Latest RS200 News Feedhttp://www.rs-association.comThe countdown to the 2010 UK RS 200 Nationals starts NOW !Entries go live at 08.00 hours on Saturday March 6th 2010.The first 25 boats to enter will receive an early bird Dinghy Showdiscount of GBP25 off the full entry price of GBP150. To enter the UK RS200Nationals follow this link:http://www.sailracer.co.uk/events/event-v2.asp?eventid=49074Those of you at the Show can go to the Sailracer stand to enter on-line. A great turn-out at Grafham WSC for the first official RS200 event for 2010 for a very cold Winter Championship.Full results and report are athttp://tinyurl.com/ya3tanp With thanks to Rob Janering for the report and congratulations to James Peters and Alan Roberts for their win.Some fun photos on http://www.fotoboat.com/Next stops -Island Barn SC SEAS on 20 MarchBristol Corinthian YC SW Tour on 27 MarchDatchet Water SC on 10/11 April for the 1st Gul Grand Prix event for 2010. All RS200s members are now invited to enter the ever-popular RS Eurocup at Riva del Garda Italy 26-30 July 2010. The first major RS event for 2010 is just around the corner - the 200/600/800 Winter Champs. Grafham Water SC are looking forward to welcoming loads of you on 13/14 February and its good to see lots of chat about this already on the 600 yahoo groups.The briefing is at 1100hrs on Saturday with first starts scheduled for 1200hrs Saturday 1030hrs Sunday 3 races/day. You can enter on the day - cost is GBP30/boat for double-handers GBP24 for 600s.Directions and other useful information is athttp://www.grafham.org/?page_id=2 If anyone wants to arrive on Friday evening the club gates will be open through the night.Camping and Motor homes are allowed on site both need to be pre-booked. Details of local accommodation can also be found on: http://www.grafham.org/?page_id=94If you have any further questions do contact Heather on heatherc@rs-association.com or 07711 972216. After the huge success of the 2009 RS200 SW Ugly Tour the dates have been announced for the 2010 SW Ugly Tour sponsored by West Country Boat Repairs. Again there will be 5 events at undoubtly some of the best and most picturesque venues in the UK with three events to count. The tour starts on Saturday March 27th at Bristol CYC last year this event attracted a bumper entry of 39 boats. Then we move onto a new venue with the tours first visit to Chew Valley Lake SC on Sunday May 2nd. The RS200 National Inland Championships are also at CVLSC on Oct 16/17. Third event is at Starcross YC on the Exe estuary on Saturday June 5th. RS200s first ever visit to this venue in 2009 atracted a great entry of 30 boats. Fourth event is a return to the majestic venue of Mounts Bay SC on Sept 4/5 the only two day event of the Tour. The final event is again at Exe SC on Saturday Oct 2nd sure to attract more than the 27 boats in 2009. There will be prizes for silver and bronze divisions at every event. Anyone who takes part in three events will be entered into a draw for a brand new RS200 spinnaker; the 2009 winner of the new spinnaker was Rosie Sands from Exe SC. The RS200 calendar for 2010 has arrived! See http://tinyurl.com/ybbjj2jYou will notice the new format - hope you like it.Gul International are sponsoring the RS Classes again for 2010 and this year they are sponsoring the Racing Circuit - re-named Gul Grand Prix. All Gul RS Grand Prix racing events are on the website - 5 of 7 to count for the overall circuit.Also Championships and Eurocup events are up - off to East Lothian YC North Berwick for both Scottish National and UK National Championships. On-line entry will be available in early 2010 and there will be an excellent early bird discount. We are returning to Fraglia vela Riva Italy for Eurocup. This is set to be a fast sell-out when entries go live to RS Association members in January 2010 so please act quickly if you want to reserve a spot.There are several Regional Series going on again in 2010 - South Eastern Area Series (SEAS) Scottish Series Ugly SW Tour and Mike Saul Dinghy Services Northern Tour. Please note that we are still awaiting one further date for SEAS and several for MSDSNT. There are also some open events listed.Coaching events will be arranged throughout the year and will be added to the programme. If you would like a coaching event at your club please do get in touch - heatherc@rs-association.comWishing you all a very happy festive season and happy sailing in 2010.Heather and Debbie Sailboat Deliveries are planning to deliver boats to Lake Garda for the RS Eurocup event in 2010. Boats can be dropped off at our premises in Emsworth Hampshire at your convenience where we will do all the loading for you. The cost of a space will be GBP425. To reserve a space please complete a booking form from andy@sailboatdeliveries.co.uk and send a cheque for GBP100 as a deposit. Top