Rooster RS Aero World Championship at Yacht Club de Carnac

Rooster RS Aero World Championship at Yacht Club de Carnac - Day 4

by RS Aero International Class Association 28 Jul 2017 09:16 BST 24-28 July 2017

Steve Cockerill and Pete Barton in their bibs at the Rooster RS Aero World Championship © Peter Barton

Rooster RS Aero World Championship day 3 © Peter Barton

A fourth day of 16-24kn graced the 1st RS Aero World Championship in Carnac France. The 96 sailors from 16 nations are becoming familiar with the wild rides and surfs downwind through the waves on the Brittany coast.

Rooster sailing have provided podium bibs for the top three in each fleet to wear on the water. In the 21-strong RS Aero 9 fleet all was fairly true to form with Marc Jacobi USA taking two more 1sts. Liam Willis GBR managed to wrestle a win from Marc and Greg Bartlett GBR nudging in two 3rds to go into the final day with a 5 point lead over Matt Thursfield GBR for the Bronze.

The biggest entry is in the 61-strong RS Aero 7 fleet and the titanic battle continues for the top spot. Peter Barton GBR came out guns blazing in the first race with a convincing lead to equal the series. A small lead at mark 1 in each of the next two races was not enough to hold off the legendary downwind speed of Steve Cockerill GBR 'Rooster'. Steve took the last two after the two boat battle drove them to a good lead over the fleet and now goes into the final day two points ahead. Paul Bartlett GBR holds a solid third overall with Steve Norbury GBR 'Selden' jumping up to fourth and Sean Craig IRE fifth.

Team Estonia had a great day in the RS Aero 7 fleet on Day 4 with three boats packing out the top ten. Ants Haavel EST moved up to 6th with a 4,6,7. European Silver medallist, Kristo Ounap EST jumped to eighth with a 5,3,8.

Noah Rees GBR goes into the final day with a small lead over Yannick Gloster USA for the Top Youth spot. Liina Kolk EST, Juliane Barthel GER and Sarah Cockerill GBR head the battle for the Lady's title in the 7s.

Rooster RS Aero World Championship day 3 - photo © Steve Greenwood

In the 20-strong RS Aero 5 fleet Andrew Frost GBR pulled out a nice buffer going into the final showdown with a handy 2,1,1. The remaining medal positions are very tight with just three points separating Sander Puppart EST, Andrias Sillaste EST and Kate Sargent GBR (top Lady). Kate showed great downwind technique to again gain places on the run, winning the first race of the day.

The daily Rooster prizegiving saw prizes spreading down the fleets with the leaders awarded their race bibs but unable to win a second day prize. Again the leaders of each fleet gave their top tips to the audience.

Andrew Frost stressed the importance of working hard to gain places to the very end. Marc Jacobi spoke of the benefit of let the boat go on a slightly eased course when experiencing the worst of the waves on the beat. Steve Cockerill of Rooster gave a thought provoking insight into how the rig swings and accelerates as you go over waves upwind, creating a need to sheet in up a wave, and out as it swings forward as you go over the back of a wave.

Day 5 is looking like yet another breezy one so the fleet all looks forward to putting those gems into practice!

Marc Jacobi gives a few top tips at the Rooster RS Aero World Championship - photo © Gerard Vos

Tonight the Awards Ceremony is at 18:00hrs followed by the Panama Party provided by sponsors Ron Abuelo, Panama's premium rum brand, who will be providing rum cocktails with a nautical theme for all competitors.

Bring on Day 5!

