RS Aero World Championship at the RS Games, Weymouth & Portland

RS Aero World Championship at the RS Games, Weymouth & Portland - Day 1

by RS Aero International Class 7 Aug 2018 06:37 BST 4-10 August 2018

2018 RS Aero World Championship - Day 1 © Steve Greenwood

A whopping 205 RS Aeros representing 16 nations are in Weymouth for the Class' 2nd World Championship. Racing over 3 fleets RS Aero 5, 7 and 9 and sharing the week with the 170 boat RS Tera Worlds makes this week a huge start to the 3 week long RS anniversary Games.

A record number of Youths (under 19) are competing with 10 Juniors (under 16). The Ladies entry is up to 35 spread through all ago brackets. The Masters (55+) category remains as strong as ever with 48, 8 of which qualify as Grand Masters (65+).

Largest visiting international teams are USA (9), Czech Republic (7) Netherlands (6) with nearly 50 international RS Aero visitors to Weymouth and Portland in total.

Class Socials Director Greg Bartlett and his team have been hard at work. On Saturday the fleet warmed up (quite literally!) booking out the whole of Portland's Balti restaurant before adjourning to The Cove Inn for a beautiful sunset. Tonight Class records were smashed when 100 RS Aero sailors sat down to dinner, packing out the whole of The Dorset Burger in Weymouth.

2018 RS Aero World Championship - Day 1 - photo © Steve Greenwood

Below is the summary of tracing from the day's talented daily scribes. Tomorrow has similar conditions with yet more unbroken sunshine before the wind is set to rise through the week.

RS Aero 9 (by Marc Jacobi, USA)

Conditions for the first day of the 2018 RS Aero World Championship were almost exactly as predicted, with sunny skies and a weak NW breeze quickly swinging around to the SW at around 1030 and building to about 8 knots. It was a perfect start to the Worlds for its 205 competitors, and beautifully suited to the 48 9-rig boats in attendance.

The 9s started last, which gave me about 25 minutes to watch the three other fleets going up their first windward leg. This identified a left side advantage and together with great speed saw me take two bullets for the day, so a good start to the event! "Lightning" Liam Willis, second to me last year at the Worlds in France, finished 2, 3 today, definitely scoring keepers. The wind forecast now shows increasing wind throughout the week, so it will be interesting to see how things go in planing conditions.

RS Aero 7 (by Karl Thorne, GBR)

In the 7 rig, a massive 103 boat entry meant that the fleet had to be split into two separate starts: yellow and blue.

Whilst from the comfort of the upper mid-fleet on the yellow start it was tricky to tell exactly who was winning, moving or shaking in my fleet let alone the blue fleet. What I can say after reviewing the score cards are that in the blue fleet Jack Hopkins took a 1-2 on the day, and Sam Whaley a 3-1. In the yellow fleet Steve Cockerill was 1-5, and Cameron Smith 6-1.

2018 RS Aero World Championship - Day 1 - photo © Steve Greenwood

Whilst meeting Sam Whaley at the bar and buying him a glass of water, I managed to get the following out of him: "I did a 720 in the first race after being called by the jury for an infringement during my trigger pull – not sure what that was, and I fell out the boat at the top mark and lost my favourite hat". Losing his hat seemed to cause the most angst and he has promised a minute's silence in it's memory, personally he was lucky not to get a 55 for a trash disposal infringement!

RS Aero 5 (by Lucy Greenwood, GBR)

Day 1 in the RS Aero 5 fleet saw some new faces at the front with the 60 strong RS Aero 5 fleet showing an ever increasing depth of talent. With winds light to medium with mostly smooth water, today was a great way to start the 5 day World Championship!

