RYA UPDATE from 11th September
Condensed RYA Information I feel is relevant to TCC members
Test and Protect
It is now a mandatory requirement that facility operators collect and keep for 21 days, contact details for visitors to their premises. It is also now a mandatory requirement for organisers of boating activity, such as musters or regattas, to collect and retain the contact details for all participants. You should be prepared to give your details when requested.
In addition, the Scottish Government have launched the Protect Scotland App to reduce the spread of coronavirus and avoid further lockdowns.
Organised Outdoor Activities
The option to effect a field of play and suspend physical distancing, only applies to organised outdoor activity for which all participant details are recorded and that is co-ordinated and managed by a club, class association or recognised training centre. A Covid Officer should be appointed, who has undertaken and documented an additional Covid-19 risk assessment for the activity and implemented all necessary mitigating actions to ensure the health, safety and welfare of participants, coaches and officials. For our sport, outdoor activity includes Dinghy Sailing, windsurfing, Personal Watercraft, Cruising and Powerboating. Training inside Motor Cruisers, Sailing Yachts or Powerboats would be classed as indoor training and physical distancing must be maintained and any mitigating measures put in place. Please refer to our Clubs and Training Centre Guidance.
Physical distancing requirements are still in place
People must stay a minimum distance of 2 metres apart when meeting others from outside their household, unless in an organised ‘field of play activity’ via a club or training centre.
People can meet in extended groups outside with physical distancing
Revised social gathering rules: 6 people from up to 2 households can meet socially. (Under 12s from the 2 households are not counted within this limit). This applies in all locations – for example at home, in hospitality or outdoors in a park or garden. Limited exemptions apply.
We will always follow Government advice – Scottish Government
Additionally:
- You may sail with up to one other household on a boat and with no more than six people in total.
- Participants are encouraged to use their own personal equipment during this phase, or to have equipment allocated to them for exclusive use during a set period. This equipment should be cleaned appropriately before being allocated to another user.
- Participants must only take to the water in conditions well within their ability and which assume a self-sufficient approach to their activity.
- Competition can now be organised in line with the RYA Scotland guidance to Clubs and Recognised Training centres
- Check your equipment thoroughly, particularly engines and fuel, as they may not have been used for some time. Consider using a device to keep in touch such as RYA SafeTRX on a mobile or carry a VHF and notifying someone ashore of your intended activity, anticipated time afloat and calling them when you are back ashore safely.
Andy