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5 rig results after day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	GBR 1312	FROST Andrew	SUTTON BINGHAM SC ‑ Great Britain	1	4	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	17
2	EST 1875	PUPPART Sander	PIRITA SVERTPAADIKLUBI ‑ Estonia	2	DNS	2	3	2	1	2	4	3	4	3	4	26
3	EST 1929	SILLASTE Andrias	PIRITA SVERTPAADIKLUBI ‑ Estonia	4	1	1	4	6	7	1	3	5	3	2	3	27
4	GBR 2130	SARGENT KATE	SALTASH SC ‑ Great Britain	5	2	RDG	2	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	6	29
5	GBR 1107	POE Ben	BINGHAM SC SUTTON ‑ Great Britain	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	45
6	GBR 1795	ISAACS‑JOHNSON Sammy	MAIDENHEAD SC ‑ Great Britain	7	6	8	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	6	7	72
7	GBR 2100	WILLIS Julie	LUYMINGTON TOWN SC ‑ Great Britain	6	5	6	11	8	11	14	14	11	7	10	12	87
8	NED 2374	VAN DEN BOOGAARD KARLIJN	ZEILSCHOOL AALMEER ‑ The Netherlands	9	DNF	DNF	6	SCP	10	7	13	7	6	7	10	88
9	GBR 1555	WILDE ANDREWs	Great Britain	DNC	DNC	DNC	SCP	1	2	6	UFD	4	11	12	2	91
10	USA 2381	GLOSTER Catherine	SANTA BARBARA SEASCHELL ‑ United States Of America	8	7	7	12	11	9	13	9	12	10	9	9	91
11	GER 1909	DOMRES Jörn	Germany	DNC	DNC	DNC	8	7	8	9	6	10	9	8	8	94
12	GBR 1264	CRAVEN Jackie	Great Britain	DNC	DNC	DNC	7	10	12	10	10	13	12	11	14	120
13	USA 2388	SOLNICK Melissa	SEBAGO ‑ United States Of America	10	8	OCS	13	14	14	17	12	15	15	15	11	127
14	AUS 1854	GILLAM SUSANNAH	BLACK ROCK YC ‑ Australia	DNF	DNF	DNF	14	15	13	12	11	14	13	16	15	144
15	FRA 1372	CLERGEAU Leon philippe	NPB ‑ France	DNC	DNC	DNC	15	13	RET	15	15	16	SCP	14	13	158
16	GBR 1428	TOWNEND Peter	Great Britain	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	11	7	9	DNC	DNC	DNC	174
17	USA 2204	GLOSTER Paul	SANTA BARBARA SEASHELL ‑ United States Of America	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	16	DNF	16	16	17	17	DNF	DNF	182
18	CZE 2893	MRAZOVA Sylvia	ASOCIACE LODNICH TRID RS ‑ Czech Republic	DNF	DNF	DNF	17	17	DNF	18	DNF	DNF	18	17	DNF	192
19	1266	LEBLIC Olivier	CV ST AUBIN ELBEUF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	13	DNF	197
20	CZE 2056	BRIZA Petr	Czech Republic	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	19	DNF	DNF	208

