Jump to content

RS Aero

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

RS Aero
RS Aero 7
Development
DesignerJo Richards
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year2014
BuilderRS Sailing
Boat
Crew1
Displacement30 kg
Hull
TypeMonohull
ConstructionFiberglass
LOA4 m (13 ft)
Beam1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)
Sails
General5, 6, 7 & 9 rigs
Total sail area
5 rig : 5.2 m²

6 rig : 6.3 m²

7 rig : 7.4 m²

9 rig : 8.9 m²
Rating
RYA PN5 rig : 1139

6 rig : 1099

7 rig : 1063

9 rig : 1005
[edit on Wikidata]

The RS Aero is a British sailing dinghy that was designed by Jo Richards as a one-design racer and first built in 2014.[1] It is an international class recognised by World Sailing and hosts an annual World Championships.

Production

[edit]

The design is marketed and distributed by RS Sailing of Romsey, United Kingdom.[1][2]

Design

[edit]

The RS Aero is a single-handed recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has an unstayed carbon fibre mast, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with a tiller extension and a daggerboard. It displaces 66 lb (30 kg).[1]

The Aero can be fitted with one of four different rig and sail sizes to accommodate a range of sailors of different weights, ranging between approximately 45 and 95kg.[1]

Variants

[edit]
RS Aero 5
The RS Aero 5 was designed with youth in mind and has 5.2 m² of sail area.[1] It is typically suitable for sailors between 45 and 65kg.
RS Aero 6
The RS Aero 6 was designed in 2019 and released in 2021 with the aim of providing an option for women and smaller adults to sail in a less youth-centric fleet. It was designed to fit between the 5 and 7 rigs with a sail size of 6.3 m².[3] It is typically suitable for sailors between 55 and 75kg.
RS Aero 7
The RS Aero 7 was designed for medium weight sailors and has 7.4 m² of sail area.[1] It is typically suitable for sailors between 65 and 85kg.
RS Aero 9
The RS Aero 9 was designed for heavy weight sailors and has 8.9 m² of sail area.[1] It is typically suitable for sailors between 75 and 95kg.

Operational history

[edit]
RS Aero 7

The design has won several awards, including the 2014 Paris Boat Show Coup de Coeurs, the Netherlands 2015 HISWA Product of the Year Award and the 2015 Estonian Sailing Federation Surprise Award.[4]

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".[5]

In a 2014 review, George Yioulos, wrote, "sailing the Aero is unlike other boat I’ve evaluated before. It’s a designer’s brew of lightweight construction, precise craftsmanship, and clever design that allows for high quality production in multiple locations. While it’s still a single-person fiberglass dinghy, after a day on the water it’s more an extension of the sailor themselves than any other non-trapezing boat I’ve sailed." He further noted, "The Aero utilizes a unique mix of modern technology, all-around performance and very easy handling. Maybe it’s not ironic that these are similar to the characteristics that propelled the growth of the Laser some 40 years ago."[6]

Events

[edit]

World Championship

[edit]

RS Aero 5

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Sander Puppart (EST)  Andrias Sillaste (EST)
2018  Ben Hutton-Penman (GBR)  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Toby Schofield (GBR)
2019  David Ellis (GBR)  Kazuyoshi Nakao (JPN)  Ned Stattersfield (GBR)
2022  Dieter Creitz (USA)  Ryan Zehnder (USA)  Yannick Gloster (USA)
2023  Elliot Hellstrom (SWE)  Andrias Sillaste (EST)  Mark Ripley (GBR)
2024  Jonathan Bailey (GBR)  Roscoe Martin (GBR)  Sammy Isaacs-Johnson (GBR)
2025  Raphael Olsthoorn (FRA)  Roscoe Martin (GBR)  Riccardo Hai Gessa (ITA)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Kate Sargent (GBR)  Karlijn Van De Boogaard (NED)  Jullie WIllis (GBR)
2018  Liina Kolk (EST)  Kate Sargent (GBR)  Lucy Greenwood (GBR)
2019  Sophie Jackson (AUS)  Megan Ridgway (AUS)  Phillippa Danks (AUS)
2022  Caroline Young (USA)  Robyn Ratcliffe (AUS)  Yolanda Fan (CHN)
2023  Chloe George (GBR)  Francesca Ramazzotti (ITA)  Ludovica Cui (ITA)
2024  Georgia Booth (GBR)  Alice Davis (GBR)  Alice Lucy (GBR)
2025  Chloe George (GBR)  Georgia Booth (GBR)  Louise Rahn (FRA)

RS Aero 6

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2023  Rhett Gowans (AUS)  Dieter Creitz (USA)  Andrew Frost (GBR)
2024  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Dan Venables (GBR)  Sam Blaker (GBR)
2025  Sam Blaker (GBR)  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Dan Venables (GBR)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2023  Sofiia Naumenko (UKR)  Liina Kolk (EST)  Ellie Craig (GBR)
2024  Sofiia Naumenko (UKR)  Abby Hire (GBR)  Liina Kolk (EST)
2025  Sofiia Naumenko (UKR)  Liina Kolk (EST)  Anouck de Ripainsel (BEL)

