Rooster RS Aerocup - Big breeze and an early start for the final day!

by RS Aero International Class Association on 23 Oct 2017 The crisp morning ‘Peler’ mountain breeze from the North had been regularly stronger that the afternoon’s ‘Ora’ from the South and to ensure reliable racing, some good variety and a prompt finish on the final day the call had been made for an 08:30 start, as often is the case at Malcesine.

Early breakfasts were organised and speedy rig up with an air of anticipation as white horses could be spotted in the distance across the lake. At 08:30 the whole of the northern end of Garda was still in the shade, with the sun just rising over Mt Baldo and shining brightly on the cliffs on the western shore. During the course of the three races the bright sunshine moved across the whole lake, providing an incredible sparling surface when on port tack!

The breeze strengthened from about 18kn up to 25kn on race two. By the end of race three there was still good pressure but it was evident holes in the northerly wind were emerging, with potential race opportunities opening up, as the Peler prepared to close down for its lunch.

The evening before, at the Rooster Daily Awards and Pasta Party, the fleet had voted for the four sided ‘Quad’ course in preference to the ‘P’ option. The blast reach across the top was awesome. The run provided excellent opportunities to make up ground on the ample lake waves (‘harder than Carnac’ was the verdict on those) followed by a nice broad reach, wave surfing into the bottom mark.

In the RS Aero 5s Rooster Sailing’s Kate Sargent GBR had it all on if her petiteness was to maintain her clean sweep. This time she was pushed to the limit, just edging out wins by an overlapped half boat length on Roy Van Maanen IRE and Jon Harvey GBR, by making up downwind any deficit upwind. So with a clean score of nine firsts Kate took the RS Aerocup 5 title – one for the featherweight Ladies and a nice change for her after all her near misses! Roy took the silver and Jon came through for the bronze.

Read the Pocket Rocket’s own account of her RS Aerocup victory and Top-Tips here.

The RS Aero 7 fleet looked to be all tied up by Italy’s Patrick Zeni with all 1,2s over the first two days - but incredibly, it was not to be! Peter Barton GBR, Paul McMahon IRE and Marcus Walthur GER were fast out of the blocks upwind with Peter having an edge that ultimately gave him a healthy string of three firsts on the final day. Even that should not have been enough with the youthful Italian needing just one fifth from the three races to secure the title. However a seven, six, twelve failed to clinch it and by just one point Barton took the RS Aerocup 7 title from an overnight seven point deficit (and in surprise, as he had done his maths wrong!), with Zeni second and McMahon third, just one more point adrift.

In the RS Aero 9s Liam Willis GBR left nothing to chance and hammered out three bullets, revelling in the brisk conditions, to take the overall RS Aerocup 9 title at the not so tender age of 17. Simon Maguire GBR and Harmon De Lange NED shared the seconds. Simon took the silver overall with Harmon just edging out Thomas Sandstrom SWE for the bronze.

The fleet returned to shore just as the sun reached Fraglia Vela Malcesine over Mt Baldo. The International RS Team beavered to pack the multi trailers before the closing awards ceremony took place on the lake shore in front of the clubhouse with a final look at the incredible view across the lake to the cliffs opposite.

Many thanks to Rooster Sailing for their generous support of the third RS Aerocup. A wonderful spread of prizes were enjoyed at the final awards ceremony and each daily ‘Pasta Party’ prize giving. RS Sailing assisted the RS Aero’s transport logistics and the provision of the large RS Aero charter fleet allowing far travelled sailors from USA, AUS, RUS, SWE and IRE to compete. Volvo Cars assisted with fantastic XC60s that made the drive a pleasure and the fully loaded trailers an easy tow. FV Malceine were excellent hosts and we look forward to returning again soon! Marcus Cremer, Thomas Reuhl and Matt Draysey were out each day taking beautiful photos to capture a memorable RS Aerocup!

