A big thank you from Steve Greenwood and the Andrew Simpson Foundation : The Sailing Charity to everyone who bought Steve's photos from the RS Aero Worlds at Weymouth & Portland.

 

By the end of August Steve had sold a whopping 88 sets and transferred £500 as donation to the sailing charity.

 

If you missed out and would like a copy of all his Worlds photos, whilst also supporting the ASF, please email Steve, cost just £12 after Class Assoc subsidy.

At the Worlds everyone needs their flag on the port side, a minimum of 60mm below  the letters and from the edge of the sail. These are available from Registration at £5.

 

A second flag on the starboard side placed back to back with the port one is optional. We do have enough stock to sell everyone 2 if they want them! If you want more for other sails or RS Aero friends at home we can put your name on a list and sell them to you after registration closes when we know we have enough.

 

Please remind your self of these (June2018 version). It is every RS Aero racers responsibility to race a Class legal RS Aero - IGNORANCE IS NO DEFENCE!

 

In light of growing pressure to provide FREE PUDDING at all RS Aero events the RS Aero International Class Association would like to invite expressions of interest please in the sponsoring of PUDDING at RS Social Events.

 

For example, £100 or so might buy 46 fun loving curry eating RS Aero sailors ice cream at Balti Island on Saturday. Yum! Working upwards, up to 100 hungry après sail diners at The Dorset Burger on Monday could take more filling. Part contributions gratefully received, thank you.

 

Contributions to a Class Association can come in many different ways and it is fundamental for everyone to get involved. Some people have time they can give. Some can help with PUDDINGS.

 

 

Summary is here: https://www.rsaerosailing.org/rsgames/rsgames.asp?clselect=Social%20Programme&eid=1586

 

A Pasta Party every day after racing is included, as are ‘Drinks for tallies’ on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after racing thanks to the generosity of RS Sailing, Selden and Charlie Pearce’s 18th birthday!

 

There will be full Catering at WPNSA throughout the RS Games.

 

If you are still to enter and pay then pop your entry in now and pay to save some money towards Greg's ambitious

  

ORDER HERE  £12 for some 2000 shots!

 

 

All WORLDS ENTRIES have been sent the RS Games Rooster Kit discount code to enable your 20% off.

 

Options to receive the kit you order from the Rooster website include collection from Rooster HQ in Fareham or collection from Rooster at Weymouth (which will suit International visitors).

 

Select the collection/delivery option when at the checkout stage on the Rooster website.

 

Steve Greenwood will once again be out on the water taking his excellent photos of everyone in the RS Aero fleet at the World Championship!

 

This year Steve will be supplying USB memory sticks of all of his photos and this will be available at an event subsidised £12 each, with a £5 donation from each order to the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation. Be sure to sign up on the link below as Steve needs to pre-order enough USB memory sticks.

RS AERO 7 - SPLIT FLEET 
105 RS Aero 7s now entered!

As the overall entry was accelerating towards 200 at the end of last week the RS Aero 7 fleet hit a new milestone of its own at 100 RS Aero 7s! It was Toby Schofield of Felpham SC, UK, who kicked that World Cup ball firmly into the back of the net on Friday evening, well over a month before the Championship! Now the RS Aero 7s have 105>>>

As per the Notice of Race (5), any fleet with 80+ boats will be split into two flights with a qualification series followed by a finals series over the five day Championship. This is similar to major World Cup events in the Olympic Classes and through qualification the flights will be re-flighted daily.

The thought behind this revolves around racing being more enjoyable and likely fairer in a 40+ boat fleet relative to an 80+ boat fleet. In the larger fleet an emphasis on starts and traffic can have an overbearing influence and it would likely take much longer than our usual race target times to give sailors adequate opportunity to recover.

With the RS Aero 7 entry, as usual, approximately double the size of the RS Aero 5s and RS Aero 9s the split 7 fleet then provides four fleets in total of similar size. This allows start lines to be equal length and approximately the right length for everyone (improving on Carnac Worlds 2017) and without any delay whist the line length is reset (improving on Hayling UK Nationals 2017).

So nobody needs to be concerned at the prospect of 100+ RS Aeros on a start line!

A race with HALF that number will be much less daunting for those less experienced and excited to be part of this awesome major championship in our fresh young Class.

We still enjoy all the fun of the huge numbers of like minded RS Aero friends together ashore, with the Olympic facility of WPNSA and the RS Sailors Chillout Hub able to cope admirably!

 

The Charter RS Aeros are fully sold out but anyone borrowing an RS Aero who needs to source a different rig size can charter them off RS Sailing.

