Hello RS Sailor

Hurray the RS Southern Champs online entry is now open! 
RS Racing 
RS Partying 
RS Awesome 
20-21 June Parkstone YC

The 2015 RS Southern Championships will be hosted by Parkstone Yacht Club over the weekend of 20-21 June.

Top notch race management, marvellous race area, Saturday night party with DfunK, great catering, smart clubhouse and a warm Parkstone welcome will make this most stupendous RS multifleet event of the year! 

Entry fee: single hander £38 and double hander £45
 
Youth entry fee: single hander £33 and double hander £40
(helm to be under 21 at the start of the championship)

The Racing:

Two days of racing: 3 races per day, racing back to back, one discard after 4 races

Two race tracks

The Party:

Introducing the incredible Jay Tamkin and his band DfunK. They are awesome!  But don't just take my word for it - see their latest YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8iLCS4Qq68  and go to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dfunkdevon 
Fresh off the French Alps apres-ski scene they are ready to give you a fabulous night of live party music you will never forget.

The Food:

2 course sailing supper served from 1900hrs. Tickets cost £12.90 per adult and £5.50 per child. You can buy your meal tickets as part of your online entry or at registration.  See event website for menu choices.

For all the event information and to enter online (including buying your Sat evening meal ticket and one event membership if needed) select your fleet website here:

RS100: http://www.rs100sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?clselect=Home&eid=1105
RS200: http://www.rs200sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?eid=1105
RS300: http://www.rs300sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?eid=1105
RS400: http://www.rs400.org/championships/mindex.asp?eid=1105
RS500: http://www.rs500.org/championships/mindex.asp?eid=1105
RS700: http://www.rs700.org/championships/mindex.asp?eid=1105
RS800: http://www.rs800.org/championships/mindex.asp?eid=1105

I look forward to hosting you at the RS Southerns!

Happy RS racing!
Cheers
Clare

Here comes the sun...at the RS Southerns Parkstone YC 20-21 June

Bring some sunshine into your life today by entering the RS Southern Championships 20-21 June Parkstone YC

RS Racing
RS Partying
RS Southerns
RS Awesome

Top notch race management, marvellous race area, Saturday night party with DfunK, great catering, smart clubhouse and a warm Parkstone welcome will make this most stupendous RS multifleet event of the year!

Go to your UK fleet event page for all the info: 

http://www.rs100sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?clselect=Home&eid=1105

OK so the sunshine is not actually guaranteed for this event but top racing and fab partying to the great band DfunK most certainly is!

Happy racing!
Cheers
Clare

This event is going to be hot hot hot! RS Southerns Parkstone YC 20-21 June

Hello RS100 Sailor

Can you stand the heat? If so enter your RS Southern Championships 20-21 June Parkstone YC 

I can pledge that the event will be hot in terms of high intensity racing and scorching party scene with Dfunk.  But I can't vouch for heat from the sun! 

Top notch race management, marvellous race area, Saturday night party with DfunK, great catering, smart clubhouse and a warm Parkstone welcome will make this most stupendous RS multifleet event of the year!

Go to your fleet event page for all the info: 

http://www.rs100sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?clselect=Home&eid=1105

Happy racing!
Cheers
Clare

Hello RS100 Sailor

Summertime and the living is easy... But the RS Southerns are going to be epic!

RS Racing: great race management on great race area
RS Partying: fab music from Dfunk
RS Southerns: all your RS friends racing and partying with you in one location
RS Awesome: yes
20-21 June Parkstone YC

Go to your fleet event page for all the info: 
 
http://www.rs100sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?clselect=Home&eid=1105

Happy racing!
Cheers
Clare

Hello RS100 Sailor

Hurry and grab your RS Southerns £5 Discount Off Entry before 2359hrs Tues 16 June!  RS Southerns 20-21 June Parkstone YC

RS Racing
RS Partying
RS Southerns
RS Awesome
20-21 June Parkstone YC

Online entry and £5 discount off entry closes 2359hrs Tues 16 June
You will need to register in person at the event after this deadline

Go to your fleet event page for all the info: 
http://www.rs100sailing.org/championships/mindex.asp?clselect=Home&eid=1105

Happy racing!
Cheers
Clare

I can see now why Clare is persistent in promoting Parkstone this weekend - hardly anyone has entered and there are no 100s on the list, although that might be a bug in the listing page - there is an odd error/script  measage appearing as I look now.
 
I've just booked some more anti-inflamatories for my bad back, the forecast looks kinder to it than a F5 would be. So should I pack my boat up after sailing tonight?

 Sadly I can't make it but Mark was planning on going.  Have fun!
 
Giles  

No, someone had entered without selecting the fee they wanted to pay.
Anyway, i've added the fee so the full list is now there.
Chunks 

I agree with you Al that cost is a large factor in 'do you or do you not' enter. As most of the 100 events are down south, the fuel costs are probably the most damaging element to people like me. I understand that if a club is providing entertainment such as a band for the evening function, and this is included in the entry fee (I am assuming this was the case at Parkstone) then it will be more expensive. But I would have thought �25 for a single-hander would be enough?? 
Unfortunately however, no one with the exception of Solos seem to be doing open meeting circuits. It can't just be price. But I don't know what the other reasons are.....is it simply that numbers of likeminded sailors such as ourselves no longer exist? The vast majority of clubs have seen a sharp decline in club numbers, so this will obviously be reflected in open meets.

Hi Al,

Just on the way home from the Southerns and luckily 'my driver' is still awake so I can write this!

I just thought I'd provide another perspective from someone who organises and runs sailing events for over 100 competitors.

We charge �37.50 for singlehanders to attend our Welsh Youths and Zones and �45 for double handers and we break even at best.

Once you factor in all the facility fee for the club, packed lunches for volunteers, fuel and everything else, the cost soon sky rockets. If you add onto that the cost of the odd repair for a propellor or similar you usually end up losing money.

Whilst I appreciate it would be great if we could get that type of championship for less, I doubt it's possible.

It's also not that expensive when you start comparing the cost of RS events to triathlons, cycle sportives or adventure races. They often charge over �50 for half a day and they can have up to 2000 people attend their events and not many more volunteers than are needed at sailing events.

I really enjoyed the event and I don't resent having to pay the �38. In fact I think it's pretty good value.

Hi Al,

No I didn't win unfortunately. I was given another lesson in consistency by Mr Freeman who again managed to win before the last race and get to the showers long before we did!

I get your point re the late entry but I must admit I thought it was made quite clear on the entry form that you would be penalised if you didn't pay before Wednesday or whenever it was.

Yes there's definitely a need to be flexible but encouraging people to enter and pay early does make things much easier for the organisers.

Cheers

Al

The �38 included the entertainment of watching the Chairman trying to navigate through the marina without gybing on Sunday morning. Fortunately a friendly 800 forced him into 2 quick gybes and one quick swim. Or maybe he was just stopping for breakfast on his centreboard.

I agree with Mr Hall that the late entry could be hampering attendence from those who need or want to decide late. Maybe worth a chat at the AGM (if such a thing exists).  If we could target one event in 2016 that could be a bit cheaper and fairly central then we'd get an idea of how much of an impact cost is having on attendence. I reckon last weekend cost me in the region of �400 so as James says the entry is only a relatively small aspect of the cost for those of us travelling a fair distance.

I wouldn't ask any club or association to make a loss on an event so thanks for clearing that up Al.

Anyway, good to see everyone at the weekend and to meet a few more people. I really enjoyed the venue and the races where I had a functioning spinnaker. When I get to an event with a working kite and a rudder I reckon I'll be unstoppable ;).