YSC wins RYA Isle of Wight OnBoard Club of the Year award
17/12/11
The RYA OnBoard scheme helps training centres to form links with local schools and youth organisations. YSC has been an OnBoard partner since 2010, and the award recognises our achievements during the first year of operation. Nick Measor, our OnBoard Co-ordinator was presented with a trophy on behalf of the RYA at a ceremony on 11 December.
New Winter Programme Published
05/10/11
The new Winter Programme is now available on this site. Something for all tastes will ensure that we can help you while away those long winter evenings.
Winter Programme 2011 – 2012
YSC participates in OnBoard Festival at Cowes - a Royal Event!
12/08/11
Junior sailors from the Yarmouth Sailing Club and the Yarmouth Cubs enjoyed an unforgettable day on Wednesday 10 August when they took part in the Isle of Wight OnBoard Festival in East Cowes. OnBoard is a grassroots programme run by the RYA which brings young people into sailing and windsurfing through schools, youth groups, and training centres. YSC is the newest OnBoard partner on the Island, and this year we have introduced a group of children from the Yarmouth Cubs to Optimist sailing, providing them with regular sessions on the River Yar throughout the summer.
A group of ten children from the Club and the Cubs took part in a series of fun races and games, sailing in Laser Bugs. We were competing against OnBoard sailors from four other clubs and centres. A total of about 35 boats took advantage of a gloriously sunny morning and gusty breeze to demonstrate the art of sailing – and capsizing – to the President of the RYA, HRH The Princess Royal, who watched the proceedings from a magnificent Trinity House launch. After we had come ashore all our children met Princess Anne, who quizzed them thoroughly on their experiences of sailing – and capsizing.
To round off a superb day, Nick Measor of YSC and David Morgan from the Cubs, together with two of our RYA colleagues, took three of the Cubs, Harvey Grieve, Jack Hobbins, and James Morgan, to the Cowes Week Media Centre, where we were interviewed by Cowes Radio, and the thoughts of our West Wight children on matters nautical were broadcast live to Cowes Week competitors, spectators, and regatta followers.
