RS Aero European Championship at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy

RS Aero European Championship at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy - Overall

by RS Aero International Class Association 9 Aug 2022 09:26 BST 1-5 August 2022

A few dusty heads turned up on Friday morning after revelling the night away to the tunes of DJ Mark Covell playing on the RS Sailing hub main stage! Day 5 provided a Grande Finale to the Championship with titles hotly contested over the last two races.

Similar to the previous day, racing was out in Weymouth Bay with a 8-12kn north westerly off the shore but this time it was hotter and the shifts and wind variance were more pronounced. The race course was thick with opportunities and sailors had to make careful judgements on their positioning and decision making.

In the RS Aero 5s race wins went to David Peaty (GBR) and then to Lijia Xu (CHN) in the final race of the series. At the top of the scoreboard Chloe George (GBR) did enough to bring home the title. The chasing pack narrowed the gap with Roscoe Martin (GBR) in second and Tom Ahlheid (GBR) in third and first Youth (U19). First Youth Female was Abby Hire (GBR), first Junior (U16) was Philip Sahl-Anderson (DEN) and first Junior Female Aimee Bulkes (URU).

In the RS Aero 6s a 1,3 was enough for Chris Hatton (GBR) to secure his title. Ants Haavel (EST) took the silver and Chris Rust (GBR) bronze. Luca Mitchell (GBR) took fourth and top Youth, Abigail Larr (GBR), first Lady, Andy Hill (GBR) first Master (O55), Catherine Hemsley (GBR) first Lady Master and Nick Scully (GBR) first Grand Master (O65).

RS Aero European Championship - Day 5 - photo © Phil Jackson / Digital Sailing

Martis Pajarskas (LTU) took the title in the RS Aero 7s with a win in the first race. It was even in the race for silver going into the last race and a second place gave it to Tim Hire (GBR) with recently crowned Youth World champion Vejas Strelciunas (LTU) in third. First Lady was Anya Haji-Michael (GBR) in twelfth, first Youth was Blake Tudor (GBR), first Master Steve Norbury (GBR) and first Grand Master Michael Baldwin (GBR).

The RS Aero 9s' enthusiasm got the better of them on the first start of the day with five boats over and only a few returning. The title was already secured by Peter Barton (GBR). Chris Larr (GBR) came back from his OCS to take the silver with a final race win with Ben Charnley (GBR) taking bronze. First Master was Robbie Lawson (GBR) and first Grand Master Andy Warren (GBR).

RS Aero European Championship - Day 5 - photo © Phil Jackson / Digital Sailing

Many thanks to all the volunteers and staff who made the RS Games and the two RS Aero Championships all possible. Over 200 RS Aero entries over the two weeks representing 15 nations all had a fantastic time with great racing in a nice mix of conditions and a fun time both ashore and afloat.

Thanks to all the supporters of the RS Games; RS Sailing, Rooster, Selden, Harken, Noble Marine, Kingfisher Yacht Ropes, LifeJacket Skin Protection, Spinlock, Fernhurst Books, Hyde Sails, MarkSetBot, Digital Sailing and Allen Sailing.

