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Day 5 & Overall
Many thanks to all the volunteers and staff who made the RS Games and the two RS Aero Championships all possible. Over 200 RS Aero entries over the two weeks representing 15 nations all had a fantastic time with great racing in a nice mix of conditions and a fun time both ashore and afloat.
Thanks to all the supporters of the RS Games; RS Sailing, Rooster, Seldén Mast, Harken, Noble Marine, Kingfisher Yacht Ropes, LifeJacket Skin Protection, Spinlock, Fernhurst Books, HYDE SAILS, MarkSetBot, Digital Sailing and Allen Sailing.
PODIUM PHOTOS by Digital Sailing. Thanks to RS Sailing for all the bubbly!
Chloe George - Lymington Town SC - GBR
Roscoe Martin - GBR
Tom Ahlheid - Frensham Pond SC - GBR
RS Aero 5 Female
Chloe George - Lymington Town SC - GBR
Abby Hire - Lymington Town SC - GBR
Sophie Jackson - Mornington YC - AUS
RS Aero 6
Ants Haavel - Hara Seilamise Selts - EST
Chris Rust - Portsmouth SC - GBR
RS Aero 6 Female
Abigail Larr - Draycote Water SC - GBR
Cathy Lunn - Leigh & Lowton SC - GBR
Beth Milledge - Lymington Town SC - GBR
Martis Pajarskas - Lietuvos Buriuotoju Sajunga - LTU
Tim Hire - Lymington Town SC - GBR
Vejas Strelciunas - Lietuvos Buriuotoju Sajunga - LTU
Peter Barton - Lymington Town SC - GBR
Chris Larr - Draycote Water SC - GBR
Ben Charnley – Snettisham Beach SC - GBR
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RS Aero European Championship - Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, 1-5th August
Day 4
Day 4, the penultimate day of the RS Aero European Championship, provided new racing challenges. Racing was out in Weymouth Bay with a 8-12kn north westerly off the shore making the race course thick with opportunities as regular shifts and gusts came down the race course. That made positioning and decision making a bigger focus now than boat speed. With the north westerly sailors enjoyed a nice fast reach in and out of the harbour to the race area.
Winning races in the RS Aero 5s was Andrew Frost (GBR), Tom Ahlheid (GBR) and Ed Day (GBR). Chloe George (GBR) retained her lead overall with a 2,14,4 and the chasing pack is made up of Roscoe Martin (GBR) Andrew Frost (GBR) and Tom Ahlheid (GBR).
In the RS Aero 6s Chris Hatton’s (GBR) did not have it all his own way this time with Ants Haavel (EST) and Graham Tribbeck (GBR) gaining race wins. Chris takes a good lead into the final day with Ants, Luca Mitchell (GBR) and Chris Rust (GBR) all challenging for podium places.
Ben Whaley (GBR) took two wins in the RS Aero 7s, revelling in the lighter sniggly race course. Craig Williamson (GBR) continued his good form from the day before with another win. Martis Pajarskas (LTU) holds his lead into the final day with a 4,9,2 with Vejas Strelciunas (LTU), Tim Hire (GBR)and Craig in the hunt for the podium places.
The RS Aero 9s enjoyed a slightly lighter breeze to rest their legs a little whilst still loving the extra power for exciting down winds through the baby waves. Peter Barton (GBR) sealed the title with a 1,1,1 clinching a couple of them in the final stages. Ben Charnley (GBR) made a comeback for the silver with a 2,2,3 and goes into the final day tied for 2nd with Chris Larr (GBR).
The day ended with a daily awards through the fleet and customary sharing of top tips by the day’s leaders. Gold medallist and newcomer to the RS Aero 5 fleet, Lijia Xu (CHN), then give a talk and fielded questions to a captivated audience on both her downwind technique and her general thoughts so far on how to best make an RS Aero sail fast.
It looks like a similar day out in Weymouth Bay for Day 5, enabling sailors to put the lessons learnt on Day 4 into practice.
Results can be found here; www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results
Check out the photos of the day by Digital Sailing with 50% Discount code 'RSGAMES’ until 20th August - www.digitalsailing.co.uk
Thanks to all the supporters of the RS Games; RS Sailing, Rooster, Selden, Harken, Noble Marine, Kingfisher Yacht Ropes, LifeJacket Skin Protection, Spinlock, Fernhurst Books, Hyde Sails, MarkSetBot, Digital Sailing and Allen Sailing.
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RS Aero European Championship - Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, 1-5th August
Day 3
Day 3 of the 4th RS Aero European Championship dawned windier than expected and PRO Mark Woods made the call to race inside the harbour alongside the RS Teras with the RS Aero 5 & 6s out first followed by the RS Aero 7 & 9s.
The RS Aero 5 & 6s launched into 23kn of breeze, which steadily softened to 18kn. The RS Aero 7 & 9s raced their three races in a breeze dropping from 18kn to 10kn providing opportunities throughout the fleet. A couple of substantial and prolonged right and left shifts kept sailors and the Race Team on their toes.
