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March 2008 |
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RS at the RYA Dinghy Show at Alexander
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Thanks to all of you that came and saw me at the RYA Dinghy
Show at Ally Pally last weekend. The fact that I did not get
my sandwich and drink until 4.30 on Saturday and 3.45 on
Sunday, proves how busy I was.
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I am encouraged to hear from all of you, how
well you think we are doing in the highly competitive Clubs
and Schools market. I have worked with a number of you to
really promote the fact that RS Racing is listening to the
market place and is ahead of the game when it comes to
tailoring our fleet deals to the individual needs of the
Club or Centre. |
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RS Q’BA orders and demonstrations
The Dinghy Show saw the second public outing of the New
RS Q’BA. With production forecast for the end of the second
week in March, many of you will get the chance to have your
fleet of
Q’BAs in place for the sailing season starting in
April. I have been doing the rounds with our demo boat and
have received much positive feedback. Orders have already
been placed and the boat is expected to be in place at a
number of larger outdoor centres and clubs this year so if
you would like to know where the nearest one to you will be
in order to have a look at the boat, contact me direct or
book a demonstration.
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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.
The brand new smaller sister to the
RS Feva will have a wide
waterline beam and wide comfortable side decks encouraging
both adults and youngster alike to sit out and not in. The
Q’BA will have 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. |
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- RS Q’BA Sport, complete with trolley and top cover -
£2258.72 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) £1395
inc vat before volume discount. A fleet of 6 would see the
boat price drop to just below £1000 ex vat.
- RS Q’BA Sport plus Jib (slab and roller
reefing options) - £2489 inc vat before fleet discount. Buy
3 Q’BA Sports plus Jib kits and get them for less than £1900
ex vat.
- RS Feva S (Dacron main) plus Jib and
Spinnaker - £3350 inc vat. Buy 3 and you will pay less than
£2500 ex vat for each boat.
- RS Vision XL - £4995 (includes spinnaker
and a choice of Dacron or Mylar Mains. 3 boats with volume
discount would cost less than £3800 ex vat each.
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*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 - Bookings still
available for some of June and July.
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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 you would like to book the Teras
for. If you know the dates now, its a good time to get in
contact.
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RS Academies go from strength to strength.
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- Congratulations to Rutland Watersports
Centre, Youth Afloat and Stanborough Park for coming onboard
as RS Academies. Your support has been very inspiring for me
and I hope that the partnerships between RS and the Centres
will keep developing. I now have the 10 Academies I forecast
for the first 2 years and potential sites are getting in
touch all the time.
- Let me know if there are any ‘open days’
that your
RS Academy is planning to host where I can send you
brochures and information on the entire range of boats and
maybe even prizes if you are hosting regattas on those days.
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Kit Review
GRK - Personal Rescue Knife – rrp £16.95
www.ldcracingsailboats.co.uk
- Easy to use and with a lanyard
attachment, makes it possible to tie onto buoyancy aides
to stop it falling into the water if pocket has not been
done up properly.
- Blade requires some lubricating
occasionally as once the powder coated surface of the
knife is worn away, it starts to show signs of corrosion
fairly quickly. The Cutting surface remains sharp
however, which is normally not the case on smaller
knives like this.
GUL – Newport Coastal Jacket and High
Chest Trousers
- RRP – Trousers £80 and Jacket £100
- Great items for any Sailing
instructor or water-based outdoor job in general.
Comfortable and designed for ease of use, with
articulated panels which make movement easier.
- Worth noting that if you are logoing
the garments, use iron on and not embroidery. Even when
sealed with latex, the material will leak slowly. A
mistake I made early in the process.
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For sale
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RS Teras from £900,
RS Fevas (with brand new XL mains, Masts still wrapped
in plastic and brand new daggerboards) from £2850 and RS
Visions from as little as £3150. Contact Paul or Richard at
Portsmouth Outdoor Centre 02392 666568.
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RS Visions and
RS Teras – Competitive prices to be arranged on
contacting Jim at Bradwell Outdoors in Essex on 01621
776256.
