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Victoria State Championship - McCrae Yacht Club Australia Day Regatta, Mornington Peninsula, VIC, Australia
23/01/2021 - 26/01/2021
 

Write-Up

RS Aero Victoria State Championship -
McCrae Yacht Club Australia Day Regatta, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
23 - 26 Jan
 
29 RS Aeros turned out for the Victorian State Champs over the 4 day Australian Day Regatta at McCrae Yacht Club.
Entries came from 11 different clubs on the eastern shoreline of Port Phillip Bay, plus out of state entries from Whitsunday YC in Queensland and Largs SC in South Australia, the hosts to the RS Aero Australian Championships, 5-8th March
 
Thanks to Michael O'Brien for his summary;
The Victorian RS Aero class held its state championships at McCrae Yacht Club on the Victorian Mornington Peninsula. The RS Aero class was strongly represented and as the largest class, had 29 boats competing in the annual Ronstan regatta at McCrae Yacht club in Victoria. More boats would have attended but due to Covid restrictions, entries were capped.

Over 4 challenging days, the 5, 7 & 9 rigs contested six races in medium and shifting breeze. On the first day, one race was staged in 14-16 knots and then the wind died. We lost another full day with the wind failing to materialize the next. The following day looked promising with big waves left over from strong breeze all night. However, the wind died completely leaving a few sailors sea-sick. After a break for lunch, the breeze arrived for three great races in 15-18 knots. The last day was a bit windier and two final races in 18-20 knots.

The five fleet was won convincingly by Philippa Danks of Blairgowrie YS. The seven fleet was won by Rhett Gowans, the current world champ with a similar string of bullets, as was the nine fleet by Luke Mairs from Whitsunday SC.

What was really heartening, was the fleet has improved considerably over the past year. Mark Conry from the newer fleet in South Australia was especially quick on the final day and led both races until Rhett caught and passed him downwind. We now have fleets in most states and everyone is looking forward to the RS Aero Australian Championships at Largs SC in Adelaide, South Australia, 5-8th March.
 
Larger Photos by Beau Outteridge


Results

6 races, 1 discard

RS Aero 5
Rank Sail Skipper Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Nett
1 1680 Philippa Danks Blairgowrie YS (5 DNC) 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 3091 Ingrid Vinot Hampton SC 1 -2 2 2 2 2 9
3 3088 Damian Hardy Black Rock YC -3 3 3 3 3 3 15
4 2694 Tash Kurzeme Mount Martha YC 2 4 4 4 4 (5 DNF) 18
RS Aero 7
Rank Sail Skipper Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Nett
1 1 Rhett Gowans Mornington YC 1 -2 1 1 1 1 5
2 3414 Michael O'Brien Royal Brighton YC -3 1 2 2 3 3 11
3 3094 Mark Conry Largs Bay SC, SA 8 3 3 (23 DNF) 2 2 18
4 2585 Michael Paynter McCrae YC 2 -7 4 4 4 4 18
5 3006 Megan Ridgway Sandringham YC 4 10 -12 3 5 5 27
6 1696 Alister Danks Blairgowrie YS (23 DNC) 5 6 5 6 7 29
7 2049 Sean Carlson Mount Martha YC -9 4 5 7 8 6 30
8 3467 David Parry Mount Martha YC 6 8 7 6 10 -12 37
9 3058 Paul Rogers Blairgowrie YS -11 11 9 8 9 9 46
10 1697 Fred Davis Mount Martha YC -19 12 8 9 11 8 48
11 2495 Stuart Facey Mount Martha YC 10 -17 13 10 7 10 50
12 2824 Nicholas Wallis Black Rock YC 12 9 10 11 -15 11 53
13 3080 Paul Jenkins McCrae YC 13 13 -16 12 13 13 64
14 3411 Graham Riley McCrae YC 7 6 11 (23 DNF) 23 DNC 23 DNC 70
15 2492 Dennis Hammon McCrae YC 17 15 14 (23 DNF) 12 15 73
16 2819 Jack Wilson Hampton SC 15 16 15 (23 DNF) 16 14 76
17 2048 Aaron Flavell Black Rock YC -18 14 18 14 17 16 79
18 3106 Kelvin Boyle McCrae YC 20 18 17 13 18 (23 DNF) 86
19 2680 Fleur Scrivens Mount Martha YC 16 (23 DNC) 23 DNC 23 DNC 14 17 93
20 1189 Ron Fergusson Albert SC 5 (23 DNC) 23 DNC 23 DNC 23 DNC 23 DNC 97
21 3415 David Andrew Mount Martha YC 14 (23 DNC) 23 DNC 23 DNC 23 DNC 23 DNC 106
22 2914 Christian Herr Black Rock YC (23 DNF) 19 19 23 DNF 23 DNC 23 DNC 107
RS Aero 9  
Rank Sail Skipper Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Nett
1 1195 Luke Mairs Whitsunday SC, QLD -1 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 3103 Sam O'Connor Davey's Bay YC 2 2 2 (4 DNF) 2 2 10
3 2820 Jason Wilson Royal Melbourne YS -3 3 3 2 3 3 14
 




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