weekend for RS200s. Our National Champs Geoff and Emma won the Endeavour Emma becoming only the second lady to have won the Endeavour; Geoff has now won the Endeavour for the fifth time a joint record with Mike Holmes. Profile on Emma is also in the November issue of Dinghy Sailing Magazine. A windy weeeknd for the final Ugly SW RS200 Tour hosted by Exe SC. So windy the kite surfers joined in . Full results and report at http://tinyurl.com/ye9apnu Pete Vincent will be arranging the 2010 Ugly SW Tour - details of this and all other RS200 event to be available soon. Geoff Carveth and Emma Clarke held on with a 4th in the final race of the Gul RS200 National Championships at Looe to take the championship. James Peters and Alan Roberts held on to 2nd overall with a 5th. Winner of this awesome hang on to your hats race was James Stewart and crew Toby Lewis. Full results to follow at www.rs-association.com Geoff Carveth and Emma Clarke romped home ahead of the fleet in race 7 of the Gul RS200 National Championships at Looe only to see their main rivals hold onto 2nd. In race 8 the tables were turned when James Peters and Alan Roberts took the lead ahead of Carveth/Clarke. Points are now tight going into the final day. Carveth/Clarke 16 pts Peters/Roberts 19pts Geoff Carveth and Emma Clarke notched up a 1st and a 4th on day 3 of the Gul RS200 National Championships at Looe to take them into the overall lead. Robbie Burns and Vikki Simpson won race 6 which partly made up for the win they lost earlier in the week due to a starting infringement. Ian Martin and Chris Catt are now in 2nd with James Peters and Alan Roberts in 3rd. Provisional results can be viewed on the RS200 webpage Another testing day for sailors at the Gul RS 200 National Championships at Looe. Gate boat James Stewart and Toby Lewis won the first race of the day and Olympic medallist Joe Glanfield sailing with Kate Macgregor in his first 200 event won race two. This leaves the event wide open with Ian Martin and Chris Catt leading overall counting a 1 4 4 followed by James Peters and Alan Roberts in 2nd counting a 3 5 5. However another newcomer to the fleet is Roger Hudson and Taariq Jacobs. The South African Team from Cape Town currently in 3rd counting a 2 6 8. Further results from day 1 and 2 can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/os3bna Ian Martin and Chris Catt win race one at the RS200 Nationals in tricky light and shifty conditions in Looe Bay. Race two saw Robbie Burns and Vicki Simpson win convincingly on the water but retire due to a starting infringement allowing Frances Peters and Claire Lasko to take the Hyde Sails Decanter Trophy. Overall results will be on the RS200 website shortly. Three of Britains leading dinghy repairers are sponsoring the buddy team prize at the GUL RS200 Nationals which start at Looe SC this coming Sunday Aug 16th. The buddy system links a boat from the silver division and a boat from the bronze division with a leading sailor in the gold division so that the less experienced are given friendly support and help from a top sailor in the fleet. The winning team is the one whos silver and bronze buddies improve the most over the week. Dirty Hands run by Phil Scott based in Birmingham Synthesize Yachts and Design run by Jamie Stewart based in Romsey and West Country Boat Repairs run by Pete Vincent based near Bristol will each do a winter overhaul on one of the boats in the winning buddy team. Foils will be re finished gel dings sorted hull polished leaks traced all ropes and fittings checked out; everything the boat needs. This is a great prize which will help give even more emphasis to the buddy teams this year we are very grateful to the three businesses concerned and No.8221; commented RS200 Chairman Nick Charles. To help make sure the buddy teams meet early on during the week and get to know each other there is a new feature at this years RS200 Nationals. Directly after the briefing on Saturday evening there will be a special short Looe quiz; the winning buddy team will each receive half their entry fee back. The RS200 GUL Nationals entry is now closed with 130 boats entered hitting the limit of space Looe has on shore. Buddy team combinations are now on the Nationals website through events menu. To contact Phil Scott at Dirty Hands ring 07973720732; Synthesize Yachts and Design ring 01794 519990; West Country Boat Repairs ring 07813 899043 As we count down the days to a week of wind and glorious sunshine (we hope) in Looe just before you sit back relax and think smugly that you already have everything sorted- there may be one thing you have forgotten and No.8230;. and No.8230;. the Monday night fancy dress! Hopefully you have all been avid readers of the telegraph in the recent months as this years theme is MPS EXPENSES. So as well as remembering to pack the