Rooster RS Aero World Championships at Carnac – Overall

by RS Aero International Class Association on 2 Aug 2017 A good fresh breeze greeted the RS Aero fleet again on day five, the deciding day of the first RS Aero Worlds. This was the sixth day in succession, ever since the new breeze arrived for the practice race. Whilst a fantastic time was being had bouncing over the waves off Carnac there were definitely some jaded legs in the dinghy park.

From the 21 boat RS Aero 9 fleet Marc Jacobi USA just needed one counter on the final day and he did that with style nailing the first race of the day to become the first RS Aero 9 champion. Liam Willis, GBRwent on to take the next two wins to secure Silverand first RS Aero 9 Youth (U19) too. Greg Bartlett GBR defended his Bronze with two thirds.

Similarly in the 22 boat RS Aero 5 fleetAndrew Frost GBR just needed one counter. However a DSQ for a start line infringement on the first race left him considering his risk exposure, before a safe result in race two secured him the title and first RS Aero 5 Youth (U19) too. Sander Puppart EST won all three races on the final day to take Silver from fellow Estonian, AndriasSillaste EST.

Kate Sargent GBR fought hard all week to take fourth overall, smashing the bigger boys off the wind. She secured the World Lady RS Aero 5 title from Karlijn van den Boogaard NED.

The closest tussle on the final day was in the RS Aero 7 fleet with Rooster’s Steve CockerillGBR two points ahead of Peter Barton GBR. Peter needed to win two more sailboat races than than Steve to have a chance of taking the title on tie break and the two had been trading 1-2sall week.

The first race saw Steve tacking to leeward of Peter on the start,keen to stay close. Peter pulled a low fast trigger off the line to roll Steve, but then made the error of continuing low and fast which cleared Steve’s breeze. He should have tightened his course and maximised his windshadow for longer on Steveoff the start line, to send the Rooster back into the hen house. Ultimately, Peter had a good lead at mark one, which Steve could not crack downwind.

The second race saw Steve ahead up the first beat with a good shift on the left with Ben Rolfe GBR. After lap one Ben still had a lead with Steve second and Peter third. Had Steve pushed forwards and taken the win he would have sealed the title there. However with a concern of having risked an OCS from his pin end start he looked back to slow Barton and avoid a chance of him taking a second bullet. Ben Rolfe took the win with Kristo Ounap EST in second with Cockerill and Barton scoring discards.

So it was all on for the final race with Barton needing a first to win the Championship on tiebreak. A little lefty off the start saw Barton cross out on port and steadily extend a lead to be a ‘comfortable’ first at mark one. Steve blasted through to second on the downwind quadrilateral. Throughout the week Barton had been getting closer to Steve’s speed downwind and Cockerill faster to match Barton upwind.

The second lap actually saw Barton extend a little downwind. The the final lap, the 38th breezy upwind leg of the week, and the gladiators were giving it their all! Neck and neck for speed and following each other out to the left Barton misjudged his moment to tack and a small shift saw his lead diminish. Another small shift, and perhaps a lull line, saw Steve take the lead, which he safely defended, downwind to the finish and become the first Rooster RS Aero 7 World Champion (and first Master (55). Peter took silver and Paul Bartlett GBR Bronze.

Noah Rees GBR took the World Youth (U19) RS Aero 7 title from YannickGloster USA.First Apprentice Youth (U22) RS Aero 7 was Ben Rolfe in fourth overall, a huge week long comeback after using all his discards on Day 1! LiinaKolk EST extended to hold the World Lady RS Aero 7 title from JulianeBarthel GER.

After some frenzied loading of 96 RS Aeros onto trailers of all sizes to travel home across Europe the Awards Ceremony followed. Celebrating an incredible week a splendid array of prizes were provided by Rooster Sailing and the three huge boxed replica trophies provided by RS Sailing were awarded to the Champions.

Straight from the awards the much anticipated sponsored Ron AbueloPanama Partykicked off with nautically themed rum cocktails for all involved, to head what was to be a long final night in Carnac!