2018 RS Aero World Championship - Day 1 - photo © Steve Greenwood

Current RS Feva World Champion, Ben Hutton-Penman, leads in his first event. Last year's Worlds silver medallist, Sander Puppart of Estonia, and Will Caiger each took a win. I look forward to the rest of the competition and seeing how it develops.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	Q1	Q2	Pts
RS Aero 5 Fleet
1	GBR	2350	Ben Hutton-Penman	BurnhamSC/CorinthianOtters	3	2	5
2	GBR	1685	Lucy Greenwood	Oxford SC	2	6	8
3	GBR	2442	Jonathan Bailey	Hunts SC	5	4	9
4	GBR	2130	Kate Sargent	Hill Head SC	7	3	10
5	GBR	1844	William Caiger	Sevenoaks School	11	1	12
6	EST	1929	Sander Puppart	Pirita Svertpaadiklubi	1	12	13
7	GBR	2552	Sammy Isaacs-Johnson	Maidenhead SC	4	11	15
8	EST	2253	Liina Kolk	Pirita SK/ Saaremaa MS	6	10	16
9	GBR	1107	Ben Poe	Sutton Bingham SC	10	8	18
10	GBR	1893	Alastair Brown	Great Moor SC	16	5	21
11	GBR	2106	Roscoe Martin	Ogston SC	14	9	23
12	GBR	1312	Andrew Frost	Sutton Bingham SC	9	14	23
13	GBR	1562	Toby Schofield	Felpham SC	12	13	25
14	GBR	1149	Raulf Berry	Emsworth SC	19	7	26
15	GBR	2656	Deborah Degge	Bartley SC	8	18	26
16	GBR	2555	Giles Baker	Datchet Water SC	15	15	30
17	GBR	1964	Alice Lucy	Rutland SC	13	19	32
18	GBR	1099	Ralph Nevile	Frensham Pond SC	18	16	34
19	GBR	2435	Caitlin Morley	Burnham SC	24	20	44
20	GBR	1927	Jack Hardie	Frensham Pond SC	29	17	46
21	RUS	1877	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	YC Sankt-Petersburg	20	28	48
22	NED	2349	Karlijn van den Boogaard	WSV Vinkeveen-Abcoude	23	25	48
23	GBR	2426	Lucy Pennant	Hayling Island SC	17	32	49
24	GBR	2368	Imogen Cage White	Broadstairs SC	28	21	49
25	GBR	2321	Claire Power	Emsworth Slipper SC	25	27	52
26	GBR	1819	Ben Millard	Emsworth SC	21	34	55
27	GBR	1575	Mark Carleton	Papercourt SC	34	22	56
28	GBR	1108	Charlie Pearce	Dabchicks SC	33	23	56
29	GBR	2416	James Dowrick	Porthpean SC	27	29	56
30	GBR	2061	Ben Tylecote	Rutland SC	31	26	57
31	GBR	2290	Philip McDonald	Hayling Island SC	36	24	60
32	GBR	1457	Emma McEwen	Royal Lymington YC	30	30	60
33	GBR	1301	Emily Davis	Great Moor SC	26	39	65
34	GBR	1566	Samuel Blaker	Benfleet YC	22	45	67
35	GBR	1065	Nic Johnson	Coniston SC Roa Island	32	35	67
36	NED	1447	Floris Stapel	WSV Braassemermeer	35	36	71
37	GBR	1705	Kate Wharmby	Royal Lymington YC	42	31	73
38	GBR	1581	Steve Stewart	Yorkshire Dales SC	37	37	74
39	GBR	1175	Natasha Sion	Lymington Town SC	47	33	80
40	GBR	2462	Alessandra Tydeman	Lymington Town SC	39	41	80
41	EST	1876	Silvia Johanna Haavel	Pirita Svertpaadiklubi	41	40	81
42	GBR	1060	Mike Linney	Chichester YC	38	48	86
43	GBR	1296	Maggie Dunn	Lyme Regis SC	52	38	90
44	GBR	2150	Jackie Craven	Yorkshire Dales SC	40	50	90
45	GBR	1183	Phoebe Willcocks	Alton Water SC	48	42	90
