RS Elite News

Proposed Rule Change - Vote by 21st October 2024 (AGM)

28 September 2024

Members have asked the committee to consider the antifouling rule. This was discussed at a committee meeting 10th September and due to the following considerations a rule change has been proposed: -

RS Elite League style racing in Tonsberg Seilforning

09 August 2024

5 International teams descended on Norway

Royal Southern YC host a pitch perfect Nationals both on & off the water.

09 July 2024

Riff Raff sailed by Russell Peters, Greg Wells & Zeb Elliott executed a masterclass performance in the breezy conditions.

RS Elite Racing at its Best

01 July 2024

Soak Therapy retains Zhik Southern Area Championship title

RS Elite Spring Champs at Hayling Island SC

30 April 2024

Snakes & Ladders over two days & eight races

2024 RS Elite Newsletter - Season Preparation

01 February 2024

Membership Renewals - 2024 Event Programme - Norwegian International Challenge

RS Elite AGM September 2023

04 September 2023

Minutes

CHICHESTER HARBOUR RACE WEEK

13 June 2023

Early bird discount

CHARTER AN ELITE FOR THE IRISH AND/OR UK NATIONALS?

01 June 2023

Elites available to charter

Soak Insure Southern Area Championship at Hayling Island Sailing Club

31 May 2023

Soak Insure Southern Area Championship report

RS Elite Open Tour 2023 Announced

09 November 2022

The RS Elite Association has announced the RS Elite Open Tour, combining all events open to RS Elite Association...

An interview with Ossie Stewart, National Champion

28 October 2022

When Ossie Stewart won the 2022 Brewin Dolphin RS Elite International Grand Prix and UK National Championship, it was...

Introducing Jo Hewitson, new class chair

21 September 2022

Jo Hewitson became the new chairman of the RS Elite Association in June of this year, with a brief to build on...

RS Elites at Chichester Harbour Race Week 2022

26 August 2022

The third and final day of the RS Elite event in Chichester Harbour Race Week brought a second race win for Colin Smith

Not so much a regatta, more a happening

01 July 2022

The Brewin Dolphin RS Elite Grand Prix held in mid-June was a regatta like regattas used to be, great competition...

Dear Charlie and the RS Elite Class Members

28 June 2022

27th June 2022 Dear Charlie and the RS Elite Class Members, It's safe to say, if anyone can put on a fun event, you...

I wanted to write personally to thank you

28 June 2022

I wanted to write personally to thank you for your great efforts to support the Andrew Cassell Foundation...

Brewin Dolphin RS Elite International Grand Prix

16 June 2022

Ossie Stewart crewed by his son Tom Stewart and Geoff Carveth, sailing More T Vicar, won the Brewin Dolphin RS Elite...

RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2022

15 June 2022

Coming just one week before the RS Elite International Grand Prix, many sailors regarded the RS Elite southern Area...

2021 RS Elite Irish National Championship

14 September 2021

Paul Fisk and crew sailing RS Elite 110 Legs Eleven, the only visitors from mainland Britain, have won a...

RS Elite Eastern Area Championship 2021

01 September 2021

Paul Fisk and crew (Caroline Fisk and Richard Tucker) sailing RS Elite 110 Legs Eleven have won the RS Elite Eastern...

RS Elite National Championship 2021 at HISC

25 July 2021

Tom Hewitson and crew (Colin Smith and Jo Hewitson) sailing RS Elite 7 Shaken Not Stirred have won the RS Elite...

RS Elite Southern Area Championship at HISC

12 July 2021

Tom Hewitson and crew in Shaken not Stirred were overall winners in the RS Elite Southern Area Championship held at...

RS Elites at the Royal Burnham YC Whitsun Regatta

03 June 2021

Following a training session laid on by the Class Association in partnership with the Royal Burnham YC...

RS Elite Spring Regatta at Hayling Island SC

04 May 2021

The RS Elite fleet got off to a low-key but highly competitive start to the 2021 season after having all open events...

International Grand Prix postponed until 2022

13 April 2020

The RS Elite Association have announced that, due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Brewin Dolphin RS Elite International Grand Prix...

Brewin Dolphin announced as headline sponsor

30 January 2020

The RS Elite Association is pleased to announce Brewin Dolphin as the Headline Sponsor

RS Elite end of season report 2019

12 November 2019

Competition in the RS Elite fleet was wide open in 2019 with three different winners of Grand Slam Trophy events.

