Last month, Helena Lucas, Bronze and Gold Paralympic Medallist was announced to help establish and steer the new RS Venture Connect Class. World Sailing selected the RS Venture Connect back in November for the 2018 Para World Championships in Sheboygan, USA and chose to include it in the Para Development Program (PDP). The RS Venture’s…
‘Jigging for Victory’ The RS300 Rooster National Tour 2018 kicked off with the Spring Championship hosted by Bowmoor SC in the Cotswolds. And it was actually surprisingly Spring-like despite Storm Emma having deposited several inches of snow in the surrounding area the previous weekend. What a lovely club Bowmoor is with a great clubhouse, changing…
We’re following the progress of aspiring young dinghy sailor James Gosson as he gets ready for the 2018 season. #dinghydreaming With the new dinghy season about to start, I thought I should recap on progress from the end of last year. In July I successfully completed my RYA level 3 course. If I wasn’t before, I…
Well done to all the hardy RS Sailors who braved the elements to compete at the Emergence of Seasons Championship this weekend at Queen Mary Sailing Club. Congratulations to RS700 Inland Champion Richard Wadsworth! Well done to Emergence of Seasons RS100 Champion Simon Geyman, RS200 Champions Maria Stanley and Rob Henderson, RS400 Champions Jon Heissig…
Balmoral was the first Club in NSW to adopt the RS Aero and is now up to 10 boats. As the Class is so new in Australia the NSW Distributor and event sponsor, The Life Aquatic, hired Michael ‘Fletch’ Fletcher as the coach for the weekend to provide support and guidance to all competitors. Fletches…
For a lot of people, an ideal winters weekend is to be sat by an open fire, beverage of choice in hand, looking out the window at the crisp cold weather, with a feeling of smugness. Thankfully however, there are also a group of people who, although I’m sure would appreciate the above, would much…
2018 was a “sporty” year for the RS Aero Midwinters, once again co-hosted by Sailfish Club of Florida and Palm Beach Sailing Club in Palm Beach, Florida. It was WINDY. Like 40 knots on Friday (so no sailing during the clinic), and gusts into the mid-30s on Saturday (which laid down to a pleasant 12-20…
Luke and Emma McEwen reckon that the RS800 provides the perfect combination of fun sailing, competitive racing and a great social scene on a reasonable budget. When you’ve outgrown your 420, 29er or Radial, come back from uni and started your first job, and you want to do some enjoyable dinghy sailing, it’s not obvious…