Overall

RS Aero 5

1st & first Lady- Kate Sargent GBR
2nd - Roy Van Maanen IRE
3rd & first Master - Jon Harvey GBR

RS Aero 7

1st - Peter Barton GBR
2nd & first Youth - Patrick Zeni ITA
3rd - Paul McMahon IRE
1st Lady - Juliane Barthel GER
1st - Master & Grand Master - Peter Stephinson AUS

RS Aero 9

1st & first Youth - Liam Willis GBR
2nd - Simon Maguire GBR
3rd - Harmon De Lange NED
1st Master - Keith Willis GBR

Results:

RS Aero 5
Pos	Numero	Nome	Club	Cat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Punti
1	GBR 2130	SARGENT KATE6	LEE ON SOLENT	L	-1	-1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7,0
2	IRL 2387	VAN MAANEN ROY	GREYSTONES		2	-4	2	2	2	2	3	(dns)	2	15,0
3	GBR 1502	HARVEY JON	KEYHAVEN	M	3	-6	3	3	3	3	2	3	-5	20,0
4	NED 2349	VAN DEN BOOGAARD KARLIJN	ZEILSCHOOL AALSMEER	L	-7	5	5	4	4	5	-9	6	3	32,0
5	ITA 11	ARIOLI TIZIANO	CVCE LUGANO		4	2	4	5	(dsq)	6	6	-7	7	34,0
6	GBR 89	DHONAU LEZ	WARSASH	L	5	7	-8	6	6	-10	5	2	4	35,0
7	GBR 1594	ARCHER JULIE	ULLSWATER	L	-12	9	-10	8	10	4	4	4	6	45,0
8	GBR 2100	WILLIS JULIE	LYMINGTON TOWN	L M	6	3	-9	7	5	9	-10	8	8	46,0
9	GBR 1264	CRAVEN JACKIE	YORKSHIRE DALES	L	8	8	6	-9	7	8	7	5	(dns)	49,0
10	SUI 1941	SCHEU ULLI	CVCE LUGANO	L M	11	11	7	10	9	7	(dns)	(dns)	dns	68,0
11	GBR 2225	MCKEOWN JOHN	LANCING	M	10	10	12	11	8	11	8	(dns)	(dns)	70,0
12	GBR 1650	OLSON SHONA	ABERDEEN & STONEHAVEN	L	9	(dns)	11	(dns)	dns	dns	11	dns	dns	83,0
RS Aero 7
Pos	Numero	Nome	Club	Cat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Punti
1	GBR 2093	BARTON PETER	LYMINGTON TOWN		-3	3	2	-4	2	3	1	1	1	13,0
2	ITA 1005	ZENI PATRICK	FRAGLIA VELA MALCESINE	Y	2	1	1	2	1	1	-7	6	-12	14,0
3	IRL 2414	MCMAHON PAUL	HOWTH		1	2	-10	-3	3	2	3	2	2	15,0
4	GBR 2415	HERBERT NEVILLE	ROYAL LYMINGTON		-7	6	-18	1	5	6	4	4	4	30,0
5	GER 1723	WALTHER MARCUS	DSCL FRANKFURT		8	12	9	5	9	-15	2	-16	3	48,0
6	GER 1903	BARTHEL JULIANE	SC DUMMER	L	4	7	7	-11	8	-12	9	7	6	48,0
7	FRA 2417	WOODCOCK TIMOTHY	CV MULHOUSE		-13	-14	12	10	7	4	6	5	7	51,0
8	GBR 2420	GEORGE BEN	LYMINGTON TOWN		-14	4	3	6	13	8	13	-14	9	56,0
9	ITA 1886	FOSCHINI GABRIELE	VELA CLUB DESENZANO	Y	10	10	4	13	6	7	(dsq)	8	-17	58,0
