Class Association

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

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The cost is tiny compared to your benefits, working out at just £3.75 per month for Full Membership, £3 per month for Club Membership or £2.08 per month for Youth Membership
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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RS200s are flying at Yorkshire Dales!

RS200 Training at Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club

Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club have taken advantage of the RS200 Class Association’s offer of £150 Training Grants to help towards funding Open Training, having successfully applied for a series of 3 grants.

Rose Jury, one of the instigators, had this to say:

"We saw that the class was providing financial support for clubs to run their own training. There are a number of keen young RS200 sailors at Yorkshire Dales and other clubs in the North so we decided to see if we could organise our own training events. With the help of Erica Caswell, top RS400 (previously RS200) sailors, Ollie Groves and Esther Parkhurst, enthusiastically agreed to run three weekends over the winter.

We trained across a range of weather conditions (but mostly mega windy!), working on our boat handling , particularly gybes, drops and hoists as well as boat speed and slow boat handling. Ollie and Esther both have a huge amount of knowledge and shared as much of it as they could with us, offering great advice and feedback on everything from basic boat setup to the complexities of gybe timing. We all had a brilliant time and are eager to put these skills into practice."

There have been 8 boats at each weekend, 5 of them having attended all 3 weekends, and a total of 20 sailors have been involved.

Enthusiasm, eagerness to learn, commitment and great skills were present throughout and were rewarded with tangible improvements, particularly in strong wind gybing, and greater confidence amongst all participants. A number of them have already entered the Noble Marine Marlow RS200 National’s at Mounts Bay in August so watch out, the Northerners are coming!

Yorkshire Dales are hosting a Sailing Chandlery RS200 Northern Tour event on the 11^th/12^th May, a strong home fleet is expected!

If you would like to apply for a grant to run RS training at your club, please contact [email protected]

Erica Caswell