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AS The Green Blue, the environment community can only enhance the project Blue looks forward to working with Boyd
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programme for the Royal Yachting Associa- and help to encourage cruising and racing and providing environmental advice to the
tion and the British Marine Federation, sailors alike to protect the cruising waters participants of the events that he supports.
celebrates its first and very successful year that we all enjoy so much.” The Green Blue is the joint environmental
in Scotland, they are delighted to announce Boyd, is managing director (and grandson initiative by the British Marine Federation
and welcome Boyd Tunnock CBE as an of the founder) of Thomas Tunnock Ltd – and The Royal Yachting Association, focus-
ambassador for the project. Scotland’s iconic biscuit manufacturers, fa- ing on awareness raising, practical projects
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A well known yachtsman on the Clyde, mous for their teacakes and caramel wafers. and research. This pro-active programme
Boyd said “I am delighted to become an Sailing is one of Boyd’s great passions and aims to educate and to inform the boating
ambassador for The Green Blue. Sailing he has raced his Moody ‘Lemarac’ (caramel community about their potential impacts
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has been my love and hobby for many spelt backwards!) extensively on the Clyde on the environment and what measures
years. The Green Blue advice makes and West Coast of Scotland for many they can take to avoid or minimise them.
common sense, we need to take care of our years. Boyd has also provided his support The Green Blue produces a wealth of free
environment and help protect all types of and enthusiasm for many sailing events guides, publications and an interactive CD
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sea life.” Julia Christie, Project Officer for and organisations over the years, including ROM to help you reduce your environ-
The Green Blue in Scotland, added that the Clyde Cruising Club, the Bell Lawrie mental impact whilst out on the water. For
“his influence and standing in the yachting Scottish Series and the RNLI. The Green more information visit www.thegreenblue.
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the launch of
their revised
coastal atlas
LAUNCH: (left to right) Emma Stuart, Kate Moore, Duncan Glass and Chris Edwards
London Boat Show saw the official The atlas was first put together in 2005
launch of the RYA’s revised UK Coastal and involved a lengthy project using a UK
Atlas of Recreational Boating. The RYA’s wide group of regional experts and boaters
Planning and Environment Officer, Kate themselves to collect the data. Having
Moore, RYA Planning and Environmental already established this group the updated
Committee Chairman Chris Edwards, and data was much quicker to collate and extra
Trinity House’s Director of Navigational information of interest to a wider range of
Requirements, Duncan Glass, unveiled organisation easily added.
the eagerly awaited revisions in front of Kate continued; “The revisions were obvi-
government officials and invited guests. ously essential to keep the data up to date
The Coastal Atlas was initially put but it also allowed us to add in extra detail
together by the RYA with funding from on areas like anchorages which are of par-
Trinity House’s charitable arm primarily ticular interest to marine nature conserva-
as a tool for offshore energy developers to tion group who we work closely with to
assist them in their planning. again ensure we are listened to.”
Kate Moore explains; “Before we first put Duncan Glass Director of Navigational
the atlas together we had no information Requirements at Trinity House comments:
about recreation boaters movements to “As the atlas has been such a great tool
present when significant offshore devel- for us and a huge number of people, we
opments such as wind farms were being were more than pleased to fund the work
planned. Now we have this fantastic for a second edition. The RYA has done an
updated new resource we can make sure excellent job.”
our voices are heard and that recreational The atlas is available in both hard copy
boaters activities are taken into account.” and electronic format free of charge.
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