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| Home >> Events >> RS Aero UK Winter Championships at The Oxford Blue, Oxford SC, Sat 15th Feb, UK |
Oxford Sailing Club hosted the last of nine events in this season’s Selden Sailjuice Winter Series, the Oxford Blue, which doubled as the RS Aero UK Winter Championships. The breeze in Oxford started out at 8 knots for the first race but dropped throughout the afternoon, although all three races were completed as scheduled. It was cold with temps of 3'C, and a light rain also coming down at that temp giving a chill....but spring is now just around the corner!
7 RS Aeros competed, nearly 10% of the 80 mixed class boats taking part. The RS Aero UK Winter Champs is scored with all the RS Aeros together on PY using the extracted RS Aero positions they finish in each race amongst just the RS Aeros, to achieve a purer overall RS Aero result.
Winner of the RS Aero winter champs was series sponsor Steve Norbury (Warsash, RS Aero 7) of Selden, counting a 2,1 amongst the RS Aeros. Peter Barton (Lymington Town, RS Aero 7) counted 1,3, to take 2nd on a tie break from Clive Jackson (Dorchester on Thames SC, RS Aero 7) in 3rd counting 2,2. Top RS Aero 6 was Andy Hill (Warsash) who was top RS Aero in Race 2. Top RS Aero 5 and top Female was Evelyn Tinker (Papercourt).
Unfortunately this time the RS Aeros did not make a mark on the overall leader board with Peter Barton top RS Aero in the overall standings down in 26th.
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LAST CALL!
The RS Aero 7s are one of the largest Classes entered, alongside the Solos and Radials with nearly 80 mixed class boats in total!
The RS Aeros will once again include the Oxford Blue as our UK Winter Championship with a great day of racing in a central location. For keen racers and aspiring young sailors the SailJuice Series is invaluable, providing focus with a year round calendar with big fleet race experience.
Oxford is a very central location. The handicap fleets are split, so we are on a start line with similar speed boats. Average lap racing is used, minimising waiting time in between races.
The large mixed class entry is scored on one results sheet making for an intriguing PY challenge! In the past we have had tremendous entries of RS Aeros enjoying this early season event, providing great Class racing in addition! The 3 race format provides a good day's racing - the perfect spring board from which to launch an awesome start to the 2025 season!
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