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RS -
Schools, Clubs
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Centre Training Newsletter
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May 2008 |
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Now going out to over 1100 schools, centres and club
addresses…if you know someone in the training side of
the industry who is not yet benefiting from receiving
this newsletter, please sign them up |
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Calling all RS Vision owners and users……we
need you…
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First ever RS Vision rally being held at
Herne Bay SC Kent – Saturday 17th May. Please come
along and support your class.
Click here for
Notice of Race for the Herne Bay SC
RS Vision rally pdf.
Click here for the Herne Bay SC
RS Vision rally Entry
form pdf.
Click here for the poster opposite in pdf format.
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The RS Vision forum (
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/RSVision ) within Yahoo
Groups has helped to develop a real passionate core of
sailors who are keen to get events under way this year.
Racing will be accompanied by informal training and all of
the events will be family friendly and concentrate on the
spirit of the activity and not who has the most up to date
mods and best hardwear on their boats. We want the RS
Visionaries to be a dedicated bunch of good sports who enjoy
sailing and want to be with others who do the same. Centres
and clubs would benefit from sending some of their
instructors along with one boat, to take part and maybe
compete against other Educationalists within the industry.
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If you would like to join the RS Vision Owners Club, please
get in contact with us through the website
www.rsvisionclub.com
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2008 Events are being held at Herne Bay SC,
Kent. Mount Batten Centre, Plymouth. Goring Thames SC,
Reading. Contact Matt Hogben for details or visit the
website.
Committee members for you to contact should you wish to get
involved:
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Corporate sponsorship opportunities for RS
Tera, Q’BA and Feva...
- Helping to get support for the local
clubs by the local companies.
- Creating unlimited opportunities for
publicity and goodwill.
- Scheme managed by volunteers from the
club.
- Boat to be used within club for
training and racing development.
- Clubs to benefit from partnerships
and fresh membership opportunities.
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Free Teras for Clubs...
FREE - HYUNDAI RS TERAS FOR SAILING CLUBS
Hyundai are sponsors of the RS Youth Sailing Programme for
2008. One element of this scheme involves the two year loan
of
RS Teras to sailing clubs across the country to help them
promote junior sailing.
Would your club like the use of an RS Tera FREE OF CHARGE?
This is how it works:
- Hyundai dealers purchase an
RS Tera
- The
RS Tera is loaned to a local sailing
club for a two year period
- The sailing club have complete use of the
boat as they choose - to benefit young sailors
The only commitments that participating clubs will be asked
to make are:
- Assist the Hyundai dealer in
generating promotional opportunities eg: hand-over photo
for local press coverage - include Hyundai promo
material in selected club mailings etc.
- Insure the RS Tera - approx £40 per
year
- Make all efforts to send a young
sailor and the boat to the
RS Tera Nationals - this year
this will be a weekend event at Hill Head SC near
Southampton on the beautiful Solent Waters.
If you would like to apply for a Hyundai
RS Tera, please email Jon Partridge at RS Racing:
jon@RSsailing.com
Once we have a list of Hyundai dealerships taking part in
the scheme we will select the local clubs to partner in the
scheme. Please respond quickly because there are more
sailing clubs than Hyundai dealerships!
Good luck with your application.
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RS Q’BA
orders and demonstrations...
Orders for the New
Q’BA
have been coming in steadily over the last couple of months.
Large fleets are now becoming established at Centres like
the Outward Bound Trust in the Lake District, Rutland
Watersports Centre in the Midlands, Bradwell Outdoors in
Essex and Youth Afloat, also in the Midlands. Thanks to all
these places for coming onboard with RS.
For any of you wanting to have a demonstration of the New RS
Q’BA as
part of a fleet purchase, please call me to arrange a date.
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The brand new smaller sister to the RS Feva has a wide
waterline beam and comfortable side decks, encouraging both
adults and youngster alike to sit out and not in. The
Q’BA
has two rig options and an optional jib for when it is being
used as a double hander. Length 3.53m, Beam 1.42m and weight
around 60kg. Perfect for use as the backbone of all sail
training courses or as a more advanced adult single hander
if used with the Mylar Pro sail.
- RS Q’BA
Sport, complete with trolley and top cover - £2,258.72 ex
vat before volume discount is applied to fleet buyers.
- Additional RS Q’BA
Pro sail for adults and more advanced courses - £253.62
ex vat and ex volume discount.
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Comparative reviews and training fleet
renewals...
If your School, Club or Centre is looking for a part or a
whole replacement of its training fleet, why not give me a
call and look at organising a demonstration of the boats in
our range that will suit your needs.
Volume discount structure available for all fleet buyers –
quotes available by request.
Hire fleet and extended loan boats available for ongoing
tests.
Call me to find out more.
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All Purpose Boat prices for 2008 season...
For more info on our range please e-mail me for a brochure
and a price list.
- RS Tera Sport (reefing Dacron main)
£1,187.23 ex vat before volume discount. A fleet of 6
would see the boat price drop to just below £1,000 ex
vat.
