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DAY 5 & Overall
The final day of the RS Aero Youth World Championship dawned with a calm Harbour drenched in wonderful sunshine. After a short postponement the fleet was sent afloat for the last two races to decide the final positions. 5-8kns of breeze provided and lovely warm sunshine greeted the fleet on the racecourse.
In the RS Aero 7s Vejas Strelciunas (LTU) had a relaxed day with the title already won. The battle was on for the 2nd Tim Hire (GBR) clinched it with a 1,4 with Alistair Brown (GBR) completing the podium in 3rd overall. First Under 19 was Matt Banbrook (GBR) in 6th and first Under 16 was Carl Furhoff (SWE). First Female RS Aero 7 was Abigail Larr (GBR).
The RS Aero 5 fleet had it all to play for with the top four close for the overall title. The gap narrowed after Race 13, with Jonathan Bailey (GBR) taking the win from Ludovica Cui (ITA) as they approached the finish. That left just 4 points separating Tom Ahlheid (GBR), Sam Blaker (GBR) and Jonathan Bailey (GBR). In the last race Vanja Ramm-Ericson (SWE) pulled out a large lead to take the win. In the fight for the top spots overall it was Jonathan who headed right on the first upwind to benefit and finish 2nd and with the other contenders stuck back in the pack the title was Jonathan’s. Tom took the Silver and Sam the Bronze.
First Under 19 RS Aero 5 was Tom Ahlheid (GBR)in 2nd and first Under 16 was Vanja Ramm-Ericson (SWE), with first male under 16 being Baptiste Courtias (FRA). First Female overall in the RS Aero 5s was Abby Hire (GBR), placed in 5th overall.
So ends the 1st RS Aero Youth World Championship, deemed by all competitors and supporters as a huge success with 73 competitors coming together, aged between 13-21 years and representing 12 nations. All the young sailors enjoyed great racing over a variety of conditions and the international camaraderie ashore, making new friends for life.
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DAY 4 - Thursday 28th
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 Youth World Championship - Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, 25-29th July
DAY 3, Wednesday 27th July
Day 3 was another tricky day for the 73 RS Aero competitors at their Youth World Championship. With a maximum of 10 knots and some big shifts, the race course was full of opportunity beyond just a boat speed match, thus providing further variety to this championship so far. Two more races, Races 7 & 8, were completed.
In the RS Aero 5s Tom Ahlheid (GBR) retains his lead with a couple of solid counters whist Jonathan Bailey (GBR) continued his charge with a 1,4 to close the gap to just 2 points. Sam Blaker (GBR) has a solid 3rd overall with a stead series so far.
The story of the day was the big climbers. Teddy Dunn (GBR) of the Isle of Man bounced up to 4th with a 9,2 and Thomas Kuntze (FRA) to 6th with a 2,9. Abby Hire (GBR) stepped up to be lead Female in 8th with a 10, 3 whilst Noa Moskovitch (GBR) was another sailor revelling in the lighter conditions with a 7,8 to leapfrog up 10 places! They say you are only as good as your last race and it was Lily Barrett (GBR) who won that in the RS Aero 5s today.
Abby Hire (GBR) summed up the challenges in the 53 boat RS Aero 5 fleet; “The tactics of Race 7 were dominated by a strong left hand shift, which made keeping a lane off the start line even more important. The shift benefitted those who went left; meaning the next upwind was catch up for many others. It was a day of high mode in the flat water, keeping your head out the boat for shifts and pressure and to keep chipping away as opportunities were plentiful. Race 8 saw the wind drop further, making the shifts even more critical in sailing the best course. The Race was shortened so the finish was at the windward mark of the second lap.”
The RS Aero 7s also saw new faces at the front of the fleet gaining points on the leaders. The Race 7 went to Vejas Strelciunas (LTU) again, business as usual. In Race 8 Davide Mulas (ITA) showed his light wind speed to take the win. That left Davide 2nd on the day’s results with 5,1 just behind day winner Tim Hire (GBR) with a solid 2,3.
Carl Furhoff (SWE) gained a 4th in Race 8; “Today was mostly light winds with the need to keep track of where the wind was coming from and where the most breeze was located. It was important to tack on the wind shifts, which proved vital in the last race.”
Jack Miller (GBR) had a steady day retaining his 4th overall; “The RS Aero fleet launched in about 10 knots of wind from the South East to race Portland Harbour today with plenty of space for the inner and outer loops course again after the 170 RS Fevas cleared the track after the last race of their Worlds.
The wind was relatively constant for race one but with some shifts. The corners of the course seemed to pay and leaders came from both sides, the top 7 were relatively close with plenty of overtakes occurring.
Throughout the day the wind was dying, Race 8 was started in about 8 knots of breeze with a bit of starboard bias. The Italians got off to a flying start, however Filippo Vincis (ITA) was over the start line early. With the series leaders out of the mix at the first mark the win was up for grabs and it was Davide Mulas (ITA) who held his lead to take the winners gun.”
Check out the results - www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results
Check out the photos of the day by Digital Sailing here - www.digitalsailing.co.uk
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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DAY 2, Tuesday 26th July
Day 2 began as promised, a day with opportunity for some of the smaller sailors to claw back a few points after a breezy day 1. This time the race course was out in the expanse of Weymouth Bay providing some lovely waves to catch on the down winds. Race officer Paul Jackson set the inner and outer loops course for the two fleets, the RS Aero 5s and RS Aero 7s.
The first race of the day, Race 4, was held in about 10kns with sizable oscillations in direction between west and north-west. However by 14:00 in time for Races 5 and 6 the breeze backed to a more stable south-westerly of 14-17kns.
