12 RS Aeros visited at Haltern am See, near Dortmund, Germany, sharing the weekend with the O’Pen Bic Class. Blessed with two Days of good sun and fresh breezes there were many big smiles evident in the photos. Racing was in ‘7’ rigs with sailors free to decrease to the ‘5’ rig. The German event…
With a fleet of nine Class 40s competing in The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing #123 – Tales II skippered by Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde, crossed the finish line first at 12:53:03 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 31, with an elapsed time of 72:48:03, to complete the 648 nautical mile first off-shore…
This weekend (28/29 May) saw the Jelf Racing Powerboat Team head to the second round of the Powerboat GP RYA British Championship as they competed in the Lancashire Grand Prix at St Helens. 15 year old Ben Jelf took a break from revising for his GCSEs as he continued his domination in the GT30 class…
Current leader in the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing Tales II is just 100nm to the finish in Brooklyn, NY and models are showing a 7am ET, Tuesday, May 31 arrival time. Tales is on pace to break the course record of 78 hours 55 minutes 13 seconds set in 2012 by Mare. Tales’ next…
Just over 30 hours into the first leg of the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing and the fleet is through the worst of Tropical Storm Bonnie. Overnight last night the teams saw 35+ knots of wind and a very confused sea state, which made for extremely tough conditions and very little sleep. Spanish team Tales and French team Eärendil have consistently led…
Nine teams representing the United States, England, Sweden, Canada, France and Spain started the 2016 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing at 12:05 ET on Saturday in light rain and a northeast 10-15 knot breeze. The oldest boat in the fleet, Pleiad Racing owned the start line. Coming into the first mark teams had…
We are lucky enough to have not one but two event reports for the Slalom. Report number one by event organiser and RS300 joint Chair Steve Bolland and report number two by 2015 and 2016 Slalom Champion Tim Keen. Enjoy! Report One by Steve Bolland It’s funny what pressure does to a man. One minute…
The Island Sailing Club (ISC), organisers of the prestigious annual Round the Island Race off the Isle of Wight, has appointed Catalyst Consultants to act as its commercial partnerships agency. Catalyst is working with the ISC developing the commercial programme for the 2017 race onwards. Catalyst is undertaking a commercial review of how the Round…
This weekend’s Pacific NorthWest One Design (POD) regatta , Seattle, USA, was an exceptional event in terms of race management and conditions and this racer is honestly proud of the high quality racing that again characterized our yacht club. 11 RS Aeros shared a racecourse with Stars, 505s and a couple of Lasers. We spent…
13 lucky Aero sailors arrived at the distinctly Mediterranean Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club on the 8th May 2016 for the inaugural RS Aero open meeting. The forecast of warm sun and wind producing a great turnout of local sailors and travellers from Scotland and the south. With the temperature at 24 degrees and a warm…