- RS Q’BA
Sport plus Jib (slab and roller reefing options) -
£2,118.30 ex vat before fleet discount. Buy Q’BA
Sports plus Jib kits and get them for less than £1700 ex
vat for a fleet of 6.
- RS Feva S (Dacron main) plus Jib and
Spinnaker - £2,851.06 inc vat. Buy 3 and you will pay
less than £2,500 ex vat for each boat.
- RS Vision XL - £4,251.06 ex vat
(includes spinnaker and a choice of Dacron or Mylar
Mains). Buy boats with volume discount and a fleet of 3
will cost less than £3,800 ex vat each.
*prices relate to boats only. Trolleys, top covers and
any additional equipment will be charged at discount
applicable to volume and will be added to the total
cost.
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RS Tera Loan Fleet - Some Bookings still
available…
Contact Dan for more details.
- The 2008 booking rush has proved even
more successful than last year with many clubs ringing me to
see if the Tera Trailer was available for them to book.
- Please e-mail me if you have a cadet
weekend or junior regatta or boat review you would like to
book the Teras for. If you know the dates, now is a good
time to get in contact.
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Kit Review...
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Icom HM-165 lanyard speaker mike for handheld VHF.
The new optional waterproof speaker Microphone. The
waterproof screw-type connector is provided to prevent water
intrusion. The IC-M33 will apparently still float when this
unit is attached.
I will be testing this device out over the next couple of
months and will feed back to you all in July, how its all
gone. Looks like a great idea for all those of us who don’t
like having to reach for our VHF’s and unclip them from our
buoyancy aides every time we need to talk.
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Crewsaver Shield Buoyancy Aid.
Relatively new from Crewsaver, it has a couple of innovative
design features that I am keen to research further.
- Fleece lined hand pocket – for all those days stood in a
safety boat coaching.
- Dedicated rescue knife pocket at the front
- Large zip pocket which looks ideal for coaching notebooks
and all of our whistles and shackles etc…..if I can get my
RYA wet notes pad into this then I will be happy.
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For sale...
Limited number of 2008 spec cosmetic second Tera Sports with
horizontal battens £995…..contact me quickly. Last year
these went within 2 days of the newsletter coming out…
Also
- Only a few left………RS Teras from £900,
RS Fevas (with brand new XL mains, Masts still wrapped in
plastic and brand new daggerboards) from £2,850. Contact
Paul or Richard at Portsmouth Outdoor Centre 02392 666568.
- RS Visions and RS Teras – Competitive
prices to be arranged on contacting Jim at Bradwell Outdoors
in Essex on 01621 776256.
- A couple of RS Visions left – from as
little as £2,850. Contact Mark at Cobnor Activities Centre
near Chichester, West Sussex 01243 572791
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Institutional Modifications...
I am continuing to develop a range of modifications to our
fleet of Training boats and, based on your feedback, these
extras are making your lives at centre and club level much
easier. If you wish to discuss any potential modifications
to your boats, please call me 07887 875015
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RS Vision combination bow fender / stern
towing system - £70.50
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RS Vision masthead flotation system – can
be made up with your own supplies.
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RS Feva stern towing strop - £15
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RS Feva one-piece institutional mast
(Main halyard cleat at base) £249
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RS Q’BA Dotan pump action kick up rudder
system - £99 extra per boat.
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Want to get your hands on new boats - Grant
money….a couple of ideas...
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www.awardsforall.org.uk - Awards for All England is
supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund,
the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England.
We award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to
take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities,
and projects that promote education, the environment and
health in the local community.
www.sportsmatch.co.uk - Sportsmatch can match, pound for
pound, commercial business sponsorship for a sporting event
or activity that aims to increase participation and/or
improve performance at grass roots level. Your project may
be a revenue scheme or, in limited cases, a capital project.
Sponsorship may be in cash or in kind. In order to gain
matched funding from Sportsmatch, a joint application that
fits in with our criteria should be made by you and your
sponsor.
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RYA Coaching and RS...
I am very much encouraged by many of you who have rung and
expressed a wish to have me attend your club in an RYA
capacity. Although I would love to satisfy the demand, my
day to day job still takes centre stage. During peak season
I find it very difficult to fit these training days into my
schedule but as the summer months approach and my role
focuses more on club development, I would love to help run
the odd DI, SI and ADV DI courses you may have. Many of your
RYA Regional Development officers have already booked me for
running training courses in your local area. I look forward
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My Job continues to prove highly
beneficial and as my RS Training fleet continues to grow
across the country and the rest of the world, it seems we as
a company are now giving you what you need more than ever
before. I’m loving meeting so many likeminded sailing
educationalists and hope we will continue to work and
develop our sport into the future.
I can only do as much as you let me do so if you have any
ideas for me with regards fleet development and boat bits,
please call me.
Dan Jaspers
Training and
Corporate Support
Dan@RSsailing.com
07887 875015
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