10	GBR 2157	ROLFE NIGEL	BURGHFIELD		5	9	8	7	-10	10	10	9	-11	58,0
11	AUS 2386	STEPHINSON PETER	MIDDLE HARBOUR SYDNEY	M	12	-15	15	8	12	-16	5	3	5	60,0
12	POR 2114	GAMBOA FERNANDO	LEE ON SOLENT / CDPA		6	-19	-16	15	4	9	12	12	10	68,0
13	RUS 1017	IVANOVSKIY VLADISLAV	ST. PETERSBURG		15	5	5	-19	11	13	8	11	(dns)	68,0
14	GBR 2353	LOCKEY KEITH	ULLSWATER	M	9	13	-14	14	14	5	14	10	-15	79,0
15	GBR 2162	CHAPLIN PETER	BURGHFIELD	M	11	8	-17	9	-15	11	15	13	13	80,0
16	GBR 2318	THORNE KARL	LYMINGTON TOWN		-17	11	6	-17	16	14	11	15	8	81,0
17	GBR 2146	CRAVEN NICK	YORKSHIRE DALES		-20	16	11	-21	17	20	20	17	16	117,0
18	GBR 1071	MARKHAM ALAN	UPPER THAMES	M	-27	21	13	22	20	19	18	19	19	129,0
19	GER 1524	TECHEN HOLGER	DSCL FRANKFURT		18	17	19	16	19	17	(dns)	(dns)	dns	135,0
20	USA 2315	DUBOIS DOUGLAS	US SAILING	M	19	24	(ret)	23	23	-25	17	18	14	138,0
21	NED 2373	OLSON JOHN	ABERDEEN & STONEHAVEN		25	20	20	12	26	24	16	(ret)	(dns)	143,0
22	GBR 1370	SAQUI MIKE	CARSINGTON		26	18	21	25	21	18	23	20	(dns)	146,0
23	USA 8	WENDT BUFF	TRUCKEE MONTANE	L	16	26	25	18	18	21	24	(dns)	(dns)	148,0
24	GER 1909	DOMRES JORN	SV HARLEBUCHT		21	22	23	20	22	26	19	(dns)	(dns)	153,0
25	GBR 1332	RYLEY NICK	ROYAL LYMINGTON	M	24	23	22	27	25	22	(dns)	(dns)	dns	172,0
26	FRA 1840	FLECHET DAVID	CV MULHOUSE	M	23	25	24	24	24	23	(dns)	(dns)	dns	172,0
27	GER 1369	GAEHRKEN PETER	SG MANCHING	M	-28	28	27	26	27	27	22	(ret)	18	175,0
28	AUS 2317	GILES ANDREW	LAKE CULLULLERAINE		22	27	26	(dns)	(dns)	dns	21	dns	dns	183,0
RS Aero 9
Pos	Numero	Nome	Club	Cat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Punti
1	GBR 1551	WILLIS LIAM	LYMINGTON TOWN	Y	1	1	-2	1	1	-4	1	1	1	7,0
2	GBR 1806	MAGUIRE SIMON	LYMINGTON TOWN		2	-4	1	-3	2	2	2	2	3	14,0
3	NED 1833	DE LANGE HARMON	WV NIEUWE MEER		4	-5	3	2	3	-6	4	3	2	21,0
4	SWE 2390	SANDSTROM THOMAS	SS  STOCKHOLM		(dns)	2	-5	5	4	1	3	5	4	24,0
5	GBR 40	DANIELS NICK	WARSASH		5	-7	-6	4	5	3	6	4	5	32,0
6	GBR 2001	WILLIS KEITH	LYMINGTON TOWN	M	-6	3	4	-6	6	5	5	6	6	35,0
7	GBR 44	WATSON GORDON	WARSASH		7	8	8	8	7	7	(dns)	(dns)	dns	55,0
8	GBR 2368	HOOD JIM	LYMINGTON TOWN		3	6	7	(dns)	(dns)	dns	dns	dns	dns	56,0
9	AUS 9	GILES ANDREW	LAKE CULLULLERAINE		(dnc)	(dnc)	dnc	7	8	8	dns	dns	dns	63,0