RS Sailing RS900 Olympic Skiff Sailboat

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The aim of the project is to develop a new sailboat (model name RS900) targeted at selectionfor a new discipline to be included in the Olympic Games – Women’s High PerformanceSkiff sailing.Olympic sailing takes place within specific disciplines (eg. men’s and women’s single-handeddinghies – men’s and women’s double-handed dinghies) and the models of boats used areselected by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). Once a boat has been selected byISAF, it is then purchased and sailed by all competitors wishing to train for, and compete in,that Olympic discipline – a guaranteed, worldwide market.Our company, RS Sailing, has the attributes to develop and distribute a new design boat forthe new Olympic Women’s High Performance Skiff discipline:• We have a proven track record of developing high performance, high qualitysailboats. These boats have won multiple awards around the world and RS is acknowledged asa world leader in the field.• We have a proven record of producing these boats in the required volumes and havean international distribution network in place. Over 50% of RS boats are exported and thispercentage is growing.• We already work with ISAF on various international sailing projects and enjoy astrong relationship.ISAF have encouraged us to develop a boat for the new Olympic discipline. An evaluationtrial will be held during 2012 to select the new model of boat for the 2016 Olympic Games -and once selected, boats are normally used for multiple Olympic cycles. We are happy toprovide reference contacts within ISAF if required.This is a unique opportunity for our company to develop a technologically superior, flagshipproduct that would gain international recognition and bring trade to the UK for a significanttime period if used for the Olympic Games. In addition, the resulting raised profile of the RSsailboat brand would lead to accelerated sales of existing RS models.