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Hi! I am in!
Well done to Chunky for setting up a lovely forum, thanks.
I did Barts Bash on Sunday after the Battle of the Classes Southampton Boat Show race in 1003. Great days sailing with some full on planing in the spiky gusts. That was just my 3rd time out and I spent most of the first race trying to work out the best sail settings. My main challenge there seemed how much kicker to use.
In the Bash I got away on the shifty/fluky first beat and actually finished 4th on the water behind Osprey/505/RS300. Can't draw too many conclusions from that considering the patchy conditions (offshore wind under cruise ship and boat show) but I did find the Aero9 very agile, being able to throw a couple of scrambly roll tacks as the wind went crazy underneath the cruise ship.
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25/09/2014 10:35:04
Peter Barton
Posts: 4681
Hi Bryan,
Good to make contact. Where are you based and how did you get on at the Bash?
I'm a Blithfield SC with the only Aero; the Bash, don't ask, just one of those races
Rgds
Skitters 1031
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22/09/2014 09:48:51
skitters
Posts: 20
Hi Skitters,
Picked up the boat on Wednesday p.m., rigged it on Thursday a.m. and sailed it Thursday p.m.
First 'race' is Bart's Bash on Sunday.
I will check in with how the PY compares against my club Laser results when I start the normal racing over the next couple of weeks.
Cheers,
Bryan.
Aero(9) - 1054
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20/09/2014 09:54:33
AeroSmith
Posts: 4
This is just a first contact for me on the site and I'm interested to hear from others about their experiences with the boat and if they are finding the PY's are about right. Rgds skitters
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16/09/2014 07:46:34
skitters
Posts: 20
