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Royal Naval Sailing Association

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Royal Naval Sailing Association is the Royal Navy and Royal Marines service sailing association, based at Haslar Marina with charter yachts, branches, cruising, racing and dinghy sailing activity.

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Can a beginner start here?

Service sailing, Yacht cruising, Yacht racing, Dinghy sailing, Windsurfing, Charter yachts, Moorings, Social sailing

Beginner
Beginners are explicitly welcome, but public beginner pathways are mainly for eligible Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, maritime reserve, service-family, or partner audiences rather than the general public.
Training
RNSA lists RYA-accredited training pathways, dinghy courses from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Faslane, windsurfing training, Youth Crew RYA stages/levels, and Go Sailing RYA Level 1 and 2 courses.
Taster· Unclear
No clearly labelled public taster session or open day offer was found; RNSA mentions Go Yachting for trying bigger boats and Family Days, but details were not enough to treat these as current bookable tasters.

Activity tags

Charter yachts· ServiceDinghy sailing· ActivityMoorings· ActivityService sailing· ActivitySocial sailing· ActivityWindsurfing· ActivityYacht cruising· ActivityYacht racing· Activity

Suitability

Juniors, families, and accessibility

Juniors
Youth Crew offers free sailing or windsurfing weeks for eligible children from Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary families, and RNSA also lists Family Membership and Family Days.
Access
Programme-level support is stated: Go Sailing says it can support additional needs including neurodiversity, and Youth Crew asks families to get in touch about transport difficulties or other personal circumstances.

Costs

Costs, membership, and boats

Prices

Membership prices are published, and eligible Go Sailing and Youth Crew training is described as free; broader event, mooring, charter, or course costs were not fully itemised on the pages checked.

Membership

Official site describes RNSA as a service sports association and charity delivering sailing for the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and reserves; associate membership may be available to some related service groups.

Boat hire
RNSA says it provides suitable craft and moorings, lists yachts and dinghy fleets, says some dinghies are available for charter to individual campaigners, and states Go Sailing/Youth Crew equipment is provided.

Facilities

Facilities and equipment

Branches and units· OtherMember charter yachts· OtherHaslar Marina office· OtherMoorings· StorageParking· AccessCruising programme· OtherRacing programme· Other

Location

Gosport / Portsmouth · 6 nearby clubs mapped

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Sources and data quality

Data status
Verified
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14 Jun 2026
Club verification
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