1. Welcome to Royal Thames Yacht Club
RYA Racing Conference 2006
Chris Atkins
Chairman, RYA Racing Committee

2. Purposes of Today To enjoy yourselves, and help us!
be informal, be creative!
To update you on RYA Racing’s 2006 initiatives
and highlight the work of specialist committees
To establish RYA Racing priorities for 2007
to set the agenda and identify issues & initiatives
how can we best help clubs and classes?
how can we serve sailors & support & reward volunteers?
To widen the net for new members of RYA Racing Committees

3. Today’s Agenda 11.45 Introduction 11.55 Audience Introductions
Racing Committee Report & Policy Discussion
Presentations and Q&A for Specialist Groups
Race Management Group Youth Steering Group
Judges & Umpires Group
Lunch
Discussion Groups
Club Racing: Class & Handicap - Supporting volunteers better
Open meeting & champs racing - “Club Pro”
UK Racing: current strengths - Free thinking good ideas & weaknesses
Tea
Presentations and Q&A for Specialist Groups
Racing Rules Committee - Match Racing Group
Team Racing Group Offshore Group
Discussion Groups present back & open forum
Wrap up (17.30 End)

4. RYA Racing Department Committee Operation
Sailors Clubs Classes Volunteers
Specialist
Groups
RYA Racing Committee
Make racing “better”
Attract more people into racing
Retain people longer; increase participation
Rules
Judges & Umpires
Race Management
Match Racing
Team Racing
Offshore
Youth
International
Olympic & Paralympic

5. RYA Racing Department Committee Alignment

6. Today’s Agenda 11.45 Introduction 11.55 Audience Introductions
Racing Committee Report & Policy Discussion
Presentations and Q&A for Specialist Groups
Race Management Group Youth Steering Group
Judges & Umpires Group
Lunch
Discussion Groups
Club Racing: Class & Handicap - Supporting volunteers better
Open meeting & champs racing - “Club Pro”
UK Racing: current strengths - Free thinking good ideas & weaknesses
Tea
Presentations and Q&A for Specialist Groups
Racing Rules Committee - Match Racing Group
Team Racing Group Offshore Group
Discussion Groups present back & open forum
Wrap up (17.30 End)

7. Racing Committee 2006 Review 2007 Plans

8. 2006 Initiative Handicap Racing Club racing and major open events
Fairness, enjoyment and encouragement
Boat and personal
Standard, average lap, pursuit
Portsmouth Yardstick
empirical system: how average sailor sailing boat at average club performs
encourages localisation; guidance on all types
need simpler & wider communication
encourage and empower local variation
fairer initial handicap: pro-active RYA process?
major event returns

9. 2006 Initiative Club Professionals
Improving quality of service to club members
Training power boat drivers
Running basic sailing courses
Training race officers
Co-ordinating club sailing events
Race management
Sailing instructions
Coaching: youth sailors; club members
Managing club fleets and support boats
Managing other club facilities / resources
Chandlery / boat repair service

10. 2006 Initiatives RYA Racing Charter
Well received but needs more promotion
Single protest form for all types of hearing
Training of judges in new hearings
Major event adoption
Umpired fleet racing?????

11. 2006 Initiative Race Officials Conference
Combined conference for all Race Officials (March)
Safety
Serving competitors
Becoming a better Race Official
Major events and 2012
opportunities & obligations
Race Official appointment system

12. 2006 Initiative Towards 2012 Rob Andrews, Events Manager
Attracting major events to UK
David Campbell-James, Race Officials Education
Training & education

13. 2007 Plans Dinghy Sailing Show Club Pro Launch
Club Racing: Optimising Handicap & Fleet racing

14. 2007 Possibles Build on strengths, build action plan for weaknesses
Volunteers
Open meetings and championships: guidance and best practices
Class support

15. 2007 Possibles
What are we missing?