RS Venture Connect in World Sailing’s Para Programme
Recent months have seen remarkable progress for the RS Venture Connect. It began with adoption by World Sailing into its para sailing programme; continued by winning two top international marine industry awards and has been rounded off by one of the most successful...
RS21 Keelboat – Technical Development
The RS21 Keelboat has been three years in the making and promises to change the game of club keelboat racing. Alex Newton-Southon – Managing Director (Technical) RS Sailing gives an insight into the Technical Development of the RS21 Keelboat. “It is so exciting to be...
RS21 Club Keelboat Launch – an emotive process
Our brand new keelboat was launched at Düsseldorf Boat Show this weekend, designed to bring wider availability and popularity back to keelboat racing. Jon Partridge - Managing Director (Sales) talks us through the emotive process. "There is something unbelievably...
RS21 – Ideal club racing keelboat
RS21 Keelboat Overview The brand new RS21 keelboat responds to the need for a progressive, simple and affordable solution for keelboat clubs that increasingly see the opportunity for fleet ownership, league competition and training. Development of the boat...
The ultimate multipurpose small training dinghy
The RS Zest has been designed as a teaching boat through and through, and aims to be the world's answer to small sailboat training dinghies for a variety of skill level and ability. We spoke to many key players in the industry worldwide and asked what were the pit...
RS Games 2018
The world’s biggest dinghy event in 2018? One of the world’s biggest ever dinghy racing events will burst into life in Weymouth and Portland when the RS Games 2018 kicks off next August. 1000 boats and 1500 competitors from around 30 nations are expected to make the...
RS Sailing and Seldén working together
Mark Jardine, of Yachtsandyachting.com spoke to Steve Norbury of Seldén Mast, and Alex Newton-Southon of RS Sailing, about how they work together on the design and manufacture of a variety of components for the RS range of dinghies. Mark Jardine: Seldén...
RS Zest wins ‘Best Daysailer’ at Sail Magazine’s 2018 Best Boats Awards
We are really proud to announce that the RS Zest has been awarded 'Best Daysailer' at Sail Magazine's 2018 Best Boats Awards. Sail Magazine summed up the Best Boats Class of 2018, by using the word “performance” and this is something that the RS Zest has bags of. The...
RS Venture Connect SCS Power Assist Pack wins Overall DAME Award
The DAME Awards winners have been announced at METS 2017 trade show with the RS Venture Connect SCS Power Assist Pack taking the top OVERALL title. Working in conjunction with Scanstrut and electronics expert para sailor Tom Harper, RS Sailing’s technical team have...
Marc Jacobi on the RS Aero
Marc Jacobi, based in Westport, CT is a seasoned sailor and seasoned blogger, here discusses the RS Aero. THE TIME HAS COME For years, singlehanded sailing has been dominated by one or two classes. Unfortunately, the newest of them is now over 45 years...