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5 Rig Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1st	GBR	3870	Chloe George	Lymington Town SC	‑16	1	1	4	1	1	4	3	5	2	14	4	‑29	9	49
2nd	GBR	2106	Roscoe Martin		1	2	2	8	7	5	‑11	1	1	8	2	7	9	‑22	53
3rd	GBR	2077	Tom Ahlheid	Frensham Pond SC	2	5	5	3	4	2	‑12	7	3	1	‑19	11	3	7	53
4th	GBR	1312	Andrew Frost	Sutton Bingham SC	3	‑10	3	2	2	9	3	10	9	3	5	1	7	‑23	57
5th	GBR	1181	Mark Ripley	Paignton SC	8	9	10	6	3	6	(RET)	2	4	16	4	3	2	(RET)	73
6th	GBR	2966	David Peaty	Draycote Water SC	5	6	6	9	8	3	1	6	10	‑20	16	‑34	1	4	75
7th	GBR	2071	Sam Blaker	Thorpe Bay YC	7	3	4	1	6	8	5	8	6	‑23	‑25	6	4	20	78
8th	GBR	1070	Tristan Ahlheid	Frensham Pond SC	11	7	9	7	5	4	7	12	2	5	3	10	‑25	‑24	82
9th	GBR	1566	Abby Hire	Lymington Town SC	12	8	8	‑14	9	7	8	9	7	9	‑13	9	11	2	99
10th	AUS	2596	Sophie Jackson	Mornington YC	13	11	7	5	11	11	6	13	13	4	8	‑24	‑22	8	110
11th	GBR	1020	Harrison Pye	Draycote Water SC	6	14	11	12	10	12	‑16	11	8	12	‑15	14	5	3	118
12th	GBR	2462	Alessandra Tydeman	Lymington Town SC	‑20	13	17	11	12	(DNC)	10	19	16	6	10	2	18	5	139
13th	GBR	1846	Zak Mitchell	Paignton SC	17	16	12	10	13	10	14	14	12	14	17	‑32	‑30	13	162
14th	EST	4308	Andrias Sillaste	Aero Purjetajate Liit	‑27	15	14	13	14	20	9	5	19	15	12	(RET)	17	18	171
15th	GBR	3330	Iona Willows	Lymington Town SC	10	19	13	15	16	14	13	16	11	‑28	‑30	26	19	11	183
16th	GBR	1069	Ben Osborne	Maidenhead SC	‑26	17	15	‑29	22	13	15	26	15	18	7	19	8	10	185
17th	GBR	4090	Edward Day	Reading SC	23	20	‑24	16	18	18	17	15	14	17	1	15	23	‑31	197
18th	GBR	2195	Joseph Blaker	Thorpe Bay YC	14	21	18	17	17	16	22	17	17	10	‑32	12	‑31	16	197
19th	GBR	1930	Joe Slipper	Silverwing SC	9	12	19	34	(DNS)	(DNC)	18	22	30	7	9	13	14	RET	231
20th	GBR	2416	James Dowrick	Porthpean SC	21	28	22	18	19	15	23	24	‑31	‑31	20	22	16	6	234
21st	GBR	2748	Oliver Hickling	Wembley SC	‑34	22	16	27	15	17	24	23	18	21	18	18	‑32	29	248
22nd	DEN	1475	Philip Sahl‑Andersen	Ry Sejlklub	22	27	20	24	23	22	25	‑31	20	25	‑35	17	15	15	255
23rd	GBR	3073	Alice Lucy	Rutland SC	‑37	‑32	26	32	29	29	30	29	24	24	11	8	6	14	262
24th	GBR	1927	Jack Hardie	Frensham Pond SC	25	30	31	23	25	19	20	20	22	26	23	‑33	‑37	12	276
25th	GBR	2505	Tom Wharmby	Lymington Town SC	19	18	23	20	20	26	‑31	25	23	19	29	31	24	‑32	277
26th	GBR	2620	Emma Mcewen	Royal Lymington YC	32	25	‑33	26	24	23	26	30	25	13	28	5	‑33	26	283
27th	CHN	4311	Lijia Xu	Castle Cove SC	4	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	2	4	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	13	1	292
28th	GER	1326	Ebbing Richard	Kanusegelclub Hemer e.V.	24	23	25	19	21	21	21	21	26	‑36	‑37	36	26	30	293
29th	GBR	1006	Sophie Stockton	Maidenhead SC	28	26	27	21	28	24	19	18	21	‑33	31	(RET)	28	28	299
30th	GBR	1502	Elinor O'Leary	Island Barn Reservoir SC	15	29	(DNC)	25	26	28	‑34	27	29	34	21	20	27	21	302
31st	GBR	4310	Kentaro Yamada	Docklands SWC	29	24	21	22	(DNF)	25	28	32	(UFD)	29	33	25	35	19	322
32nd	GBR	2193	Oliver Johnson	Brightlingsea SC	36	‑37	32	35	31	30	27	33	34	‑37	24	16	10	17	325
33rd	GBR	3747	Hilary Baker	Hayling Island SC	33	‑34	29	28	27	27	‑37	28	27	32	26	27	21	25	330
34th	GBR	1178	Alexander Simmonds	Weir Wood SC	38	40	(RET)	36	(DNF)	DNC	35	38	33	11	6	21	20	33	355
35th	GBR	1705	Kate Wharmby	Lymington Town SC	35	35	35	30	32	31	‑36	‑36	35	30	22	29	12	35	361+3
36th	GBR	2418	Miles Ripley	Paignton SC	31	31	34	31	30	(DNC)	29	34	28	27	40	28	34	(RET)	377
37th	GBR	4309	Cameron Currie		30	36	30	(DNF)	(DNC)	DNC	32	37	36	22	34	23	36	27	387
38th	CHN	4301	Yolanda Fan	Vanhang SA	‑40	39	36	39	33	32	38	39	37	‑40	27	35	38	36	429
39th	GBR	1710	Emma Bloese	Guernsey YC	39	38	37	33	(DNF)	(DNC)	33	35	32	35	38	37	40	34	431
40th	URU	4314	Aimee Bulkes		‑41	‑42	38	38	34	33	40	40	38	39	36	38	41	37	452
41st	CHN	4299	Mingzhu Ye	Vanhang SA	43	41	39	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	41	41	39	38	39	30	39	38	472
42nd	GBR	1685	Lucy Greenwood	Oxford SC	18	33	28	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	475
43rd	GBR	3965	Francesca Murphy	Pembrokeshire PSA	42	43	40	37	35	(DNC)	39	(RET)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	500

