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Lee-on-Solent RS Aero Open - Hampshire, UK
17/06/2023 - 18/06/2023
 

Write-Up

Lee-on-Solent RS Aero Open - Hampshire, UK, 17/18 June

20 RS Aeros ventured to the seaside to enjoy two days close fought racing from Lee-on-Solent Sailing Club. With the wind set to be predominantly light to medium the fleet gravitated towards a good sized 17 boat RS Aero 7 fleet, with 3 RS Aero 9s off the same start line to help set the pace.

10-12kn South Easterly provided a great match with a range of competitive sailor weights from mid-60s kg to 80 kg at the front of the RS Aero 7 fleet. The heavier sailors generally edged forwards upwind and the lighter sailors were able to come back at them again downwind. At the end of Day 1 Chloe George (Lymington) had a 1 point lead over Peter Barton (Lymington) who in turn had a 1 point lead over Jack Lewis. Rory Cohen (South Cerney) led the RS Aero 9s and was well challenged to keep ahead of the lead 7s.

Day 2 saw a good variety in the breeze. Initially there was another well matched 10-12kn race. Then for Race 5 a nice 15kn came in and sailors got to stretch their legs and enjoy some fast planing reaches - and the Race Officer generously gave us a 3rd lap to have an hour long race to enjoy it!!!

By Race 6 the wind had swung south and the RO quickly set a new course. The new set of conditions with a challenging wave chop and cross current tested competitors. Jack needed a 1st and Peter needed a 1st or 2nd to win. However, with Graham Tribbeck (Lee-on-Solent) coming in hot from the left on the run to take the race win it was Chloe George, already enjoying her afternoon tea and cake ashore, who took the RS Aero 7 event win overall! The RS Aero 7s saw 4 race winners from the 6 races. Rory Cohen won the RS Aero 9s.

Thanks to Lee-on-Solent SC for being excellent hosts and for their generous portions of cake. Thanks to Rooster for supporting the prizes.

Next up for the is the RS Aero UK Southern Championship just along the coast at Warsash on 1/2 July as the UK fleet ramp up in preparation for the RS Aero World Championship in Sardinia in July and RS Aero 5 & 7 UK Nationals in Tenby in August.

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Results

6 races, 1 discard

RS Aero 7                      
Rank Sail Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st 3870 Chloe GEORGE Lymington Town SC 1 3 1 2 2 (18DNC) 27 9
2nd 4396 Peter BARTON Lymington Town SC 2 1 -3 3 1 3 13 10
3rd 4398 Jack LEWIS   -4 2 2 1 4 2 15 11
4th 2890 Andrew RAWSON Weston SC 3 4 4 4 3 -5 23 18
5th 3661 Graham TRIBBECK Lee-on-Solent SC -12 8 6 5 8 1 40 28
6th 4314 Richard BENTLEY Felpham SC 5 -9 8 6 9 4 41 32
7th 2811 Tim BLACKMORE Chichester YC 11 5 7 7 5 (18DNC) 53 35
8th 3170 Nigel DAKIN   8 6 10 -11 6 6 47 36
9th 3148 Callum ALDOUS Lee-on-Solent SC 9 7 -11 8 7 7 49 38
10th 2677 Jeff JACKSON Lee-on-Solent SC 7 12 -14 13 11 9 66 52
11th 3665 Paul OAKEY Porcherster SC 10 10 9 10 13 (18DNC) 70 52
12th 3046 Steve JACKSON Lee-on-Solent SC 6 (18RET) 5 9 18DNC 18DNC 74 56
13th 4309 Mark ALDOUS Felpham SC -15 11 13 14 10 11 74 59
14th 3328 Klaus HARRIS Swanage SC 14 (18DNF) 12 12 14 10 80 62
15th 2171 Paul CHANDLER Lee-on-Solent SC 16 13 -17 15 12 8 81 64
16th 2293 Caroline MARTIN Lee-on-Solent SC 13 14 15 (18DNC) 18DNC 18DNC 96 78
17th 2740 Claire DARCH Lee-on-Solent SC 17 15 16 (18DNC) 18DNC 18DNC 102 84
                       
RS Aero 9                      
Rank Sail Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st 3130 Rory COHEN South Cerney SC -1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5
2nd 1904 Benjamin CLARK Lee-on-Solent SC 2 2 3 2 2 (4DNC) 15 11
3rd 3811 Andy WILKINS South Caerarvoshire YC 3 3 2 3 (4DNC) 4DNC 19 15
                       
RS Aero 5                      
Rank Sail Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st 2293 Caroline MARTIN Lee-on-Solent SC (2DNC) 2DNC 2DNC 1 2DNC 2DNC 9 7





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