The large RS Aero 5 fleet made consistency key over 3 races with Chloe George (GBR) again one of the most consistent with a 4,3,5. Over two races Roscoe Martin (GBR) stepped up to 2nd with a 1,1 and Mark Ripley (GBR) and Lijia Xu (CHN) scored a 2,4 each. Winner of Race 7 was David Peaty (GBR) who backed it up with a 6th.
In the RS Aero 6s Chris Hatton’s (GBR) run of 1sts was finally brought to a halt when Luca Mitchell (GBR) took the win in Race 9. That still leaves Chris out in front, now with Ants Haavel (EST) 2nd and Luca a point back in 3rd.
It was Craig Williamson (GBR) who won the day in the RS Aero 7s with a 4,3,1 to jump up to 3rd overall. Martis Pajarskas (LTU) held his lead at the top with Tim Hire (GBR) in 2nd. Jon Emmett (GBR) took the win in Race 8 to step up to 5th.
The RS Aero 9s were ready for the lighter breeze later in the afternoon after two days of hard hiking! Peter Barton (GBR) won the day but his string of 1sts was brought to an end by Simon Geyman (GBR) won Race 9 and was 2nd best scorer on Day 3.
After a late finish the daily awards were postponed to be rolled over until tomorrow night. Lijia Xu will also then field a Q&A session with a few key Top Tips for speedy sailing. Later DJ Covell will pump out the tunes for a final party night before Friday’s grand finale on the water.
Day 4 on Thursday is set to be out in Weymouth Bay with a start time of 12:00.
Results can be found here; www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results
Check out the photos of the day by Digital Sailing with 50% Discount code 'RSGAMES’ until 20th August - www.digitalsailing.co.uk
Thanks to all the supporters of the RS Games; RS Sailing, Rooster, Selden, Harken, Noble Marine, Kingfisher Yacht Ropes, LifeJacket Skin Protection, Spinlock, Fernhurst Books, Hyde Sails, MarkSetBot, Digital Sailing and Allen Sailing.
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Day 2
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Day 1
The RS Aero 9s revelled in the medium breeze with demanding up-winds and exciting down-winds weaving through the waves Chris Larr (GBR) took the first race and Peter Barton the next two. Rounding out the podium was Ben Charnley (GBR) with a solid 3,3,2.
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For The Cove Inn at Portland and for Dorset Burger you will need to book your own table.
We will aim to be at both The Cove (Tue) and at Dorset Burger (Wed) by 1930.
The UK Class AGM is at 1800 at WPNSA on Tuesday, so this is a good incentive to conclude business by 1900!
Best of luck in the racing this week,
Richard Watsham,
UK Class
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As the second week of the 2022 RS Aero Games kicks off it is the turn for the adults to join the Youths for the 4th RS Aero European Championship.
130 competitors are representing 13 countries. A large British home contingent is joined by a good fleet form Germany with many European nations represented together with the furthest travellers joining the European fleet are from China, Australia and Uruguay.
Sammy Isaacs-Johnson gave a pre-event coaching seminar ashore, especially popular with the many new or isolated RS Aero sailors, to get some Top Tips on how to make an RS Aero sail fast. Sammy believes that the qualities that will be necessary to make an RS Aero European Champion this week are persistence, commitment and a little bit luck!
The RS Aero 5 fleet is drenched in talent and the title too hard to call. Past world champions Andrew Frost (GBR) and Sophie Jackson (AUS) head to polls. It is great to have Andrias Sillaste (EST) re-joining the fleet following a break after his World Champs Bronze at Carnac in 2017. 2012 Olympic Gold medallist Lily Xu (CHN) is loving her RS Aero sailing and looks forward to stepping back onto a competitive racecourse. Podium sailors from the RS Aero Youth Worlds Tom Ahlheid (GBR), Sam Blaker (GBR) and top female youth Abby Hire (GBR) look forward to taking on the adults. Watch out for Tom’s younger brother Tristan Ahlheid (GBR) who clinched 4thin the massive RS Feva Worlds last week. Emma McEwen has already claimed her first RS Games win in the RS21s together with an RS800 podium and Chloe George was runner up at the recent RS Aero UK Nationals.
The RS Aero 6 Class joins the other RS Aero Classes for its first international regatta. With good late availability of the new rigs the fleet has swelled to over 20 entries. The RS Aero 6 is popular with the German fleet and the entry is nicely international with GER, NED, EST and GBR represented. The form book is yet to be written in the new rig which is proving really popular with those that have sailed id it. Who will be our first RS Aero 6 European Champion?
The RS Aero 7s is the largest fleet with over 60 entries. Again the form guide is hard to call. Last week’s Youth Words Champion Vejas Strelciunas (LTU)returns to compete for his second title, Tim Hire, Craig Williamson and Ben Whaley have all podiumed at large UK Nationals. Noah Rees has already led UK and World championships this year - it must be his turn soon to win a big one! Joining the RS Aero fleet for the fist time, it will be interesting to see where Jon Emmett fits into the pecking order. For an outside bet consider speedster supremo Gregory Bartlett (GBR) returning to the Class after a break, if you can get good odds.