 

 

was I believe the 2014 RS Feva World Championship at Carnac, France, with a whopping 184 boats.

The largest RS adult class event ever was the RS200s when they achieved in the 160s a few years ago.

 

Just saying...

 

 

 

Wonderful to have two more nations with Finland and Slovakia, making 15 in total now. Welcome to Kairit from the far north of Finland at Oulu and to Andrej from Bratislava, Slovakia.

 

Entries are now at an incredible 175 with each fleet larger than ever before!

 

Be sure to enter and pay by this Saturday 30th June to secure the early entry rate and the included Rooster RS Games T-Shirt.

 

 

 

#onehundredandSEVENTYBYSATURDAY

 

EARLY ENTRY - early rate until 30th June for paid entries by then. Get entered and paid up to secure the lower rate.

 

CHARTER RS AEROS - final payment to be made by 30th June please.

 

T-SHIRTS - please let me know your size for your included RS Games Rooster T-Shirt by 30th if you haven't already. After 30th I will have to guess your size!!!

 

 

*22nd June: entry now at 168 entries. If the entry list continues to increase at this rate we will reach 200 on the 2nd July! 

 

 

 

Team Estonia are now on the list, our 13th country!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The biggest ever Charter fleet of 26 RS Aeros is now near fully booked. But keep the requests coming as I have requested more!!!

 

 

Let me know your Rooster T-Shirt size if you have not already.

 

Early entry discount for entries paid by end June, keep them coming! 

 

 

Official Clothing Partner of the 2018 RS Games 

 

 

 

Rooster will also be at the Championships selling RS Games merchandise alongside their full range of Rooster sailing kit including their newly developed 2018 Ladies Range.

 

A fantastic additional incentive to compete in multiple classes...

 

RS Sailing will offer a voucher for anyone participating in more than one championships at the RS Games.

 

  - 2 Championships = £25 Voucher

  - 3 Championships = £50 Voucher

  - 4 Championships = £75 Voucher

5. If the vouchers are used to purchase a new RS boat or RS sail the competitor will also receive cash back to the value of the voucher.

 

ENQUIRIES TO; [email protected]

 

 

 

Which equals last year's World Championship entry already with 4 months to go! 

 

There are a few Charters still available - but hurry if you are after one.

 

All three fleets are developing well which is really encouraging-

The RS Aero 5 fleet is already the largest fleet ever assembled at 23 boats and competition looks like it will be hotly contested with several new faces comprising both Youths and small adults.

 

The RS Aero 7s is, as ever, the largest with nearly 50 boats already, a colourful mix of nations and every likelihood of the interest of a split fleet Qualifier and Finals series when that fleet entry tips over 80 boats.

 

At 25 boats the RS Aero 9s are just one off their all time record of 26 when a light wind forecast at the 2016 Torbay Nationals doubled the fleet size! 

 

 

 

 

RS AERO WORLDS - 10 NATIONS! 
Norway have now signed up to the RS Aero World Championships, the second Scandinavian country after Sweden.

That makes 10 countries and 88 entries in total so far!

 

 

Incredible! We've hit the big '60' entries on the eve of the UK Dinghy Show!

 

There is already a colourful mix of Nations, a great mix of rigs forming and a good showing in each of the Youth, Ladies and Masters categories too.

 

Call in for some fizz at the Launch Party at the UK Dinghy Show RS Stand tomorrow at 17:00.

 

If you are visiting the show and would like Union Jack flag sail stickers, Trolley sail number stickers or 'My Other boat..' stickers then seek me out. I will have them available.

 

 

 

With more Youth and Ladies coming into the fleet all the time it is great to see them, alongside other small adults, forming such a good sized RS Aero 5 fleet well in advance this year!

 

 

#fiftybyfriday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantastic to have Rooster on board again as our clothing partner supporting the second RS Aero World Championship, together with the rest of the mega RS Games, in Weymouth this August.

 

 

2018 RS AERO WORLDS at the RS ANNIVERSARY GAMES  
Thirteen months notice to the 2nd RS Aero World Champs! 

 

 

The 2nd RS Aero World Championship will be held at the World Class Olympic Venue of WPNSA, Weymouth, UK from 4-10th August 2018. This will be part of the mass 2018 RS Games 25th anniversary bonanza event with Championships for all RS Classes throughout the month of August 2018.

 

The dates match the RS Tera World Champs exactly, enabling parents and siblings to compete. The RS Feva European Championship will follow immediately after.

 

It is going to be huge - Get it in your diary now!