Calling all our junior members - The YHYSA event takes place on Saturday 11th July at RSC, this will be a good opportunity for you to compete in this series on your home water. The youngsters taking part in the series come from all over Yorkshire & Humberside, they are a bunch of friendly, keen club sailors just like you who want to see more youngsters to race against so why not give it a try. If you don't want to enter why not come along to see what it it's all about.
Regatta Weekend - Final
Results A brilliant entry this year with some
close racing throughout the fleet, great to see
so many of the juniors out on the water, some
braving it on their own others learning to sail
the proper way up the front end with dad helming.
42 entries and a wide variety of boats from RS
Tera to GP14
2 days of very different wind conditions, breeze
on Saturday, drifters on Sunday. Overall winners James & Sue Ricketts
RS200 762.
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make
this a great event on and off the water.
Minutes - from the May committee meeting now available in the members area
(updated 16/06/09) Important Information -
The boat park listing here is correct at 16th June. It will be updated periodically throughout the season, but members are asked to note that the boat park is now virtually full and that any requests for extra berths should be made before they are required as it may not be possible to fulfil them this season as we continue to have high demand for membership. If you change or sell your boat or no longer require your berth please advise me as soon as possible so that we can update the database. Bernard Clark -
Boat Park Warden
Vintage N12's
The club hosted an open meeting for Vintage National 12's on Saturday 16 May. A total of 9 of these lovely old boats took part, travelling from as far away as Bristol to join in the racing.
Race Officers Peter Chignell and Steve Benn set the fleet some super courses and coped well with the personal handicapping system used, which resulted in some great racing. Howard Chadwick and Helen Nicholson were the overall winners. On Sunday 31 May a fleet of 'ribbies' (even older National 12's - built of ribbed construction) will be racing at Yeadon Sailing Club.
2009 Volvo series - The 2009
Volvo Junior helm series got off to a flying start
this weekend, with a record number of entrants.
After a briefing from Steve Benn the young sailors,
some of whom had just completed their Level 1
certificate at the Oppie course the previous weekend,
set off for their first 2 races. Sailing a small
triangular course, with lots of help from Steve,
Sharron, Rob and Bernard, the fleet enjoyed light
wind conditions for most of the time but the breeze
suddenly picked up for the last 10 minutes which
produced plenty of squeals but thankfully no capsizes!
...results
here
Topper Open Meeting - Saturday 9th May.
Event results
Topper Inlands, Grafham - 256
competitors took part in the 2009 Topper Inlands
at Grafham Water this weekend with good results
achieved by RSC sailors in trying conditions.
RSC full/associate sailor positions were as follows:
32 Hector Simpson
40 Sam Towers
58 Tom Britton (RSC Topper Fleet Captain)
122 Chris Towers
160 Ian Towers
Over
30 children took part in this year’s ‘Oppie
Course’ held at the club on Saturday
3 and Monday 5 May.
Saturday
was a lovely day – sunny and warm with a
gentle breeze which was just right to get everyone
afloat. The five groups of children, who were
aged between 6 and 13, sailed a mixture of Optimist,
Tera and Topper dinghies and by early afternoon
everyone was ‘out on the lake’ putting
skills learnt or refreshed during the morning
to good use.
Monday
was disappointing in terms of the weather –
much colder and windier with showers which thankfully
didn’t dampen any spirits. At the end of
the course everyone had at least achieved their
Level 1 certificate, with a significant proportion
achieving Level 2 and already having ticked boxes
for their Level 3.
Thanks
to everyone involved in running the course!
Mumbling about your boats PY? - This will be of interest to you if you consider your current PY to be too much of a handicap or if you don't have much faith in the annual PY adjustments, we have signed up to be part of the trial! read more here...
Topper Association Winter Regatta 21/22 March- Congratulations to Hector Simpson who finished 23rd overall out of a fleet of 85, and to George Swyers (56th overall), Ben Swyers (59th overall) and Hugh Simpson (75th overall) - great results after 2 days of hard sailing in a big fleet and testing conditions. more....
Mirror Open Training - 21/22 March
A huge success with 8 boats turning up for a great
weekends training. ...more photographs here
It was a weekend where everyone learnt something,
not just the people in the squads but also the
newer mirror sailors. The weekend saw a variety
of wind conditions from little or no wind at the
start of the day on Saturday to a good blow on
Sunday. The conditions showed off each boats talents
as the smaller teams thrived in the lighter winds
with the heavier more experienced ones able to
show off their skills on the Sunday in the stronger
winds. Sundays strong winds lead to quite a few
of the fleet capsizing. As the wind continued
to build, only two boats survived without capsizing,
the coaches were struggling to continue with the
training. It was agreed by all that it had been
a good weekend and that everyone had learnt a
lot, encouraging them to go away and practice.