International Grand Prix 2020 - Save the Date

07 November 2019

The RS Elite International Grand Prix 2020 hosted by The Royal Yacht Squadron is set to be the largest RS Elite Regatta to date

RS Elite Eastern Area Championship 2019

27 August 2019

Paul Fisk, Caroline Fisk and Richard Tucker repeated their Cowes Week success at the 2019 RS Elite Eastern Area Championship

Irish National Championship 2019 Royal Ulster YC

27 August 2019

Close racing, tight finishes & plenty of place changing were the order of the day over the two days

RS Elites at Chichester Harbour Race Week 2019

24 August 2019

Ossie Stewart's More T Vicar (RS Elite 67) decisively won the RS Elite event in Chichester Harbour Race Week

RS Elites at Cowes Week 2019 - overall

18 August 2019

RS Elite Association chairman Paul Fisk has made a clean sweep of trophies in the RS Elite class in Cowes Week this year

RS Elite National Championship 2019 Dun Laoghaire - overall

22 July 2019

The 2019 RS Elite National Championship, held as part of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, produced a nail-biting finish

RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2019 at BSC

03 June 2019

Although they could have done with a few more knots of breeze on Saturday, eleven RS Elites had two excellent days of racing

HISC Whitsun Regatta 2019 sponsored by GJW Direct

28 May 2019

The RS Elite class held its first open event of 2019 as part of HISC's hugely successful Whitsun Regatta.

Southern Area Championship at Bembridge SC Preview

20 May 2019

The RS Elite fleet will hold its first championship event of 2019 at Bembridge Sailing Club.

Eastern Area Championship to be held in Burnham Week

13 May 2019

This year's new RS Elite Eastern Area Championship will be held at the beginning of Burnham Week.

Stellar RS Elite entry for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

03 May 2019

Stellar RS Elite entry for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta includes Olympic medallists, World and National champions.

RS Elite Early Season Report and 2019 Programme

01 May 2019

The RS Elite fleet had a stellar year in 2018. Highlights of the season included a highly successful National Championship.

Crabbers Nip Series at Hayling Island Sailing Club

21 January 2019

Ossie Stewart emerged victorious in the Hayling Island Sailing Club's open Crabber's Nip autumn/winter series for RS Elites.

RS Elite late season report December 2018

12 December 2018

2018 has been an active season for the RS Elite class with well-attended open events throughout the British Isles

Ground breaking National Championship 2019

03 October 2018

RS Elite Association publishes preliminary programme for ground breaking 2019 National Championship

The Princess Caroline Bowl Burnham Week 2018

03 September 2018

The Princess Caroline Bowl for RS Elites in this year's Burnham Week was won by Paul Fisk's Legs Eleven

RS Elite Chichester Harbour Race Week 2018

18 August 2018

Colin Smith and crew sailing RS Elite number 007 Shaken not Stirred emerged as winners of the RS Elite event in...

RS Elite Tri-Handled Trophy at Lendy Cowes Week 2018

07 August 2018

RS Elite number 20 Riff Raff has won the Tri-Handled Trophy for the best performing RS Elite in the first four days...

Brewin Dolphin RS Elite UK National Championship 2018

03 July 2018

Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club hosted the Brewin Dolphin RS Elite UK National Championships over four days...

RS Elite Irish Championship 2018 at Carrickfergus SC

21 June 2018

Carrickfergus hosted the RS Elite Championship at the weekend. There was strong competition...

RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018 Report

15 June 2018

This year's RS Elite Southern Area Championships were held off Seaview last weekend (9th & 10th June).

Brewin Dolphin RS Elite UK Nationals Preview

07 June 2018

With the 2018 season now well under way the next major event for the RS Elite fleet is the Brewin Dolphin RS Elite...

Staying power & steady growth - RS Elite early season report

04 June 2018

The RS Elite caught the attention of the press in its first season when the first six boats then built all took part in 2004...

Hayling Island SC Whitsun Regatta 2018

29 May 2018

Russell Peters and crew sailing Riff Raff was the overall winner in the RS Elite class on the second and final day...

RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018 Preview

14 May 2018

The RS Elite fleet gets its 2018 inter-club racing season under way with the Southern Area Championships...

Drone footage of RS Elite Sprint Racing at Hayling Island SC

01 May 2018

RS Elite Sprint Racing at Hayling Island Sailing Club, April 2018 - a few minutes of up and downwind drone footage.

RS Elite dry sailing from the beach at HISC

09 April 2018

Hayling Island Sailing Club has launched a dry sailing service from the beach. Bespoke launching trollies...

RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018

05 March 2018

The RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018 will be hosted jointly by Bembridge Sailing Club and...

Association Members enjoy new benefits

01 March 2018

RS Sailing has invited the Association to take part in the RS Sailor Club scheme whereby members benefit...

Whitsun Regatta 2018 Hayling Island Sailing Club

28 February 2018

Hayling Island Sailing Club is hosting its Open Regatta event for the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend...

2018 RS Elite Cowes Report - Steady Growth

06 February 2018

2017 saw the arrival of a fifth RS Elite whose owner is a permanent resident on the Isle of Wight, the Cowes Fleet's...

National Championship 2018 Royal North of Ireland YC

15 January 2018

The RS Elite National Championship 2018 will be hosted by the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on the shores...

The 2017 Zhik RS Elite National Championship

04 July 2017

Twenty nine of the thirty one RS Elites entered for the Zhik RS Elite National Championship made it to the start line...

Very tight racing at Irish RS Elite Championship

04 June 2017

Glorious weather smiled on Cultra last weekend for the Brewin Dolphin RS Elite Irish Championships. This coupled with a...

2017 RS Elite Cowes Training Day Report

10 May 2017

On Saturday 6th May, members of the growing Cowes fleet of RS Elites benefited from a day's coaching...

2016/17 RS Elite Cowes Fleet Report

06 March 2017

2016 was decidedly a year of lows and highs - two Elites were lost in the January 2016 Cowes fire but were...

Southern Area Championship at Hayling Island SC

04 September 2016

Visitors from Cowes and Burnham along with the locals from HISC, made up an impressive fleet of 22 RS Elites...

Convincing win for No Riff Raff at AAM Cowes Week 2016

04 August 2016

Saturday 6 August - Friday 12 August 2016 With the Tri-Handled Trophy settled on Tuesday when Charlie...

RS Elite Cowes Week 2016 - Tri-Handled Trophy

04 August 2016

Saturday 6 August - Monday 9 August 2016 Twenty RS Elites competed for the inaugural edition of the...

Foudafafa wins UK National Championship 2016

04 July 2016

After having successfully launched 20 Elites with the club crane on Wednesday, the event organizers could...

Win for Kin in Irish Nationals 2016 at Carrickfergus

04 July 2016

The RS Elite Irish Nationals has just taken place Hosted this year by Carrickfergus Sailing Club...

New RS Elite 'Tri-handled Trophy' for Cowes Week

04 January 2016

Charlie, Julia and Piers Egerton-Warburton, have donated a handsome, gilt-lined silver trophy to the RS Elite...

Tight racing in the RS Elite's greatest ever Cowes Week

04 August 2015

The final three days of Cowes Week saw the RS Elites battling it out to find the 2015 Aberdeen Asset...

Ossie Stewart and sons clinch Southern Area Championships

04 August 2015

Despite many previous championship titles to his name, Ossie Stewart seemed genuinely moved when he...

Jono Brown wins the UK Nationals for the fifth time

04 August 2015

Day One at the Lofoten RS Elite Nationals was not easy. With a patchy NW breeze off the Highcliffe shore in...

Storm wins the Irish National Championship

04 August 2015

This year the Irish Nationals were hosted in Dublin as part of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, some 400...

RS Elite wins the RYS Bicentenary Regatta

04 June 2015

'If you want to win silverware, may I suggest that you all look no further than an Elite" Charlie and Julia...

The Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge

01 April 2015

Steel Pulse Lit up Nelson's Dockyard and the Italian Stallions ruled in the Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge...

Another cracking Cowes Week - sun, sail & social

13 August 2014

RS Elite racing at Cowes Week has delivered its famous mix of glamorous conditions, huge atmosphere ashore and afloat...

RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2014

13 July 2014

Fine hospitality, hot weather, light winds and tight racing characterised the RS Elite Class's return to the Royal Yacht...

RS Elite National Championship 2014 RBYC

13 July 2014

It is hard to imagine two better days sailing at the RBYC. A steady Easterly breeze enabled the Race Officer to...

2014 Cardinal Analytics Irish National Championship SLYC

13 June 2014

Strangford Lough Yacht Club were hosts over the 28th-29th June for the 2014 Cardinal Analytics RS Elite Irish...

Brewin Dolphin RS Elite National Championship 2013

13 August 2013

The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club served up another truly fantastic RS Elite Championship on...

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013

12 August 2013

At the half way point in Cowes Week the overall standings are dominated by the effects of OCS results for...

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