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Irish Southern Championship - Greystones, Wicklow, Ireland
23/10/2021 - 24/10/2021
 

Write-Up

Irish RS Aero Southern Championship - Greystones, Wicklow, Ireland, 23/24 Oct

Thanks to Brendan Foley for his report;

The RS Aero Irish Southern Championships were run this weekend out of Greystones Sailing Club. This late-season event attracted 11 RS Aero entries, who sailed with the RS200 and RS400 fleet on a windward / leeward course under the watchful eye of Race Officer Michael Conway of Wexford. With an ever ominous forecast, event organisers moved the start time an hour earlier on the Saturday to get a weather window. Of 10 Aeros that launched, only 6 made it to the start line, and only 4 finished the race, with winner Daragh Sheridan the only boat not to capsize. It was a remarkable feat given that it was gusting over 30kns and with strong south going tide of nearly 3knts, the waves were huge and slab faced. At one stage, most of the competitors on the course were capsized. Not surprisingly, racing was abandoned for the rest of the day.

The Sunday was a much better day with winds only gusting in the high 20kns instead of 30kns! The wind swung more to the West for the Sunday, giving competitors an easier seaway but much trickier wind shifts. Again Sheridan (RS Aero 7, Howth YC) showed the way, winning the event with ease over the four races held on day two. Second place was close fought with Andrew ‘Hammy’ Baker (Strangford Lough) in his RS Aero 7 taking 3rd place, pipped by Roy Van Maanen (Greystones) who took two race wins in his RS Aero 5 to take 2nd place overall. Sarah ‘Skinny’ Dwyer ((RS Aero 5, Greystones and Royal St. George) was first lady  and Rob Howe (RS Aero 7) a new boat owner from Monkstown Bay SC was first Senior.

Commenting, class President Brendan Foley said “Congratulations to all our winners and all who sailed. The event while challenging was an excellent chance for those not in the top medal positions to work on their technique in big breeze and waves, while also having the tactical challenge of such a strong tides across the course. This year was the first full circuit year for the RS Aeros, with an Easterns, Northerns, Southerns and Nationals completed, with over 30 people sailing the RS Aero this year. The top sailors in this friendly class all shared what they found worked and didn’t across all the events and the standard now in the fleet is very strong, while offering newcomers a well behaved and exhilarating boat to learn in.”

The RS Aero Class will run a number of demonstration days across Ireland to give people a chance to try out this brilliant boat as it spreads across Ireland. More details to follow...



Results

5 races, 1 discard

Rank Sail Helm Club Class PY Cat. R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Nett
1st 3187 Daragh Sheridan Howth YC RS Aero 7 1065   1 1 -2 2 2 8 6
2nd 3822 Roy Van Maanen Greystones SC RS Aero 5 1136 M 3 4 1 1 -5 14 9
3rd 3233 Hammy Baker Strangford Lough/QYC RS Aero 7 1065   -4 2 3 4 1 14 10
4th 3289 Noel Butler National YC RS Aero 7 1065   2 (13RET) 6 6 4 31 18
5th 1321 Brendan Foley Royal St George YC RS Aero 7 1065   (13DNC) 5 5 5 3 31 18
6th 3844 Robert Howe Monkstown Bay SC RS Aero 7 1065 M (13DNC) 3 4 3 13DNF 36 23
7th 3365 Emmett OSullivan Monkstown Bay SC RS Aero 7 1065   (13DNC) 7 7 8 7 42 29
8th 3433 Sarah Dwyer RStGYC/GreystonesSC RS Aero 5 1136 M L (13DNC) 8 9 13UFD 6 49 36
9th 3291 John Phelan Howth YC RS Aero 7 1065   (13DNC) 9 10 7 13RET 52 39
10th 1066 Mark Gavin Royal St George YC RS Aero 7 1065   (13DNC) 6 8 13DNC 13DNC 53 40
11th 3644 Mick McCambridge National YC RS Aero 7 1065 M (13DNC) 13RET 13DNC 13DNC 13DNC 65 52
11th 1319 Emma Hynes Greystones SC RS Aero 5 1136 L (13DNC) 13DNC 13DNC 13DNC 13DNC 65 52




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