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RS Aero Virtual Regatta Championships supported by RS Sailing
Finals Report thanks to Matt Thursfield;
109 entries from 17 countries entered the RS Aero VR Championships, seeking a place in the coveted RYA Spring Class Champs, being held in June. On entry each competitor ranked their eSailing experience and were accordingly flighted for a 5-race 6 flight session on Monday.
Liam Willis sailing a 9 rig topped the leaderboard after the first night's sailing, resulted in him being kept away from his closest adversaries, who had been put into one of 5 other flights for Tuesday's reseeded racing. Five more races completed - and the flights were done. The Top 40 eRacers reached Thursday's finals night with 21-40 in the B event, the appetiser for the top 20 Grand Final shootout.
Winning the B final was the odds on favourite Henry Chandler, scoring a consistent series of 2, 3, 3, 3, sailing well at all 4 venues in a mixture of wind strengths, Will James followed with Martin Roots and Paul Wright Anderson next across the line for the minor placings some way behind 'Heno's charge.
By 19:30, the facebook stream had been tested, the PRO had checked his anchorage, it was time to get the hot ticket event under way. With the Top 20 all in one fleet and no discards, a high scoring series was likely and 4 consistently good races were going to be key. No-one really knew whether the finalists had just got a lucky flight path to the final or if they really were the top eSailors in the RS Aero fleet.
Race 1, saw our sole Italian finalist, Iacopor Roncuzzi, take line honours, a talented RS500 sailor who trains in the RS Aero when crewless.
The problem when winning the first race is there's really only one way you're results can go. Ralph Nevile showed you can go from zero to hero (and back again) taking race 2, having been tail-gun Charlie for much of race 1. Will Taylor, renowned RS Tera World Champion, and now RS Aero 7 sailor showed a clean pair of heels to the fleet in race 3, sandwiched between two 17th places - bonkers results, showing how fickle this racing can be.
Consistency is king in these short sharp races, Dan Bullock, sailing a 7 rig was building a series of low single digits, always there, not having the nightmare race besetting some of the more well known sailors. Dan and Rutland sailor Ewen McAnally were tied on 11 points, Race Director Ben Rolfe in with a shout, 3 behind. Ben was seriously multitasking; results king, Facebook Live coordinator & commentator, Race Director, Zoom Room manager as well as being in with a shout of the title - huge respect!
Last race - the leg by leg analysis shows Dan is 12th off the line, Ewen's having a disaster, last to get away. Dan takes a flier and gets to the windward mark in the lead. Ewen is working the waves, taking transoms at speed, slowly working his way up the fleet. Rolfe is there too, can he cover Dan's J70 to take the victory he needs? Simply put.. No! 'DanBullockArt'* with his crisp white canvassed boat, builds his lead on the final run to take the event. Ewen fighting his back to take 3rd - impressive on such a congested racecourse.
Huge thanks to all competitors who raced hard, played fair (!) and kept a real sense of camaraderie throughout the event with over 600 posts on the WhatsApp feed!
Thanks to RS Sailing for their support with prizes, as well as the team around Ben & I keeping us sane throughout the mayhem.
Grand Final Results
B Final Results
You can watch the livestream of the racing on facebook here.
*Could everyone please buy a painting off DanBullockArt as he would love to be able to join the real RS Aero fleet!
Grand Final Results (4 races, no discard);
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09/05/2020 17:19:00
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08/05/2020 23:41:00
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08/05/2020 12:01:00
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RS Aero Virtual Regatta Championships supported by RS Sailing
Finals Night Preview
by Matt Thursfield
After 60 Flight Races with 109 entries from 17 nations over this week, the RS Aero VR fleet has found their top 40 sailors who will take part in two VR Finals series starting at 18:30BST on Thursday 7th May.
First is the B Final at 18:30 BST, where competitors from around the world will be in a 4 race, clean slate, no discard shoot out, to find the minor placings on the virtual podium. The odds-on favourite, based on Flight performance to date is Henry Chandler, who missed out on the top twenty battle by the tightest of margins, a first, second and two thirds still not good enough to get into the Grand Final !!
The second set of racing, the Grand Final at 19:30 BST, sees the top 20 VR RS Aero sailors on the VR waters around the world, under the Directorship of VR Guru Ben Rolfe, who counted 4 race wins in his flight racing series. Top of the rankings however, sees Dan Bullock with a clean line of bullets as his counting 6, winning every race on his Tuesday race series to pip Liam Lightning as the bookie's favourite.
It will be tight, the standard is high, with a new clean sheet it could be victory for anyone!
Finals Racing will be streamed Live on Facebook at;
https://www.facebook.com/groups/rsaeroclass/permalink/2123538347792739/
Set your alarm and watch the 'not so virtual!' action unfold live!
Qualifier Results;
Top 20 in the Grand Final (Qualifiers - 10 races, 4 discards);
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07/05/2020 13:41:00
Peter Barton
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Virtual Regatta RS Aero Championships
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The first set of qualifiers for the Virtual Regatta RS Aero Championships kicked of on Monday evening and was a great success with somw 109 competitors from 17 countries around the globe!
Qualifiers continue on Tuesday before cutting to the Grand Final on Thursday
Provisional results (11:00 BST Tuesday);
Qualifiers continue on Tuesday before cutting to the Grand Final on Thursday
Provisional results (11:00 BST Tuesday);
Top 20 so far;
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05/05/2020 14:52:00
Peter Barton
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Virtual Regatta RS Aero Championships This week sees the RS Aero Class Virtual Regatta Championships supported by RS Sailing. With a strong fleet of well over 100 helms and a diverse international field, this event promises to see who really is the fastest across the virtual water.
Racing starts on Monday 4th, a second reseeded flight night on Tuesday, a day to recover with the RS Aero Zoom Quiz on Wednesday, with the 38-strong Livestreamed finals night on Thursday to crown the fleets' first VR Champions.
Kiel, Cagliari, Aarhus & San Francisco are amongst the potential World Class destinations for the fleet. We have several known VR hotshots, RS Aero National, European and World champions, racing alongside entries from around the World.
Check out the whole preview and links to last minute VR tutorials in the preview.
Racing starts on Monday 4th, a second reseeded flight night on Tuesday, a day to recover with the RS Aero Zoom Quiz on Wednesday, with the 38-strong Livestreamed finals night on Thursday to crown the fleets' first VR Champions.
Kiel, Cagliari, Aarhus & San Francisco are amongst the potential World Class destinations for the fleet. We have several known VR hotshots, RS Aero National, European and World champions, racing alongside entries from around the World.
Check out the whole preview and links to last minute VR tutorials in the preview.
Preview
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04/05/2020 12:57:00
Peter Barton
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Get your entry in for the RS Aero Virtual Regatta Championships
72 signed up already! Yachts & Yachting Preview
Virtual Regatta novice? Check out the links to VR training in the Preview above.
You have a week to prepare!
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28/04/2020 13:40:00
Peter Barton
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Virtual Regatta RS Aero Championships
Racing will take place over the week starting 4th May to seek our first ever RS Aero Virtual Regatta Champions.
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Entry into the Virtual Regatta RS Aero Championships is now open!
Thanks the Matt Thursfield and Ben Rolfe for teeing up our RS Aero Class VR championship! One week to go now to get some practice in!
Racing will take place over the week starting 4th May to seek our first ever RS Aero Virtual Regatta Champions.
Submit your ENTRY
Deadline for Entries - Friday 1st May - 23:59 UK BST.
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26/04/2020 18:43:00
Peter Barton
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