Welcome
Round off your RS racing year with the Gul RS400 and RS800 Inland Champs at Grafham Water Sailing Club Sat 3 and Sun 4 October 15.
Excellent race management, a great expanse of open water, superb catering team and a warm Grafham welcome make this simply the best way to close your 2015 RS campaign with your fellow RS sailing friends!
The Racing
Two days of racing: 3 races per day, racing back to back, one discard after 4 races.
Registration: Sat 0930-1100hrs in the Race Office (upstairs on the second floor above the changing rooms)
Race briefing: 1200hrs in the Downstairs Wet Bar
Sat first race start: 1300hrs
Sun first race start: 1030hrs
Entry fee: £34
Entry fee for GWSC members: £4
Great Gul vouchers up for grabs as prizes!
You can enter online by selecting the entry form in the menu to the left of this text. Please note that online entry will close at 0001hrs on Wed 30 September 15 by which time you must have paid your entry fee. Entry and payment after this time will need to be made at registration on Sat 3 October and will be subject to a late entry fee of £5.
GWSC members please enter online here so that your name appears on the entry list. You must then pay at registration where you will not be charged a late fee.
In order to alleviate the need to fill in an extra paper form at registration GWSC has agreed that by entering online you have agreed to their club requirements with regards to biosecurity (you are confirming that your boat has been ‘Checked, Cleaned and Dried’ for a minimum of two days prior to arriving at GWSC), medical declaration, agreement to comply with the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing, RYA Prescriptions and Sailing Instructions, including measurement compliance, licensing laws, GWSC rules, liability and photography permission. You can read the full form by selecting the GWSC open meeting entry form in the menu to your left. Please contact
me if you have any questions.
Please ensure that you read the full GWSC Event Notice and Event Appendix A both of which can be found by selecting their title in the menu to the left of this text. You must comply with the Check, Clean, Dry procedures in order to prevent the spread of non-native species.
Please note that in accordance with RS Class Association Rules in order to be eligible to race at this event you need to have one member of the RS Class Association in your RS boat. One event membership costs £10 and can be added to your online entry. If you upgrade to full membership within this calendar year your one event membership £10 will be taken off the £39 full membership fee. You will need to print off the one event membership form found in the menu to your left and bring it completed and signed to the event registration. You can take out full membership by going to the title in the menu to the left of this text.
If an under 18 year old is going to be racing in the boat then an under 18 consent form must be completed and handed in at registration. You can print the form off from
here or fill the form in at registration.
The Shore side Stuff
After a good day's racing settle down for a natter and dine with your RS friends in the bar.
The event Saturday evening meal will be served at 1730hrs in the upstairs bar. The cost is £10 for an adult and £7.50 for a child. You can buy your meal ticket with your online entry on this website or at registration. Please note that the food order will close at the end of registration, that is 1100hrs on Sat 3 October. Please contact
me if you have any specific dietary requirements.
Main course choice: Beef stew and veg, OR Bangers and mash and veg, OR Veggie sausage, mash and veg.
Pudding: Chocolate cheesecake or summer fruit cheesecake.
The GWSC catering team in the Downstairs Wet Bar will be ready to offer you bacon butties, sandwiches, cakes, hot and cold drinks throughout the weekend from your arrival early Sat morning until your departure Sun afternoon.
The bar upstairs will be open Sat evening and for the prize giving Sun afternoon.
Camping and Campervans
Please select the club information title from the menu to your left for directions and information on accommodation.
You can camp or stay in your van or campervan at GWSC. The cost is £10 to camp in a tent or car and £15 per campervan or van. You must pre-book at the GWSC office and buy your permit in order for the club to meet its planning permission rules. Contact the GWSC office at:
[email protected] or telephone 0845 6442548. The Council has been doing spot checks recently so please do not jeopardise GWSC's ability to offer this facility!
I look forward to seeing you at Grafham!
Cheers
Clare