A whopping 205 RS Aeros representing 16 nations are in Weymouth for the Class’ 2nd World Championship. Racing over 3 fleets RS Aero 5, 7 and 9 and sharing the week with the 170 boat RS Tera Worlds makes this week a huge start to the 3 week long RS anniversary Games. A record number…
As we arrived at Lee On The Solent “local knowledge” suggested that given the sea state and wind direction a good sea breeze was building. It did not disappoint! The RS Aero 9’s started with the RS Aero 7 fleet but were on the larger windward course sharing it with the Phantom fleet. There was…
A Spring of gentle breezes and too much inland sailing had wrought havoc on this correspondent’s well being; to understand what it is to sail an RS300 in downwind in the light wind requires a working knowledge of pilates, parkour acrobatics and fully honed “shoot dance” skills. The forecast in the run up to the…
67 RS Aeros ventured north to visit the beautiful North Wales coast for their 4th RS Aero UK Nationals at South Caernarvonshire YC, Abersoch. The chaps was supported by Rooster with their fantastic array of prizes and RS Sailing with a fleet of 8 charter RS Aeros allowing opportunity to new sailors in the Class.…
The RS Aero open in the south this weekend was at Felpham Sailing Club, ‘the seaside mecca of the central south coast’. 20 RS Aeros arrived alongside the RS Teras to a decent breeze of around 6-11 knots and were greeted by the lovely team of members who were helping out at the club. …
69 RS Aeros are assembled on the beach at Abersoch set to contend the 2018 UK Championship. With 133 RS Aeros now entered to this summer’s World Championship at Weymouth too the UK Nationals will provide a great build up in preparation. Rooster are on hand supporting the racing at both championships both off the…
Rooster RS Vareo National Tour event number two The South Cerney Sailing Club (SCSC) holds an annual Asymmetric Open Meeting which doubles up as one of the RS Vareo Rooster National Tours. There are a huge number of RS Vareos located at SCSC but sadly few are seen on the water. This year’s event was…
Where’s Jerry? Snetfest 2 promised to be a top event following the previous year’s open meeting at Snettisham Beach SC and it didn’t disappoint. 16 visitors and 4 home boats made up the entry list of 20 competitors. Sailors had travelled from all over the country to this friendly East coast club. Most arrived Friday…
The second event in the RS Aero Northern circuit took place at Yorkshire Dales SC on 6th May. We had 18 enthusiastic RS Aero sailors 3 Aero 9’s and 15 Aero 7’s and welcomed a couple of very quick new youth sailors to the circuit. A few people made the journey on Saturday and…
It was another day of playing the waiting game for wind for the British Sailing Team at the World Cup Series in Hyeres, France. When the breeze finally came late in the afternoon it was the 49erFX duo Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey who caught the eye with a dominant day-three display. After a long…
