Call for BAME officials
Instructor Asher Robinson has called for the appointment more BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) officials in sailing, as he spoke of the racism he has experienced in the sport.
Asher, who is an RYA senior instructor at the Westminster Boating Base in London, said: “If you look at the committees of sailing clubs, and if you look at the boards of the sailing authorities, there is not one BAME person on there. For me, I don’t agree with positive discrimination but there may be people from BAME backgrounds who are great sailors who are not getting