7 rig results after day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12
1	GBR 2319	COCKERILL Stephen	STOKES BAY SC ‑ Great Britain	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
2	GBR 2093	BARTON Peter	LYMINGTON TOWN SC ‑ Great Britain	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2
3	GBR 1930	BARTLETT Paul	STARCROSS YC ‑ Great Britain	3	3	2	3	4	3	DNF	UFD	4	3	5	3
4	GBR 1232	NORBURY Steve	WARSASH SC ‑ Great Britain	5	4	9	9	6	6	12	8	6	9	10	5
5	IRL 2382	CRAIG Sean	ROYAL ST GEORGE YC ‑ Ireland	7	5	6	12	7	5	5	9	8	7	9	9
6	EST 1781	HAAVEL Ants	PIRITA SVERTPAADIKLUBI ‑ Estonia	12	17	SCP	7	9	7	7	7	9	4	6	7
7	GBR 2147	WARBUTON John	CHEW VALLEY LSC ‑ Great Britain	6	8	5	14	12	8	11	5	11	8	7	6
8	EST 1871	OUNAP Kristo	PIRITA SVERTPAADIKLUBI ‑ Estonia	8	UFD	10	8	10	15	10	10	13	5	3	8
9	GER 1723	WALTHER Marcus	DSCL FRANKFURT ‑ Germany	4	7	4	10	3	4	9	3	3	DNF	DNF	DNF
10	GBR 2346	ROLFE Ben	BURGHFIELD SC ‑ Great Britain	DNC	DNC	DNC	5	5	9	4	4	5	11	4	4
11	GBR 1093	SMITH Cameron	CHELMARSH SC ‑ Great Britain	10	11	12	13	16	16	8	19	10	10	16	11
12	GBR 1817	JONES Chris	SUTTON BINGHAM SC ‑ Great Britain	13	16	35	11	8	11	17	12	17	12	12	10
13	AUS 2380	STEPHINSON II Peter	MIDDLE HARBOUR ASC ‑ Australia	14	6	11	15	13	18	6	13	29	16	13	20
14	EST 1867	OUNAP Martin	PIRITA SVERTPAADIKLUBI ‑ Estonia	11	13	17	16	11	22	13	14	16	13	8	15
15	GBR 2157	ROLFE Nigel	BURGHFIELD SC ‑ Great Britain	9	9	13	20	15	12	14	16	20	14	11	17
16	GBR 2146	CLAPHAM James	ROYAL TORBAY YC ‑ Great Britain	16	19	7	6	19	10	28	11	28	15	17	12
17	GBR 2148	GRIFFITHS Gareth	ISLAND BARN RES SC ‑ Great Britain	19	14	16	4	23	23	21	23	15	6	RDG	RDG
18	GBR 1230	REES Noah	TORPOINT MOSQUITO SC ‑ Great Britain	18	10	15	21	14	14	20	26	19	22	26	13
19	FRA 2134	WOODCOCK Timothy	C V MULHOUSE ‑ France	20	20	20	25	18	19	15	17	33	31	14	14
20	EST 1873	KOLK Liina	SAAREMAA MS ‑ Estonia	15	15	19	18	25	25	18	15	14	24	20	35
21	USA 2379	GLOSTER Yannick	SANTA BARBARA YSF ‑ United States Of America	26	26	21	23	17	13	19	31	12	26	15	16
22	GER 1903	BARTHEL Juliane	SEGLER CLUB DUMMER ‑ Germany	17	21	18	22	21	29	16	18	18	17	21	21
23	GBR 2320	COCKERILL Sarah	STOKES BAY SC ‑ Great Britain	23	UFD	22	31	22	26	24	24	25	19	22	19
24	GBR 2162	CHAPLIN Peter	BURGHFIELD SC ‑ Great Britain	DNF	18	25	24	30	17	31	30	31	18	19	30
25	GBR 1715	PECKHAM Jane	GURNARD SC ‑ Great Britain	31	23	34	27	24	27	26	37	22	25	18	23
26	RUS 1877	IVANOVSKIY Vladislav	YC SANKT‑PETERSBURG ‑ Russia	25	34	27	32	26	21	22	27	21	21	27	DSQj
27	GBR 2104	WILLOWS Richard	ROADFORD LAKE SC ‑ Great Britain	32	25	DNF	19	29	DNF	38	20	23	SCP	33	28
28	GBR 2161	ROBSON Paul	READING SC ‑ Great Britain	38	33	31	17	28	37	23	25	37	27	30	18
29	GBR 1792	HILL Andy	HAYLING ISLAND SC ‑ Great Britain	22	UFD	26	38	31	31	32	29	26	23	24	25
30	USA 2385	DUBOIS Doug	US SAILING ‑ United States Of America	28	22	24	26	27	SCP	29	28	42	33	25	32
31	GBR 2101	HOBDAY Chris	GURNARD SC ‑ Great Britain	DNF	DNF	DNF	30	20	24	25	22	24	34	23	27
32	UAE 2383	HORNUNG Julius	DUBAI OFFSHORE SC ‑ United Arab Emirates	27	32	36	33	34	30	35	21	27	32	38	26
