Owners Club Newsletter

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Issue 10 - March 2009
RS Tera junior development programme for Denmark
The Danish Sailing Union has just announced a huge initiative to encourage junior sailing inDenmark using the RS Tera dinghy. This follows the success of their RS Feva programme which
saw over 100 Fevas introduced into Danish sailing clubs in 2007. The new programme this year
will allocate 50 more Fevas to Danish clubs together with up to 200 Teras.

Danish Tera sailors in action at the RS Tera 2008 World Championship in Sweden(photo by Richard Gibbons)

The Danish Sailing Union tested a range of modern and traditional junior single handed dinghies
with junior sailors before choosing the RS Tera as the most suitable for developing junior sailing.
Announcing the programme they explained:“When our goal is to have more children and young people sailing, we must have more varied
and modern options for them. Especially if we want to keep the children who do not catch theinterest in sailing in the current traditional one-person craft.
The Danish Sailing Union and the clubs who have already purchased new and modern equipment
have learnt that this is an important tool in efforts to get more children and young people to sail,and to keep them sailing.”
The new Teras are provided to sailing clubs at reduced cost thanks to sponsorship of the
programme by the shipping company Torm.

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RS boats adopted for RYA OnBoard

RS are pleased to have been appointed by the RYA OnBoard scheme as an official supplier inrecognition of the RS Tera,
Feva and Q’ba being ideal
boats to get more youngsters
onto the water in 2009 andbeyond.
OnBoard Clubs will be able toarrange the use of an RS Teraloan fleet (left) through theirlocal OB Officers and a special
pricing package is available. If
your club wants to know more
about the suitability of the RS
Tera for junior training, orwould like a demonstration,please contract Dan Jaspers at
RS: Dan@RSsailing.com

RS Teras - recognised by the RYA OnBoard scheme as ideal for training

Tera sailing in the sun
After trialling a few Teras for a year, the sailing holiday company Minorca Sailing is expanding
their RS Teras fleet in Minorca to 20 boats this year. Minorca Sailing found the Tera to be an
ideal modern small boat that is a fun way to introduce children to sailing.
The Minorca Sailing Teras
have Minisails (just 2.7sqm) for
the smallest sailors, plus Sport
sails and Pro sails to help
junior s progress and improvesailing techniques whilst on
holiday with them. Could be
the ideal place to improve yourTera sailing in the sun - see
www.minorcasailing.co.uk
for details of their holiday
training and racing packages.

Tera learning is fun in the sun at Minorca sailing2Allen Brothers sponsor RS Tera Europeans

Allen Brothers, the dinghy performance hardware manufacturers, will sponsor the RS Tera
European Championship taking place at Lake Garda in Italy this August.
The Tera will be sharing the event with RS Fevas and RS 500s for the first combined RS Classes
Europeans – full details are already on a new website at www.rseuropeans.com This website
has photos and videos of Fevas and RS 500s in action on beautiful Lake Garda, plus some great
photos of Teras in action at last year’s Worlds in Sweden.
You will also find the championship programme on the website and there is on-line registration,
so you can easily book a place now. The event will be the first RS Tera Europeans and following
on from the success of the first RS Tera World Championship last year, which had 50 competitorsfrom eight nations, we expect it to be very popular. Also this will be the first RS Terainternational event to combine RS Tera Sport and Tera Pro racing – more details will follow on
this soon.
German Tera sailors announce RS Tera Two-Nations Cup

RS TERA Zweiländer-Cup
Dänemark – Deutschland
4th – 5th July 2009
Wassersport-Vereinigung Mönkeberg
Some more great news fromGermany - there will be the first
RS Tera Two-Nations Cup
between German and Danish
Tera sailors this summer. Theracing will take place at
Mönkeberg near to the famous
yacht racing area of Kiel inGermany on the 4th and 5th July
2009. The event has beendeveloped by Tera sailors from
Wassersport-Vereinigung
Mönkeberg in Germany and theirfriends at the Aabenraa Sejl
Club in Denmark. Both of thesesailing clubs competed in the RS
Tera Worlds in Sweden lastyear.

German Tera sailors and team at the RS Tera Worlds in Sweden

The Notice of Race (German version) can be found on the RS Tera Owner’s Club website –www.terasailing.com . Depending on the number of entrants the event may be open to sailors
from other nations - please contact Andreas Bock yachtsport@t-online.de if you are interested inattending.

