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RS Aero Winter Youth Training at Reading Sailing Club

by Peter Barton 30 Nov 2015 07:38 GMT 21-22 November 2015
RS Aero Winter Youth Training at Reading © Paul Robson

Extreme conditions challenge the squad

The weekend of 21/22nd November saw opposite extremes for the first RS Aero Winter training weekend at Reading Sailing Club. On Saturday the gusts were hitting 30 knots whilst Sunday was a day for practicing very light airs. Variety for training is great and this certainly provided both ends of the spectrum!

Sailors demonstrated their confidence in the breeze and squad coach Paul Robson took this great video of Caitie Atkin showing some great downwind technique through the challenging gusts.

The second Winter training weekend is coming up this weekend 5/6th December at Lymington Town Sailing Club. With an open invite to the local fleet of 27 and a few loan boats available too it will be a fun weekend. Four half day sessions are planned making the most of the ever changing Western Solent conditions and, being at Lymington, we shall have a focus on:

  • Starting in tide
  • Racing in tide
  • Sailing in choppy waves
If you are interested in joining in please contact our Youth Coordinator, Peter Atkin on or Peter Barton on

After new year the RS Aero squad joins with the RS Tera squad again at:

  • 23/24th January, Draycote SC

  • 13/14th February, Northampton SC

  • 12/13th March, Oxford SC
For more info on Everything Aero visit the Class website at www.rsaerosailing.org and facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/rsaeroclass

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