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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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Report - RS400 Open, Parkstone YC, 4 Nov 01
With the threat of a very slow day and mist 20 RS400's arrived at
Parkstone Yacht Club for their first RS400 Open meeting since the club
adopted the class.
Once on the water the fears of a light weather day evaporated along with
the mist. Slowly the wind filled in until by the second race gusts of 20
knots were registered on the committee boat. The only problem before the
start was catching the wind as it swung through 45�. The fleet was held
while Graham Davies, PRO, competently moved the windward/leeward course
to match.
The first race got away cleanly second time once the black flag was
introduced. In a steady but shifting 1st leg F2-3 Hywel Roberts (641) got
away well with Jason Pyke (958), David Giles (1072) and Stuart Bowen
(453) chasing hard round the first mark. Bowen fell away down the run and
Jon Gorringe (1102) caught up well downwind. With only 2 laps for the
first race it was all over quickly.
1st: Roberts; 2nd Pyke; 3rd Gorringe.
The race management was very slick between races and the fleet was away
within 10 minutes of the last boat finishing. In bright sunshine and F4
the front of the fleet changed around a bit. Peter Stratton(1066) was
first at the windward mark closely pursued by Neal Freeman, Jon Gorringe,
Nick Craig (1038) and Phil Jackson (1090). Down the first of the 3 runs
Freeman lost out by capsizing, while Gorringe opened out a comfortable
lead which he held to the end.
1st: Gorringe; 2nd: Jackson; 3rd: Craig.
The final race was again 3 laps of what was turning out to be a perfect
days sailing. Another clean start in F3-4 saw Gorringe, Freeman, Jackson
and Gibbs well away and holding the left side of the course. The battle
for overall honours was wide open. Allowing for discard there were at
least 4 boats in the hunt. In the end Jackson held on for 1st in the
final race to win the meeting with Freeman 2nd and Gibbs 3rd.
Overall:
1st: Phil Jackson/Gerard Baron Parkstone YC 3pts
2nd: Jon Gorringe/Toby Lewis Parkstone YC 4pts
3rd: Russ Gibbs/Jayne Singleton Starcross YC 7pts
4th: Neal Freeman/Paul Freeman Parkstone YC 8pts
5th: Nick Craig/Dan Sanders Frensham Pond SC 8pts
