RS Aero UK Nationals & International Open at Paignton Sailing Club

RS Aero UK Nationals & International Open at Paignton Sailing Club - Overall

by RS Aero UK Class Association 1 Jun 2022 13:35 BST 28-31 May 2022

RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open 2022 day 4 © Phil Jackson / www.digitalsailing.co.uk

On Day 4 of the 2022 RS Aero UK Nationals at Paignton the stage was set for a nail-biting climax to the end of the championship with points still close in each of the four fleets and all to play for.

After paella night in the marquee at the club those still with energy hit Torquay's late night scene and a few of the revellers were looking somewhat Frosty as they arrived at the dinghy park in the morning!

Unfortunately the light and changeable wind proved testing and just one shortened race for the RS Aero 9s and non for the other RS Aero Classes were possible. Once again James Ripley's race team made every effort achieve good racing and again the heroes were the mark layers moving the marks back and forth to be ready to seize an opportunity.

Overall in the Championship the race team's endeavours were rewarded with nine or ten good races for each fleet with a good variety in both wind strength and wave type to provide something for everyone.

The only change to the Day 3 results was Chris Larr (Draycote) stepping up to second overall with his third place in the final RS Aero 9 race. Steve Norbury (Warsash) took third overall with Peter Barton (Lymington Town) retaining his lead for the title. It was however all a lot closer than the results look with Steve loosing seven places and Peter gaining seven places on the final beat as the wind faded, which otherwise could have led to a final race decider!

RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open 2022 day 4 - photo © Phil Jackson / www.digitalsailing.co.uk

The RS Aero 7s were the largest class with 53 boats and it was great to see many new RS Aero sailors at the front of the fleet. Jack Lewis (RYA) took the title with a steady series. Just two points behind was Jack Miller (Felpham SC/Paignton). Rupert Stock (Royal Lymington) and Dominic Hall (Hayling) were just a few points back in third and fourth.

Ireland's Paul McMahon (Howth) came to form towards the end of the series with two wins to step up to fifth overall. First Youth (U19) was William Homewood (Lymington Town), first Master (O55) Chris Jones (Sutton Bingham) and first Grand Master (O65) Michael Baldwin (Leigh & Lowton).

Ellie Craig (Draycote) became the inaugural RS Aero 6 UK Champion after a close tussle all week with Sam Mettam (Papercourt) and just one point in it at the end. Graham Tribbeck (Lee on Solent) finished strong with a 2,2,2,1 to take a solid third overall. First Youth (U19) was Zak Mitchell (Paignton), first Master (O55) Rob Beaton (Paignton) and first Great Grand Master (O75) was John McKeown (Lancing).

RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open 2022 day 4 - photo © Phil Jackson / www.digitalsailing.co.uk

In the RS Aero 5s a solid finish with 3,4,2,2 on to Day 3 saw Jonathan Bailey (Hunts) clinch the lead and the title by just two points from Chloe George (Lymington Town). Two firsts on Day 3 gave Tom Ahlheid (Frensham Pond) jump to third and top Youth (U19) just edging our Axel Almersson (Vasteras) of Sweden into fourth on a tie break.

Rounding out the top five and with an impressive win in Race 5 was Yana Skvortsova (Island Barn). First Junior (U16) was Aimi Cole (GWV Vrijbuiter) of the Netherlands in 18th.

The Club Challenge is the top three sailors for each club and saw Lymington Town SC defend their title again and the strong team from Paignton SC taking second. The Family Challenge needs two family members and last years runners up Dominic and James Hall stepped up to take the win from the Bailey family in second.

Top local Paignton SC sailors were Mark Ripley eighth in the RS Aero 5s and Dan Bullock tenth in the RS Aero 7s.

RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open 2022 day 4 - photo © Phil Jackson / www.digitalsailing.co.uk

Many thanks to Rooster, Noble Marine and RS Sailing for their support of the RS Aero UK National Championship which has allowed sociable daily awards spread through the fleet.

The presence of our Class Juror David Battye and his instructive briefings and debriefings helped sailors understand where the line of the rules are drawn, promoting fairer and hence more enjoyable racing for all.

