RS Aero UK Womens Championship and Coaching at Bowmoor Sailing Club

 Bowmoor Sailing Club hosted an excellent weekend for the RS Aero UK Womens Championships with 20 RS Aeros competing in two fleets.

Saturday began with coaching from Sammy Isaacs-Johnson, beginning with looking over the boat and how to optimise your controls when on the water. Once afloat, focus was on light wind tacking, and being able to push your boat upwind through the tack, avoiding stalling, maintaining speed and getting a boost when exiting the tack. We were forced to do this under pressure with mini races later in the morning, and slightly longer races in the afternoon, focusing on boat speed and keeping the boat completely flat.

After sailing a barbecue was lit, followed by a party hosted in the clubhouse!

For Sunday's racing, the breeze varied between 5 and 15 knots, with frequent large shifts, making for some exceptionally challenging racing. The fleet opted to use RS Aero 5s and 7s, with separate starts for each. Race 1 was the most steady of the day, remaining between 10-12 knots for the majority.

Many thanks to Bowmoor SC for being fantastic hosts again, to Rooster for an awesome prize spread and to Sammy Isaacs-Johnson for an excellent Pre-Event Training Day on the Saturday.

RS Aero 7 Results:

1st U19 Youth - Abigail Larr

Place Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts

1 3330 Iona Willows LTSC / Dorchester SC 1 3 1 5

2 1840 Zoë Bazen Bowmoor SC 2 1 2 5

3 1655 Sarah Pickard Bowmoor SC 8 2 3 13

4 4231 Abigail Larr Draycote Water Sailing Club 4 4 9 17

5 2392 Darcy Lynall Bowmoor SC 7 5 6 18

6 4270 Lynn Billowes RS Sailing 5 10 5 20

7 2104 Sarah Davies Bowmoor SC 6 6 8 20

8 4168 Teresa Doran Bowmoor SC 3 DSQ 4 21

9 1293 Esther Heathcote Bowmoor SC 9 7 7 23

10 2952 Catherine Hemsley Felpham 11 9 10 30

11 2050 Lizzie Fewings Bowmoor SC 10 8 DNF 32

RS Aero 5 Results:

Place Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts

1 3965 Francesca Murphy Pembrokeshire Performance Sailing Academy 1 1 1 3

2 2286 Evelyn Tinker Papercourt 2 5 2 9

3 2321 Claire Power Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club 3 2 4 9

4 1308 Sian Clark Draycote Water 4 4 6 14

5 3803 Paula Bentley Felpham sc 5 6 7 18

6 2891 Karen Larr Draycote Water Sailing Club DNS 3 3 20

7 2989 Rebecca Goodall Burton Sailing Club 6 DNS 8 28

8 2050 Meg Mcmorris South Cerney Sailing club DNF DNS 5 33