RS Aero 7

[edit]

Male

[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Stephen Cockerill (GBR)  Peter Barton (GBR)  Paul Bartlett (GBR)
2018  Sam Whaley (GBR)  Jack Hopkins (GBR)  Stephen Cockerill (GBR)
2019  Rhett Gowans (AUS)  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Noah Rees (GBR)
2022  Dalton Bergan (USA)  Jay Renehan (USA)  Peter Barton (GBR)
2023  Peter Barton (GBR)  Jack Miller (GBR)  Noah Rees (GBR)
2024  Finley Dickinson (GBR)  Arthur Farley (GBR)  Tim Hire (GBR)
2025  Peter Barton (GBR)  Jack Miller (GBR)  Mark Ripley (GBR)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Liina Kolk (EST)  Juliane Barthel (GER)  Sarah Cockerill (GBR)
2018  Juliane Barthel (GER)  Sarah Cockerill (GBR)  Caitlin Atkin (GBR)
2019  Fleur Scrivens (AUS)
2023  Juliane Barthel (GER)  Julie Lamarre (SWE)
2024  Ellie Craig (GBR)
2025  Paula Boyle (GBR)  Nolwenn Falcon (FRA)

RS Aero 9

[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Liam Willis (GBR)  Greg Bartlett (GBR)
2018  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Peter Barton (GBR)  George Cousins (GBR)
2019  Liam Willis (GBR)  Derek Bottles (USA)  Keith Willis (GBR)
2022  Dan Falk (USA)  Keith Hammer (USA)  Michael Johnson (USA)
2023  Dan Falk (USA)  Madhavan Thirumalai (USA)  Keith Hammer (USA)
2024  Ben Flower (CAN)  Peter Barton (GBR)  Erik Wahlberg (SWE)
2025  Ben Flower (CAN)  Nick Craig (GBR)  Madhavan Thirumalai (USA)

European Championship

[edit]

RS Aero 5

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Archie Hainsworth (GBR)  Andrias Sillaste (EST)
2019  Attila Banyai (HUN)  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Sammy Isaacs-Johnson (GBR)
2021  Attila Banyai (HUN)  Roy Van Maanen (IRE)  Axel Almersson (SWE)
2022  Roscoe Martin (GBR)  Tom Ahlheid (GBR)  Andrew Frost (GBR)
2024  Enrico Loi (ITA)  Mattia Monti (ITA)  Andrea Manconi (ITA)
2025  Sammy Isaacs-Johnson (GBR)  Andrias Sillaste (EST)  Enrico Loi (ITA)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Lucy Greenwood (GBR)  Silvia Johanna Haavel (EST)
2019  Liina Kolk (EST)  Caitlin Atkin (GBR)  Lily Barrett (GBR)
2021  Francesca Ramazzotti (ITA)  Vanja Ramm-Ericson (SWE)  Anouck de Ripainsel (BEL)
2022  Chloe George (GBR)  Abby Hire (GBR)  Alessandra Tydeman (GBR)
2024  Florence Le Brun (FRA)  Vittoria Cartelli (ITA)  Anka Staite (GBR)
2025  Jessica Jöesaar (EST)  Sophie Stockton (GBR)  Nathalie Jacob (FRA)

RS Aero 6

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2022  Chris Hatton (GBR)  Ants Haavel (EST)  Chris Rust (GBR)
2024  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Dan Venables (GBR)  Chris Hatton (GBR)
2025  Andrew Frost (GBR)  Filippo Vincis (ITA)  Kristo Ounap (EST)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2022  Abigail Larr (GBR)  Cathy Lunn (GBR)  Beth Milledge (GBR)
2024  Sofiia Naumenko (UKR)  Ellie Craig (GBR)  Liina Kolk (EST)
2025  Sofiia Naumenko (UKR)  Liina Kolk (EST)  Juliane Barthel (GER)

RS Aero 7

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Dmitry Tretyakov (RUS)  Kristo Ounap (EST)  Simonas Jersovas (LTU)
2019  Peter Barton (GBR)  Craig Williamson (GBR)  Jack Hopkins (GBR)
2021  Peter Barton (GBR)  Leopoldo Sirolli (ITA)  Giulio Sirolli (ITA)
2022  Martis Pajarskas (LTU)  Tim Hire (GBR)  Vejas Strelciunas (LTU)
2024  Pim Van Vugt (NED)  Noah Rees (GBR)  Jack Miler (GBR)
2025  Mattia Di Lorenzo (ITA)  Peter Barton (GBR)  Mark Ripley (GBR)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Liina Kolk (EST)  Juliane Barthel (GER)  Jane Peckham (GBR)
2019  Juliane Barthel (GER)  Eleanor Craig (GBR)  Jane Peckham (GBR)
2021  Julie Lamarre (SWE)
2022  Anya Haji-Michael (GBR)
2024  Juliane Barthel (GER)  Paula Boyle (GBR)  Julie Lamarre (SWE)