sails and other such frivolities make sure you save some space for the costume (quite a bit of space if you happen to have a penchant for duck houses). Get your thinking caps on now- with still enough time to dig a moat before the Nationals begin there are no excuses! David and Jane Hivey are currently topping the overall RS200 circuit leader board after a convincing win at the last event in Largs with James Boyce/ Sam Tozer second and Pete Vincent/ Tessa Nichols in third. In fourth place overall and also leading the Silver fleet is John Teague/ Lynn Billowes. Paul and Pat Teague are keeping it in the family and are following closely behind. Matt and Ellie Sheahan are ahead of Wes and Jo Kangurs in the Bronze fleet. However it isnt over yet- there is lots still left to play for with two more circuit events remaining. First on the agenda is st1:placest1:placenameHayling/st1:placename st1:placetypeIsland/st1:placetype/st1:place this weekend where quite a few boats will be able to boost their results and shrug off a DNC as a discard. After the fun and games of st1:placeCarnac/st1:place and the Nationals over the summer the RS200s head to Shoreham for the final event in September so there is still time for the results to be shaken up. Hopefully see you all there! Gul RS Youth Championships 18 RS 200s turned up at Netley sailing Club on Friday morning for the 3 day Under 22 youth championships. 2 races were sailed in an increasing breeze a fresh 18 knots saw some of the lighter crews struggling to stay upright. Itchenor members George Yeoman and Georgie Akin- Smith gave us a taste of things to come with 2 bullets leaving the rest of the fleet in their wake. Overnight Itchenor boats occupied the top 3 slots with Ex 420 sailor Andy Shaw crewed by Archie Law in 2nd place and Rob Struckett who has returned from Yale College for a few weeks 200 sailing crewed by Hattie Marsden in 3rd place. Behind them 29er youth world champions Frances Peters sailing with Georgie Andrew and Ed Fitzgerald crewed by Katie jones were joint on points. Saturday brought more wind and a lot of rain. More familiar faces today as Sam Littlejohn and Nicola Groves arrived to give the Itchenor sailors a run for their money. 3 races were sailed round a short course so the sailors boat handling was really put to the test in the 18 knot breeze. George Yeoman and Sam Littlejohn battled it out through the first race it was a race of 2 boats as they left the rest of the fleet behind them. George followed his trend by taking a third bullet and Sam in 2nd. Sam sailed consistently and made 2nd his worst result. Andy Shaw took 3 3rds which pulled him up to 2nd overnight behind George. Sunday was the windiest yet and with storms forecast for the afternoon the race committee were keen to get racing underway. The 2nd and 3rd race was survival sailing for most of the fleet with lots of capsizes on the gybes and at the leeward mark the fleet was quickly spaced out. Josh Flack Crewed by Tom Brophy from Parkstone won the first race closely followed by George. Frances and Georgie from HISC took 3rd. Sam had his worst result finishing 4th before ending the day with 2 more bullets. In the 2nd race Frances and Georgie chased Sam round the track finishing 2nd just managing to hold off George. In the final race Sam did a horizon job with Rob Struckett in 2nd and Josh flack finishing 3rd. It was a convincing win overall by George Yeoman who won with a race to spare with Sam Littlejohn taking 2nd place having not sailed on the first day. Andy Shaw discarded his final 2 results to finish 3rd overall. The full results are on the RS200 class webpages. The RS youth championships is taking place at Netley SC on the 10-12th July. Exams will be over the Nationals season hasnt started- no excuses! It promises to be a fantastic event with racing for all RS classes there should be some close racing and great parties! GBP70/GBP55 for 3 days (double/ single hander) or GBP30/GBP45 for 2 days- this includes entry evening meal camping (next to the club) and the band on Saturday- bargain! See the events listings for more details. Entries for the 2009 RS 200 Nationals have been open now for only two weeks and weve already recieved nearly 50 entries. If youre thinking of coming to Looe in August download your entry from http://tinyurl.com/raxbuu Need a fantastic extra incentive ? If you enter the Nationals by June 25th 2009 you will receive a LDC Racing Sailboats gift voucher redeemable against new sails - GBP50 redeemable against a RS200 mainsail GBP25 redeemable against a RS200 jib GBP35 redeemable against a RS200 spinnaker and GBP125 against a RS200 jib mainsail and spinnaker. Entry form can be found through events and the Nationals sub site. http://www.rs-association.com/docs/RS200 percent20- percent202009 percent20Nationals percent20Form percent20(2).pdf