If you plan on visiting the show on either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday don’t forget to take advantage of the £10 weekday ticket offer available to all visitors!

To find how to take advantage of this great ‘Any Day’ ticket offer visit the London Boat Show ticket offer member benefits page

To take advantage of the week day ticket offer and to find out more about what’s in store visit London Boat Show

 

15% discount on Sailing Theory and Yacht Design course

For RYA members interested in the more technical aspects of sailing theory and yacht design this is an offer not to be missed. RYA Members can take advantage of a 15% discount to the International School of Yacht Design’s course on Sailing Theory and Yacht Design.

Aimed at the interested yachtsman, no technical education is required, the series of public evening lectures will focus on applying basic sailing theory to explain the steps in the design of a modern yacht. The course will also look at the means to improve existing yachts from a speed and safety point of view and physical explanations of the yacht’s behaviour in calm water and waves will be given.

Lectures will be held in Southampton on Wednesdays and in London on Thursdays starting on 29 January 2014 (Southampton) and 30 January (London) and run for a period of six weeks. Lecturers include; Professor Lars Larsson, from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg - a former adviser to Americas Cup Teams in Sweden, Italy and the USA and two faculty members at the Solent University in Southampton; Dr Robin Loscombe and Mr Giles Barkley.

For more information and registration details visit the International School of Yacht Design - www.isyd.org