2019 RS Aero Gulf Coast Championships

by Ash Beatty 24 May 2019 04:47 NZST 18-19 May 2019

2019 RS Aero Gulf Coast Championships © Ash Beatty

Saturday's racing showed who was in hiking shape as four great races were held in 15kn gusting to well over 20kn at times great conditions for the RS Aero 7 rig to revel in! Danny Plesch took a commanding lead into Sunday's races as Hank Saurage demonstrated his gybe-capsize manoeuvre in the first race and forgot to read the course in the second, doh! Congratulations to Chandler Self who battled it out to the end in her RS Aero 5 rig.

Sunday saw much more civilised racing as we sailed four more races in 10-15kn, with Danny cementing his victory.

Special thanks to Jack Yoes and his RC crew from Houston Yacht Club who did their usual exceptional job running the event and Sea Star for hosting. Thanks also to KO Sailing for providing the beer and the charter RS Aeros.

Next up in for the RS Aeros in North America are events at Massapoag (Boston) MA, Wickford RI and Houston TX in the run up to the big one the RS Aero North American Champs and Steve Cockerill clinic at the end of June at the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon where the last few charters are still available.

Full details of all North American RS Aero events can be found on the Events List.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Skipper	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	5	Danny Pletsch	Lakewood YC	1	1	1	[2]	1	1	1	2	8
2	2757	Hank Saurage	Pontchartrain YC	2	2	2	3	3	[4]	3	1	16
3	2212	Michael Sager	Houston YC	[5]	5	4	5	2	2	2	3	23
4	2475	Jamie Gilman	ChYC	3	3	3	1	[5]	4	5	4.5	23.5
5	2630	Jack Hattendorf	Viridian SC	4	4	5	4	[6]	5	6	6	34
6	1625	Ash Beatty	LCYC	[8]	6	6	6	4	6	4	4.5	36.5
7	2409	Robert Kembel	Viridian SC	[7]	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	49
8	1622	Chandler Self	SeaStarBase Galveston	9	8	[RET]	DNS	8	8	10	8	63
9	2278	Jonathan Zier	CYC	6	[RET]	RET	RET	9	9	8	9	65
10	2406	William Griffith	Viridian SC	10	9	[RET]	DNS	10	10	9	10	70
11	2211	Mark McNamara	Lakewood YC	[DNC]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	84