46	GBR	1594	Julie Archer	Ullswater YC	44	47	91
47	FIN	1867	Kairit Koiv	Oulun Tyovaen Pursiseura	45	46	91
48	EST	1875	Olga Kuvatova	Pirita Svertpaadiklubi	50	43	93
49	GBR	2100	Julie Willis	Lymington Town SC	49	44	93
50	USA	2603	Paul Gloster	Santa Barbara SSA CA	43	55	98
51	NOR	1431	Cathrine Karlson	Risor Seilforening	46	54	100
52	GBR	1071	Bill Organ	South Cerney SC	51	51	102
53	GBR	1777	Catherine Hemsley	Felpham SC	54	49	103
54	CZE	1162	Sylvia Mrazova	Asociace Lodnich Trid RS	53	52	105
55	GBR	1030	Nicci Kilpatrick	Hayling Island SC	55	53	108
56	USA	2655	Melissa Solnick	Sebago C&SC NY	56	58	114
57	GBR	2596	Michael Williams	Ely SC	57	57	114
58	GBR	2434	Thomas Goodsell	Brightlingsea SC	59	56	115
59	GBR	2274	Rhys Williams	Ely SC	58	59	117
60	CZE	2056	Petr Briza	YC Pardubice	60	60	120
RS Aero 7 Fleet
1	GBR	2666	Jack Hopkins	Delph SC	1	2	3
2	GBR	1340	Sam Whaley	Swanage SC	3	1	4
3	GBR	2665	Craig Williamson	Staunton Harold SC	2	3	5
4	GBR	2319	Stephen Cockerill	Stokes Bay SC	1	5	6
5	GBR	1020	Richard Pye	Draycote Water SC	3	3	6
6	GBR	1428	Cameron Smith	Chelmarsh SC	6	1	7
7	GBR	2131	Greg Kelly	Isle of Man YC	5	2	7
8	GBR	2545	Noah Rees	Cawsand Bay SC / TMSC	5	4	9
9	EST	1781	Ants Haavel	Pirita Svertpaadiklubi	7	4	11
10	GBR	1843	Chris Jenkins	Bowmoor SC	8	6	14
11	GBR	2415	Jack Miller	Felpham SC	10	5	15
12	GBR	2098	Pierce Seward	Broadstairs SC	9	6	15
13	GBR	2543	Steve Norbury	Warsash SC	8	7	15
14	GBR	2553	Mark Riddington	Emsworth Slipper SC	4	13	17
14	USA	2661	Hank Saurage	Pontchartrain YC LA	4	13	17
16	USA	2657	Yannick Gloster	Santa BarbaraYSF/SBSC CA	12	7	19
17	FRA	2417	Tim Woodcock	CV Mullhouse	7	12	19
18	GBR	2288	Paul Gardner	Stokes Bay SC	10	11	21
19	GBR	1232	Tim Norris	Warsash SC	14	8	22
20	GBR	2320	Sarah Cockerill	Stokes Bay SC	11	11	22
21	GBR	2439	Tim Hire	Royal Lymington YC	13	10	23
22	GBR	2161	Paul Robson	Reading SC	11	12	23
23	GBR	2147	John Warburton	Chew Valley LSC	16	8	24
24	GBR	1590	Chris Hatton	Bowmoor SC	9	15	24
25	GER	1903	Juliane Barthel	SC Dummer	2	23	25
26	GBR	1921	James Clapham	Royal Torbay YC	12	16	28
27	GBR	2604	George Sunderland	Olton Mere SC	14	15	29
28	GBR	1568	Caitlin Atkin	Whitstable YC	23	9	32
29	GBR	2325	Ned Stattersfield	Wells-Next-The-Sea	15	19	34
30	GBR	2318	Karl Thorne	Lymington Town SC	13	22	35
31	GBR	2609	Richard Kennedy	Emsworth Slipper SC	21	14	35
32	GBR	2058	Duncan De Boltz	Thorpe Bay YC	19	16	35
33	GBR	2572	Andy Hill	Warsash SC	18	17	35
34	GBR	1785	James Hutton-Penman	Burnham SC / RCYC	28	9	37
35	GER	1902	Jens Roehrssen	Segelverein Weser	27	10	37
36	GBR	1544	James Witts	Queen Mary SC	15	22	37
37	GBR	2550	Chris Jones	Sutton Bingham SC	20	18	38
38	NED	1256	Martijn Jessurun	WSV Vinkeveen-Abcoude	21	19	40