Both fleets saw the importance of consistency to stay in the lead groups, together with several sailors climbing the fleet by managing to step it up on Day 2.
In the RS Aero 7s Vejas Strelciunas (LTU) extended his lead with a solid 3,1,1. Alastair Brown (GBR) jumped up the score sheet to 2nd with a 2,2,3 and Tim Hire (GBR) kept in touch with a 4,4,5 for 3rd. The big mover today was Filippo Vincis (ITA) with a race win to score a 1,3,4, sharing 4th overall with Jack Miller (GBR) who took a 2nd in the last race.
Luca Mitchell (GBR) was pleased with his 6th in the first race and keeping his top ten placing overnight; “I managed to challenge the big lads in the first race and then hung on as the wind piped up! The sun came out, sunscreen went on and we saw dolphins too - another glamour day!”
In the RS Aero 5s Tom Ahlheid (GBR) extended his lead with a 3,1 but also had a big one in the middle race with consistency hard earned in the 53 boat fleet with a changeable wind. The mover of the day was Jonathan Bailey (GBR) with a 1,1,8 to jump to 2nd overall, currently a few points clear of Sam Blaker (GBR) and David Peaty (GBR).
Jonathan Bailey summed up a tricky day out on the Bay; “Today's wind was very tricky with some big 40° shifts making decisions on the beats difficult, while the varying wind strength meant being on it with moving the sail controls was very important. The hardest part of the day was the starts with light wind in the first race making it hard to get off the line and the black flags in the last race causing big mid-line sag.”
The breeze looks set to be lighter again tomorrow on Day 3 providing something for everyone, making comebacks possible and creating challenges to those hoping to hang onto their leads.
Check out the results -www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results
Check out the photos of the day by Digital Sailing here -www.digitalsailing.co.uk
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 Youth World Championship - Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, 25-29th July
DAY 1, Monday 25th July
The wind was howling as sailors awoke on Day 1 of the first RS Aero Youth World Championship at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy. With an average wind speed of 20-22kn the 73 entries representing 12 nations were sent out on the water mid morning for three races inside Portland Harbour.
The breeze and short chop created some really challenging conditions. Sailors needed to wary as the wind flicked both left and right during racing, together with all the regular oscillations and gusts. The triangle/sausage course was set for Day 1, which provided all angles.
The first winner in the 53 boat strong RS Aero 5 fleet on Day 1 was Anouck De Ripainsel (BEL). After three races Tom Ahlheid (GBR) had taken the top spot with a commanding 3,1,1 ahead of Julius Graudums (SWE) with 2,2,4. Sam Blaker (GBR) had a great day to take 3rd overnight with a 5,3,3 putting him a few points ahead of David Peaty in 4th.
In the RS Aero 7s it is Lithuania leading the fleet with Vejas Strelciunas (LTU) scoring 1,2,1. Tim Hire (GBR) holds 2nd with Matt Banbrook (GBR) 3rd and Jack Miller (GBR) 4th , whilst Alastair Brown (GBR) took the win in Race 2.
The wind is set to soften over the next couple of days allowing opportunities all competitors to shine. Glorious blue skies are forecast too - the Sardinians will be pleased to see the sun again after a cloudy windy day!
Check out the results - www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results
Check out the photos of the day by Digital Sailing here - www.digitalsailing.co.uk
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 Youth World Championship - Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, 25-29th July
PREVIEW
The 1st RS Aero Youth World Championship is to be hosted by the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy in the UK as part of the RS Games. Over two weeks all RS Classes are completing and the RS Aeros have two consecutive week long champs with the 1st RS Aero Youth Worlds followed by the 4th RS Aero European Championship in the second week.
After a busy weekend training, familiarising, registering and measuring the racing will then begin in earnest on Monday. Over five days there will be fourteen races split between Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour. The 73 entries are competing in the RS Aero 5 and RS Aero 7 Classes and represent 12 countries.
The large UK home fleet has the largest national entry. Next largest is Italy with teams from the islands of Sardinia and the smaller Procida near Naples. The third largest is Sweden, which, like Italy has seen their youth RS Aero fleet increase terrifically over the past two years. The furthest travelled competitors are from China and the USA who look forward to enjoying the fun and competition of the large youth RS Aero fleet at these championships.
Racing is set to be intense with many proven competitors on the entry list all vying for the 1st world youth title in both the RS Aero 5s and RS Aero 7s.
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.
Keep up to date with results as they happen here;
https://www.rssailing.com/rs-games-results/
Photos; Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain
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The Official Notice Board now has the Sailing Instructions and Course Areas posted.
The site is all set at the Weymouth & Portland NSA, ready to welcome sailors to the 1st RS Aero Youth World Championship!
Just two more sleeps!
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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
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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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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!
Enter Here
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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.
Fantastic to see entries already up to 46 for the 1st RS Aero Youth Worlds and 95 for the RS Aero European Championships!
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Here is the RS Games overall SCHEDULE;
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at the RS Games
27 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 Youth World Championship will be held over 5 days of racing with two fleets, RS Aero 5 and 7, for sailiors under 22 on 31st December 2022. 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 27 competitors are already entered so far!
RS Aero European Championship, 1-5 August
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, at the venue of the 2012 Olympics and where we held our awesome World Championship at the last RS Games in 2018 with 205 RS Aeros!
Racing is open to sailors under 22 years of age on 31st December 2022 and will be held in RS Aero 5s and RS Aero 7s.
Charter RS Aeros are available.
Entry is open with an early entry discount until 28th Feb. Sign up now to secure the reduced rate!
RS Aero European Championship, 1-5 August
for two weeks of championship racing!
RS Games Party – RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show – 26 February
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