International RS Feva Spring Update

Action from the 2013 RS Feva worlds © Bill Tucker

A busy winter is leading to a busy summer. The following is a brief update about what the Class is up to on an international basis this year from major Championships through language and training camps to developments in the sailing hotspots of California, Australia and New Zealand and more besides...

Euro Cup Championships (29th - 31st May)

Entries for this 3 day event are now open. http://rsfeva.org/championships/cindex.asp?clselect=Home&eid=14

Bruinisse, the terrific venue of the 2011 World Championships is where we are headed to for this great event. The trophies haven't been competed for since the European Championships in Lake Garda in 2009 making the current holders the longest ever! We aim to make this an annual competition. This years event is being held in conjunction with the RS Tera class.

The World Championships in Carnac are booking up. The early entry discount runs out at the end of March so enter now! 110 boats have already entered but with many more possible just remember that there is a maximum limit of 180 – so don't miss out! Entries have been received so far from: NED, ITA, IRL, NOR, SWE, DEN, CZE, GBR, GER & EST with more promising to make it. Get your entry in now and save money!

The Crown Cup in the Czech Republic, sailed on Lipno Lake the weekend of 21-22 June, is also being reformatted to form part of the New Alpine Circuit. So this will be an Open event for sailors from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic. All other countries are invited to send one or so of their best boats. There will be charter boats available for those coming from these other (non open event) countries.

The Easter training (International Training Camp), in Spain is nearly upon us. There are more places still available if you book quickish. It will be great fun in the new setting of L'Escala and with the presence of the RS Teras too indulging in their first ever such event.

The language camp in Rutland UK at the beginning of July will have CZE and NED language sailors and the sailing training is guaranteed to be decent with a top UK coach and the local boats from Oakham School and the sailing club also participating. Again this can also still be booked.

Development

The USA has more exciting developments with the announcement of joint training weekends with RS Fevas and 29ers at Coronado, San Diego on 22/23 March and 4/6 April. Jonathan Lewis from the UK will be there to ensure real up to date expertise is brought to bear. There is also further consolidation going on in the NE of the country at Larchmont on Long Island Sound.

Hong Kong held a very successful inaugural National Championships in January at the Aberdeen Boat Club. Well done to the first champions Julian Fung and Thorwen Uiterdaal from RHKYC. And still in the far east the Japanese Sailing Federation has accepted the RS Feva as a national class.

New associations are close to being formed in both NZL and UAE (Dubai in particular), with new fleets having been launched at various places in both countries. The Australian association has received a boost over the last year with great new impetus in both Sydney and Melbourne. Once these traditional sailing nations get how great the RS Feva is as both a top training boat and a general enthuser of the young I am sure that they will be making a big hit on the current traditional top of the crop!