6 Rig Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1st	GBR	4321	Chris Hatton	Lymington Town SC	1	1	1	1	1	(DNC)	1	1	2	1	‑3	3	1	3	17
2nd	EST	69	Ants Haavel	Hara Seilamise Selts	3	2	4	3	2	1	2	2	‑5	3	1	‑5	3	1	27
3rd	GBR	3669	Chris Rust	Portsmouth SC	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	‑10	2	2	(OCS)	2	37
4th	GBR	67	Luca Mitchell	Paignton SC	2	3	2	2	4	2	4	6	1	5	5	‑8	6	‑11	42
5th	GBR	3303	Sammy Isaacs‑Johnson	Maidenhead SC	6	8	5	7	‑9	‑9	5	4	3	2	7	7	2	7	63
6th	GBR	3661	Graham Tribbeck	Lee‑On‑Solent SC	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	‑9	6	1	‑10	8	70
7th	NED	1447	Floris Stapel	WV Braassemermeer	(OCS)	6	8	8	5	7	7	5	10	4	8	‑13	4	4	76
8th	GBR	1888	Abigail Larr	Draycote Water SC	7	7	7	‑9	8	4	8	8	7	6	‑9	6	7	5	80
9th	GBR	68	Andy Hill	Warsash SC	8	9	9	5	7	8	10	11	‑12	8	4	4	9	‑12	92
10th	GBR	2870	Cathy Lunn	Leigh & Lowton SC	9	11	‑13	11	‑12	11	12	12	11	7	10	12	5	6	117
11th	GER	1909	Jörn Domres	Kanu‑Segel Club Hemer	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	‑15	12	9	12	‑19	120
12th	GBR	3700	Beth Milledge	Lymington Town SC	13	10	11	13	11	5	11	9	‑15	‑17	13	14	13	9	132
13th	GER	2969	Michael Heber	Duisburger YC	14	‑20	20	14	14	(NSC)	16	13	9	11	15	10	11	13	160
14th	GBR	4183	Catherine Hemsley	Felpham SC	12	13	12	12	(DNC)	12	15	15	13	12	‑17	15	15	16	162
15th	GER	1541	Jan Balke	Yacht‑Club Tegel e.V.	11	15	16	16	(DNC)	(DNC)	14	RET	DNC	13	11	11	8	10	169
16th	GBR	3328	Klaus Harris	Swanage SC	16	14	14	17	13	13	13	16	16	‑21	‑20	19	14	18	183
17th	GBR	3805	Alexander Mills Bowers	Parkstone YC	(DNF)	18	(DNF)	15	15	RET	17	14	14	18	18	16	17	15	199
18th	GBR	1788	Nick Scully	Poole YC	19	17	17	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	18	17	17	14	14	RET	19	17	213
19th	GBR	1570	Robert Holdway	Poole YC	17	16	15	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	19	21	20	16	14	226
20th	GBR	2927	Peter Fussey	Lancing SC	15	19	18	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	16	16	18	18	20	228
21st	GER	3226	Hans‑Jürgen Kurth	DRS	18	21	19	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	19	18	18	20	19	17	20	21	232

