Irish RS Elite Association

07/10/2021

https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/242588/Largest-ever-fleet-of-RS-Elites-expected

Led by the irrepressible Charlie Egerton-Warburton, the Brewin Dolphin International Grand Prix 2022 is expecting to attract the biggest ever fleet of RS Elites, to assemble in Cowes on the Isle of Wight in June next year.

15/09/2021

Paul Fisk and crew sailing RS Elite 110 Legs Eleven, the only visitors from mainland Britain, have won a closely-contested 2021 RS Elite Irish National Championship.

13/09/2021

Results of the Irish Nationals at Strangford.
Well done to visiting boat Legs 11 helmed by Paul Fisk showing the Irish boats how it’s done and discarding a 1st.

10/09/2021

13 entries for our Irish Nationals at Strangford Lough Yacht Club. First race is at 12pm Saturday with the possibility of 4 races to allow for the forecasted light winds on Sunday.

01/09/2021

Paul Fisk, Caroline Fisk and Richard Tucker sailing RS Elite 110 Legs Eleven have won the RS Elite Eastern Area Championship hosted by the Royal Burnham Yacht Club over the Bank Holiday weekend of 28th to 30th August at the beginning of Burnham Week.

26/08/2021

Irish RS Elite nationals SLYC 11th and 12 Sept. check out the website for more details and online entry. We’re all looking forward to a great weekend sailing in Whiterock and hope that boats will then stay for the Frostie series.

04/05/2021

The RS Elite fleet got off to a low-key but highly competitive start to the 2021 season after having all open events in 2020 cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions.

31/03/2021

Ballyronan boat club were one of the few clubs to have Elites club racing last year. Let’s hope we all get our boats on the water early this year.

Another great club catch up this week!!

Despite Covid and limited activity last year Ballyronan Boat Club had a bigger demand for sailing courses and increased their membership all with following Covid safe activity!

Fantastic to listen to their journey over the past year!

They are looking to the future now by engaging with their current members and their newly recruited members.

We are keen to support BBC and will be working with the club on updating their development plan and future goals/priorities.

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30/12/2020

Notification of the 2020 Irish RS Elite AGM. Our AGM will be held via zoom on 7th Jan at 7.30pm. It would be great to have at least one representative for each boat in attendance. If you haven't received the meeting ID on you emails and you would like to attend please get in contact with me. [email protected]. Cheers Ed

13/10/2020

Saturday was the penultimate date of the Strangford Lough Yacht Club Frostie Series and a further 2 races were sailed in a gusty North Westerly breeze. 6 Elites made the start with 3 home boats joined by 2 Royal North boats and Storm, from Royal Ulster.

The startline for race 7 saw a group of boats vying for the favoured starboard end of the line. With a biased starboard beat towards a windward mark. Speedwell, helmed by Ed Cody were in a good position from the start and led the drag race towards the windward. Storm helmed by Stephen Polly were behind and closely followed by Illegal helmed by Phil Anderson. Speedwell led from the start but were closely followed by Storm who made ground on the final beat but were unable to overtake.
Race 7 results. 1st Speedwell (Ed Cody, Keith Mcpartland and Martin Mahon), 2nd Storm (Stephen Polly, John Gunning and David Kelso, 3rd Illegal ( Phil Anderson, Mark Fletcher and Clive Corry)

Race 8 had a similar start and first beat with slightly less of a starboard bias than Race 7. Storm led the drag race with the rest of the fleet hot on their heels. The Elites really showed how closely matched they are leading to challenging mark roundings where all boats were looking to gain an advantage,
On the 1st downwind the fleet spread out across the wind. Storm unfortunately had bad luck choosing the left, Illegal and Bamboozled chose right and at the end of the leg, Speedwell in the centre was 1st having benefited from slightly more breeze. The second sausage saw increased wind strength which created additional obstacles on the course as a few cruisers broached losing control..Ed Cody and crew in Speedwell again held off the series leaders Storm who were followed by Illegal. Bamboozled had a good final race of the day in 4th place ahead of Merlin and Usain Boat.
Race 8 results 1st Speedwell (Ed Cody, Keith Mcpartland and Martin Mahon), 2nd Storm (Stephen Polly, John Gunning and David Kelso, 3rd Illegal ( Phil Anderson, Mark Fletcher and Clive Corry)

We are hopeful the final day of racing will take place next Saturday subject to NI Executive rules. Storm has a fairly comfortable lead and 2nd place is tightly fought over between Illegal and Speedwell. When the discard is applied this will shake up results a little from what on the official SLYC website. Usain Boat and Bamboozled will be keen to get good results next week to move them up the ever-competitive fleet.

Photo Credits Jack Kennedy