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Irish Eastern Champs - Swords S&BC, Ireland
05/04/2025 - 06/04/2025
 

Write-Up

Irish Eastern Champs - Swords S&BC, Ireland, 5/6th April

12 RS Aeros turned out for the first event of the new season witha mix of RS Aero 5s, 6s and 7s racing together on corrected time.

Thanks to  Julian Carroll for his report;
Sat 5th and Sun 6th April in SSBC were two totally different days on the Broadmeadows Estuary as SSBC hosted the RS Aero Eastern Championships 2025.

Saturday, the visiting RS Aero fleet arrived bright and early from Greystones SC, Royal St George YC, Howth YC, Waterford Harbour SC and Ballyholme YC to a brisk easterly and a forecast of 17-23 knots, which did not disappoint and provided for some exciting racing on the estuary.   After the briefing, the Race Committee and support boats launched ready for the day ahead.  With all 12 competing boats on the water and the 3 lap Olympic course laid directly offshore from the clubhouse providing a great viewing point to watch the races from onshore, the 1st race commenced on schedule at 11:55.   The RO Siobhán Broaders and ARO Declan O’Brien proceeded to run another 3 races in quick succession in challenging but enjoyable conditions.  With the 4 races completed by 2:30pm, a tired but happy fleet returned to shore for some very welcome chilli, hot drinks and race analyses.   Daragh Sheridan from Howth YC the overnight leader on 3 points followed by Roy Van Maanen on 6 points.

Sunday, in contrast, was sunny with 7-12 knots forecast.  The course for Sunday was 3 lap Windward Leeward with reach to finish and 2 races scheduled.  The lighter airs, rig variance and option to go port or starboard at the leeward gate provided for excellent competition and position changes on the water in both races with final overall results in the RS Aero Eastern Championship’s 2025.

Congratulations to Daragh Sheridan (Howth YC) winning from Roy van Mannen of Greystones SC in 2nd and Paul Phelan of Greystones SC in 3rd.

Photos courtesy of Niall Schweppe of SSBC

Irish RS Aero Class Website



Results

6 races, 1 discard

Rank Sail Name Club Class PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st 4523 Daragh Sheridan Howth YC RS Aero 6 1099 -1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5
2nd 3822 Roy Van Maanen Greystones SC RS Aero 5 1139 2 2 2 2 5 -6 19 13
3rd 4230 Paul Phelan Greystones SC RS Aero 7 1063 3 -5 4 4 3 3 22 17
4th 3291 John Phelan Howth YC RS Aero 6 1099 -7 7 5 6 2 2 29 22
5th 1067 Stuart Harris Waterford Harbour SC RS Aero 6 1099 4 3 6 -7 4 5 29 22
6th 3433 Sarah Dwyer Royal St George YC RS Aero 5 1139 8 -9 3 3 7 7 37 28
7th 2134 Nathan Harris Waterford Harbour SC RS Aero 5 1139 5 4 8 8 6 -9 40 31
8th 4384 Neil Colin Royal St George YC RS Aero 6 1099 6 6 7 5 (14DNC) 14DNC 52 38
9th 3181 John D Woods Ballyholme YC RS Aero 6 1099 -9 8 9 9 9 8 52 43
10th 3845 Nigel Harris Swords SBC RS Aero 6 1099 10 11RTD (12DNS) 12DNS 8 4 57 45
11th 1022 Mark Brodie Ramor WC RS Aero 7 1063 11 11DNF (12DNS) 12DNS 10 10 66 54
12th 2360 Andrea Marelli Swords SBC RS Aero 6 1099 (14DNS) 12DNS 11DNF 12DNS 11 11 71 57




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