RS Elite Open Tour 2023 Announced
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The RS Elite Association is pleased to announce Brewin Dolphin as the Headline Sponsor
RS Elite end of season report 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Stellar RS Elite entry for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta includes Olympic medallists, World and National champions.
RS Elite Early Season Report and 2019 Programme
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
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
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
RS Elite Association publishes preliminary programme for ground breaking 2019 National Championship
The Princess Caroline Bowl Burnham Week 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
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
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
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
Carrickfergus hosted the RS Elite Championship at the weekend. There was strong competition…
RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018 Report
This year’s RS Elite Southern Area Championships were held off Seaview last weekend (9th & 10th June).
Brewin Dolphin RS Elite UK Nationals Preview
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
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
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
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
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
Hayling Island Sailing Club has launched a dry sailing service from the beach. Bespoke launching trollies…
RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018
The RS Elite Southern Area Championship 2018 will be hosted jointly by Bembridge Sailing Club and…
Association Members enjoy new benefits
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
Hayling Island Sailing Club is hosting its Open Regatta event for the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend…
2018 RS Elite Cowes Report – Steady Growth
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Saturday 6 August – Monday 9 August 2016 Twenty RS Elites competed for the inaugural edition of the…
Foudafafa wins UK National Championship 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club served up another truly fantastic RS Elite Championship on…
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013
At the half way point in Cowes Week the overall standings are dominated by the effects of OCS results for…