Kick start your season with some top class RS200 Coaching!
We have a trio of training events coming up, part funded by the RS Class Association and suitable for all RS200 sailors, whether new to the boat or a top 10 Nationals sailor
Train & Race Queen Mary, 11th/12th March
A day's coaching by David Jessop and Chris Eames, followed by the first event on the brand new 2023 Sailing Chandlery RS200 EaSEA Tour
RS200 Training, Aberdeen & Stonehaven, 25th March
The Scottish fleet are getting ready for the Nationals, looks like they'll give the rest of you a run for your money on the water and on the dance floor!
RS200 Training, Budworth, 15th April
Deatils to follow, but contact Ben Teague if you're extra keen!
And in the middle of all those
The Rooster Championship Tour, Spring Championships, Bristol Corinthian, 18th/19th March
An experienced race team, led by the infamous Arky, well known to the SWUT sailors for his Guinness black flag. Great clean-wind sailing area, a nice warm clubhouse, free on site camping and easy launching - the perfect venue for a Spring Champs.
Please get oyur name on the list - clubs need to see rough entry numbers to plan - it's a snowball thing too, once a few enter, the list grows and more enter and the list grows and more enter...!
And from then on the events come thick and fast -
Sailing Chandlery Northern Tour, Leigh & Lowton, 25th March
The RS200s join the RS400s at the ever-popular Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club for the season-opener for the Sailing Chandlery Northern Tour 2023
Sailing Chandlery EaSEA Tour, Netley, Fri 7th April
A new venue for this new tour, with visitors invited to join club racing from Saturday to Monday and to camp on site.
Sailing Chandlery EaSEA Tour, Waldringfield Easter Egg, 9th/10th April
Yes, this is where you can win an Easter Egg and join one of the biggest RS200 club fleets for a bargain £20/boat.
Then a whole host of other events inclucding Yorkshire Dales, South Cerney, Weir Wood and East Lothian, before some of the season's highlights -
Rooster Championship Tour, Southern Champs and Nationals Warm Up
Get to know the competition ahead of the Nationals, practise big fleet racing and warm up for the epic Nationals socials
Salcombe Gin RS Summer Regatta and RS Summer Ball
Competitive mid-Summer Racing and the return of the RS Summer Ball, where all are welcome, including partners, families, past RS Sailors and guests. Raising money for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. Entry open and ball tikcets on sale.
Salcombe Gin Masters Championships
A brand new event for 2023 - why should the youths have all the fun?
Masters don't have to have a master crew, so youth sailors, here is the chance to thank your Mum or Dad for their help with your sailing by crewing for them for a weekend - maybe in return for a ball ticket?! Entry open now.
Now the Masters are out of the way....
Noble Marine Rooster RS200 Natinal Championships
THE event of the UK dinghy sailing scene.
24 entries in the first week of entry being open. Is your name on the list?
Plus of course a whole host of regional events for everyone - full calendar here. Time to talk to your helm/crew and get the dates in the diary.