Royal Yachting Association
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Royal Yachting Association RYA |
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| IOC nation | Great Britain & Northern Ireland (GBR) |
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| Sport | Sailing |
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| Official website | www |
| HISTORY | |
| Year of formation | 1875 |
| Former names | Yacht Racing Association |
| AFFILIATIONS | |
| International federation | International Sailing Federation (ISAF) |
| ISAF members page | www |
| ISAF member since | 1907 Founding Member |
| Continental association | European Sailing Federation |
| National Olympic Committee | British Olympic Committee |
| National Paralympic Committee | British Paralympic Committee |
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| ELECTED | |
| Patron | Her Majesty the Queen |
| President | HRH The Princess Royal |
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| SECRETARIAT | |
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| Chief Executive | Sarah Treseder |
| Number of staff | Approx. 160 |
| FINANCE | |
| Company status | Limited Company |
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The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the national governing body for certain watersports in the United Kingdom. Activities it covers include Sailing, Windsurfing, Motor cruising, Powerboating & Personal watercraft
The RYA is one of the founding members of the International Sailing Federation the World Governing Body for the sport of sailing and serves as the Member National Authority.
The Yacht Racing Association was founded in November, 1875. Its initial purpose was to standardise the rules of measurement to different racing yachts, so that boats of different classes could compete fairly against each other.
Membership at the time cost two guineas and was available to "former and present owners of racing yachts of and above 10 tonnes. Thames measurement and such other gentlemen as the committee may elect".
Though efforts for membership availability to dinghies and other small craft were made in 1888, it wasn’t until 1921 that the YRA incorporated the independent Sailing Boat Association and the Boat Racing Association into its body.
In 1953 the YRA became the Royal Yachting Association (RYA).
The RYA's purpose is to Promote and Protect Safe, Successful and Rewarding British Boating.
The RYA is the national body for all forms of recreational and competitive boating. It represents dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sportsboats, powerboat racing, windsurfing, inland cruising and personal watercraft. The RYA manages the British sailing team and Great Britain won more sailing medals than any other nation at each of the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
The RYA is recognised by Government as being the primary consultative body for the activities it represents. The RYA currently has over 100,000 personal members, the majority of whom choose to go afloat for purely recreational non-competitive pleasure on coastal and inland waters. There are an estimated further 500,000 boat owners nationally who are members of over 1,500 RYA affiliated clubs and class associations.
The RYA also sets and maintains an international standard for recreational boat training through a network of over 2,500 RYA Recognised Training Centres in 47 countries. On average, more than 150,000 people per year complete RYA training courses. RYA training courses form the basis for the small craft training of lifeboat crews, police officers and the Royal Navy and are also adopted as a template for training in many other countries throughout the world.
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