7 Rig Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1st	LTU	1542	Martis Pajarskas	Lietuvos Buriuotoju Sajunga	4	1	1	3	1	2	1	‑10	2	4	9	2	1	‑10	31
2nd	GBR	2439	Tim Hire	Lymington Town SC	3	3	2	2	3	5	3	2	‑9	2	6	5	‑8	2	38
3rd	LTU	4273	Vejas Strelciunas	Lietuvos Buriuotoju Sajunga	1	2	(DNS)	1	2	1	2	5	‑25	5	2	6	9	12	48
4th	GBR	2719	Craig Williamson	Staunton Harold	6	4	5	6	6	‑9	4	3	1	‑22	3	1	4	5	48
5th	GBR	4272	Ben Whaley	Swanage SC	5	‑7	7	7	4	6	7	6	‑10	1	1	4	2	3	53
6th	GBR	4271	Jon Emmett	Weir Wood SC	2	9	8	(DNF)	10	4	11	1	3	‑16	5	8	7	1	69
7th	GBR	3438	Greg Bartlett	Starcross YC	11	5	3	5	7	8	10	4	8	14	‑21	3	5	(DNC)	83
8th	GBR	3301	Alastair Brown	Stokes Bay SC	8	6	4	(DNS)	5	7	6	9	4	‑23	16	9	6	8	88
9th	GBR	3875	Noah Rees		7	8	10	4	11	11	5	7	7	11	‑13	11	11	‑19	103
10th	GBR	1746	Tom Ballantine	Salcombe YC	13	13	11	‑18	9	10	9	8	5	6	7	‑14	14	6	111
11th	GBR	3926	Jack Miller	Felpham SC	10	10	6	8	8	3	12	14	(DSQ)	7	10	10	‑20	18	116
12th	GBR	2990	Anya Haji‑Michael		16	19	‑21	13	16	14	14	13	‑30	8	14	7	3	7	144
13th	GBR	4000	Andrew Kilburn	Lymington Town SC	12	17	12	9	21	(DNS)	8	11	15	3	8	16	17	(DNC)	149
14th	GBR	2433	Blake Tudor	Brightlingsea SC	17	18	17	14	14	13	13	15	12	‑20	15	‑21	10	4	162
15th	GBR	3199	Chris Jenkins	Bowmoor SC	‑21	15	16	10	18	19	19	12	6	10	11	18	12	‑36	166
16th	GBR	3391	Roop Stock	Royal Lymington YC	15	16	14	11	13	16	‑21	20	19	9	17	17	‑21	9	176
17th	GBR	1891	Samuel Brackley	Felpham SC	9	11	9	15	12	12	15	22	24	‑40	19	23	19	‑25	190
18th	GBR	1232	Tim Norris	Warsash SC	20	‑24	19	17	19	17	17	19	13	13	‑24	12	18	20	204
19th	BEL	3428	Victor De Ripainsel	R.Y.C.B.	‑37	14	15	19	17	22	26	‑29	18	19	12	13	25	16	216
20th	GBR	3000	Steve Norbury	Warsash SC	‑33	12	13	12	22	20	20	21	14	‑37	28	25	13	17	217
21st	GBR	1455	Dan Bullock	Paignton SC	18	(DNC)	20	16	20	15	24	16	20	42	4	(UFD)	15	11	221
22nd	GBR	3170	Nigel Dakin	Seafarers SC	19	21	22	22	23	18	22	‑31	23	12	‑32	15	16	13	226
23rd	DEN	2294	Anton Boa	Sejlklubben Køge Bugt	14	20	(UFD)	20	15	24	16	30	26	21	31	26	‑35	32	275
24th	GBR	2550	Chris Jones	Sutton Bingham SC	22	25	23	25	26	25	‑36	28	16	18	22	‑37	22	27	279
25th	GBR	2543	Robin Russell	Warsash SC	23	27	(DNC)	27	24	26	25	17	17	29	18	19	28	‑42	280+3
26th	GBR	1118	Gareth Williams	Leigh & Lowton SC	28	34	27	30	(DNF)	(DNC)	27	18	21	17	23	22	23	14	284
27th	GBR	1603	Rob Ahlheid	Frensham Pond SC	26	23	18	21	25	21	23	34	‑40	31	‑45	30	26	22	300
28th	GBR	2727	Sacha Nice	Warsash SC	24	26	26	24	‑29	27	18	26	(DNS)	25	29	27	24	24	300
29th	GER	4294	Julius Hornung	Norddeutscher Regattaverein	31	29	35	29	33	‑36	28	23	11	32	20	24	‑38	21	316
30th	NED	4269	Gerard Vos	WSV Giesbeek	43	22	24	23	27	34	‑44	‑47	38	27	37	28	34	26	363
31st	GBR	2743	Pete Taylor	Parkstone YC	25	32	28	26	37	23	29	33	35	39	‑48	33	‑40	29	369
32nd	GBR	3677	Peter Craggs	York SC	‑39	33	34	28	31	29	33	32	37	24	35	29	‑42	28	373
33rd	GBR	4192	Macrea Raymond	Bough Beech SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	33	32	28	32	30	DSQ	34	28	25	20	29	31	374
34th	GBR	2161	Paul Robson	Reading SC	34	‑42	39	40	30	30	31	27	28	15	38	‑43	39	30	381
35th	GBR	2224	Richard Payne	Oxford SC	27	35	36	31	35	31	32	37	‑39	36	36	‑49	30	23	389
36th	GBR	2929	Elliot Toms	FGSC	36	‑40	31	33	32	33	‑37	25	29	35	34	35	36	34	393
37th	GBR	4091	Phil White	Bowmoor SC	32	28	25	36	34	28	34	42	(DNC)	‑44	30	32	32	43	396
38th	BEL	2974	Jeroen Vangeneugden		30	36	29	34	(DNC)	(DNC)	38	39	32	26	26	31	37	47	405
39th	GBR	2619	Simon Topping	Poole YC	‑45	38	37	37	41	35	40	38	‑44	33	27	36	31	33	426
40th	GBR	2274	Chris Nash	Maidenhead SC	35	31	30	38	(DNC)	(DNC)	35	40	36	38	41	34	33	41	432
41st	GBR	2324	Michael Baldwin	Leigh & Lowton SC	‑49	44	46	43	39	39	47	24	22	‑49	42	41	41	37	465
42nd	GBR	3021	James Leeson	Queen Mary SC	38	39	41	39	38	40	41	‑44	33	43	39	44	‑46	38	473
43rd	GBR	2101	Christopher Hobday	Gurnard SC	29	30	32	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	39	36	42	34	43	42	DNC	DNC	483
44th	GBR	2737	Kingsley Brown	Gurnard SC	44	45	40	42	36	37	43	41	27	‑47	‑46	45	45	40	485
45th	GBR	1792	Rob Robinson	Lancing SC	40	37	38	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	30	33	38	43	35	502
46th	GBR	2717	Chris Harrup	Burghfield SC	42	43	44	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	42	35	31	46	40	39	DNC	DNC	518
47th	GBR	2515	Iain Soars	Frensham Pond SC	41	41	42	35	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	41	44	40	44	39	523
48th	CZE	2471	Jiri Kuthan	YC Liskovec	46	46	43	44	40	38	45	46	45	‑48	47	46	‑49	44	530
49th	GBR	4270	William Gareth Thomas	RCC	48	47	45	41	(DNC)	(DNC)	46	43	41	45	50	47	48	46	547
50th	GBR	3688	Paul Gardner	Stokes Bay SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	27	15	562
51st	GBR	1567	Alessandro Michea	Reading SC	47	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	48	45	43	50	49	48	47	45	578