Phil Jackson of Digital Sailing was on the water to catch the action with and awesome gallery of photos, check them out at www.digitalsailing.co.uk

Thanks to everyone at Paignton Sailing Club for a fantastic championship. Their large team of volunteers showed both passion and expertise to deliver an awesome championship and the class looks forward to returning.

Next up for the UK RS Aeros is the Southern Championship at Felpham on 11/12th June before the UK team leaves for the 4th RS Aero World Championship at the Columbia Gorge in Oregon, USA, later this month. See the Events List at www.rsaerosailing.org

RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open 2022 day 4 - photo © Phil Jackson / www.digitalsailing.co.uk

5 Rig Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1st	3929	Jonathan Bailey	Hunts SC	1	‑7	‑6	1	2	3	4	2	2	15
2nd	3870	Chloe George	Lymington Town SC	2	3	‑4	‑7	3	2	3	1	3	17
3rd	2077	Tom Ahlheid	Frensham Pond SC	7	‑11	2	‑14	7	7	1	6	1	31
4th	3164	Axel Almersson	Jollekappseglarna Vasteras SWE	3	1	3	2	13	5	‑17	‑15	4	31
5th	2214	Yana Skvortsova	Island Barn RSC	6	‑10	7	8	1	9	2	5	‑21	38
6th	3303	Sammy Isaacs‑Johnson	Maidenhead SC	4	2	‑16	3	12	12	‑18	4	6	43
7th	1312	Andrew Frost	Sutton Bingham SC	8	‑16	5	12	9	1	5	‑16	5	45
8th	1181	Mark Ripley	Paignton SC	11	‑15	1	4	5	11	‑20	11	13	56
9th	3853	Edward Day	Reading SC	‑19	6	10	11	6	‑18	9	8	8	58
10th	3019	Jake Faithfull	South Caernarvonshire YC	12	14	‑15	6	8	4	14	3	‑18	61
11th	2071	Sam Blaker	Benfleet YC/Thorpe Bay YC	5	5	14	5	‑19	13	10	9	‑15	61
12th	2966	David Peaty	Draycote WSC	17	‑20	8	‑19	10	10	7	7	7	66
13th	1566	Abby Hire	LymingtonTownSC/RLymYC	‑16	9	9	10	14	8	8	14	‑17	72
14th	2462	Alessandra Tydeman	Lymington Town SC	10	12	11	‑18	4	14	15	‑17	14	80
15th	3381	Robyn Stock	Royal Lymington YC	‑23	8	12	16	21	‑23	6	10	9	82
16th	1020	Fergus Pye	Draycote WSC	15	4	13	‑17	15	‑21	13	13	10	83
17th	1927	Jack Hardie	Frensham Pond SC	9	‑24	21	13	20	‑24	12	12	11	98
18th	4269	Aimi Cole	GWV de Vrijbuiter NED	20	‑21	17	9	11	20	‑22	19	12	108
19th	2418	Miles Ripley	Paignton SC	21	‑22	‑22	21	16	6	11	20	16	111
20th	2105	Ben Osborne	Maidenhead SC	18	13	19	‑23	‑23	16	21	18	20	125
21st	1705	Kate Wharmby	LymingtonTownSC/RLymYC	13	19	23	15	18	17	‑25	‑25	23	128
22nd	2841	Nathaniel Pritchard Jones	Leigh and Lowton SC	‑25	17	20	20	22	15	‑23	21	19	134
23rd	3931	Helen Bailey	Hunts SC	22	‑26	18	22	17	‑25	24	23	22	148
24th	1006	Sophie Stockton	Maidenhead SC	24	18	‑25	‑26	24	19	19	22	24	150
25th	3049	Harry Thomas	Royal Navy SA	‑27	‑25	24	24	25	22	16	24	25	160
26th	3673	Ben Throup	Burghfield SC	14	23	27	25	26	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	171
27th	3888	Marcus Pakes	Haversham SC	26	‑27	26	27	27	UFD	26	26	26	184

