Adding value for ALL RS sailors
- Sets the rules to give great one-design and handicap racing - enhancing resale values
- Organises websites, race reports, news, social media - keeping you informed
- Organises racing events with fantastic social scene - improving your Class’s popularity and value
- Organises training events - helping you get the most from your boat
- Liaises with the builder, RS Sailing - ensuring the quality and specification are what owners want
- Negotiates excellent discounts from the RS Sailing Store, including sail discounts, and many other companies
- Encourages new people to get involved - giving a better experience for everyone
Who is your Class Association?
- It is run by volunteer sailors with back-up by part time professional administrators
- The sailors make the plans and decisions - without having to do all the leg work
Please show support by joining your Class Association
- The cost is tiny compared to your benefits, working out less than a cup of coffee a month!
- By taking out International Class Association membership for one class, you will have reciprocal membership to the RS100, RS200, RS300, RS400, RS600, RS700, RS800, RS Vareo International and International RS500 Class Associations
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Adding value for ALL RS sailors
- Sets the rules to give great one-design and handicap racing - enhancing resale values
- Organises websites, race reports, news, social media - keeping you informed
- Organises racing events with fantastic social scene - improving your Class’s popularity and value
- Organises training events - helping you get the most from your boat
- Liaises with the builder, RS Sailing - ensuring the quality and specification are what owners want
- Negotiates excellent discounts from the RS Sailing Store, including sail discounts, and many other companies
- Encourages new people to get involved - giving a better experience for everyone
Who is your Class Association?
- It is run by volunteer sailors with back-up by part time professional administrators
- The sailors make the plans and decisions - without having to do all the leg work
Please show support by joining your Class Association
- The cost is tiny compared to your benefits, working out less than a cup of coffee a month!
- By taking out International Class Association membership for one class, you will have reciprocal membership to the RS100, RS200, RS300, RS400, RS600, RS700, RS800, RS Vareo International and International RS500 Class Associations
- One event membership is available for all events except National and major championships, for use by those borrowing a boat, intending to only sail in one RS Class Association event etc. Click here.
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RS Games RS300 Runners and Riders
The A W Accounting RS300 National Championships will be made up of a 12-race series, scheduled to take place at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy between 23-26th August. The RS300 will be one of nine RS classes taking part in the RS Games multi-class championship extravaganza, a unique event which will see concurrent championship events hosted over a 12 day period.
The RS300 is a niche single-hander that demands a high skill level and is renowned for being one of the trickiest dinghies there is to master. Despite that, the RS300 is currently enjoying a spike in its popularity, and the record entry number set at the 2009 Nationals (33 boats) is not far off being broken, with less than 3 weeks until the start of the event.
Hanging over the RS300 fleet is the big question of whether anyone can topple Steve Bolland (Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club). Steve has won the last three RS300 National Championships in a row, and in 2011 won both of the Gul Grand Prix RS300 events he sailed, so will naturally be looking to top the podium at this year?s championship.
But it won?t be an easy ride. Front-liners trying to stop Steve making it four national championships in a row will include Dave Acres (Thorney Island), who was runner up at the 2009 Nationals, and Tim Keen (Sheffield) who took third place at the 2010 Nationals.
Meanwhile, Mike Bees (Brightlingsea) can claim many good RS300 results from past regattas and will doubtlessly be another force to be reckoned with. Mike has proven both his enjoyment of and skill in championship sailing already this year by winning the recent B14 Nationals.
The Scottish invasion cannot be ignored, and will also have much to impact on who eventually takes the victory.
This may be one of the smallest fleets taking part in the RS Games, but the competition will not be diluted. Showcasing its capacity as a class which accommodates all ages, the RS300 entry list has competitors from age 17 to the ever green Sir Barry Steel who has been a ?tad over 55? for as long as the RS300 has existed!
Barry will also entertain the RS300 fleet ashore and no doubt some of the other fleets, as the RS Games social schedule will provide the opportunity for inter-fleet socialising. On that note, Mr Bolland is another one to watch, having huge potential on the social side of things, as proven the last time the RS300 Nationals were hosted at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy!
