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Lymington Festive Stadium Racing - Hampshire, UK
17/12/2022 - 17/12/2022
 

Write-Up

Lymington Festive Stadium Racing - Hampshire, UK,  Sat 17th Dec

15 RS Aeros pitched up for the annual Lymington Festive RS Aero Stadium Racing, all excited and with a spring in their step - like Christmas come early! We could not have been more fortunate with the conditions as the week's frost finally thawed that morning to give a balmy 7'C and sunshine! With a sheltered medium breeze everyone opted for RS Aero 7s enabling Class racing all together in one fleet.

The racing was situated at the top of the Lymington River opposite the pontoons and Clubhouse. Spectators could watch the quick-fire short course racing with plenty cheering & heckling whilst enjoying a glass of mulled wine and mince pies!
 
The wind direction was perfect to enable a good start line from the pontoon across the width of the river and first upwind leg before a downwind slalom. PRO Keith Willis periodically raised and dropped the 'RRS42 Relaxation' flag to allow free propulsion which proved a fine way to warm the fleet up and give them a thorough workout - it was interesting to see who the best 'legal cheaters' were and the variance in techniques! Those techniques were also evolving, for better and worse, after the between race mulled wine shots, served to passing RS Aeros from the pontoon.

Over five 15-minute races and no discards Andrew Frost (Sutton Bingham) came out on top winning 3 races, just ahead of Peter Barton (Lym Town) who won 2. 3rd place went to Will Taylor (Lym Town) with Iona Willows (Lym Town) top female in 8th. Random wrapped Christmas present prizes went to everyone at the award ceremony and in line with the Class' Sustainability goals two 'new' recycled 25-year-old trophies were awarded, initially presented at the 1997 Laser 4000 Europeans at Como.

The day's festivities continued onto a historical guided tour of Lymington's cobbles and refuges before a late evening curry for 18! Thanks to everyone for a fun day, especially to the volunteers running the racing!

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Results

5 races, no discard

RS Aero 7s
Rank Sail Name Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Nett
1st 3875 Andrew Frost Sutton Bingham SC 1 4 1 1 5 12 12
2nd 3597 Peter Barton Lymington Town SC 4 1 2 5 1 13 13
3rd 1551 Will Taylor Lymington Town SC 2 2 5 3 4 16 16
4th 1209 David Ellis Lymington Town SC 7 6 3 4 3 23 23
5th 2936 William Homewood Lymington Town SC 3 3 4 9 7 26 26
6th 2550 Chris Jones Sutton Bingham SC 5 10 6 7 2 30 30
7th 74 Noah Rees Lymington Town SC 6 5 8 8 6 33 33
8th 3330 Iona Willows Lymington Town SC 11 7 10 2 10 40 40
9th 2318 Karl Thorne Lymington Town SC 8 11 9 6 11 45 45
10th 2949 Jenny Bennett Lymington Town SC 12 9 7 11 9 48 48
11th 3815 Richard Mayo Lymington Town SC 9 8 13 10 8 48 48
12th 2204 Alan Markham Lymington Town SC 10 12 12 12 12 58 58
13th 3397 Matt Perkins Lymington Town SC 13 13 11 13 13 63 63
14th 1316 Robert Willows Lymington Town SC 14 14 14 15 15 72 72
15th 2503 Dan Bird Lymington Town SC 16DNC 16DNC 16DNC 14 14 76 76




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