9 Rig Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1st	GBR	3597	Peter Barton	Lymington Town SC	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	(OCS)	(DNS)	14
2nd	GBR	4231	Chris Larr	Draycote Water SC	1	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	‑6	(OCS)	1	31
3rd	GBR	2865	Ben Charnley	SBSC	3	3	2	2	3	(DNF)	2	6	3	2	2	3	1	‑7	32
4th	GBR	3023	Richard Watsham	Starcross YC	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	‑8	8	‑9	5	4	4	52
5th	GBR	4027	Robbie Lawson	East Lothian YC	6	6	5	5	5	4	‑8	‑8	6	3	5	8	3	5	61
6th	GBR	3802	David Aslett	Guernsey YC	‑7	‑7	6	6	6	5	6	7	4	5	7	7	2	2	63
7th	GBR	4182	Andy Warren	Avon SC	5	5	‑8	‑9	7	6	7	5	7	7	4	4	6	3	66
8th	GBR	2384	Simon Geyman	Lymington Town SC	10	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	5	3	1	6	6	2	5	8	85
9th	GER	3223	Steve Taylor	YCT	9	8	7	7	8	7	‑10	9	‑10	10	8	9.5	7	6	95.5
10th	SUI	3369	Frank Hoogland	YC Sempachersee	‑11	9	9	8	9	8	9	‑10	9	9	10	9.5	8	9	106.5
11th	GBR	3815	Chris Mayo	Gurnard SC	8	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	151
12th	GBR	1018	David Rickard	Gurnard SC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	156