Yachts & Yachting magazine

Post-Brexit sailing restrictions

Sailors are facing a host of new restrictions post-Brexit, the Cruising Association and RYA warn. Both organisations are trying to get answers from the UK Government but they expect the coming season to throw up many unresolved issues on the water.

The Cruising Association’s Brexit spokesman Roger Bickerstaff said anyone sailing to an EU country should be prepared for a more ‘administrative environment’, while RYA Cruising Manager Stuart Carruthers said: “The important point to get across is that we are now a Third Country and there

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Yachts & Yachting magazine

Yachts & Yachting magazine6 min read
Tom Cunliffe
Fog’s not what it used to be. Time was when our whereabouts was down to an ‘analogue’ estimated position, and any poor masher who hadn’t kept the dead reckoning (DR) up to date was left blundering around in confusion. We know where we are today thank
Yachts & Yachting magazine3 min read
Three Of The Best
From 2004, Sweden Yachts 42, Freya is a superb example of these much-coveted performance cruising yachts. Her current owner has fitted a new Selden mast for in-mast reefing, accompanied with a brand-new mainsail by Sanders Sails. Below decks, her acc
Yachts & Yachting magazine7 min read
Smart Thinking
They say that one of the keys to happiness and wellbeing is self acceptance. The ability to take a good, hard look at yourself and say, ‘well, this is who I am, take it or leave it’ is a hugely important step if you want to achieve a degree of sereni

Related