Write-Up

Congratulations to Luca Mitchell (Paignton SC) on winning the Roadford Rocket in his RS Aero 7! It was a great combined day for the RS Aeros with Chris Jones (Sutton Bingham) coming in 2nd in his RS Aero 9 too! But it was not all plain sailing....

The sun shone beautifully marking the start of spring in the southwest. Very light winds dominated the day but some breeze filled at times for some good close racing. The race team elected to hold two 60 minute pursuit races to be sure of getting a result. In the end they succeeded in completing both races in difficult conditions to achieve a combined score from the two results.

Thanks to Luca for his summary report;
"After a short postponement for wind to fill in, the first 1 hour pursuit race was able to start. The wind was all over the place when I started but some pressure came through to put me ahead of both K1s and I was quickly up to 3rd place. Chris Jones in his RS Aero 9 caught me up on the downwind and went on to chase the Firefly. Then the wind died which helped me close in on Chris and the Firefly. In the final minute I had inside room at mark which got me the win in the first race.

The 2nd pursuit race started with a bit more breeze at the start but soon dropped. The Firefly had got away quickly for an early lead and the rest of the fleet were all close together. Chris and I got clear of the others and started closing down the Firefly. On the downwind Chris overtook the Firefly and kept the lead. Then on the final reach I got past Firefly to take 2nd to Chris which then overall put Chris in second and me winning the event.

The day finished off well after successfully getting towing Zak’s car towed out of Roadford's winter mud. He had kindly lent it to me for the day. Thanks Zak, luv you bruv!

Thanks to Sailing Southwest for running the event with hosts Roadford Lake Sailing Club."

Next up on the Sailing Southwest Winter Series is the Porthpean Perisher on Sunday 16th March followed by th the Exmoor Beastie at Wimbleball SC on Sunday 23rd March. Can an RS Aero win the series this year!
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