RS Sailing

RS Sailing, the UK\'s leading chandlery and boat producer, are currently looking for a committed member of staff to join our retail team at LDC Sailing. The role involves all aspects of a sailing retail business including: customer service, order processing, mail order packing & despatch, stock control and many more. You will need to be enthusiatic, presentable, computer literate and keen to work as part of a dedicated and busy team. Ideally the candidate will be a keen dinghy sailor with knowledge of dinghies and equipment and be able to work in a methodical way. The role will be based at our new facility near Romsey. This is a great opportunity for the right person to join one of the UK\'s most dynamic marine industry companies. losing date for ap…

( Posted: 07-12-2011 )

To celebtate our move to our new premises, we\'re discounting all clothing and rope by 10%. To add to the Christmas spirit, we\'ll also be offering mulled wine and mince pies. Whether looking to purchase something for the sailor in your life, or indeed as a treat to yourself, please pop along and have a look around. A link of our new address including a map can be found further down the page. We look forward to meeting you. he new look LDC. LDC have moved away from the \'trade counter\' approach to retailing that we had at Chandlers Ford and has placed a vast array of products out in the large retail area. This means that you can view and try many of the products that we offer. We stock clothing by Zhik, Gul, Gill  Marine , Neil Pryde, and O\'Ne…

( Posted: 24-11-2011 )

RS Sailing will soon launch the RS Venture dinghy within its All Purpose Boats (APB) range. The design concept is to deliver a large multi-role dinghy suitable for cruising, training or even club racing, in response to growing demand from training centres, private customers and international RS dealers. With a capacity for up to 6 people (or 500kg max), the RS Venture offers a stable vessel that can sit on a mooring as well as having the option of storing and deploying an outboard engine, yet is responsive enough to give rewarding performance under sail, like every RS. Manufactured in GRP and 16 feet in length, the RS Venture is easily handled and offers excellent stability through the impressive beam of the boat and moderate freeboard. This also gi…

( Posted: 04-07-2011 )

The RS100 class is continuing to increase its presence worldwide in 2011, with over 60 new boats dispatched already this year to 15 different countries. The largest numbers have been delivered to Germany, the USA, Switzerland and the UK. Gaining a larger and larger international presence, the RS100 can also now be spotted in Canada and Thailand – really beginning to spread across the world! Building on the strength of its launch last year, the RS100 racing scene is also gaining momentum with each event in 2011. The RS100 Euro Grand Prix began in May in Holland with 20 boats racing, the next one comes up in early July on Lake Como, Italy, followed by Weymouth in August and it finishes off with an event in L’Estartit, Spain in September (with 3 out of 4…

( Posted: 16-06-2011 )

RS500 Magic Marine World Championship hits 50 entries RS Games – 15-26th August 2011 – Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy May 2011 – A record-breaking 50 entries have now been received for the RS500 World Championship. The competition forms part of the RS Games, one of the biggest dinghy racing events ever held, which is set to take place this August at the 2012 Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth. The 50th entry came from Netherlands sailors, Barend Hilterman and Max Blom, who were last year’s bronze medallists, and who recently won the RS500 Easter Garda Cup event in Italy. With nearly every team from the top ten places in the 2010 RS500 World Championship now signed up to compete in this year’s event, the battle for the podium plac…

( Posted: 17-05-2011 )