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Lymington Festive Stadium Racing - Hampshire, UK, Sat 17th Dec
15 RS Aeros pitched up for the annual Lymington Festive RS Aero Stadium Racing, all excited and with a spring in their step - like Christmas come early! We could not have been more fortunate with the conditions as the week's frost finally thawed that morning to give a balmy 7'C and sunshine! With a sheltered medium breeze everyone opted for RS Aero 7s enabling Class racing all together in one fleet.
The racing was situated at the top of the Lymington River opposite the pontoons and Clubhouse. Spectators could watch the quick-fire short course racing with plenty cheering & heckling whilst enjoying a glass of mulled wine and mince pies!
The wind direction was perfect to enable a good start line from the pontoon across the width of the river and first upwind leg before a downwind slalom. PRO Keith Willis periodically raised and dropped the 'RRS42 Relaxation' flag to allow free propulsion which proved a fine way to warm the fleet up and give them a thorough workout - it was interesting to see who the best 'legal cheaters' were and the variance in techniques! Those techniques were also evolving, for better and worse, after the between race mulled wine shots, served to passing RS Aeros from the pontoon.
Over five 15-minute races and no discards Andrew Frost (Sutton Bingham) came out on top winning 3 races, just ahead of Peter Barton (Lym Town) who won 2. 3rd place went to Will Taylor (Lym Town) with Iona Willows (Lym Town) top female in 8th. Random wrapped Christmas present prizes went to everyone at the award ceremony and in line with the Class' Sustainability goals two 'new' recycled 25-year-old trophies were awarded, initially presented at the 1997 Laser 4000 Europeans at Como.
The day's festivities continued onto a historical guided tour of Lymington's cobbles and refuges before a late evening curry for 18! Thanks to everyone for a fun day, especially to the volunteers running the racing!
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15 RS Aeros pitched up for the annual Lymington Festive RS Aero Stadium Racing, all excited and with a spring in their step - like Christmas come early! We could not have been more fortunate with the conditions as the week's frost finally thawed that morning to give a balmy 7'C and sunshine! With a sheltered medium breeze everyone opted for RS Aero 7s enabling Class racing all together in one fleet.
The racing was situated at the top of the Lymington River opposite the pontoons and Clubhouse. Spectators could watch the quick-fire short course racing with plenty cheering & heckling whilst enjoying a glass of mulled wine and mince pies!
The wind direction was perfect to enable a good start line from the pontoon across the width of the river and first upwind leg before a downwind slalom. PRO Keith Willis periodically raised and dropped the 'RRS42 Relaxation' flag to allow free propulsion which proved a fine way to warm the fleet up and give them a thorough workout - it was interesting to see who the best 'legal cheaters' were and the variance in techniques! Those techniques were also evolving, for better and worse, after the between race mulled wine shots, served to passing RS Aeros from the pontoon.
Over five 15-minute races and no discards Andrew Frost (Sutton Bingham) came out on top winning 3 races, just ahead of Peter Barton (Lym Town) who won 2. 3rd place went to Will Taylor (Lym Town) with Iona Willows (Lym Town) top female in 8th. Random wrapped Christmas present prizes went to everyone at the award ceremony and in line with the Class' Sustainability goals two 'new' recycled 25-year-old trophies were awarded, initially presented at the 1997 Laser 4000 Europeans at Como.
The day's festivities continued onto a historical guided tour of Lymington's cobbles and refuges before a late evening curry for 18! Thanks to everyone for a fun day, especially to the volunteers running the racing!
RESULTS & PHOTOS
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18/12/2022 15:03:00
Peter Barton
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Lymington Festive Stadium Racing - Lymington Town SC, Hampshire, Saturday afternoon 17th December
LAST CALL - For Lymington Stadium Racing short course series this Saturday pm. Entry closes tonight, get them in so we can plan the racing, between race mince pies & mulled wine and curry later...
FORECAST - The cold spell ends in time for the weekend with a medium breeze and a balmy 7'C!
EVENT PAGE for Full Details and Online Entry
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LAST CALL - For Lymington Stadium Racing short course series this Saturday pm. Entry closes tonight, get them in so we can plan the racing, between race mince pies & mulled wine and curry later...
FORECAST - The cold spell ends in time for the weekend with a medium breeze and a balmy 7'C!
EVENT PAGE for Full Details and Online Entry
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14/12/2022 15:36:00
Peter Barton
Posts: 4681
Lymington Festive Stadium Racing - Lymington Town SC, Hampshire, Saturday afternoon 17th December
A sociable festive event to finish the season with a series of short course sprint races in the Lymington River, opposite the Club and accessible to spectators.
Racing will be Class racing with 6 entries in an RS Aero Class necessary to form a fleet. Rig sizes can be confirmed up to the time of the race briefing. Where there are insufficient entries to create a fleet, rigs may join the next rig size up if they wish to stick with their smaller rig.
Following sailing we can have a sociable evening in Lymington with apres sailing drinks at the sailing club followed by a historical tour of Lymington's quay and cobbles and finishing with a curry in Lymington High Street. Please add your likely numbers for the curry table booking to the online entry form.
EVENT PAGE for Full Details and Online Entry
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A sociable festive event to finish the season with a series of short course sprint races in the Lymington River, opposite the Club and accessible to spectators.
Racing will be Class racing with 6 entries in an RS Aero Class necessary to form a fleet. Rig sizes can be confirmed up to the time of the race briefing. Where there are insufficient entries to create a fleet, rigs may join the next rig size up if they wish to stick with their smaller rig.
Following sailing we can have a sociable evening in Lymington with apres sailing drinks at the sailing club followed by a historical tour of Lymington's quay and cobbles and finishing with a curry in Lymington High Street. Please add your likely numbers for the curry table booking to the online entry form.
EVENT PAGE for Full Details and Online Entry
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04/12/2022 18:26:00
Peter Barton
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