RS Aero Atlantic Coast Championships at Cedar Point Yacht Club
by RS Aero North American Class Association 6 Oct 2020 20:50 BST
3-4 October 2020
The local RS Aero fleet at Cedar Point YC has been growing quickly this past year culminating in a great fleet of twenty RS Aero 9s for the Atlantic Coast Championships at Cedar Point YC, which formed part of their Fontelieu Fall OD Regatta. Five RS Aero visitors travelled from other parts of the USA's North East, although Covid kept many more away.
Light winds were forecast on Day 1 and so everyone agreed to sail RS Aero 9s creating the largest RS Aero 9 regatta to date in North America! Sailors enjoyed blue skies and winds out of the SE/S produced flat water but a shifty breeze for the seven races held on the triangle/sausage course.
Ralph Kinder from Rhode Island scored two bullets early on, however, the breeze increasing up towards 15kn by Race 4 allowed straight-line speed to help Marc Jacobi and Madhavan Thirumalai pull away.
Five more races on Day 2 with the wind from the East 8-13 knots created bigger seas to make surfing possible for some fun reaches with plenty of place changes!
Sailors found the racing competitive with places hard fought throughout the fleet. Local CPYC sailors Marc Jacobi and Madhavan Thirumalai ended the weekend atop the leaderboard with Ralph Kinder of Bristol YC nipping at their heels. Eric Aker took fourth sailing a strong and consistent series and a strong performance by Francisco Barreto with great starts and first beats saw him take 5th.
Anne Kochendorfer finished as first Lady in 12th, beating Sally Sharp.
We realised what a great venue Cedar Point is in the Fall with blue sky 'champagne sailing' in good breezes! Thanks to Cedar Point YC for hosting the event and their slick race committee work.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Pts |
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| 1 | 3172 | Marc Jacobi | Cedar Point YC | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 1982 | Madhavan Thirumalai | Cedar Point YC | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| 3 | 1282 | Ralph Kinder | Bristol YC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 39 |
| 4 | 1041 | Eric Aker | | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | DNS | 71 |
| 5 | 3210 | Francisco Barreto | Cedar Point YC | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | RET | 9 | 5 | 73 |
| 6 | 1042 | John Eckart | Massapoag YC | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 87 |
| 7 | 2639 | Jim Myers | Cedar Point YC | 17 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 87 |
| 8 | 2896 | Philip Myerson | Cedar Point YC | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 90 |
| 9 | 1126 | Boris Mezhibovskiy | Cedar Point YC | 18 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 101 |
| 10 | 1424 | Gary Orkney | Mascoma SC | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 108 |
| 11 | 3222 | Michael Gavin | Cedar Point YC | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 5 | DNF | DNS | 10 | DNF | 8 | 10 | 7 | 120 |
| 12 | 2771 | Anne Kochendorfer | Cedar Point YC | 16 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 129 |
| 13 | 2623 | Andrew McConnell | Cedar Point YC | 19 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 9 | DNS | 10 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 132 |
| 14 | 3214 | Rich Gordon | Cedar Point YC | 13 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 132 |
| 15 | 2210 | Peter Libre | Cedar Point YC | 10 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 139 |
| 16 | 3219 | Stephen Schwartz | Cedar Point YC | 12 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 144 |
| 17 | 2249 | Ian Ray | Cedar Point YC | 11 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | SCP | 15 | 145 |
| 18 | 3218 | Sally Sharp | Mascoma SC | 8 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 18 | DNF | DNS | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | DNS | 167 |
| 19 | 2770 | Don Winston | Cedar Point YC | 14 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 13 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 192 |
| 20 | 1988 | Benjamin White | Cedar Point YC | 20 | 15 | 19 | 19 | RET | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 220 |
