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

RS Aero Atlantic Coast Championships at Cedar Point Yacht Club © Cedar Point YC

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
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