RS Aero Midwinter Championship

March 22nd & 23rd 2025

WARM OCEAN, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, HOT COMPETITION

• Two Days of Racing •
Junior & Adult Sailors

• Four RS Aero Classes •
RS Aero 5, 6, 7 & 9

2025 SARW – RS Aero Midwinter Championship
Sailing for the very first time in the 2025 SARW, we are pleased to announce a new class of boat: the RS Areo. The RS Aero Midwinter Championship is open to Sailors of ALL ages – from Youth to Adult. The Regatta will sail in the Bay on Saturday & Sunday, March 22nd & 23rd 2025. Spectators can watch the RS Aero Sailing Events from the waterfront viewing area on the St Augustine Bayfront.

RS Aero Midwinter Championship will be sailing in the shadows of historic structures like St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marcos and the beautiful Bridge of Lions. Sailors of ALL ages will compete in a protected, challenging saltwater venue in the Downtown Bayfront. Tourists and Spectators can cheer them on from the waterfront viewing area. An Expert Race Committee with lots of Safety Boats will ensure safe, fair competition. All RS Aero Sailors will check in at the St. Augustine Yacht Club on Saturday morning. Participants will also be treated to a Great Awards Dinner at the St Augustine Yacht Club Sunday after the regatta.

RS Aero Midwinter Championship Fee: $106.50 (including taxes). Registrations after February 23 will be $133.13 per boat including tax.

Sailors of ALL ages can compete in the 2025 SARW RS Aero Midwinter Championship in one of four RS Aero Classes: RS Aero 5, 6, 7 & 9. Sailors will navigate a Downtown course in the Bayfront. There is a maximum 20 boat limit for the combined classes.

We are delighted to be able to offer this great event for the very first time in 2025.

15 Racers
Olmo Cerri (RS Aero 7) Circolo Velico Pietrabianca Home Port: New York NY	Andrew Lam (RS Aero 7) West River Sailing Club Home Port: Davidsonville, MD
Dylan Williams (RS Aero 9) Bellport Bay Yacht Club Home Port: Sayville NY	Tony Corkell “Aero 3355” (RS Aero 7) Palm Beach Sailing Club Home Port: Cary NC
Brian Gilcher “Arion” (RS Aero) Melbourne Yacht Club Home Port: Melbourne FL	David Gay “Damselfly” (RS Aero 7) St Augustine Yacht Club Home Port: St Augustine, FL
Wes Graham “Djbouti Magic” (RS Aero 7) St Augustine Yacht Club Home Port: St Augustine, FL	Thomas Heausler “Green Wave” (RS Aero) Bay Waveland Yacht Club Home Port: Bay Saint Louis, MS
Philip Myerson “Gulf Of Mexico Siempre” (RS Aero 7) Bristol Yacht Club Home Port: Portsmouth, RI	Marc Jacobi “Half-Hearted” (RS Aero 7) Cedar Point Yacht Club Home Port: Norwalk CT
Shane Swart “McLuffin” (RS Aero) St Augustine Yacht Club Home Port: St Augustine, FL	James Todd Flournoy “RS Aero” (RS Aero 7) Davis Island Yacht Club Home Port: Tampa FL USA
	Roy Van maanen “Tba” (RS Aero 6) Greystones Sailing Club Home Port: Greystones Wicklow, Ireland
Robert Patterson “Tivoli3” (RS Aero 7) None Home Port: Rockledge, FL	Boris Mezhibovskiy “Whistling Wind” (RS Aero 9) Centerport Yacht Club Home Port: Brooklyn, NY

What is an RS Aero?

The RS Aero is a British sailing dinghy that was designed as a one-design racer and first built in 2014. The design is marketed and distributed by RS Sailing of Romsey, United Kingdom.

The RS Aero is a single-handed recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a cat rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with a hiking stick extension and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 66 lb (30 kg).

The boat was also named the Sailing World Boat Of The Year in 2015, as Best One-Design. The magazine described it as “a stunning singlehander that is more than comparable to the Laser.” It was cited for its “construction quality, lightweight hull, versatile rig with multiple combinations, technical details, and price”.
– Source: WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS_Aero

From RS Sailing
https://www.rssailing.com/project/rs-aero/
After years of development we believe the RS Aero is the most technically advanced boat in its sector. Which explains why it’s the most exciting and best-selling modern single-hander. And easily handled too. Astonishingly, the RS Aero weighs about the same as an Optimist. That drives everything about its incredible user friendliness through transporting, rigging and launching – before you even experience the addictive sensations afloat. Complex thinking leading to beautiful simplicity – the RS Aero ignites the pure excitement of sailing in its least complicated form. Four rig sizes enable youths, women and guys to enjoy the ride. Already an International Class and winner of the 2019 World Sailing Equipment Trails for the 2024 Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy Event, the community is building fast for the most competitive sailors. It’s a phenomenon. Just do it.