Seventeen RS Aeros turned out to enjoy the Lymington RS Aero Open and were blessed with blue skies and a moderate sea breeze. The fleet raced together on PY using corrected time scoring with RS Aero 6s, 7s and 9s represented.
There were no discards, no dress rehearsals, in the three race series as that would be just too wasteful on a beautiful sunny day - what with the price of fuel and all.
One light wind race was held on time, in a light breeze to be sure to have a score on the board with an uncertain forecast. However, any wind concerns proved unfounded when a wonderful 11-13kn sea breeze came in bang on cue against the start of the ebb tide for two more glorious races.
By Race 3 the ebb was in full flow and waves were starting to build for some nice surfs downwind. Peter led at the top mark but Jack was ahead after a lap which he held to the finish. Chloe was close in the mix throughout.
Overall Jack took the win on tie break with 1,3,1 from Peter in second with 2,1,2. Chloe took third showing her adaptability after upsizing to the RS Aero 7.
Top RS Aero 6 was Rachael Jenkins (Bowmoor) in eighth, just 2 points ahead of David Cherrill (Broadwater), and top RS Aero 9 was Mark Lambdin (Bradford on Avon), just 2 points ahead of Andy Wilkins (South Caernarfonshire). Top Youth was Jamie Robinson, counting his impressive second place in Race 2 alongside some UFD letters! (#onetowatch)
Thanks to Lymington Town SC and all their volunteers for a great day's racing and to Rooster for supporting the awards.
Next up in the UK is the RS Aero UK Southern Champs at Hayling Island SC, 31 May-1 June
Overall Results: -
Pos Rig Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st RS AERO 7 4397 Jack Miller Felpham SC 1 3 1 5
2nd RS AERO 7 4396 Peter Barton Lymington Town SC 2 1 2 5
3rd RS AERO 7 3870 Chloe George Lymington Town SC 4 4 3 11
4th RS AERO 7 3199 Chris Jenkins Bowmoor SC 5 5 5 15
5th RS AERO 7 2890 Andrew Rawson Netley SC 3 9 6 18
6th RS AERO 7 3815 Richard Mayo Lymington Town SC 8 8 4 20
7th RS AERO 7 2465 Andrew Blee Lymington Town SC 6 7 7 20
8th RS AERO 6 4167 Rachael Jenkins Bowmoor SC 10 6 10 26
9th RS AERO 6 4528 David Cherrill Broadwater SC 9 10 9 28
10th RS AERO 7 2619 Simon Topping Poole YC 11 12 8 31
11th RS AERO 6 3661 Jamie Robinson Lee on Solent SC UFD 2 UFD 35
12th RS AERO 9 3502 Mark Lambdin Bradford on Avon SC 7 15 13 35
13th RS AERO 9 3811 Andy Wilkins South Caernarvonshire YC 12 14 11 37
14th RS AERO 7 1490 Graham Platt Highcliffe SC 14 13 12 39
15th RS AERO 7 4301 Chris Whitney Felpham SC 13 11 UFD 40
16th RS AERO 7 2749 Neil Wilkie Lymington Town SC DNF DNC DNC 53
17th RS AERO 7 4600 Martin Wadsworth Poole YC DNC DNC DNC 54
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