The RS Venture Connect Class World Championship 2024 has been awarded Silver Level Clean Regatta Certification by Sailors for the Sea. Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana is an ocean conservation organisation. Clean Regattas is one of their key programs; a globally...
Sustainability
RS21 Italian Class present Sustainability Masterclass with World Sailing – 29 November 2023
Nov 17, 2023 | News Stories, Sustainability
The RS21 Italian Class will present a sustainability masterclass on 29th November 2023 as part of the World Sailing Sustainability Sessions. The leading class in sustainability, the RS21 Italian Class is the first sailing class in the world to achieve an ISO20121....
RS Sailing Enters into Preferred Vendor Partner Agreement with Crystal Lagoons
Oct 26, 2023 | News Stories, Sustainability
RS Sailing is proud to announce the entrance into a preferred vendor partner agreement with Crystal Lagoons. A developer of state-of-the-art sustainable technology, Crystal Lagoons is a multinational company that allows crystalline lagoons of unlimited sizes to be...
Robotic Bouys: MarkSetBot returns to the RS21 World Championship 2023
Sep 28, 2023 | Blog, Sustainability
Recognised as one of the oldest sports, sailing is based on centuries of traditions and customs. However, that doesn’t mean that they are stuck in the past! More and more yacht clubs, events and classes are bringing sailing into the 21st century by adopting new...
Are Robotic Racing Marks a Game Changer?
Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Sustainability
Described as a “potential game changer” for regattas by both race officials and competitors, robot racing mark tech is set to change the course of race management forever. Having used smart technology racing marks at the RS21 European Championships in Italy, the RS...
10 practical ideas to help reduce the plastics in our oceans
Apr 21, 2023 | Blog, Sustainability
The core team at RS Sailing are life-long sailors who love being on the water. We’d like to think we’ve developed some great boats for people like us and for the next generation of sailors, so we want to do our part to protect the environment we all enjoy sailing in....
The RS21 Italian Class are setting sustainability standards!
Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Sustainability
The increase in awareness around organisations needing to take corporate responsibility and be accountable for their actions is ever-increasing. We at RS, are proud to be making changes to a more prosperous and sustainable future. This starts with changing mindsets...
Protecting our Playground
Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, Sustainability
#PROTECTING OUR PLAYGROUND We are proud to return as an official partner of SAIL GP Inspire in Britain’s Ocean City, Plymouth. At RS Sailing, we are passionate about protecting our playground and facilitating a more prosperous future. The recent global shift in focus...
World Environment Day
Jun 5, 2020 | Blog, Sustainability
The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. Yet, these are exceptional times in which nature is sending us a message: To care for ourselves we must care for nature. It’s time to wake...
RS Sailing Sustainability
Mar 27, 2019 | Blog, Sustainability
RS Sailing has a truly forward thinking and conscientious approach to sustainability. We wanted to design the RS21 with the ability to be stacked and transported by the half-dozen, in a 40 foot container. We are very proud to have succeeded with this mission. Not only...
RS21 sustainability boosted by Torqeedo
Sep 6, 2018 | News Stories, Sustainability
As production of the exciting new RS21 keelboat gets underway it is time to reflect that, with an increasing focus on sustainability within sailing, improving a keelboat’s green credentials was at the heart of the RS21 design brief. Partnership with Torqeedo followed...
RS Sustainability Program
Feb 3, 2017 | News Stories, Sustainability
The core team at RS Sailing are life-long sailors who love being on the water. We’d like to think we’ve developed some great boats for people like us and for the next generation of sailors, so we want to do our part to focus on protecting the environment we all enjoy...