33	GBR 1575	CARLETON Mark	PAPERCOURT SC ‑ Great Britain	30	30	33	29	37	33	27	32	32	28	34	33
34	GBR 1921	CLAPHAM Charles	CHEW VALLEY LSC ‑ Great Britain	29	31	32	35	41	32	33	33	30	40	29	24
35	FRA 2300	HONOR Nicolas	YC LA GRANDE MOTTE ‑ France	21	12	14	DNC	DNC	DNC	3	6	7	DNC	DNC	DNC
36	GBR 1568	ATKIN Caitlin	WHITSTABLE YC ‑ Great Britain	24	29	23	34	46	35	34	40	38	30	37	34
37	GBR 1108	PEARCE Charlie	DABCHICKS SC ‑ Great Britain	34	28	30	37	32	34	36	36	34	29	35	29
38	GBR 1062	PHILLIPS Dan	RIPON SC ‑ Great Britain	36	24	28	36	33	20	DNF	DNF	DNF	36	28	22
39	GBR 1846	FRASER Steve	EAST LOTHIAN ‑ Great Britain	33	27	29	SCP	36	40	45	35	35	38	32	36
40	GER 1767	BRUMMUNDT Sebastian	FUERSTENBERGER YC E.V. ‑ Germany	35	38	43	41	35	DNF	30	34	36	35	31	37
41	GER 1902	ROEHRSSEN Jens	SEGELVEREIN WESER SVW ‑ Germany	42	36	40	39	40	SCP	37	41	UFD	37	42	SCP
42	GBR 1685	GREENWOOD Lucy	OXFORD SC ‑ Great Britain	37	37	38	42	39	36	44	45	43	45	44	41
43	GBR 1258	CRAVEN Nick	YORKSHIRE DALES SC ‑ Great Britain	45	40	37	40	44	44	42	38	44	39	36	43
44	NED 2373	ENDE Vincent	ZEILSCHOOL AALMEER ‑ The Netherlands	SCP	SCP	SCP	44	45	41	39	39	40	43	43	39
45	OMA 2384	GRAMKOW Dirk	RA AL HAMRA SC ‑ Oman	DNF	35	SCP	43	43	42	43	43	41	46	47	38
46	GBR 2057	HILL Simon	HAYLING ISLANG ISLANG SC ‑ Great Britain	44	42	41	46	48	DNF	41	44	39	48	40	42
47	NED 2189	COLE Mark	GWV DE VRIJBUITER ‑ The Netherlands	40	DNF	DNF	49	42	39	SCP	42	45	41	39	44
48	USA 2387	SOLNICK David	SEBAGO ‑ United States Of America	43	UFD	39	47	47	43	40	DNF	DNF	47	41	40
49	AUT 2389	TSCHIDA Christian	YC THERESIANISCHE MILAK ‑ Austria	DNF	43	45	52	50	DNF	47	46	46	51	48	45
50	GBR 1589	HARRUP Chris	BURGHFIELD SC ‑ Great Britain	41	DNF	DNF	45	38	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	42	45	DNF
51	GBR 1594	ARCHER Julie	ULLSWATER YC ‑ Great Britain	39	39	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNF	44	46	DNF
52	CZE 1826	BRYX Petr	Czech Republic	DNF	DNF	DNF	48	49	DNF	48	DNF	DNF	49	DNF	DNF
53	GBR 2270	PETTER Andrew	LITTLETON SC ‑ Great Britain	DNF	DNF	DNF	51	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	52	49	DNF
54	FRA 1755	POURLIER Yannick	Y C CARNAC ‑ France	DNF	DNF	DNF	50	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	SCP	DNF	DNF
‑‑‑	CZE 2056B	BRIZA Petr	YC PARDUBICE ‑ Czech Republic	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
‑‑‑	FRA 1266B	LEBLIC Olivier	CV ST AUBIN ELBEUF ‑ France	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
‑‑‑	FRA 1372A	CLERGEAU Leon philippe	NPB ‑ France	UFD	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
‑‑‑	GBR 1428B	TOWNEND Peter	CHELMARSH SC ‑ Great Britain	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNC	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
‑‑‑	GER 1909A	DOMRES Jörn	SEGERVEREIN HARLEBUCHT ‑ Germany	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
‑‑‑	GBR 1264A	CRAVEN Jackie	YORKSHIRE DALES SC ‑ Great Britain	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
‑‑‑	1408	BOUGEARD Olivier	C.N BERROIS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNF

9 rig results after day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	USA 1818	JACOBI Marc	CEDAR POINT YC ‑ United States Of America	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	11
2	GBR 1551	WILLIS Liam	LYMINGTON TOWN SC ‑ Great Britain	SCP	2	2	6	6	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	20
3	GBR 1637	BARTLETT Greg	STARCROSS YC ‑ Great Britain	7	4	4	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	29
4	GBR 1744	THURSFIELD Matt	CHELMARSH SC ‑ Great Britain	4	3	3	2	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	34
5	GBR 1489	FREELAND Toby	DOWNS SC ‑ Great Britain	3	5	6	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	49
6	GBR 1171	WRIGHT Ffinlo	ISLE OF MAN YC ‑ Great Britain	10	6	7	5	4	4	5	7	8	10	7	7	60
7	USA 2390	THIRUMALAI Madhavan	CEDAR POINT YC ‑ United States Of America	12	8	8	DSQj	7	7	9	5	5	5	4	6	64
8	EST 1086	POOPUU Gert	PIRITA SVERTPAADIKLUBI ‑ Estonia	13	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	7	13	8	89
9	SWE 2072	BATH Christer	ROYAL GOTHENBURG YC ‑ Sweden	8	11	11	8	11	12	7	15	12	9	17	16	104
10	GBR 2318	HOOD Jim	LYMINGTON TOWN SC ‑ Great Britain	11	14	DNF	12	13	8	14	8	7	14	10	9	106
11	SWE 1438	SANDSTRÖM Thomas	SKARGARDSSTADS SEGELSALLSKAP ‑ Sweden	9	DNF	9	7	8	13	10	11	14	UFD	15	13	109
12	NED 1869	VOS Gerard	WSV GIESBEEK ‑ The Netherlands	14	13	12	14	12	11	12	10	13	8	9	10	110
13	AUS 2133	REFFOLD Simon	BALMORAL SC ‑ Australia	16	DNF	DNF	10	10	10	13	13	11	15	8	12	118
14	GBR 2168	BURDALL Oliver	NORFOLK BROADS YC ‑ Great Britain	19	12	DNF	11	14	15	DNC	DNC	DNC	16	14	11	156
15	SUI 1523	GERSTER Andreas	SC SCHLOSS GREINFENSEE ‑ Switzerland	SCPj	DNF	DNF	SCP	15	14	15	14	15	17	18	14	156
16	GBR 2001	WILLIS Keith	LYMINGTON TOWN SC ‑ Great Britain	SCP	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	12	9	12	16	15	157
17	GBR 2321	MORRISON Luke	HILLHEAD SC ‑ Great Britain	6	9	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	13	12	DNF	165
18	GBR 2346A	ROLFE Ben	RS SAILING ‑ Great Britain	5	7	5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	171
19	PAN 2135	GASPERI Guillermo	SEA MASTERS SAILING CENTER ‑ Panama	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DPI	11	DNF	200
20	GBR 1555A	WILDE Andrew	BURGHFIELD SC ‑ Great Britain	17	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	215
‑‑‑	FRA 1408B	BOUGEARD Olivier	C.N Berrois ‑ France	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	220