The RS 200 fleet enjoyed great conditions at the Royal St George YC at the weekend.
Olympian Saskia Tidey – just back from racing at Miami Olympic Classes Regatta – gave an intensive weekend's coaching. Tidey, now the team GBR 49erFX crewmate of Charlotte Dobson, kept the pace up relentlessly over the the two days and crews made noticeable improvements.
The fleet spent almost five hours on the water on the second day in an amazing, sunny force 3-5.
The training weekend is part of an Irish RS class initiative to breathe new life into dinghy sailing. All Ireland champion Alex Barry of Cork, an RS champion, told Afloat.ie that 'friendships through sailing is key to the future of dinghy classes'. Read more here.