Haltern am See RS Aero Challenge in Dortmund, Germany

by Marcus Walther on 18 May 2017 The second German RS Aero Regatta of 2017 was held in Haltern am See near Dortmund on 13/14 May. Thirteen RS Aeros entered with the organising club Segel club Prinzensteg.

In extremely good conditions, partly sunny, partly cloudy, at winds of around 10 knots, four of the overall six triangular route races were completed on the first day. Marcus Walther, sailing for DCSL Frankfurt, won the day. Julia Barthel from SeglerclubDümmer and Thorsten Krug from SeglerclubMünster fought for second and third place.

After a very long afternoon on the water, everyone enjoyed the dinner put together by the organising club. As usual, the conversation was mostly about sailing.

Sunday was sunny and calm at first but two races could finally be held at wind speeds of 4-8 knots. However, the wind kept turning, so anything was possible! Marcus Walther started the first race in pole position, and he successfully, ahead of JulianeBarthel and Thorsten Krug. The last race was governed by falling winds that also kept turning. Due to a thunderstorm, the wind suddenly freshened. Marcus Walther made good use of the new conditions and won this race, too, ahead of JulianeBarthel and Andreas Hötter from Segel-Club Haltern am See, who was 41/2 rounds in the lead.

Overall, JulianeBarthel came second ahead of Thorsten Krug. Special guest UweBarthel, the president of the German Finn Association, finished fourth.

The first RS Aero World Championship is just two months away now and takes place in Carnac, France, from 23-28 July. The German Team already has five RS Aeros registered and as this is their third weekend racing and training in succession they are preparing well!

Rank	Sail	Name	Club	Club Name	Class	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Nett
1	1723	Marcus Walther	DSCL	Dreieich Segelclub Langen	RS Aero 7	-1	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	1903	Juliane Barthel	SCD	Segler-Club Dümmer	RS Aero 7	2	-3	3	2	2	2	11
3	2317	Thorsten Krug	SCM	Segel-Club Münster	RS Aero 7	4	2	2	5	3	-6	16
4	1369	Uwe Barthel	SCD	Segler-Club Dümmer	RS Aero 7	-8	4	4	8	4	4	24
5	2315	Andreas Hölter	SCH	Segel-Club Haltern am See	RS Aero 7	-9	8	6	3	5	3	25
6	1840	Thomas Beneker	WYCB	Weser Yacht Club Bremen	RS Aero 7	7	6	7	-9	9	5	34
7	1909	Jörn Domres	SVH	Seglerverein Harlebucht	RS Aero 7	6	9	(DNF)	6	6	8	35
8	2037	Stephan Möller	SCSI	Segel-Club Sorpesee Iserloh	RS Aero 7	3	7	-10	10	10	7	37
9	2316	Steffen Harta	SLRV	Sail-Lollipop Regatta Verein	RS Aero 7	5	10	5	(DSQ)	7	10	37
10	1524	Holger Techen	DSCL	Dreieich Segelclub Langen	RS Aero 7	11	-12	9	4	8	9	41
11	0	Anja/Niklas Grotheer/Dahl	SCH	Segel-Club Haltern am See	RS Aero 7	12	5	12	7	(DNC)	DNC	50
12	1961	Sven Biedermann	SCCR	Segel-Club-Crefeld	RS Aero 7	10	11	8	(DNS)	11	12	52
13	2036	Christian Lemmer	SCFW	Fischlaken Essen-Werden	RS Aero 7	-13	13	11	11	12	11	58