I would like to thank Anna McKenzie for passing
on her knowledge to us all and hopefully we will
see some close racing in Mirror fleet on Sundays
again this year.
The sailing season has now officially started
at the club - with a super turn out for
both New Members Day and the first day of racing.
New Members Day was extremely breezy and not surprisingly
we had no takers for the practice race Dennis
had organised, but Sunday was much calmer and
we had a really good turnout for all 3 races.
Martin Rock Evans wins the award for the first
capsize of the season, but was not alone in testing
the temperature of the water as there were a number
of other capsizes throughout the day, keeping
Graham and Diane Barnes busy in the safety boat.
Will you be coming out to race soon?
Topper Training - 7th & 8th March
2009
The weekend of 7 and 8 March saw over 20 very
brave young Topper sailors coping with strong
icy winds and enjoying some tip top race training
with Dave Hivey & Martin Boatman and their
team of coaches. Seven RSC members took part,
and the fleet spent much of Saturday practising
starts, and perfecting their mark rounding techniques.
Sunday was much windier, and the fleet spent the
afternoon doing some heavy weather sailing accompanied
by snow showers. Those who were shore bound were
full of admiration not only for the boat handling
skills demonstrated by these young sailors but
also by their ability to keep sailing in such
horrid conditions!
Boats return to the boat park
The work on the boat park is now virtually complete
and members will be receiving their berth stickers
in the post, with Starboard Tack, this week.
Please note that berths have been allocated
on the basis of what we know about - if you
have changed your boat or need a berth for a
boat which you havn't had a sticker for please
contact Andrew Pybus immediately. Please do
not put your boat into the dinghy park until
it has a 2009 sticker on it. If you have a craft
at the club which you don't have a berth for
please remove it immediately.
Members who left their boats in either the dinghy
park or car park over the winter are asked to
make sure they are correctly berthed as a matter
of urgency - we need the car park back for parking,
and whilst most of the boats from the dinghy
park have been placed in their berths today
there are some which still require attention.
It is YOUR responsibility
to make sure your boat is correctly berthed
and tied down - this is to protect your own
craft and those adjacent to you.
If you find another boat in your allocated berth
when you come to put your boat in the dinghy
park please move the infiltrator to another
vacant berth and make sure it is tied down,
placing your own boat in your allocated slot.
The new stakes in rows M, N, O and P will shortly
be fitted with shackles to allow easier tie
down, in the meantime please use the hole in
the stake top.
Don't forget sailing starts next weekend
(15/03/09), we look forward to seeing you out
and about on the water during 2009.
Dinghy
Park Update
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard this weekend we now have 2 completed rows, and the other 4 are very near to completion, which is fantastic news. There's one last working party - this coming Sunday - the 8th of March, please come down and help us get this major project finished. Large hammers will be needed as we have the tie down stakes to put in.
Our thanks to everyone who has turned up to help
so far with special thanks to Richard Pryke,
Bernard Clarke and Peter Chignell, Tony Cawood &
Ian Smith who have all given up additional time on
Saturdays to keep this project on target for completion
before the start of the season.
As a gentle reminder to those who have yet to come along and help, working party duties are part of the terms of your membership - please come along and help get your club ready for the start of the season
Follow up Forum on the Racing Rules changes
- Wed 25th March - 7.30pm in the clubhouse.
RYA North Zone News LetterPDF file
This newsletter contains lots of useful information
and dates for junior and youth sailors
Calling all Junior Laser 4.7 Helms
The Laser 4.7 National Junior Squad selection notice can be downloaded here.....
Webcam problem - There is currently
a technical problem with one of the IP webcams which
requires spare parts to fix. Will be back online as
soon as possible
RRS 2009-2013 Rule Changes - PowerPoint
presentation summarising the changes can be downloaded
here...
The full RRS2009-2012 PDF document (157 pages) can be
viewed/downloaded here...
All the news items that were on this page have been
moved to the relevant fleet pages (Laser, Enterprise,
Topper, Mirror, Handicap) or the News page.
EGM Draft Minutes from the meeting
that took place on May 18th are available from within
the Members section
of the web site.
Reminder : Members wishing to make
use of the wireless network within the clubhouse need
a "key" which can be found within the members
only area of the website
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