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UK RS Tera Race Squad
We have now received 20 registrations for the RS Tera Race Squad 2009 and there is still theopportunity to get involved if you would like to take advantage of a structured race training
programme this year.
To join the squad sailors need not be racing experts but must be confident enough to sail atriangular course. The registration fee is £20 for the year and there are two national training
weekends planned with RYA Coaches which will cost £40 each. RS Tera Race Squad jackets
are also available for registered members. Contact the RS Tera Owners Club Secretary for moredetails about squad registration: zoehandley@talktalk.net
Preparations for the first squad training weekend at Hayling Island SC, 4/5th April, are well under
way now. Coaches will include RYA Racing Coaches Debbie Darling and Alex Grassick. Debbie,a former GBR Olympic sailing competitor, is also taking registrations for the event: debbie@rsassociation.com The briefing will start at 10am on the Saturday.
The second national training weekend will be at Dabchicks SC, 9/10th May, the host club for theRS Tera Nationals in September this year, so a chance to get some really useful local knowledge
in advance! More details of this training weekend and other events will be sent to squadmembers and published on the website.

This year’s RS Tera race training will be underway soon
(photo by Dave Spensley-Corfield)

2009 RS Tera race and training programme
There will be plenty of fixtures for RS Tera racing and training in the UK this season:
Ardleigh SC, East Coast – 14th March, East Region training
Hayling Island SC, South Coast - 4th/5th April, RS Tera Race Squad training
Bough Beech SC, Kent - 18th April, Open racing
Desborough SC, Thames – 19th April, Open racing
Dabchicks SC, East coast - May 9th/10th, RS Tera Race Squad training
UK Inland Nationals, Draycote SC, Midlands, June 6/7th
Aldeburgh Yacht Club, East Coast, 5th July, Open racing

4Royal Burnham YC, East Coast, 11/12th July, Open racing
Hayling Island SC, South Coast, 25th July, Open racingEuropeans, Lake Garda, Italy, 2nd to 6th August
UK Nationals – Dabchicks SC, East coast – 19th/20th September
Hill Head SC, South Coast, 17th October – Open racing
The first event is almost upon us - a Tera training day at Ardleigh SC on 14th March with training
for racers and improvers. The day will start with boats and sailors ready at 9.30am and Alex
Grassick will be coaching the racers. For details of registration (prior to the event) contact Ru
Watkins: ruandjo@aol.com This will be followed by the first national race training weekend atHayling Island SC, described above.
In April there will be back to back open racing days over the weekend 18th and 19th at Bough
Beech SC in Kent, Saturday, and Desborough SC at Sheperton, Sunday. Bough Beech is areservoir with plenty of open sailing water and the Desborough racing takes place on the River
Thames (river racing is an essential skill for all would-be future experts to master!).
Both promise to be fun days with plenty of prizes including the Nauticalia Trophy and Ayton
Endeavour trophies at Desborough.

River Tera racing at Desborough SC in April

Several other dates for opens and training may be added soon – check the ‘Events’ section of theclass website www.terasailing.com to get the latest information.

New look website coming soon
Watch out for a new RS Tera website coming soon as part of the RS Youth Sailing website. To
get an idea of things to come take a look at www.rsyouthsailing.org and click on the RS Feva
button (the RS Tera button will re-direct to the current Tera Owner’s Club website).

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Tera UK Committee to meet at Hayling Island
If you volunteered (or were volunteered!) at some stage to join the RS Tera Owner’s Club UKCommittee, please note that we are planning to have a short meeting some time (probablySaturday PM) during the Hayling Island SC National training weekend (4th/5th April). More details
and an agenda will be sent out soon.
When the lakes are frozen…
With some sailing lakes in the UK frozen over this winter for the first time in 40 years, somesailors found other ways to have fun with their Teras (and it was fast too!). Please note that any
such activities will void your warranty!

For Sale
We know of a few second-hand Teras for sail. If interested, please contact the Secretary (contactdetails below) for further details.
Also some new Pro sails made of Dacron and suitable for the Win Design (silver) spars areavailable complete with long mast top at cost price (also contact the Secretary).
Online registration for RS Tera Owner’s Club To join just click the ‘Join owner’s club’ button
and fill in the form on the Owners Club website www.terasailing.com. It’s free for now but there
may be a small charge later this season.
New E-mail address for RS Tera Owners Club Secretary Please contact Zoë Handley using
the new email address zoehandley@talktalk.net or call 01737 243127

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