RS Aeros at the Puget Sound Spring Regatta at Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle

by Dan Falk 28 Apr 2021 22:08 BST 24-25 April 2021

With a weekend of varying moderate southerlies, the RS Aero fleet reached an informal consensus that the 9 rigs were the way to go and it was another big RS Aero 9 weekend for the Seattle fleet.

The race course was fairly flat all weekend and the entire regatta was raced in strong flood tides, so there was a premium on downwind boat speed. I can speak from experience that reaching the weather mark in a good position did not guarantee a top result at the finish. This fleet is getting fast downwind!

CYC ran a good event. Southerlies come with strong shifts in Shilshole Bay, and the committee wisely set the starting line for the average wind angle so both ends of the starting line came into play at different starts.

The weather legs were sometimes port biased and, on Saturday, "A" mark was close enough to the Magnolia bluff to make the final third of the weather legs tricky sailing conditions. However, these were challenges to be embraced, after a regatta that was a refreshing start to the season for the Corinthian YC race committee, thanks to all those volunteers.

As this fleet ramps up to the World Championship being hosted in Cascade Locks in '22, the sailing level seems to be getting better and better. While Dalton Bergen had another standout performance, many sailors had strong finishes. Andy Mack continues on form and took second with this author rounding out the top three.

Thursday night racing is has now started and there are large RS Aero fleets showing up weekly. Looking ahead to the major summer RS Aero meeting in the region, the Columbia Gorge One Design regatta at the end of July, there's talk of some guys heading down to the gorge for some training on there splendid track.

See also the RS Aero North American events list

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R 10	Pts
1st	2024	Dalton Bergan	CYC	1	1	1	1	‑2	1	1	1	1	1	9
2nd	1514	Andy Mack	SYC HRYC	3	3	‑6	6	1	2	2	3	4	2	26
3rd	2233	Dan Falk	CYC	‑7	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	31
4th	1727	John Renehan	CYC	2	‑5	4	5	5	5	5	5	2	3	36
5th	3256	Keith Hammer	SYC	9	7	‑11	2	4	4	10	7	5	6	54
6th	2483	Mark Reed		5	9	8	‑12	10	7	4	4	8	9	64
7th	2228	Jim Barrett		8	‑11	9	10	8	8	7	6	10	7	73
7th	1643	Dieter Creitz	CYC SYC	4	8	10	8	‑12	12	11	9	6	5	73
9th	1127	Todd Willsie	CYC	6	10	‑14	11	9	10	8	10	9	10	83
10th	1977	Jay Leon	CYC	14	14	12	9	7	9	6	8	12	(DNC)	91
11th	3251	Andrew Loe	CYC SYC	‑18	2	2	3	6	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	95
12th	1377	Michael Johnson Jr.	CYC	(DNS)	15	7	13	DNC	6	9	11	11	8	98
13th	1248	Andrew Schmidt	CYC SYC	13	6	3	7	11	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	105
14th	1726	Jacques Garrigues	CYC	12	12	17	16	(DNC)	13	14	12	7	11	114
15th	1481	Dan Herron		10	13	13	14	13	11	13	14	(DNC)	DNC	116
16th	1480	Alexander Baldwin	SYC	15	‑18	16	15	15	16	16	15	13	13	134
17th	122	Jonah Zimmerman	STYC	17	16	18	‑19	16	14	15	13	14	12	135
18th	2449	Mathieu Demarne	CYC	11	‑17	15	17	14	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	139
19th	2209	Matt Hemke		16	‑19	19	18	17	15	12	16	15	14	142
20th	1241	Charles Fulmer	CYC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	159
20th	1974	Randy Shuman	CYC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	159
20th	2082	Jonathan McKee	CYC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	159