Many thanks to all at YC Carnac for being such excellent hosts, our hard working Jurors and to RS Sailing for such a large commitment to provide the charter fleet allowing our long haul competitors to easily compete. Thanks to all our sponsors who made the first RS Aero Worlds such an enjoyable occasion; Rooster Sailing, RS Sailing, Selden, Harken, SpeedSix, Ron Abuelo and YC Carnac.

RS Aero 5

Rank	Name	Sail	Net	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
1	FROST Andrew	GBR 1312	24	55	1	4	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	DSQ	4	4
2	PUPPART Sander	EST 1875	26	57	2	DNS	2	3	2	1	2	4	3	4	3	4	SCP 2	1	1
3	SILLASTE Andrias	EST 1929	30	48	4	1	1	4	6	7	1	3	5	3	2	3	2	3	3
4	SARGENT Kate	GBR 2130	32	47	5	2	RDG 4	2	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	6	3	2	2
5	POE Ben	GBR 1107	54	91	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	8	DNF
6	WILDE Andrew	GBR 1555	87	156	DNC	DNC	DNC	SCP 11	1	2	6	UFD	4	11	12	2	5	5	5
7	ISAACS-JOHNSON Sammy	GBR 1795	88	116	7	6	8	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	10	9
8	DOMRES Jorn	GER 1909	97	166	DNC	DNC	DNC	8	7	8	9	6	10	9	8	8	12	6	6
9	VAN DEN BOOGAARD Karlijn	NED 2374	97	156	9	DNF	DNF	6	SCP 13	10	7	13	7	6	7	10	8	7	7
10	WILLIS Julie	GBR 2100	109	150	6	5	6	11	8	11	14	14	11	7	10	12	11	13	11
11	GLOSTER Catherine	USA 2381	109	149	8	7	7	12	11	9	13	9	12	10	9	9	10	15	8
12	CRAVEN Jackie	GBR 1264	141	210	DNC	DNC	DNC	7	10	12	10	10	13	12	11	14	19	11	12
13	SOLNICK Melissa	USA 2388	160	218	10	8	OCS	13	14	14	17	12	15	15	15	11	18	17	16
14	GILLAM Susannah	AUS 1854	170	239	DNF	DNF	DNF	14	15	13	12	11	14	13	16	15	13	19	15
15	CLERGEAU Leon Philippe	FRA 1372	188	257	DNC	DNC	DNC	15	13	RET	15	15	16	SCP 15	14	13	17	18	14
16	TOWNEND Peter	GBR 1428	208	277	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	11	7	9	DNC	DNC	DNC	6	14	DNF
17	GLOSTER Paul	USA 2204	219	288	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	16	DNF	16	16	17	17	DNF	DNF	15	20	17
18	GREENWOOD Lucy	GBR 1685	235	304	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	9	9	10
19	MRAZOVA Sylvia	CZE 2893	238	307	DNF	DNF	DNF	17	17	DNF	18	DNF	DNF	18	17	DNF	20	21	18
20	LEBLIC Olivier	FRA 1266	241	310	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	13	DNF	16	12	DNF
21	POURLIER Yannick	FRA 8	250	319	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	14	16	13
22	BRIZA Petr	CZE 2056	272	341	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	19	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF

RS Aero 7

Rank	Name	Net	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
1	COCKERILL Stephen	16	25	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	5	1
2	BARTON Peter	18	30	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	7	2
3	BARTLETT Paul	45	183	3	3	2	3	4	3	DNF	UFD	4	3	5	3	8	4	12
4	ROLFE Ben	59	248	DNC	DNC	DNC	5	5	9	4	4	5	11	4	4	3	1	4
5	NORBURY Steve	73	107	5	4	9	9	6	6	12	8	6	9	10	5	12	3	3
6	WALTHER Marcus	75	264	4	7	4	10	3	4	9	3	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	10	9
7	CRAIG Sean	81	123	7	5	6	12	7	5	5	9	8	7	9	9	7	21	6
8	WARBUTON John	85	122	6	8	5	14	12	8	11	5	11	8	7	6	4	9	8
9	HAAVEL Ants	85	125	12	17	SCP 9	7	9	7	7	7	9	4	6	7	6	11	7
10	OUNAP Kristo	92	184	8	UFD	10	8	10	15	10	10	13	5	3	8	14	2	5
11	SMITH Cameron	136	189	10	11	12	13	16	16	8	19	10	10	16	11	13	6	18
12	OUNAP Martin	146	204	11	13	17	16	11	22	13	14	16	13	8	15	5	19	11
13	JONES Chris	146	261	13	16	35	11	8	11	17	12	17	12	12	10	10	14	DSQ
14	CLAPHAM James	156	236	16	19	7	6	19	10	28	11	28	15	17	12	24	8	16
15	STEPHINSON II Peter	160	232	14	6	11	15	13	18	6	13	29	16	13	20	20	23	15
16	ROLFE Nigel	162	220	9	9	13	20	15	12	14	16	20	14	11	17	18	18	14
17	GRIFFITHS Gareth	183.8	252.8	19	14	16	4	23	23	21	23	15	6	RDG16.4	RDG16.4	16	20	20
18	KOLK Liina	194	279	15	15	19	18	25	25	18	15	14	24	20	35	11	15	10
19	WOODCOCK Timothy	202	291	20	20	20	25	18	19	15	17	33	31	14	14	15	17	13
20	REES Noah	206	285	18	10	15	21	14	14	20	26	19	22	26	13	19	27	21
21	GLOSTER Yannick	220	303	26	26	21	23	17	13	19	31	12	26	15	16	21	12	25
22	BARTHEL Juliane	224	301	17	21	18	22	21	29	16	18	18	17	21	21	17	26	19
23	COCKERILL Sarah	272	403	23	UFD	22	31	22	26	24	24	25	19	22	19	22	37	24
24	PECKHAM Jane	282	384	31	23	34	27	24	27	26	37	22	25	18	23	25	16	26
25	CHAPLIN Peter	289	414	DNF	18	25	24	30	17	31	30	31	18	19	30	26	25	27
26	IVANOVSKIY Vladislav	293	423	25	34	27	32	26	21	22	27	21	21	27	DSQ	33	22	22
27	ROBSON Paul	314	452	38	33	31	17	28	37	23	25	37	27	30	18	32	13	DNF
28	WILLOWS Richard	326	515	32	25	DNF	19	29	DNF	38	20	23	SCP	33	28	29	29	DNF
29	HILL Andy	327	462	22	UFD	26	38	31	31	32	29	26	23	24	25	28	34	30
30	HOBDAY Chris	328	517	DNF	DNF	DNF	30	20	24	25	22	24	34	23	27	27	35	37
31	DUBOIS Doug	333	501	28	22	24	26	27	SCP	29	28	42	33	25	32	30	DNF	DNF
32	HORNUNG Julius	345	458	27	32	36	33	34	30	35	21	27	32	38	26	39	31	17
33	PHILLIPS Dan	355	544	36	24	28	36	33	20	DNF	DNF	DNF	36	28	22	36	33	23
34	CLAPHAM Charles	356	472	29	31	32	35	41	32	33	33	30	40	29	24	23	32	28
35	CARLETON Mark	369	476	30	30	33	29	37	33	27	32	32	28	34	33	35	28	35
36	ATKIN Caitlin	373	497	24	29	23	34	46	35	34	40	38	30	37	34	31	30	32
37	PEARCE Charlie	374	485	34	28	30	37	32	34	36	36	34	29	35	29	38	24	29
38	FRASER Steve	401	524	33	27	29	SCP 29	36	40	45	35	35	38	32	36	37	36	36
39	BRUMMUNDT Sebastian	420	567	35	38	43	41	35	DNF	30	34	36	35	31	37	34	41	34
40	HONOR Nicolas	441	630	21	12	14	DNC	DNC	DNC	3	6	7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
41	ROEHRSSEN Jens	452	620	42	36	40	39	40	SCP 38	37	41	UFD	37	42	SCP 33	DNS	38	31
42	CRAVEN Nick	479	612	45	40	37	40	44	44	42	38	44	39	36	43	40	40	40
43	GRAMKOW Dirk	487	643	DNF	35	SCP 45	43	43	42	43	43	41	46	47	38	42	39	33
44	GREENWOOD Lucy	491	680	37	37	38	42	39	36	44	45	43	45	44	41	DNC	DNC	DNC
45	ENDE Vincent	492	628	SCP 47	SCP 42	SCP 43	44	45	41	39	39	40	43	43	39	41	44	38
46	HILL Simon	506	665	44	42	41	46	48	DNF	41	44	39	48	40	42	43	43	41
47	SOLNICK David	531	720	43	UFD	39	47	47	43	40	DNF	DNF	47	41	40	RET	42	39
48	COLE Mark	554	743	40	DNF	DNF	49	42	39	SCP 47	42	45	41	39	44	DNF	DNF	DNF
49	TSCHIDA Christian	599	788	DNF	43	45	52	50	DNF	47	46	46	51	48	45	DNC	DNC	DNC
50	HARRUP Chris	652	841	41	DNF	DNF	45	38	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	42	45	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF
51	ARCHER Julie	653	842	39	39	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNF	44	46	DNF	44	DNF	DNF
52	BRYX Petr	680	869	DNF	DNF	DNF	48	49	DNF	48	DNF	DNF	49	DNF	DNF	45	DNF	DNF
53	PETTER Andrew	719	908	DNF	DNF	DNF	51	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	52	49	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF
54	POURLIER Yannick	731	920	DNF	DNF	DNF	50	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	SCP 51	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC
55	BRIZA Petr	756	945	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
56	LEBLIC Olivier	756	945	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
57	CLERGEAU Leon Philippe	756	945	UFD	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
58	TOWNEND Peter	756	945	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNC	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
59	DOMRES Jorn	756	945	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
60	CRAVEN Jackie	756	945	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
61	BOUGEARD Olivier	756	945	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC
62	GASPERI Guillermo	756	945	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

