2015 RS Aero UK Series – Overall report

by Peter Barton on 18 Sep 2015 After three Rounds there is a whopping total of 123 entries in the RS Aero UK Series. After taking out 14 double entries, who have opted to swap rigs through the varying conditions, there remains a massive 109 unique entries!

The UK Inland National Championship at Bowmoor SC, Swindon, is the final Round on Saturday 10th October. With the points so close any one of 19 sailors could take a title!

In the RS Aero 5 Matthew Caiger (Sevenoaks) has taken the lead with a solid two thirds. However, no less than 13 sailors could still lay claim the RS Aero 5 Series title!

Peter Barton (Lymington) leads the RS Aero 7 with two firsts, however if National Champ Glen Truswell (Castle Cove) produces the goodies again at the final event it could all be snatched away on tie break.

The RS Aero 9 remains close. Richard Watsham (Starcross) holds a first and second but no fewer than three of his competitors could steal the Big Rig title from him at Bowmoor.

We have had it all so far; 25kn gusts against a strong ebb on day one at Lymington to a pleasant 12kn dropping to a drift on day two. Chelmarsh was medium, but with a large differential of 10-20kn, challenging shifts and silky smooth flat water - a very different planing challenge to Lymington. The UK Nationals at Weymouth varied from light to 'the windy side of medium'. The RS Aeros are scoring this series as separate fleets, although have enjoyed some interesting inter fleet racing with PY results too.

All is to play for regards the UK Series at The Bowmoor Inlands in October. First up though is Alton Water’s Eastern Area open this Saturday 19th September.

Results:

Rank	Sail	Name	Club	Round 1 Chelmarsh	Round 2 Lymington	Round 3 Weymouth          UK Nationals	Round 4 Bowmoor       UK Inlands	TOTAL	NET
1	1562	Matthew Caiger	Sevenoakes	31	3	3		37	6
2	1173	Archie Hainsworth	Alton Water	31	5	7		43	12
3	1178	Cathy Bartram	Chew Valley	2	31	12		45	14
4	1107	Ben Poe	Sutton Bingham	31	6	9		46	15
5	1301	Emily Davis	Great Moor	31	10	13		54	23
6	1029	Judith French	Gurnard	31	11	14		56	25
7	1103	Hugo Robathan	Oxford	31	12	16		59	28
8	1164	Will Taylor	Brightlingsea	31	31	1		63	32
9	1209	David Ellis	Lymington Town	31	1	31		63	32
10	1171	Ffinlo Wright	Isle of Man	1	31	31		63	32
11	1463	Henry Jameson	Hayling Island	31	31	2		64	33
12	1302	Karl Thorne	Royal Lym/Keyhaven	31	2	31		64	33
13	1412	Peter Wilson	Chelmarsh	3	31	31		65	34
14	1543	Debbie Degge	Bartley	31	31	4		66	35
15	1206	Louise Johnson	Lymington Town	31	4	31		66	35
16	205	Alison Taylor	Chelmarsh	4	31	31		66	35
17	1183	George Catchpole	Waveney and Oulton	31	31	5		67	36
18	1109	Louis Wright	Hayling Island	31	31	6		68	37
19	1211	Nick Eales	Lymington Town	31	7	31		69	38
21	888	Harry Jones	Draycote Water	31	31	8		70	39
20	1333	Philip Gwyther	Lymington Town	31	8	31		70	39
22	1402	Jane Homewood	Lymington Town	31	9	31		71	40
23	1568	Caitlin Atkin	Bewl Valley	31	31	10		72	41
24	1108	Charlie Pearce	Dabchicks	31	31	11		73	42
25	1210	Simon Ward	Lymington Town	31	13	31		75	44
26	100	Nicci Kilpatrick	Hayling Island	31	14	31		76	45
27	1296	Maggie Dunn	Lyme Regis	31	31	15		77	46
28	1502	Jon Harvey	Lymington Town	31	18	31		80	49
29	1336	Dan Bird	Lymington Town	31	18	31		80	49
30	1555	Andrew Wilde	Burghfield	31	18	31		80	49