RS Aero Italian Open National Circuit 3 at Tognazzi Marine Village, Rome, Italy

by RS Aero Italian Class Association 13 Oct 2020 21:09 BST 10-11 October 2020

RS Aero Italian Open National Circuit 3 © RS Aero Italian Class Association

Twenty-one boats at the start, a wind that fluctuated between six knots on Saturday and thirty knots on Sunday. Really difficult conditions that did not stop the sailors engaged in the Roman leg of the Italian Open RS Aero Circuit, held on Saturday and Sunday at the Tognazzi Marine Village, on the beach of Capocotta.

Despite the particular weather conditions, the Race Committee, chaired by Andrea Mauro, managed to have three races run on Saturday, with flat sea and light wind. The entire "supply chain" of the RS Aero sailing class was represented on the water competing together with time correction factor scoring, from the smaller RS Aero 5 with a 5 m2 sail, to the older brother RS Aero 9, with the largest fleet represented by that of the RS Aero 7.

Winner of this stage of the national circuit was the Gardesano Samuel Naldi with two firsts and a second place. Only one point behind was the young Swiss sailor, Timo Van Roomen, who tried to "snatch" the top of the podium from him until the end. Bronze went to Marco Avolio of the Tognazzi Marine Village, followed by Enrico Borghi of the LNI of Senigallia, competing with the RS Aero 9 sail.

RS Aero Italian Open National Circuit 3 - photo © RS Aero Italian Class Association

For the president of the Roman sailing club and new Italian RS Aero Class, Guido Sirolli, it was a demanding regatta from an organisational point of view, but full of satisfactions: "We have been working for a year to launch this boat on the national territory and now we are beginning to appreciate its first fruits. Seeing young athletes in the water with a 5m2 sail next to boats with larger sails means that the message has passed that the RS Aero is a fun racing dinghy, easy to manage, suitable for children as well as adults. The adhesion of the Circolo Vela Arco and the Rimini Nautical Club testifies to the desire to grow and this is our goal for 2021, in the hope that the (pandemic) situation can return to normal".

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Rig	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	2067	Naldi Samuel	RS Aero7	1	1	2	4
2	2337	Van Roomen Timo	RS Aero7	2	2	1	5
3	1797	Avolio Marco	RS Aero7	5	3	4	12
4	1886	Angelini Guido	RS Aero7	3	6	6	15
5	9	Borghi Enrico	RS Aero9	4	5	9	18
6	2979	Bogliolo Matteo	RS Aero7	6	7	7	20
7	1798	De Carolis Stefano	RS Aero7	7	8	10	25
8	2964	Michelotti Filippo	RS Aero7	8	10	8	26
9	3	Corbucci Pietro	RS Aero7	22	4	3	29
10	2976	Sirolli Giulio	RS Aero7	13	14	5	32
11	3353	Valeri Carlo	RS Aero7	10	12	15	37
12	8	Scheu Ulli	RS Aero7	11	9	19	39
13	2659	Mills Jon	RS Aero7	9	17	14	40
14	1799	Cerio Stefano	RS Aero7	12	11	17	40
15	2978	Sirolli Guido	RS Aero7	15	13	13	41
16	3384	Blackman Aaron	RS Aero7	17	16	11	44
17	1944	Vaccaro Enrico	RS Aero7	14	15	16	45
18	2980	Cerza Bianca	RS Aero5	16	18	12	46
19	1110	Mobilio Pierluigi	RS Aero7	18	19	18	55
20	1666	Less Lucilla	RS Aero5	19	21	20	60
21	1667	Rossetti Roberto	RS Aero7	22	20	22	64