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RS Sailing Demo Day at Staunton Harold Sailing Club on Monday 7th May

by Ann Nugent 8 Apr 2018 11:00 BST
Have a go in the RS Feva at the RS Sailing Demo Day at Staunton Harold Sailing Club © RS Sailing

Calling all sailors from across the Midlands and beyond!

Join us at Staunton Harold Sailing Club for a Bank Holiday packed with RS Sailing! If you've ever-wanted to try one of the RS Sailing fleet, now's your chance. RS Sailing will be joining us at Staunton Harold, all day, to demo their fleets, and will be bringing along a raft of your RS favourites including:

RS Tera

From entry level to international competition the RS Tera gets kids hooked on sailing. Bring your children along and demo the boat and take a look at it's safe sailing features. Find out why it's so quick and easy for children to rig and what makes it the boat such a pleasure to sail.

RS Feva

Great as the next step up for children, and ideal as a parent/child boat. The RS Feva can be sailed as double or single handed. One of our staple boats within our Junior double handed training fleet, also raced by adults as a single hander, this dinghy combines exciting performance on the water with ease of handling, join us and sample the RS Feva.

RS Aero

Lightweight and easy to handle with three rig sizes this boat is a great choice for youths, ladies and guys alike to sail. Growing in popularity, fleets are growing in clubs up and down the country - including ours at Staunton. Now's your chance to demo the RS Aero and see what all the buzz is about.

RS200

One of the most popular double-handers available. Perfect for moderate race teams, the RS200 enjoys s a great racing and social circuit. A great competitive boat, we have a full fleet of RS200s that regularly race both during the week and at the weekends, join us and find out why.

RS500

This dynamic, trapeze skiff, offers adrenalin pumping double-handed sailing - if you've not seen this dinghy on the water, now's your chance to join us and watch it go through its paces!

Enjoy a great day out, at our RS Sailing Demo Day

Whether you sail at Staunton, the Midlands or further afield come and join us for a full-on RS Sailing Demo Day. RS Sailing will be on hand to answer your questions and get you out on the water! Our RS sailors will also be showcasing their boats, there will be no racing - just the perfect chance to come along, chat, cruise and demo an RS! Plus we'll be firing up the BBQ and the bar will be open all day! To find out more, or to book a camping spot, please contact our RS Sailing Demo Day organiser Grahame Newton, email .

Staunton Harold Sailing Club, Calke Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8DL.

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