39	GBR	2472	Paddy Hutchings	Royal Western YC	20	20	40
40	GBR	2582	Nick Neve	Rutland SC	27	14	41
41	GBR	2621	Liam Vass	Felpham SC	25	17	42
42	GBR	2427	Nigel Rolfe	Lymington Town SC	17	25	42
43	GBR	2503	Dan Bird	Lymington Town SC	19	23	42
44	USA	2663	David Solnick	Sebago C&SC NY	17	27	44
45	GBR	1031	Arthur Goldsmith	Hayling Island SC	23	21	44
46	GBR	2155	Iain McGonigal	East Lothian YC	24	21	45
47	NOR	1274	Herman Bordal	Moss	18	28	46
48	GBR	1930	Daniel Newall	Starcross YC	26	20	46
49	GBR	2502	Peter Chaplin	Burghfield SC	22	25	47
50	GBR	1336	Joe Gallivan	Spinnaker SC	26	24	50
51	AUS	2662	Peter Stephinson	Middle Harbour ASC NSW	16	36	52
52	GBR	1672	Richard Bentley	Felpham SC	29	24	53
53	GBR	1305	Ed Storey	Yorkshire Dales SC	24	29	53
54	GBR	1637	Lorrian Wells	Highcliffe SC	36	18	54
55	GBR	2001	Ben Lyons	Lymington Town SC	25	30	55
56	GBR	2648	Ben Powell	Alton Water SC	22	37	59
57	GBR	2362	Claire Geoghegan	Brightlingsea SC	30	29	59
58	GBR	2357	Paul Hawkins	Hayling Island SC	34	26	60
59	GBR	1211	Nicholas Eales	LymingtonTownSC/RLymYC	33	27	60
60	GBR	2611	Patrick Fulton	Bough Beech SC	32	30	62
61	GBR	2421	Paul Speirs	Notts County SC	31	31	62
62	GBR	2581	Peter Craggs	York RI SC	38	26	64
63	GBR	1508	Robert England	Chelmarsh SC	37	28	65
64	GBR	2113	Christopher Smith	Island Barn RSC	31	34	65
65	GBR	2515	Richard Barrett	Spinnaker SC	35	32	67
66	GBR	2146	Nick Craven	Yorkshire Dales SC	32	38	70
67	GBR	2103	Kingsley Brown	Gurnard SC	38	33	71
68	GER	2038	Peter Haupt	SG Hengsteysee	36	35	71
69	GBR	1120	Jae Jones	Spinnaker SC	40	32	72
70	GBR	2101	Chris Hobday	Gurnard SC	33	39	72
71	USA	2658	Catherine Gloster	Santa Barbara SSA CA	28	45	73
72	ESP	2392	Matias Grass	CMV Barcelona	42	31	73
73	GBR	2388	Charlie Gillmore	Paignton SC / RDYC	41	33	74
74	GBR	2574	Anthony Johnson	Coniston SC	39	35	74
75	GBR	2224	Richard Payne	Oxford SC	39	36	75
76	GBR	2055	Chris Woolley	Combs SC	37	38	75
77	GBR	2649	Kent Martin	Ogston SC	29	47	76
78	GBR	1400	Gary Fowler	Hunts SC	30	48	78
79	CZE	1826	Petr Bryx	YC Neratovice	40	39	79
80	GBR	1694	Nicholas Willcocks	Alton Water SC	46	34	80
81	GBR	2429	Robin Caiger	Bough Beech SC	34	46	80
82	GBR	2270	Andrew Petter	Littleton SC	35	46	81
83	GER	1909	Jorn Domres	SV Harlebucht	42	41	83
84	OMA	2660	Dirk Gramkow	Ras al Hamra SC	41	42	83
85	CZE	2097	Petr Prokysek	Orthodocks YC	44	41	85
86	GBR	1091	Penelope Gillett	Royal Harwich YC	49	37	86
87	NED	2309	Koen Ruiter	WVA Vinkeveen-Abcoude	47	40	87
88	GBR	2659	Gareth Thomas	Ocean CC	45	43	88
89	GBR	2542	Chris Hughes	Warsash SC	44	44	88
90	NED	2189	Mark Cole	GWV de Vrijbuiter	49	40	89
91	GBR	1582	Mark Rolfe	Bartley SC	43	47	90
92	CZE	2664	Adam Buril	Asociace Lodnich Trid RS	48	43	91
93	GBR	2225	John McKeown	Lancing SC	47	44	91
94	GBR	2422	Clive Howland	Combs SC	46	45	91
95	GBR	2473	Paul Willis	Yorkshire Dales SC	50	42	92
96	GBR	2605	Mark Fowler	Hunts SC	43	49	92
97	CZE	1816	Milos Buril	Asociace Lodnich Trid RS	45	50	95
98	GBR	2505	Neil Wharmby	Royal Lymington YC	48	48	96
99	NED	1841	Rob Jessurun	WSV Vinkeveen-Abcoude	51	49	100
100	ESP	2433	Carvajal Leon	CMV Barcelona	50	50	100
101	GBR	1370	Alistair Goodwin	Haversham SC	6	DNC	110
102	GBR	2299	John Wilcox	East Lothian YC	DNS	DNS	208
102	GBR	2531	Chris Stanbrook	Bala SC	DNC	DNC	208
RS Aero 9 Fleet
1	USA	2667	Marc Jacobi	Cedar Point YC CT	1	1	2
2	GBR	2551	Liam Willis	Lymington Town SC	2	3	5
3	GBR	2672	George Cousins	Mounts Bay SC	3	5	8
4	GBR	2549	Peter Barton	Lymington Town SC	5	6	11
5	GBR	2148	Gareth Griffiths	Island Barn RSC	8	4	12
6	GBR	1888	Chris Larr	Northampton SC	6	10	16
7	GRE	2428	Ben Rolfe	Peligoni Club	10	7	17
8	GBR	2193	Ben Charnley	Snettisham Beach SC	4	14	18
9	USA	2669	Madhavan Thirumalai	Cedar Point YC CT	9	9	18
10	GBR	2600	Greg Bartlett	Starcross YC	7	13	20
11	GBR	2441	Jeff Davison	Island Barn RSC	14	12	26
12	GBR	1298	Richard Watsham	RNSA / Starcross YC	16	11	27
13	GBR	1052	Jim Fifield	King George SC	26	2	28
14	GER	1723	Marcus Walther	DSCL Frankfurt	20	8	28
15	GBR	2626	Tom Kennedy	Emsworth Slipper SC	13	15	28
16	SWE	2512	Christer Bath	Royal Gothenburg YC	15	16	31
17	GBR	1331	Rory Cohen	Frampton-on-Severn SC	11	24	35
18	GBR	2608	Rory Fulton	Bough Beech SC	19	18	37
19	GBR	2074	Matt Evans	Great Moor SC	12	26	38
20	GBR	2369	Tom Ehler	Lymington Town SC	17	22	39
21	GBR	2420	Daniel Martin	Lymington Town SC	23	17	40
22	GBR	1011	Andy Warren	Avon SC	18	25	43
23	GBR	1171	Ffinlo Wright	Isle of Man YC	22	21	43
24	GBR	2527	Robbie Lawson	East Lothian YC	25	19	44
25	GBR	2548	Jim Hood	Lymington Town SC	21	23	44
26	GBR	2186	Alan Beaton	Notts County SC	28	20	48
27	GBR	2610	Ben Wallis	Spinnaker SC	24	30	54
28	SVK	2673	Andrej Holak	YC Slovan Bratislava	29	27	56
29	USA	2668	Ash Beatty	MISA TX	27	29	56
30	SWE	1438	Thomas Sandstrom	Skargardsstads SS	30	28	58
31	GBR	2073	Tim Seward	Broadstairs SC	32	31	63
32	GBR	2142	Tom Russell	Island Barn RSC	33	32	65
33	GBR	1135	Phil White	Frampton on Severn SC	31	37	68
34	GBR	1231	Tim Bilbrough	Hayling Island SC	35	34	69
35	GBR	2188	Joe Bird	Blackwater SC	40	33	73
36	GBR	1656	David Partridge	Chelmarsh SC	34	39	73
37	GBR	1818	Lester Korzilius	Emsworth SC	39	36	75
38	CZE	1556	Tomas Matejka	Asociace Lodnich Trid RS	41	35	76
39	AUS	2670	Andrew Giles	Lake Cullulleraine YC VIC	38	38	76
40	GBR	1490	Graham Platt	Highcliffe SC	37	40	77
41	GBR	1485	Alex Newton Southon	Lymington Town SC	36	DNF	80
42	GBR	2223	Mark Fox	Stokes Bay SC	42	41	83
43	AUS	2671	Simon Reffold	Balmoral SC NSW	DNC	DNC	88