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Discover Sailing at Granton Harbour

Discover Sailing: Royal Forth Yacht Club 5th May

On Sunday 5th May from 12 – 4pm at Granton harbour, the Royal Forth Yacht Club is hosting Discover Sailing: when yacht clubs such as the Royal Forth Yacht Club open up their clubhouse and harbour to the wider public for an experience of sailing.

RFYC members lend their boats, sailing expertise and time, and local organisations take a table to share their causes with the wider community too.

They are planning the usual variety of boats for people to try, organising the BBQ and hospitality.

They are grateful that the Community Action Team of the local Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will be joining them this year, alongside their usual friends such as St Andrews First Aid, MCSUK, BDMLR, and Scottish Coastal Clean Up.

If you have any questions at all about Discover Sailing, please contact:

discoversailing@royalforth.org

Discover Sailing with Royal Forth Yacht Club

SUNDAY 5th MAY 12 – 4pm

We are busy preparing our fleet of boats & volunteers to welcome you to our annual @RYAScotland @RYA#DiscoverSailing day at #GrantonHarbour on the #Edinburghshoreline.

On Sun 5th May, 12 – 4pm, we will offer short sailing trips to all.

Read on for details:

http://royalforth.org/article/discover-sailing-sunday-5th-may-at-rfyc-12-4pm

Discover Sailing this Sunday

The Royal Forth Yacht Club is gearing up now with a good number of boats and volunteers for our annual RYA Scotland #DiscoverSailing day at #GrantonHarbour on the #Edinburgh shoreline.

On Sunday 21st May, 1-5pm, we will throw open our doors and offer short sailing trips to all. Many thanks to our members who have volunteered for this valuable event.

We also welcome the following organisations who will be taking stalls on the day:

• St Andrew’s First Aid

• British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)

• Marine Conservation Society (MCSUK)

• Scottish Coastal Clean Up

Off the water there will be a BBQ, hot and cold drinks available.

If you have any questions at all about Discover Sailing, please contact discoversailing@royalforth.org

If you’re not sure what to expect, take a look at our photo album from last year’s lovely event here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

or check out our RYA listing for details: https://www.rya.org.uk/…/discover…/search/listing…

We very much look forward to seeing you!

Jubilee Parade of Sail at Wardie Bay

Don’t miss out on this major Royal Forth Yacht Club event this weekend … the Platinum Jubilee Parade of Sail 👑

On the afternoon of Saturday 4th June, Wardie Bay will be filled with the Royal Forth armada of boats. To those members who haven’t signed up so far, don’t miss out on this unique occasion. To all our neighbours, do join in for what will be a fun afternoon both on the water and shore side.

RFYC seeks to create a colourful spectacle, inviting all boat owners to sail a short downwind course across Wardie Bay flying either a spinnaker or goose winged. For motor boats, the flying of flags is encouraged.

Depending on the wind direction, it involves sailing a short course from near the mouth of the harbour to Newhaven or the opposite direction.

We start from 2.30pm, when the launch commences, and the Parade begins at 4.00pm.

Throughout, within the club, our new BBQ will be fired up and the bar will be open. So, whether taking part or spectating, don’t miss out! We will be capturing the event with drone footage.

Every boat taking part will be entered into a Jubilee prize draw with a chance to win a sought after prize!

Follow the link below for more event info and it would be helpful if members could register your boat to take part:

https://www.royalforth.org/…/platinum-jubilee-parade-of…

#PlatinumJubilee

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Discover Sailing with Royal Forth Yacht Club

We are excited to announce that the RFYC will once more open its doors to the public for #DiscoverSailing!

This is your chance to try out sailing – visit your friendly local sailing club, and spend a day by and on the water.

#RFYCSummer

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our #DiscoverSailing Organiser, Torben, via discoversailing@royalforth.org.

See you on the 29th of May at RFYC!

Award for Forth lifesaver Robyn

A local teenager who helped save the lives of two yachtsmen has been presented with a prestigious lifesaving award. Edinburgh Academy pupil Robyn Dougall, 15, is a volunteer rescue boat driver on the Forth and she was presented with her award at a gala dinner on Saturday (1 February).

As part of her duties with the Royal Forth Yacht Club at Granton, Robyn helped rescue a man who had been swept into the sea last summer and also assisted in rescuing another sailor who had fallen overboard in the sea near Leith.

 During other rescue missions also helped save five yachts which were in danger in the Forth waters so Robyn’s Young Volunteer of the Year award from the Royal Yachting Association Scotland is richly deserved!

The first rescue she was involved with came after she spotted a man who had fallen overboard during a yachting festival on the Forth last summer.

She said: “We were helping out with the yacht races in force seven winds and we got a radio call to say a guy had got swept overboard. I found the boat, pointed it out and we got to him. He probably only had few minutes because he wasn’t wearing a life jacket.”

Robyn’s father Ken, who started teaching Robyn when she was aged eight, said he was “very proud” of his daughter’s achievements.

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