6 Rig Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1st	3866	Ellie Craig	Starcross YC	2	‑3	1	1	1	1	3	‑4	2	11
2nd	3437	Sam Mettam	Papercourt SC	1	1	2	2	2	‑3	1	‑3	3	12
3rd	3661	Graham Tribbeck	Lee‑On‑Solent SC	‑5	2	4	5	‑6	2	2	2	1	18
4th	68	James Dowrick	Porthpean SC/RFYC	4	‑6	3	‑6	3	5	5	1	5	26
5th	67	Rob Beaton	Paignton SC	3	‑5	5	4	5	4	4	5	‑6	30
6th	69	Zak Mitchell	Paignton SC	‑6	4	‑6	3	4	6	6	6	4	33
7th	4183	Catherine Hemsley	Felpham SC	7	7	‑8	7	7	7	7	‑8	8	50
8th	4092	John McKeown	Lancing SC	‑8	‑8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	53

7 Rig Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1st	1964	Jack Lewis	RYA	1	2	5	‑10	UFD	6	1	3	9	27
2nd	3926	Jack Miller	Felpham SC/Paignton SC	3	3	2	5	‑16	‑17	6	6	4	29
3rd	3391	Rupert Stock	Royal Lymington YC	‑8	8	7	4	2	4	4	‑28	2	31
4th	3183	Dominic Hall	Hayling Island SC	‑18	6	4	‑8	1	8	5	2	7	33
5th	2524	Paul McMahon	Howth YC IRL	6	‑18	10	2	11	1	12	1	‑13	43
6th	3850	Chris Hatton	Lymington Town SC	‑14	13	BFD	6	8	3	3	12	6	51
7th	3669	Chris Rust	Portsmouth SC	‑21	9	12	UFD	6	15	11	5	1	59
8th	2550	Chris Jones	Sutton Bingham SC	11	5	6	21	7	9	‑27	16	‑27	75
9th	1109	James Hall	Hayling Island SC	‑31	1	16	23	‑28	2	7	4	25	78
10th	1455	Dan Bullock	Paignton SC	9	RET	18	9	‑22	5	17	19	3	80
11th	3199	Chris Jenkins	Bowmoor SC	7	‑35	3	‑32	25	21	2	10	17	85
12th	4270	Dan Venables	Sutton SC	13	DSQ	9	UFD	3	27	21	8	5	86
13th	2890	Andrew Rawson	Weston SC	5	20	14	3	17	11	‑26	‑27	24	94
14th	1415	Sam Waller	Beaver SC	19	19	‑23	20	‑34	7	10	11	12	98
15th	3930	Philip Bailey	Hunts SC	16	‑38	13	7	10	32	8	‑44	15	101
16th	2738	Andrew Daniels	Hayling Island SC	24	‑40	BFD	11	12	23	16	7	10	103
17th	4000	Andy Kilburn	Lymington Town SC	4	16	11	UFD	20	UFD	28	18	8	105
18th	3688	Paul Gardner	Stokes Bay SC	DNC	26	8	16	14	28	9	9	‑37	110
19th	3198	David Cherrill	Broadwater SC	25	21	17	17	5	14	13	‑30	‑29	112
20th	2808	Giles Bradford	Dittisham SC	‑35	34	22	14	15	10	18	‑42	18	131
21st	4273	Matt Venables	Sutton SC	‑29	‑39	20	19	13	13	25	21	20	131
22nd	3875	Noah Rees	Torpoint	2	11	1	1	9	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	132
23rd	3170	Nigel Dakin	Seafarers SC	12	12	29	24	‑42	16	23	17	‑45	133
24th	2936	William Homewood	Lymington Town SC	20	7	‑33	28	26	26	‑39	15	21	143
25th	1551	Euan Etheridge	Lymington Town SC	36	17	‑38	15	‑38	12	29	20	19	148
26th	2543	Robin Russell	Warsash SC	34	RET	25	12	19	‑45	15	33	14	152
27th	2150	Luca Mitchell	Paignton SC	27	24	15	‑33	24	24	‑32	22	22	158
28th	2572	Andy Hill	Warsash SC	10	22	‑41	‑39	21	34	34	24	16	161
29th	1888	Abigail Larr	Draycote WSC	15	25	26	18	31	‑40	36	‑43	11	162
30th	2388	Charlie Gillmore	StokeGabrielBA/PaigntonSC	26	33	‑36	22	4	31	35	14	‑42	165
31st	2004	Richard Adams	Ogston SC	22	31	‑37	25	23	20	20	25	‑41	166
32nd	1782	Chris Carden	Lymington Town SC	17	27	21	13	30	‑41	UFD	34	26	168
33rd	2727	Sacha Nice	Warsash SC	30	15	24	29	29	‑35	‑31	26	28	181
34th	3942	David Cronk	Hunts SC	‑40	DNC	34	26	33	18	19	31	23	184
35th	2324	Michael Baldwin	Leigh and Lowton SC	‑38	23	32	36	18	29	‑43	13	35	186
36th	3127	Adam Thompson	Shoreham SC	23	4	30	‑41	35	22	40	41	DNC	195
37th	3676	Kent Martin	Unattached	‑42	10	40	‑44	27	37	14	38	38	204
38th	2929	Elliot Toms	Fowey Gallants SC	28	‑37	27	30	36	19	33	‑39	32	205
39th	3032	Thomas Penty	Beaver SC	‑46	41	28	40	32	SCP	22	32	30	225
40th	3700	Beth Milledge	Lymington Town SC	‑48	42	‑45	42	40	33	24	29	36	246
41st	2870	Cathy Lunn	Leigh and Lowton SC	32	‑43	42	38	39	‑44	30	23	43	247
42nd	2101	Chris Hobday	Gurnard SC	‑49	32	31	35	‑43	39	38	37	40	252
43rd	3677	Peter Craggs	York SC	37	‑44	35	37	‑41	36	37	40	31	253
44th	3042	Paul Halliwell	Red Wharf Bay SWC	41	28	46	43	‑48	30	DNC	35	34	257
45th	3298	Claire Geoghegan	Grafham SC	39	29	‑48	‑46	44	42	42	36	33	265
46th	3527	Mark Cole	GWV de Vrijbuiter NED	43	‑48	44	34	‑51	25	41	46	39	272
47th	2679	Fiona Stevens	Shoreham SC	‑51	14	‑50	47	45	38	47	47	46	284
48th	1750	Alan Goule	Paignton SC	45	30	BFD	31	47	‑49	46	49	47	295
49th	2737	Kingsley Brown	Gurnard SC	44	36	43	45	46	‑48	44	45	‑48	303
50th	3003	Andy Hicks	Frensham Pond SC	33	45	39	UFD	37	50	49	DNC	DNC	307
51st	1568	Caitlin Atkin	RYA	DNC	DNC	19	27	RET	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	316
52nd	2505	Neil Wharmby	LymingtonTownSC/RLymYC	‑50	47	47	49	‑50	47	45	48	44	327
53rd	2927	Peter Fussey	Lancing SC	47	46	49	48	49	46	48	DNC	DNC	333

