A great article on the growth of the RS fleets in Ireland this year.
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Showing posts with label RS Classes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RS Classes. Show all posts
Monday, December 23, 2013
RS "Propoganda" in Afloat, makes for a good read.
If Santa Brings you an RS200 or an RS400 this Christmas
A great article on the growth of the RS fleets in Ireland this year.
A great article on the growth of the RS fleets in Ireland this year.
Monday, November 11, 2013
A black mark for the RS fleet!!
The water was full of dinghies. There were 20 PY dinghies, 28 Lasers, 12 Fireballs and 10 RS 200/400s, now in their own separate class after the change in SIs. It's worth pointing out again the number of juniors racing in the DMYC series. It's a great and successful aspect of the winter sailing and makes the DBSC's exclusion of juniors even more of a puzzle. Summer sailing should be like this too!
With the National Team Racing Championships and several junior squad trainings taking place inside the harbor the DMYC Committee took the fleets outside to open water. The new trapezoid course took a little longer to set up but a 5 minute postponement allowed the wind to settle too, and off we went on a long 4-lap trapezoid course.
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| DMYC Frostbites Outside the Harbor |
The PY fleet was led around by the IDRAs, with the Finn and OK Dinghy close behind on the water. But the many Toppers were chasing hard and stayed well in touch on corrected time. Frank Hamilton's IDRA was the clear winner, with nearly a minute lead at the end. Fergal O'Flaherty was 2nd, with a solid block of 4 Toppers next.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Feva Win, 200 Place, 400 solid showing!
The RS Nationals ended in Cultra today and saw the Dun Laoghaire boats put in a seriously good performance across the board.
In the Fevas the Higgins pairing put on a serious last day push, taking all 1sts and 2nds and taking the overall victory by 2 points. Now that's the way to become National Champions!!
In the 200s the Craig/Foley pairing finally got just pipped for 2nd Irish boat and 4th overall, but 3rd Irish boat is a solid showing. Noonan/King held onto 6th overall, maintaining yesterday's position. Meantime Toterdell/Kelly jumped up to 9th from 13th with a strong last day - probably the best of the Dun Laoghaire boats on the last day. The Hinkson and Cassidy pairings more or less held position with consistent performances.
Meantime the 400 fleet saw the DL boats experience mixed fortunes again. The Ryan brothers put in several 3rds and 4ths but could only fight up to 8th overall. Still, that's 3rd or 4th Irish boat and looking at the names well behind them shows the top class level they're operating at. As yesterday, Olympians and other household names well below them in the results!! Arthur Mehigan held steady but dropped a few places as his very consistency meant that the discard didn't help him much. Richard Tate climbed from 41st to 37th on the last day.
All in all a successful showing for Dun Laoghaire. Champions in Fevas and rankings among the top few Irish boats in 200 and 400. And probably good tans too!
Results here
Photo Gallery here. Photos all remain copyright of the original photographer.
In the Fevas the Higgins pairing put on a serious last day push, taking all 1sts and 2nds and taking the overall victory by 2 points. Now that's the way to become National Champions!!
In the 200s the Craig/Foley pairing finally got just pipped for 2nd Irish boat and 4th overall, but 3rd Irish boat is a solid showing. Noonan/King held onto 6th overall, maintaining yesterday's position. Meantime Toterdell/Kelly jumped up to 9th from 13th with a strong last day - probably the best of the Dun Laoghaire boats on the last day. The Hinkson and Cassidy pairings more or less held position with consistent performances.
Meantime the 400 fleet saw the DL boats experience mixed fortunes again. The Ryan brothers put in several 3rds and 4ths but could only fight up to 8th overall. Still, that's 3rd or 4th Irish boat and looking at the names well behind them shows the top class level they're operating at. As yesterday, Olympians and other household names well below them in the results!! Arthur Mehigan held steady but dropped a few places as his very consistency meant that the discard didn't help him much. Richard Tate climbed from 41st to 37th on the last day.
All in all a successful showing for Dun Laoghaire. Champions in Fevas and rankings among the top few Irish boats in 200 and 400. And probably good tans too!
Results here
Photo Gallery here. Photos all remain copyright of the original photographer.
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Saturday, July 6, 2013
Feva good, 200 fair, 400 not so good
The RS Feva, 200 and 400 Nationals are on this weekend in Cultra. It seems fair to say that the Dun Laoghaire contingent are having a varied time of it so far.
In the Fevas there are Dun Laoghaire boats in 2nd and 3rd (the Higgins pair and Rafferty/Coleman), and the contingent from the George is very strong overall. Kudos!
In the 200s the top Dun Laoghaire boat is in 5th (Craig/Foley), with Noonan/King in 6th, Totterdell/Kelly in 13th, with the Cassidy and Hinkson pairings in 15th and 17th respectively. Not bad.
The 400 fleet is seeing the Dun Laoghaire boats having a torrid time. In a difficult regatta where more than half the fleet didn't even finish the 3rd race, the normally consistent Ryan brothers are carrying an 18th place and are running in 9th overall. Given their normal standard they're unlikely to be happy with that!! Meantime Arthur Mehigan is holding 29th with a fairly even set of results and Richard Tate is having a fun but frustrating weekend in 41st. It's got to rank as an "Oh dear" for Dun Laoghaire in the 400s, although with Olympians in 11th and regular Laser Masters regional winners in 20th the standard of the fleet can't be overstated.
Let's hope things pick up on Sunday!
Event results here, and photo gallery here. All photos remain copyright of the photographer!
In the Fevas there are Dun Laoghaire boats in 2nd and 3rd (the Higgins pair and Rafferty/Coleman), and the contingent from the George is very strong overall. Kudos!
In the 200s the top Dun Laoghaire boat is in 5th (Craig/Foley), with Noonan/King in 6th, Totterdell/Kelly in 13th, with the Cassidy and Hinkson pairings in 15th and 17th respectively. Not bad.
The 400 fleet is seeing the Dun Laoghaire boats having a torrid time. In a difficult regatta where more than half the fleet didn't even finish the 3rd race, the normally consistent Ryan brothers are carrying an 18th place and are running in 9th overall. Given their normal standard they're unlikely to be happy with that!! Meantime Arthur Mehigan is holding 29th with a fairly even set of results and Richard Tate is having a fun but frustrating weekend in 41st. It's got to rank as an "Oh dear" for Dun Laoghaire in the 400s, although with Olympians in 11th and regular Laser Masters regional winners in 20th the standard of the fleet can't be overstated.
Let's hope things pick up on Sunday!
Event results here, and photo gallery here. All photos remain copyright of the photographer!
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