RS Aero Sailing News
Howth Yacht Club Hosting RS Aero Demo Day and Pre-Season Sailing Sessions
26th February 2022 Howth YC
Howth Yacht Club has announced that three RS Aero rigs will be available to demo in the harbour on Sunday 27 March. The demonstrations will run from 11am to 2pm on the day. Email the organiser Daragh Sheridan for more…
Chilly & Blustery Conditions Not Enough to Deter Fireballs in Latest Viking Marine DMYC Frostbites Outing
6th December 2021 DMYC
Ten Fireballs made it to the start line of the Viking Marine DMYC Frostbites series yesterday (Sunday 5 December), with one boat stranded ashore seeking crew. The sunshine drew out a good entry from all fleets despite the chilly and…
Royal St George Dinghy Dominance on Display as DMYC Viking Marine Frostbite Racing Returns
8th November 2021 DMYC
In his RS Aero, Brendan Foley made a clean sweep of the first PY races of the Viking Marine Frostbite Series 2021-22 at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Sunday afternoon. After a break in 2020, the country's longest-running winter dinghy racing resumed on…
Howth Yacht Club's Daragh Sheridan Wins RS Aero at Greystones Sailing Club
26th October 2021 RS Aero
The RS Aero Southern Championships were run this weekend out of Greystones Sailing Club. This late-season event attracted 11 Aero entries, who sailed with the RS 200 and RS 400 fleet on a windward / leeward course under the watchful…
Northern Ireland RS Aero Sailor Hammy Baker Wins National Championships on Dublin Bay
20th September 2021 RS Aero
Hammy Baker of Strangford Lough has won the RS Aero National Championships on an imposing score of three first places with a discard of a sixth. The RS Aero Nationals sponsored by Irish National Marine Services were held on Saturday and…
Sue Monson of Bangor Marina has won the RS Aero Northerns at Carrickfergus Sailing Club. The event was run as part of the RS Northern Championships which also featured the RS Feva, RS 200 and RS 400 fleets. On day…
The relatively new Irish RS Aero fleet is making a great start to the European Championships on Lake Garda in Italy. Daragh Sheridan of Howth Yacht Club is leading the 44-boat RS Aero 7 fleet after day 2. Consistency was key…
Promoted
MarineServices.ie the agent for RS Sailboats is delighted to announce the sale of a further four new RS Aeros into the class in Ireland. The single-handed class has enjoyed a buoyant growth in the last year with many turning to…
National Yacht Club RS Aero sailor Noel Butler was the winner of Tuesday night's PY class dinghy race. RS Aero sailors also took second an third places with Royal St. George's Brendan Foley second followed by Sarah Dwyer. Isolde was…
'Unstoppable' Hammy Baker Takes RS Aero Easterns at Royal St George Yacht Club
4th July 2021 RS Aero
Some hoped for less wind on day 2 of the Seachange Now RS Aero Easterns – they got more. With a solid 18 knots gusting 24 at times from the Southeast throwing up a tricky chop on Dublin Bay that…
Fourteen Aeros were on the Royal St. George startline today for the first day of the RS Aero Eastern Championships, emphasising the fact this new single-handed dinghy class has truly landed in Ireland. RO Michael Conway of Wexford, operating in…
Royal St George Yacht Club to Host Seachange Now RS Aero Eastern Championships
26th June 2021 RS Aero
The new RS Aero class is holding their first event ever in Ireland at the Royal St George on July 3rd and 4th, sponsored by Executive Coaching and Team Development company Seachange Now. The event has attracted a small but…
RS Aero Picked as 'Dinghy of the Decade' at RYA Show & New Irish Fixture Dates
10th March 2021 RS Aero
It will come as no surprise to RS Aero owners that dinghy historian David 'Dougal' Henshaw, picked the RS Aero as the best dinghy to emerge in the last 10 years writes Irish RS Aero Class Chairman Brendan Foley. Commenting…
National Yacht Club’s RS Aero Training Sessions Postponed Until Further Notice
31st December 2020 RS Aero
The National Yacht Club has cancelled its previously scheduled January training sessions in the RS Aero due to the extended Level 5 coronavirus restrictions. It's hoped the sessions will be rescheduled for future weeks as restrictions allow. The NYC website will have…
Brendan Foley, Chairperson of the Irish Aero class outlines developments in the new lightweight single-hander from RS If you were to pick a year to get a class going, 2020 would not be the year that you would pick, where…
The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School together with the Irish RS Aero Class Association have decided to postpone the inaugural RS Aero Irish Open, due to take place in one months' time on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September.…