RS Aero 9

[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Richard Watsham (GBR)  Ben Rolfe (GBR)  Matt Thursfield (GBR)
2019  Greg Bartlett (GBR)  Liam Willis (GBR)  Chris Larr (GBR)
2022  Peter Barton (GBR)  Chris Larr (GBR)  Ben Charnley (GBR)
2024  Ben Flower (GBR)  Peter Barton (GBR)  Eric Wahlberg (SWE)
2025  Ben Flower (GBR)  Rory Cohen (GBR)  Timothy Woodcock (FRA)

North American Championship

[edit]

RS Aero 5

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2019  Yannick Gloster (USA)
2021  Jacques Kerrest (USA)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2019  Catherine Gloster (USA)
2021  Cynthia Griffith (USA)
2022  Caroline Young (USA)  Christine Barbour (USA)  Emily Wagner (USA)
2023  Sally Sharp (USA)  Carrie Hatfield (USA)  Joan Lucas (USA)
2024  Robyn Ratcliffe (USA)  Melissa Hale (USA)  Courtney Clamp (USA)
2025  Trin Ollinger (USA)

RS Aero 6

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2023  Hank Saurage (USA)  Philip Myerson (USA)  Jacques Kerrest (USA)
2025  Hank Saurage (USA)  Andy Mack (USA)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2023  Anne Kochendorfer (USA)

RS Aero 7

[edit]
Male
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze Source
2017  Hank Saurage (USA)  Eric Aker (USA)  David Solnick (USA) [7]
2018  Hank Saurage (USA)  Robert Patterson (USA)  Pete Gregory (USA) [8]
2019  Dalton Bergan (USA)  Stephen Cockerill (USA)  Andy Mack (USA) [9]
2021  Ricky Welch (USA)  Hank Saurage (USA)  Eugene Schmitt (USA) [10]
2022  Ricky Welch (USA)  Callen Burnett (USA)  Hank Saurage (USA) [11]
2023  Madhavan Thirumalai (USA)  Keith Hammer (USA)  Eugene Schmidt (USA) [12]
2024  Dan Falk (USA)  Jay Renehan (USA)  Keith Hammer (USA) [13]
2025  Eugene Schmidt (USA)  Philip Myerson (USA)  Michael Gavin (USA)
Female
[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Melissa Solnick (USA)
2019  Jen Morgan Glass (USA)  Ashley Kenny (USA)  Molly Jackson (USA)
2021  Anne Kochendorfer (USA)
2022  Melissa Solnick (USA)  Cynthia Griffith (USA)
2025

RS Aero 9

[edit]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Madhavan Thirumalai (USA)  J.C. Raby (USA)
2018  Jay Renehan (USA)  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Derek Bottles (USA)
2019  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Dan Falk (USA)  Derek Bottles (USA)
2021  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Bob Hodges (USA)  Robert Patterson (USA)
2022  Madhavan Thirumalai (USA)  Eugene Schmidt (USA)  Jim Myers (USA)
2023  Boris Mezhibovskiy (USA)  Dylan Williams (USA)  James Dodwell (USA)
2025  Marc Jacobi (USA)  Madhavan Thirumalai (USA)  Zak Fanberg (USA)

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Browning, Randy (2019). "RS Aero sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Browning, Randy (2019). "RS Sailing". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "RS Sailing launch the RS Aero 6". RS Sailing, the world’s largest small-sailboat manufacturer. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  4. ↑ RS Sailing (2017). "RS Aero – Pure Exhilaration, Beautiful Simplicity". rssailing.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Leviathan (27 April 2015). "Boat Of The Year". Sailing World. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Yioulos, George (11 June 2014). "Singlehanded Sailing: The Next Level". Sailing Scuttlebutt. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "RS Aero North American Championship 2017 - Newport, RI, USA". www.rsaerosailing.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  8. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "RS Aero North American Championship 2018 - Galveston Bay, Texas, USA". www.rsaerosailing.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  9. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "North American Championships - Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA". www.rsaerosailing.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  10. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "RS Aero North American Championships - Bay Waveland YC, Bay St Louis, Mississippi, USA". www.rsaerosailing.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  11. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "RS Aero North American Championship - Davis Island YC, Tampa, Florida, USA". Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  12. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "RS Aero North American Championships - Cedar Point YC, Westport, CT, USA". www.rsaerosailing.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  13. ↑ www.rsaerosailing.org. "RS Aero North American Championships and US Sailing Singlehanded Championships - Richmond YC, San Francisco Bay, California, USA". www.rsaerosailing.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RS_Aero&oldid=1372537464"