RS Aero Open Meeting at Chew Valley Lake SC

by RS Aero UK Class Association on 26 Oct 2016 On the back of successful UK Inland champs and River Champs the weekend’s prior, Chew was planned as a small open supporting the growing local fleet.

However, through the mist that shrouded the lake on our arrival it soon became apparent that, together with the RS200s with whom we were sharing, there were a significant number of RS Aeros pitching up from both locally and further afield. Ultimately as the mist cleared, just in time for race one, 28 RS Aeros in total were rigged. Quite a few new faces had come out to play, plus several brand new boats including a couple busily roping up their new Aeros just in time to race!

Once the mist had gone and a nice light breeze had settled, sunshine showed Chew’s scenic surrounds off to their best. It was almost so pleasant as to be a distraction from focusing on the racing!

Congratulations to John Warburton of host club Chew in winning the RS Aero 7s on his maiden voyage on 2147. Another new entry to the fleet, having chartered at our UK Nationals, was Chris Jones of Sutton Bingham who took second ahead of Chew’s home Aeros Mike Riley third and Cathy Bartram fourth, split by tie break.

Top Youth, Andrew Frost of Sutton Bingham, won the RS Aero 5s in convincing style in his first open. Marion Lowe of Bradford-on-Avon won the tie break for second from Hilary Ross of Chew. Alice Lucy of Rutland came in fourth at her first event, just a point off second.

With the lightish breeze the large sailed RS Aero 9 fleet had swollen to 15 entries. Team Rolfe of Burghfield had their usual showdown and this time experience prevailed over youth with Nigel taking third from Ben in fourth. Greg Bartlett had stolen his dad’s RS Aero from Starcross to join the fleet and push hard in each race, reaping the rewards of his persistence in race three to take the win on the final reaches. Peter Barton from Lymington took the win in the 9s after eking out leads in the first two races.

Thanks to Cathy Bartramfor coordinating and Chew Valley LSC for hosting a great event for us with lots of sunshine and just enough breeze - and to the RS200 class for letting us share their event. Also thanks to Primrose Salt for her great pictures, a selection can be found here.

Next up is the season’s grande finale, the RS Classes ‘End of Seasons’ at Rutland on 5/6th November,concluding the year’s Northern and Southern Circuits, online entry is open. Then comes a change of season with our Winter Training series and Winter Events Series. For full details check out UK event page.

RS Aero5
Rank	Sail no.	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	Total	Nett
1st	1312	Andrew Frost	Sutton Bingham SC	-1	1	1	3	2
2nd	1012	Marion Lowe	Bradford-on-Avon SC	3	-5	2	10	5
3rd	1454	Hilary Ross	Chew Valley Lake SC	2	-3	3	8	5
4th	2134	Alice Lucy	Rutland SC	-5	2	4	11	6
5th	1296	Maggie Dunn	Lyme Regis SC	4	4	-5	13	8
RS Aero 7
Rank	Sail no.	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	Total	Nett
1st	2147	John Warburton	Chew Valley Lake SC	1	1	-2	4	2
2nd	1817	Chris Jones	Sutton Bingham SC	2	-3	1	6	3
3rd	1138	Mike Riley	Chew Valley Lake SC	-6	2	4	12	6
4th	1178	Cathy Bartram	Chew Valley Lake SC	3	-4	3	10	6
5th	1502	Jon Harvey	Keyhaven YC	4	5	-9(DNF)	18	9
6th	1921	Charles Clapham	Chew Valley Lake SC	5	-7	5	17	10
7th	2100	Julie Willis	Lymington Town SC	-7	6	6	19	12
8th	1746	David Powley	Thornbury SC	8	8	-9(OCS)	25	16
RS Aero 9
Rank	Sail no.	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	Total	Nett
1st	2093	Peter Barton	Lymington Town SC	1	1	-6	8	2
2nd	1930	Greg Bartlett	Starcross YC	-4	2	1	7	3
3rd	1551	Nigel Rolfe	Burghfield SC	2	3	-7	12	5
4th	1581	Ben Rolfe	Burghfield / RS Sailing	-5	5	2	12	7
5th	1298	Rich Watsham	Starcross YC	-10	6	3	19	9
6th	1555	Andrew Wilde	Burghfield SC	6	4	-8	18	10
7th	2135	Liam Willis	Lymington Town SC	-14	7	4	25	11
8th	1071	Peter Chaplin	Burghfield SC	3	10	-13	26	13
9th	1007	Anthony Lynall	Avon SC	-8	8	5	21	13
10th	1404	Jon Flynn	Chew Valley Lake SC	7	-13	10	30	17
11th	1207	Mark Tissiman	Chelmarsh SC	-13	9	9	31	18
12th	2146	James Clapham	Royal Torbay YC	9	12	-14	35	21
13th	2126	Graham Iles	Burghfield SC	-15	11	11	37	22
14th	1135	Phil White	Frampton-on-SevernSC	12	-15	12	39	24
15th	1654	Mark Lambdin	Bradford-on-Avon SC	11	14	-15	40	25