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Texas State Championship, Conroe, Houston - Day 2 start and beat, by Rob Zedric - April 2017
RS Aero North American Midwinters with 26 RS Aeros on quite a windy weekend at Palm Beach, Florida! - Jan 2018
RS Aero Florida State Championships, US Sailing Center, Jensen Beach, FL - Feb 2018. By Dasher. Royalty Free Music by Bensound - Creative Commons Music
RS Aeros at the Sarasota One Design Regatta, FL - March 2018. By Dasher
Sarasota, Florida - 360' video with Marc Jacobi. Thanks to Marc for this great 360' video from Sarasota - showing both sail trim and technique! Wind 7-10kn. Marc's notes are on the Youtube page - March 2018
North American Champ, Hank Saurage of Louisiana, at the Viridian Firecracker Regatta - July 2018
Florida State Championships, US Sailing Center, Martin County - Feb 2019
Florida State Championships Day1, US Sailing Center, Martin County - Feb 2019
RS Aero North American Midwinters 2019 - Race 1. Palm Beach, Florida. 360 degree view with Marc Jacobi Great 360 footage of RS Aero 9 World Champion, Marc Jacobi, at the recent RS Aero North American Midwinters 2019. Toggle around all the angles in every direction and up the sail. Just like you were sitting on his deck in the race alongside him! Day 1 was raced outside the inlet on the open ocean and the waves look wonderful!
RS Aero North American Midwinters 2019 - Race 1. Palm Beach, Florida. 360 degree view with Marc Jacobi
Sarasota One Design Midwinter Regatta, Florida, Race 1, Part 1 - March 2019
Sarasota One Design Midwinter Regatta, Florida, Race 1, Part 2 - March 2019
The RS Aero North American Champs 2019 kicked off at CGRA with two days of clinic coached by RS Aero world champion Steve Cockerill
Light winds at the Goblin Regatta, Santa Barbara, California - Oct 2016
Great footage of the RS Aero North American Midwinters at Palm Beach, Florida, by McKenzie Wilson - Jan 2017
FRIGID DIGIT Seattle - Day one - Light air sailing, but nice blue sky and mild. 13 boats out. Filmed by Michael O'Brien using the Osmo gimballed camera - Feb 2017
Texas State Championship, Conroe, Houston - Day 1 start by Rob Zedric - April 2017
Marc Jacobi, Barrington Regatta, Aug 2019. This is a 360 degree video. Use your mouse to look up/down/sideways, wherever you want, whenever you want. On a phone, swipe around.
Yannick Gloster and friend Paul out in wind and waves at Santa Barbara, California. Preparing for the first RS Aero World Championships in France in July - May 2017
Wonderful 360' RS Aero view of the Massapoag Annual Regatta, Boston, USA by Michael Housley - Sept 2017
360' RS Aero view of the RS Aero North American Champs at Newport RI by Michael Housley - July 2017
Florida State Championships, US Sailing Center, Jensen Beach - Feb 2018
Thanks to Yannick Gloster of Santa Barbara, California, for this edited footage from the RS Aero US Nationals 2016. This event was hosted by CGRA at the Columbia River Gorge, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Over 5 days there was scheduled a 2 day clinic, 1 day of long distance race and Speed Contest (which became a practice race due to a light breeze) and finally a 2 day US National Championship. Bang on cue, the breeze arrived in abundance on the last two days and steadily increased during each day. By Sunday afternoon we had gusts up to 31kn, which was certainly and exciting way to finish the week!
Yannick Gloster's great video of the 2015 North American Champs. 2016 saw blue skies and more wind.
Dion once again having a ball, ripping it up on the Gulf of Mexico off Corpus Christi, Texas. You don't need to go racing to have fun! Great to see the RS Aero standing up to that pounding. Especially when the mast hits the sea bottom and the hull is washed onto it with the force of the surf (1:15).
TOMS RIVER YC, NEW JERSEY, USA. Team New Jersey, Colie Sails and Billy Idol try out their new toys in some strong wind - Sept 2015
Corpus Christi, Texas - Dion goes flat water blasting in 20-22mph winds at Bird Island Basin
Me and My Aero - Massapoag Regatta, June 2016
Lake of the Pines, Sacramento, USA - drone footage. New RS Aero owner, Ross Tokmakian, in California, having fun in 1879 with a drone follow him around Lake of the Pines near Sacramento (home of the Deftones!) Ross commented; "Finally got some video! Having a blast in Force 0-4 winds. Very gusty. LOVING the Aero. Named her Addiction!" Ross is looking forward to competing in the US National Championships on the Columbia River Gorge this August.
MASSAPOAG YC, June18 - Here are highlights from RS Aero races 3 and 4 at Massapoag YC on June 18, with drone footage interspersed with video from a GoPro camera on Marc Jacobi's boat. Credit to Gary Werden, Annie Pennington and Colin Snow.
Dion chases after 20kn at Corpus Christi, Texas
RS AERO vs SUNFISH on a semi planning run. ''They Told Me Aeros are fast, but did I believe them? Nooo. Until last night, that is. Here I was, happily in second place on and off a plane on the first downwind leg. Then this happened...''
Speed Test at USA Atlantic Coast Champs at the Newport Regatta, Rhode Island, courtesy of Gary Werden.
At the clinic prior to the RS Aero USA Atlantic Coast Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, Marc Jacobi gave a talk to the sailors on RS Aero rigging and sail controls. Thanks to Gary Werden of the Boston Aero Fleet for the video and to Marc Jacobi for the informative clinic.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Another cool vid of more RS Aero 9 fun in a good breeze by Dion. Looks just like the good breezes in the UK recently but wait, what is that blue at the top of the screen?