As the new regatta season starts to get underway we look forward to seeing and hearing lots of great rowing events across the country. To ensure that clubs are all safe and that events go ahead without any incidents we have put together the following document to provide a few helpful reminders to hosting and visiting clubs. Regatta Preparations  We all love to read about events and regattas – who took part, what the racing was like and most of all who won. So can we ask that the organisers of events please put in a report of the day with a few lovely photos so that we can share this with ..read more

All of us who row in St Ayles Skiffs owe a quietly spoken Australian boat designer a big debt of gratitude. In 2008 the Scottish Fisheries Museum approached Iain Oughtred to design a boat for 4 rowers and a cox, to be made from a kit by Alec Jordan.  Iain chose the shape of the Fair Isle Skiff, a traditional Shetland boat used for fishing off Fair Isle in the open Atlantic. This boat has amazing seakeeping qualities, which is just as well since they used to carry stones as ballast and none of the crews could swim.  Iain grew up in Sydney and sailed, built and designed fast sailing di ..read more

The SCRA gathers incident reports from clubs on a wide range of aspects. Having looked at 3 similar incidents this guidance and learning points is shared to all clubs. Together with the help of the clubs much of the learning outcomes specified by them are similar and should be shared to the wider skiff community as it may help. In one instance a crew member sadly had a heart attack shortly after finishing rowing. The person involved made a full recovery, thanks to the sharp actions of the crew involved. The club have kindly sent us the following which they have adopted for future use: “We sha ..read more

St Ayles Skiff International (SASI) are pleased to formally announce that the 2025 St Ayles Skiff World Championship has been awarded to Stranraer Water Sports Association and will be held during the following dates Sunday 6th until Saturday 12th July 2025. Stranraer Water Sports Association hosted SkiffieWorlds 2019 which was a very successful and enjoyable event. Stranraer’s combination of sheltered water close to a long beach and all the town’s amenities, a comprehensive programme of shore events, and a warm and genuine welcome from local people, made the event very memorable. Skiff rowers ..read more

SCRA SC050345 SCRA 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SATURDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2023 LOCH TUMMEL SAILING CLUB Entries for the SCRA awards are now concluded The Delegate list for Training on Friday 27th October is now closed Please find the link below for the 2023 SCRA Survey – please submit entries in good time and certainly before the end of 2023 SCRA Survey 2023 Annual General Meeting The Fresh Water Sprints will be followed by the SCRA AGM in Loch Tummel Sailing Club clubhouse. The AGM will be held from 1630. (This may be postponed slightly in the event that the racing schedule overruns). One or two ..read more

Nairn Coastal Rowing club ran its first ever skiff regatta on the 16th of September. Our guiding principal was to keep everything small and as simple as possible, and use the learning from this to do it bigger and better in future years. This necessarily meant that we could only invite a limited number of clubs to come and row with us. The only exception to the keep it simple rule was in deciding to have a course with lanes rather than single turning buoys; while this may have made umpiring more straight-forward, it certainly gave Robbie Gordon, course layer-in-chief, a significant challenge ..read more

Submissions for the following awards should also be advised to the Secretary by 17th October 2023:-  Cruising Log, Green and Blue Flags Green Flags are awarded in recognition of clubs for environmental contributions to their local community. Blue Flags are awarded in recognition of clubs for a contribution to the benefit of others in their local community. FRIDAY 27th and SATURDAY 28th October 2023 Loch Tummel Sailing Club We shall shortly be sending a link to the 2023 SCRA Survey  to your club contact email address as listed (if not your current contact please forward or advise any ..read more

NOTICE OF SCRA 2023 SURVEY, TRAINING EVENT, FRESH WATER SPRINTS AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Submissions for the following awards should also be advised to the Secretary by 17th October 2023:- Cruising Log, Green and Blue Flags FRIDAY 27th and SATURDAY 28th October 2023 Loch Tummel Sailing Club We shall shortly be sending a link to the 2023 SCRA Survey to your club contact email address as listed (if not your current contact please forward or advise any changes to secretary@scottishcoastalrowing.org ). We would hope to have received sufficient responses in advance of the AGM). On the afternoon o ..read more

It is coming to the end of our season but there is one event that everyone can take part in without travelling anywhere – 5 Miles from Home. We’ve officially started counting down the days and are thrilled to announce that registration has now opened! Join us for this virtual challenge and put all your hard training you have gone through year already to good use! We are expecting some fast times this year. Entry deadlines  We really hope you can join us in this global challenge. Registration is now open and the final deadline for registration is Midnight BST (GMT+1) Saturday 23rd Septembe ..read more

With the 2023 regatta season still with a few months left to run, it was thought that the following guidance would be helpful to all regatta organisers and umpires to clarify racing rules and procedures: Download [236.77 KB] The post Guidance Alert Reminder from 2017 first appeared on The Scottish Coastal Rowing Association ..read more