As you may remember, in June the RAFYC participated in a members satisfaction survey sponsored by the RYA. Some 4000 people from 53 clubs across the country took part including 193 from the RAFYC so many thanks to those who took the time to respond. The Members Report and its accompanying notes have been put onto the Club website in the members secure area for you to read and a copy will found in the office. Whilst our result is generally good, we were in the 3rd quartile for overall satisfaction of the clubs surveyed [...]

I’m delighted to announce that, with effect from Friday November 30th, John Dowling has been co-opted onto the board of RAFYC (Holdings) as Rear Commodore - Premises. I hope you will join me in welcoming John as an executive director of the Club. For any member that hasn't met John, he and his wife have been members since 2007 and sail ‘Panacea’, a Jeanneau 32 lift keel, around the Solent and beyond. John describes his background as... “...a retired Architect, having ceased work at the end of 2014. I was a partner in a practice from 1979 to 1991 and [...]

I’m delighted to announce that, with effect from Friday November 16th, Hine Thompson has been co-opted onto the board of the RAFYC (Holdings) company as Honorary Treasurer. I hope you will join me in welcoming Hine as an executive director of the Club. For any member that hasn’t met Hine, she describes herself and her abilities as: “...partner to Nicholas McNally of yacht Alisha. ….by way of contribution, my professional skills are Auditing, Financial and Management accounting, Strategy Planning, Systems Implementation, Programming and Management.  My key strength though, is Business Partnering and Relationship Building. On a personal level, I am [...]