9 Rig Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1st	3597	Peter Barton	Lymington Town SC	1	‑10	1	1	4	‑7	1	1	1	2	12
2nd	4231	Chris Larr	Draycote WSC	5	1	‑7	‑7	6	4	2	2	2	3	25
3rd	1232	Steve Norbury	Warsash SC	2	2	2	2	1	6	‑8	3	8	‑9	26
4th	234	Ben Rolfe	Burghfield SC	‑10	3	3	3	‑7	1	6	4	7	1	28
5th	3438	Paul Bartlett	Starcross YC	3	4	4	‑5	2	‑8	4	5	3	5	30
6th	3675	Nigel Rolfe	Burghfield SC	6	5	5	8	‑11	3	‑9	7	5	6	45
7th	3023	Richard Watsham	Starcross YC / RNSA	7	8	8	6	8	‑12	3	‑11	4	8	52
8th	2620	Simon Geyman	Datchet/LymingtonTownSC	‑12	7	‑9	9	5	2	5	9	9	7	53
9th	4027	Robbie Lawson	East Lothian YC	9	9	‑11	4	3	5	7	6	10	‑11	53
10th	3326	Peter Chaplin	Burghfield SC	4	6	6	10	10	10	‑12	8	‑12	4	58
11th	1603	Rob Ahlheid	Frensham Pond SC	‑13	‑12	10	11	9	11	10	10	6	10	77
12th	2125	Michael Upton	Exe SC	8	11	12	12	12	9	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	92
13th	3890	David Angwin	Lymington Town SC	11	‑13	RET	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	96