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RS Visions – from as little as £2850. Contact Mark at
Cobnor Activities Centre near Chichester 01243 572791
I also have a limited number of 2006 spec
RS Teras at my disposal. £1150 inclusive of VAT which
come complete with a Sport sail, Dacron pro sail, top cover
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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
- RS Vision combination bow fender / stern
towing system
- RS Vision masthead flotation system
- RS Feva stern towing strop
- RS Feva one-piece institutional mast
(Main halyard cleat at base)
- RS Q’BA
pump action lifting rudder system
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Calling all RS Visionaries……we need you…
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The RS Vision continues to go from strength to
strength and the growth of the Yahoo Groups RS Vision forum
has helped to develop a real passionate core of sailors who
are keen to get to the events that we have planned for this
year. Racing will be accompanied by training and all of the
events will be friendly and concentrate on the spirit of the
activity and not who has the most mods and best blocks 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.
If you would like to join the RS Vision Owners Club, please
get in contact with us.
2008 Events are being held at Herne Bay SC, Kent. Mount
Batten Centre, Plymouth. Goring Thames SC, Reading. Contact
Matt Hogben for details.
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Committee members for you to contact should you
wish to get involved:
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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
Regional Instructor Conferences 2008 – Practical on
water sessions included…
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Click here to view a pdf of the RYA Instructor
Conference Dates 2008.
I have so far done 3 of the RYA conferences and there are
still 6 to go so I do hope to see many of you at these days.
Feedback so far has been very positive and the Coaches and
trainers are working hard to provide as much of a balance
between practical and theoretical training. Hands on is what
its all about and for those of you wanting to try out the
kit, the Trade will be there with all of the latest Dinghies
and Windsurf Equipment. I’ll see you there.
Sat 29th March 2008 at Hayling Island SC - SE and S Region
Sun 30th – Thames Valley - Datchet
I hope all of you will encourage your instructors to join in
on these days and make the most of all the Coaches and
experience on offer. The Instructors are what will make
these days a success. All conferences bar the evening one
will make use of practical sessions afloat and onshore to
help get the most out of the day. I will see you there. I
made 6 out of 8 last year and this time round I hope to make
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RS Corporate sponsorship opportunity.
Example shows how the RS Tera can be purchased by individual
companies as an advertising platform but the process can be
applied to all boats in the APB range with prices on
enquiry.
Click here
for a printable pdf copy of the proposal. |
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Competition time and WINNERS – On the
road…..
Congratulations to AJ in Aberdovey, Wales for correctly
stating that I was indeed parked next to the Lifeboat
station on the Beach three weeks ago and also a big thanks
to Chris ‘Jaffa’ Jeffries and all those at Mumbles Yacht
club in South Wales for the hospitality and general good
nature. The Tea was just perfect and the company equally
good.
Your prizes are on their way to you now. |
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RS Feva Training
Plymouth Youth Sailing is hosting
RS Feva training.
We have hired the RYA's national Feva coach for Thursday 17
& Friday 18 April.
He will be running specialist Feva racing training for these
two days,
It will include tuning the boats, how to get the best out of
your feva on all points of sail, and race tactics for fevas.
We will be running this from the Mount Batten centre site,
starting at 9am on the Thursday.
The cost will be £10 per day, including, all tuition, boat
storage for Thursday night & changing facilities. To book a
place please contact Stuart Jones on 07917407771 or
plymouthyouthsailing@hotmail.co.uk
every sailor will need to fill out a parental consent form
either on the day or contact me & i will email you one. This
is a unique opportunity, there are 20 Fevas in the port,
lets get them together.
Stuart jones |
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My Job continues to prove highly beneficial and
as my RS Training fleet continues to grow, it seems we are
now giving you what you need. I’m loving meeting so many
likeminded educationalists and hope it will develop into the
future. I can only do as much as you let me do so if
you have any ideas for me and for the RS team, please call
me.
Dan Jaspers
Training and
Corporate Support
Dan@RSsailing.com
07887 875015 |
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