Welcome to the October Newsletter. You did not miss out on Septembers issue as there wasn't one. While Richard was on holiday, swanning around Scandinavia, Europe and Cyprus, Tom was busy unloading containers and delivering boats. So here we go.
Girls in Sailing
Grace Holligan, RS Aero 5 Youth Sailor from Sandy Bay Yacht Club in Hobart, Tasmania.
Completed her first two races already and was tickled to be beating the Laser 4.7s.
Jacqui Lokum, RS Aero 5 Youth Sailor from Black Rock Y.C. in Melbourne. Ready to leave the beach for a training session with her dad who sails the Finn pictured behind her.
Pictured centre are Charlotte Griffin and Chelsea Connor, winners of the recently concluded NSW Youth Championship in the 420 Class. They won in a Mackay 420 purchased from Sailing Raceboats.
Alex Jackson, RS Aero, standing next to dad (Mark) and his OK Dinghy. After a short, but enjoyable trial sail Alex is mulling over her options to get into the class.
Coming Events
The first get together and shakedown event for the RS classes is at Sail Sandy on the 17th/18th October at Sandringham Y.C. The RS200s, RS100s will be there alongside eight RS Aeros. The Aeros are from Black Rock, Royal Brighton, Lake Boga, Albert Sailing Club, Port Melbourne and Royal Geelong which is a great effort.
The National Championships for the RS classes for 2016 will take place at Royal Brighton Y.C. Feb 5/6 2016
Ins and Outs
A container arrived from Poland with the Carter Optimists which are exceptionally well put together boats.
Also a container from Holland with the fabulously coloured Dragon training Oppis. At $2,600 they are a great buy for anybody with a child learning to sail and have a self draining feature plus they are up to 12kg lighter than alternative boats in the marketplace. (pictured, racked and ready to go, below left)
Deliveries of an RS Aero 9 to Sydney which is a surprise birthday present for a serving RAN officer, we hope to see some pictures soon. It traveled together with a Carter Optimist, pictured below right, destined for another customer in Sydney. A 420 was dispatched to Hobart and two other Aeros were picked up by customers from the warehouse.
Spot the difference
One of these boats is a high performance, state of the art racing machine. The other one is a Moth.
New RS Sailing Rugby & Polo Shirts
Rugby shirt - Navy blue with white collar, polyester cotton mix with “sail it live it love it” slogan in large print on the back, the RS Sailing logo on the chest and the Sailing Raceboats logo on the upper arm. Available mid-September. Please order now to ensure the correct sizes are available. $65.00 + $10.00 postage
Polo Shirt - Navy blue, short sleeved Polo shirts, all sizes available c/w RS aero, 100 and 200 logos on the sleeve and RS Sailing logo on the chest. $40.00 + $10.00 postage In stock now.
Tee Shirt - Black with RS Sailing Logo on front and large “20 years of Awesome RS Sailing ” on the back $15.00 Free postage In stock now.
Baseball Cap - c/w RS Sailing logo $10.00 Free postage. In stock now.
email: Sales@SailingRaceboats.com.au to order
Sailing Raceboats Youth Promotion
This is going well with three young sailors already on board and sailing the Aero 5s.
Thanks to our sponsores youth sailors can save $2000 of the rrp of the RS Aero 5. This is made possible by the generosity of our sponsors, Stewart Insurance,Temby Australia (Musical Instruments) and TAS Electrical Services. All three principals of these companies are active sailors and are delighted to be encouraging the development of youth sailing in Australia.
Details of the offer are herehttp://www.sailingraceboats.com.au/junior-sailing-sponsorship.html
So next time you are blowing your saxophone, thinking about rewiring the house and worrying what it will do to your insurance premiums you will know just who to call....
