Welcome to the RS Tera Section of HISC Website

The new season is fast approaching and we'd like to update you on what has been happening and how plans are developing for 2013.

The Winter Season

Over the winter eighteen RS Tera sailors have taken part in some intense but fun training at HISC. This has been hugely successful thanks to coaches Will, Holly and Maisie. All who have taken part have benefited enormously both on and off the water. Elsewhere, other HISC members have continued sailing throughout the winter with RYA and National Youth Squad training programmes.

The New Season

The HISC season will start in late March. We would like to arrange a Rust Remover Day in April aimed at sailors who haven't been out over the colder months. Please let us know whether this is of interest and what skills you'd like to refresh. Look out for our Sail and Train weekend in May. Don't forget Youth Training Week over May half term and Youth Race Week in July. New for this year in July is the Introduction to Youth Racing, three half-day sessions, which intends to be the softest of introductions to racing.

Throughout the season there will be some parent-led fun sailing events on Saturday afternoons to enable new sailing skills to be practiced. On Friday evenings there will be Youth Supervised Sailing - these are practice sessions with the help of an instructor. RYA Courses are also available and run throughout the year. Details can be found in the HISC training booklet and on the Youth Training web page.

RS Tera and Opi Fundays

Look out for more details in the "Youth News" that comes out with the subscription letters. Do let us know via email whether your child is interested and their level of racing experience.

We are planning some RS Tera and Opi fundays in July and August. In July we will run sailing games off the beach followed by a BBQ for both sailors and parents. A Swallows and Amazons day is planned for August. To enable us to run these events we will need parent helpers so please let us know if you would like to get involved.

RS Tera Racing

For those who want to race there is Youth racing on Sunday at 11 am with a 10 am briefing, in or outside the training rooms. New racers may fly a red ribbon to identify themselves to other racers and safety. During the briefing the Race Officer will explain the race course, allocate a red ribbon and ask if anyone wants a 'buddy' to sail with out to the race course before racing.

Throughout the season there will be a number of race series run over the course of three weekends, with prizes after the last race. Once a month there's a Pennant weekend with three 'open meeting' style races on both Saturday and Sunday. See the Youth Fixture List.

Team T-shirts

As the Worlds are in the UK this year, the Nationals are on the South Coast, and we have our own HISC RS Tera Open, we are creating a HISC T-shirt to generate a bit of team-spirit at events. We will be running a competition with a prize for the best strap-line. Please send entries via email to teracaptain@hisc.co.uk.

If anybody wants more information or has input on the 2013 HISC RS Tera Season then please get in touch with us by email (teracaptain@hisc.co.uk) or at the club, we value your ideas and support.

Looking forward to seeing you all for a fun packed 2013 season.