The RS Aero 9s love the power and exhilaration of their big rigs. Past European Champion Richard Watsham (GBR) would love to reclaim his trophy whilst UK Champion Peter Barton (GBR) steps up to his first RS Aero 9 Europeans. UK Nationals runner up Chris Larr (GBR) will be gunning to jump to the top step
Racing is set to take place on a mix of both Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour with the testing variety of both waves and flat water. The forecast looks mixed, which will then also provide opportunities throughout the fleet. Bring it on!
Results, when available, can be found here; www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results
Thanks to all the supporters of the RS Games; RS Sailing, Rooster, Seldén Mast, Harken, Noble Marine, Kingfisher Yacht Ropes, LifeJacket Skin Protection, Spinlock, Fernhurst Books, Hyde Sails, MarkSetBot, Digital Sailing and Allen Sailing.
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RS Aero Europeans
Please remember to bring £5 or 5 Euro in correct change for your National Sail Flags at Registration.
Past World Championship podiumers get their best medal on their flag, remember to collect that one Andrias Sillaste EST, Sophie Jackson AUS, Noah Rees GBR, Andrew Frost GBR and Peter Barton GBR.
Place on the port side at least 60mm below letters. Buying a second one is optional and can be placed back to back on the starboard side too.
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Meeting Room 5 on the ground floor
The 2022 RS Aero UK Class Association AGM will take place during the RS Aero European Championship at WPNSA, Portland.
The date is set for Tue 2nd Aug and the proposed time is 18:00 (but subject to sailing timings that day).
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With our main Championships of the RS Aero Worlds, Youth Worlds and Eurpeans fast approaching it is time to make sure our sails are all correctly dressed in accordance to Class Rules C.10.4 and Annex 2.
National Sail Flags
These will be provided by the Class Association at each events' Registration with plenty available for each of the countries entered.
1 flag is required on the port side for these events, at least 60mm under letters and from leach. A second one is optional on starboard, positioned back-to-back with the port one.
1 flag will be supplied free to each Youth Worlds competitor. Flags for the Worlds and European Championships entries can be bought at the event Registration for $5 and £5 respectively.
They look great and add a nice splash of colour to the otherwise white RS Aero!
Numbers
Numbers need to match the four digit sail number aplied to the the hull.
They need to be black,
RS Aero 5 & 6 needs 230mm tall with min of 45mm spacings
and
RS Aero 7 & 9 needs 300mm tall with min of 60mm spacings
Spacings are minimums, so go for a good safety margin! Remember the spacings also apply to opposite sides and the distance from the leach too.
Country Letters
Three digit country letters are required at international events, which includies these three main chamionships.
Letters can be either digital or rounded. Digital is preferable to match the appearance of the numbers.
Again they need to be black with same size and spacing as the numbers.
Digital letters can be formed from buying digital 8's. See page 39 here; https://www.rsaerosailing.org/docs/RSAeroRiggingManualOverdeckV10.pdf
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at the RS Games
Final entry for the RS Aero Youth Worlds and Europeans closes on the 30th of June!
Great to see 65 for the Youth Worlds now and a whopping 121 for the Europeans. It is set to be an incredible two weeks!
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Enter the RS Games by the 30th of April before the standard entry price closes and the price goes up for the RS Aero Youth Worlds and the RS Aero European Championships.
The RS Aero European Championships has now cracked over 100 entries over four fleets! The RS Aero 5 and RS Aero 7s are streaking away with 36 and 46 entries respectively, whilst the new RS Aero 6 and powerful RS Aero 9 both have a small but refined 10 entries each so far.
Fantastic to see entries already up to 46 for the 1st RS Aero Youth Worlds, with two near equal sized fleets.
Enter Here by Saturday for the lower rate!
Charter RS Aeros are still available! (book via the online entry)
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- 447 Entries
- 606 Sailors
- 409 Male Entries
- 197 Female Entries
- 17 Countries
- 16 Days of Racing
- 14 Individual Events
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at the RS Games
64 entries already!
*Early Entry discount until 28th Feb*
Entry is open with an early entry discount until 28th Feb. Sign up now to secure February's reduced rate!
The RS Aero European Championship will be held over 5 days of racing with all four fleets, RS Aero 5, 6, 7 and 9 competing. Racing will take place on some of the UKs finest sailing waters, the venue of the 2012 Olympics and where we held our awesome World Championship at the last RS Games in 2018! Charter RS Aeros are available and 64 competitors are now entered!
and for under 22s there is also the
RS Aero Youth World Championship, 25-29 July
for two weeks of championship racing!
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at the RS Games
Five days of racing on some of the UKs finest sailing waters, the venue of the 2012 Olymipics and where we held our awesome World Championship at the last RS Games in 2018!
Charter RS Aeros are available.
and for under 22s there is also the
RS Aero Youth World Championship, 25-29 July
for two weeks of championship racing!
RS Games Party – RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show – 26 February
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