2017 National Youth Regatta

Entries for the 2017 National Youth Regatta at Grafham Watter are now open.

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Double Handed Team Racing

Congratulations to Winchester College; winners of the 2017 NSSA Double Handed Team Racing.

A summary of the Overall Results and the outcome of All Races are available here.

Click here for photos of the event by Nigel Vick

NSSA Development Officer Role

The NSSA seeks a motivated and enthusiastic individual to help further develop its reach and maximise its potential. The successful candidate will be responsible for increasing links with class associations and other youth groups, leading on procurement of grant funding for both the NSSA and affiliated counties/associations and leading creation and sourcing of materials for the website and managing the NSSA’s social media presence.

Please click here for the job description and person specification.

Applications, consisting of a CV and covering letter, should be sent to NSSA Secretary Ellie Gaddes at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday 24th March 2017.

NSSA Singlehanded Team Racing

On the weekend of the 8^th and 9^th October 2016 Aztec Upton Warren hosted the National Schools Sailing Association Singlehanded Team Racing event.

A mixture of conditions created an exciting playing field for the racing, which led to Derbyshire A’s team of Kate Robertson, Emma Robertson and Liam Weighill taking the first place title from reigning champs Cambridgeshire A (Michael Carver, Harry Moffatt and Tom Bryant, after 2 wins out of 3 races.

The event sailed 8 rounds of the Swiss League style racing leading to semi-finals and finals. The semi-finalists of the weekend were Worcestershire A and Cumbria D. Cumbria had further success as their Cumbria A team were this year’s winners of the Under 16 trophy. The most improved team from last year and winning the Lancashire Plate were Watford Grammar A.

All competitors sailed brilliantly over the weekend and on behalf of the NSSA we would like to thank the organisers for yet another fantastic event. Also to all of the competitors for taking part, we hope you had a great time and got to experience some exciting racing!

We now turn our focus to the next event, the NSSA Match Racing. This year based at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy over the weekend of the 5^th and 6^th November. Information is found via this link (http://www.rya.org.uk/racing/keelboat-racing/match-racing/Pages/national-match-racing-series.aspx) but get in touch with us if you have any questions.

Happy sailing everyone and see you out on the water soon!