News Exciting times


to what we have planned for the New Year.


2010 was a tough year for most industries, and the boating world has not come through unscathed. However, I am delighted to report that from an RYA Training perspective, the news remains very positive.


The nice thing about winter in the UK is that it gives us time to start planning the conferences and updates that will happen over the coming months. More importantly, it gives us a few moments to reflect on the year that has been, and look forward


The number of people attending RYA courses in the majority of disciplines has continued to grow and we have again increased the number of recognised training centres under our banner.


Instructor courses have been well attended and most centres are telling us that, while bookings have been sporadic, people are still signing up for courses.


With a lot of new personnel in the Training Department we have many initiatives in place for 2011. January has seen the launch of the online Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course, our first online interactive course.


As we move through the year we will be looking at some of our motor cruising and power


boating courses to identify where improvements might be made, while in our sail cruising and shorebased schemes we will be exploring what opportunities may exist for new courses.


We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the various conferences during the early part of the year, and wish you the very best for a safe and successful season in 2011.


Best wishes, Richard Falk RYA Training Manager and Chief Examiner


Spinlock Deckvest


Changes to the ICC


Important changes have been made to the UN Resolution under which the International Certificate of Competence (ICC) is issued.


This means that the RYA will soon be able to issue the ICC more widely than to British nationals and residents. But there will still be some restrictions which mean that the RYA will not be able to issue the ICC to the nationals of most United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)


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member countries, unless they are British residents.


It’s very important that anyone who gives advice on the ICC, or is involved in its issue, fully understands the new rules. Work is in progress to make the necessary revisions to the ICC paperwork and documentation, and we hope to be ready to implement the changes by the end of February.


Detailed advice for training centres and ICC test centres can


be seen here.


More general information on boating abroad including individual country requirements can be found on the RYA website. Access to the pages with individual country information is restricted to RYA members only.


Training centres and instructors should contact the RYA Cruising Team for information on where the ICC is required or recommended.


Update Spinlock have redesigned the inflatable component of their Deckvest and an update is now available free of charge for anyone who owns one of the affected Deckvests.


Anyone with an ISO Deckvest with inspection window should enter the serial number on the Spinlock website to receive advice and further information on the upgrade.


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