Worlds entries update – Epic!!
The entry list for the Worlds is nearly full. 15 nations and just a couple of boats from the 180 limit. The last few places are within the associations gift and we are awaiting decisions from a couple of new Feva countries. So we will now be operating a waiting list and will offer the last few available places on a first come first served basis if they aren’t taken up by these new nations. So don’t delay in getting yourentry in as this will affect your place on the waiting list. If you are placed on the waiting list we [...]
165 – only 15 from a full entry list!!
Grosseto is definitely going to be big. 165 entries so far and with a limit of 180 we are only 15 from max capacity. Please don’t be disappointed by leaving your entry too late by accident! Enter as soon as possible. I can taste the Gelato already!
Important Worlds Rib and Campervan new info
Ribs and coach boats – April 30 deadline These can be moored in Marina di San Rocco but I need confirmation from everyone who is taking their own Rib (coachboat) or chartering one when you get there. Please e-mail me in any event – even if you have already indicated you are bringing one when you entered. The normal marina fee for the mooring is 39 Euros per day. But if you book the marina berth through me, Golly, the negotiated discount makes the fee: -10 Euros/day for the ribs booked (through Golly) before the 30th April -but 20 Euros/day [...]
Enter Worlds before Entry Fees rise
This is a reminder to anyone who has yet to book for the RS Feva Worlds that the entry fees are going up on the 1st April from £290/€360 to £325/€405. Payment will need to be made before the 1st April so to avoid disappointment Golly strongly advises that you enter straight away! We already have 138 entries. Entries are limited to 180 boats of which 20 are at IRSFCA discretion to be used in the first instance to enable entries from ’new’ RS Feva countries. Entries can not be confirmed until payment has been made.
Worlds Rib/coach boat marina berths
Book your RiBs / coachboats into the Marina at Grosseto now. The marina name is Marina di San Rocco (be careful – there is a marina with a very similar name in Sardinia). The club have negotiated a good discount for those who book early! – instead of the normal 39 euro per day fee it is:- -10 euros/day for the coachboats (it means ribs) booking the mooring before the 30th of April) -20 euros/day for last minute requests (after 30th April) It is high season so for them it is really important to know in advance how many places [...]
Worlds accommodation contact
Pia who was the accommodation contact in Grosseto has been given a new role by the club and is now getting heavily involved in organising the local infrastructure for the 2 worldchampionships that Grosseto is running this summer. The other worlds is that of the f18 catamaran class – one of the most popular cat events in the world! There is plenty of accommodation of all types available – tents, chalet cabins, self catering apartments with various numbers of rooms, hotels, etc. Camper vans are allowed to park in the club grounds. So our new local representative in Grosseto, who can [...]
Worlds over 100 entries already
On Friday the entries for the 2013 RS Feva Worlds in Tuscany crashed through the 100 boat mark – and there are still almost 6 months left to the start of the event! No time to be complacent about your entry though if it’s not already in. The entry limit is 180 so don’t miss that appointment with the Tuscan sun, sea and glorious pasta and wine! 14 countries from 3 continents are coming so far. This is going to be such a nice week and the latest from the yacht club in Grosetto is that all the early planning [...]
Enter the Worlds and get your DVD now!
Over 50 entries are already in for the Tuscany Worlds this year from AUS, CZE, GBR, ITA, MLT, NED, NOR, SWE. Enter now and order your copy of the Feva Pitch DVD to sail even faster at the same time!
The DVD on Faster Feva Sailing is here!
Made by an Olympic coach with expertise in skiff style sailing and RS Fevas, the best DVD ever on how to sail your RS Feva faster – with tips and hints for all levels. Amazingly good footage of the details on ‘how to’ do manoeuvres as well as some of those tiny details that only the best will understand first time – but then a long time to perfect! There is so much in this DVD that you can spend a long, long time getting every last little juicy tip out of it no matter how good you are when you [...]
Dubai – make it fun!
Watercooled in Dubai introduce the ship of the desert to the… well, the RS Feva of course! Now which ship will be most fun today then? Can it be long before the middle east is another Feva hotspot? Oh do stop me – this could go on all day…Just enjoy!
