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VIC State Titles at the George Mac Regatta - Royal Brighton YC, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
25/03/2023 - 26/03/2023

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VIC State Titles at the George Mac Regatta - Royal Brighton YC, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 25/26th March

RS Aero Victorian State Titles was held in conjunction with the George Mac Regatta at Royal Brighton Yacht Club. Racing was held in breeze from 6kts to 22kts and from flat seas to typical Port Phillip big waves.

The regatta saw a great turnout with 32 RS Aeros competing!

There was a huge effort from the NSW RS Aero contingent, with 8 keen sailors driving down to compete.

The fleet winners were Robyn Ratcliffe (Georges River SC, NSW) in the RS Aero 5s, Michael O'Brien (Royal Brighton YC) in the RS Aero 6s and Ian Johnson (Mount Martha YC) in the RS Aero 7s. Bronwyn Ridgway (Sandringham YC) took the RS Aero 5 State Title as first VIC boat. Well done to all the medal winners!

Michael O'Brien and Rhett Gowans were racing their RS Aero 6s for the first time, alongside the RS Aero 7 fleet, and enjoyed it.
Michael reported;
"In short, I love it. The RS Aero 6 is very light on the helm, so you need to steer accurately. Relative to the RS Aero 7, the RS Aero 6 is much more controllable and easier to sail upwind and down. Downwind in 24kts, it is so manageable. You can push it hard and really have fun on the waves. Instead of struggling for control, I’m in control!
Please thank all the development team for me. They did an awesome job."

Big thanks to the club, volunteers, race committee, sponsors & Sailing Raceboats Pty Ltd for their on-site support.

Next up on the agenda for VIC sailors is Sail Bellarine at Geelong, which follows regattas at Lake Boga and Yarrawonga.

In NSW, there is the Port Stephens 'Intergalactics' in Mid-May with several VIC RS Aeros keen to make the trip up!
Check out the RS Aero Australian Event Page

Australian RS Aero Class Website

RS Aero 5
Rank	Sail	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Net
1	3473	Robyn Ratcliffe	Georges River SC	1	1	1	1	2	2	-4	4	16	12
2	4001	Laurie Hoffman	Balmoral SC	4	4	3	(8DNC)	3	3	3	1	29	21
3	3006	Bronwyn Ridgway	Sandringham YC	2	2	(8DNC)	8DNC	6	1	2	3	32	24
4	1186	GraceBecker-Scott	Williamstown SC	5	5	(8DNC)	8DNC	1	4	1	2	34	26
5	3071	Mike Lawrence	Williamstown SC	-6	3	2	2	4	6	6	5	34	28
6	3592	Brian Fentiman	Williamstown SC	3	6	(8DNC)	8DNC	5	5	5	6	46	38
7	3085	Diane Vukelic	Georges River SC	(8DNS)	8DNC	8DNC	8DNC	8DNC	8DNC	8DNC	8DNC	64	56

RS Aero 6
Rank	Sail	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total	Net
1	3414	Michael O'Brien	Royal Brighton YC	-2	2	1	1	1	1	2	10	8
2	20	Rhett Gowans	Mornington YC	1	1	-2	2	2	2	1	11	9
3	2822	Pete Ellis	McRae YC	3	4	4	3	-5	3	5	27	22
4	3545	Darryl Bentley	Georges River SC	5	3	3	(8DNC)	6	4	4	33	25
5	2049	Sean Carlson	Mount Martha YC	4	5	5	4	3	-7	6	34	27
6	3467	Dave Parry	Mount Martha YC	6	6	6	5	4	5	-7	39	32
7	2495	Stuart Facey	Mount Martha YC	7	7	7	(8DNC)	7	6	3	45	37

RS Aero 7
Rank	Sail	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total	Net
1	4002	Ian Johnson	Mount Martha YC	6	2	3	1	1	2	-8	23	15
2	2915	Ron Fergusson	Albert SC	2	4	-6	5	3	4	1	25	19
3	4037	Gary Ratcliffe	Georges River SC	1	1	1	3	5	-11	11	33	22
4	3546	Matthew Kiely	SouthGippslandYC	5	-8	4	4	2	3	7	33	25
5	3052	Phillip Malcolm	Balmoral SC	7	5	5	-8	4	5	4	38	30
6	3086	Richard Shaw	Balmoral SC	3	11	2	2	7	-12	9	46	34
7	3120	Paul Ridgway	Sandringham YC	4	3	(19DNF)	19DNC	9	1	2	57	38
8	3589	Bruce Murphy	Georges River SC	-12	10	11	6	8	6	3	56	44
9	3058	Paul Rogers	Blairgowrie YS	-10	6	8	7	6	9	10	56	46
10	2674	Paul Smart	Blairgowrie YS	11	9	9	9	-12	8	5	63	51
11	3590	David Ginty	Jervis Bay SC	13	12	10	(19DNC)	14	7	6	81	62
12	3103	Sam O'Connor	Sandringham YC	9	13	7	(19DNC)	11	10	13	82	63
13	4040	Simon Pluim	Blairgowrie YS	8	7	(19DNC)	19DNC	10	14	12	89	70
14	2914	Christian Herr	Black Rock YC	15	14	12	(19DNC)	13	13	14	100	81
15	3092	ChristianBoardman	Mount Martha YC	14	15	13	(19DNC)	15	15	15	106	87
16	2730	Marty Meldon	PortMelbourneYC	(19DNF)	16	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	130	111
17	3415	David Andrew	Mount Martha YC	16	(19DNS)	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	130	111
18	1074	Brendan Chaplin	Royal Brighton YC	(19RTD)	19DNS	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	19DNC	133	114

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