RS Aero 9

Rank	Name	Sail	Cat.	Net	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
1	JACOBI Marc	USA 1818		14	61	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	DNF	DNF
2	WILLIS Liam	GBR 1551	Y	21	36	SCP 3	2	2	6	6	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	1
3	BARTLETT Greg	GBR 1637		35	70	7	4	4	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	3	3	DNF
4	THURSFIELD Matt	GBR 1744		42	74	4	3	3	2	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	DNF
5	FREELAND Toby	GBR 1489		56	90	3	5	6	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	2	DNF
6	WRIGHT Ffinlo	GBR 1171	Y	72	100	10	6	7	5	4	4	5	7	8	10	7	7	6	8	6
7	THIRUMALAI Madhavan	USA 2390		88	154	12	8	8	DSQ	7	7	9	5	5	5	4	6	12	DNF	DNF
8	POOPUU Gert	EST 1086		96	132	13	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	7	13	8	8	5	4
9	VOS Gerard	NED 1869	M	113	154	14	13	12	14	12	11	12	10	13	8	9	10	7	7	2
10	SANDSTROM Thomas	SWE 1438		117	176	9	DNF	9	7	8	13	10	11	14	UFD	15	13	9	9	5
11	HOOD Jim	GBR 2318		127	185	11	14	DNF	12	13	8	14	8	7	14	10	9	11	10	DNF
12	BATH Christer	SWE 2072	M	137	203	8	11	11	8	11	12	7	15	12	9	17	16	DNF	DNF	DNF
13	REFFOLD Simon	AUS 2133		142	208	16	DNF	DNF	10	10	10	13	13	11	15	8	12	13	11	DNF
14	WILLIS Keith	GBR 2001	M	154	220	SCP 16	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	12	9	12	16	15	10	6	3
15	GERSTER Andreas	SUI 1523	M	170	233	SCP 19	DNF	DNF	SCP 15	15	14	15	14	15	17	18	14	14	12	7
16	BURDALL Oliver	GBR 2168		200	266	19	12	DNF	11	14	15	DNC	DNC	DNC	16	14	11	DNF	DNC	DNC
17	MORRISON Luke	GBR 2321		209	275	6	9	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	13	12	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNC
18	ROLFE Ben	GBR 2346		215	281	5	7	5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
19	GASPERI Guillermo	PAN 2135		244	310	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DPI	11	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC
20	WILDE Andrew	GBR 1555		259	325	17	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
21	BOUGEARD Olivier	FRA 1408		264	330	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC