International Moth World Championships at Hayling Island

International Moth World Championships at Hayling Island - Day 2

by Mark Jardine 20 Jul 2014 20:53 BST 19-25 July 2014

Rob Greenhalgh on day 2 of the International Moth World Championships © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

International Moth World Championships day 2 © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

Three bullets in a row for Greenhalgh

Racing started around 1pm after the Westerly sea breeze came in. Blue fleet made up for their lost race from Saturday and then sailed two more races in the best of the breeze.

Yellow fleet were too far East to get the full effect of this and only managed a single race in what was a long day on the water for them. The race team moved Yellow fleet further west once Blue fleet were sent ashore, but the gradient and sea breeze were cancelling each other out and racing was abandoned for the day.

Robert Greenhalgh (GBR) was the man in Blue fleet who managed to stay up on the foils more than anyone else. Only top Australian helms Nathan Outteridge and Scott Babbage were able to keep in touch at all with Greenhalgh in the first race of the day.

Robert said after the racing, "Confidence is high - that's three wins in a row and I was leading the race which was abandoned at the end of the day. In the light airs today it was very important to get off the line and after that I was very happy with my speed."

David Cambell-James on the leeward mark boat took particular note of Robert's start in Blue race 3 particularly, "He started on port at the pin end and crossed the fleet comfortably. He was off."

Chris Draper ended his day on a better note with two 5th places after pushing it a bit too hard in the early Blue fleet race, "I was pushing it a bit hard downwind and speared it in just before the finish. To make things worse Simon Hiscocks just got past me on the line."

Draper's 12th in race 2 is currently his discard, with his other counting result being a 6th.

Stevie Morrison has been consistently getting results around 15th and was happy with his day on the water. After finishing 50th at the nationals, he had some setup advice from Nathan Outteridge which has helped his foiling stability immensely. Even so, Stevie said the top guys can pull a new piece of kit out of the bag to gain a bit more pace, or as Nathan jokingly said at the bar having a beer with Stevie, "You just need to spend to win in this fleet!"

With only 3 or 4 qualifying races completed so far, depending on which fleet each helm is in, qualifying has been extended into Monday with the reserve day on Tuesday now being used for Gold and Silver fleet racing. Sunday's Yellow fleet will head out early to make up for their lost race.

Rob Greenhalgh leading an abandoned race on day 2 of the International Moth World Championships - photo © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

The overall results to date are tricky to show with the fleets out of sync. Of the Brits, Robert Greenhalgh is looking good with 3 bullets and an 8th and Chris Rashley has 1,2,1 in his three races. The Antipodeans are also looking strong with Josh Mcknight scoring 3,1,3, Scott Babbage with 2,2,3,4 and Nathan Outteridge scoring 3,2,2 after his gear failure before race 1 of the series gave him a DNC.

There are a few more who've been knocking in results in the top ten such as Rob Gough (AUS), Ben Paton (GBR), Andrew McDougall (AUS), Tom Offer (GBR) & Christopher Rast (SUI). With the light winds set to continue into the week, this kind of consistency could well be key to getting a podium result.

The stunning weather does make the racing very watchable from the Hayling Island beach. Why not come down, bring a set of binoculars, some suntan lotion and ice cream money to enjoy the unique sight of 138 foiling Moths battle it out in UK waters.

International Moth World Championships day 2 - photo © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

The International Moth class is hugely grateful to the companies that are helping make this championship possible; Magic Marine, LV, Lennon Sails, CST Composites, Ronstan and Blueteq.

YachtsandYachting.com is the official media partner and are be producing daily reports and blogging live from the event. Reports are complemented with Beau Outteridge Productions videos.

The World Championships take place between 19-25 July.

Results after 3 Qualifying Races: (Blue fleet Q4 race result below)

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Pts
1st	GBR	5	Robert Greenhalgh	Royal Southern YC	‑8	1	1	2
2nd	GBR	7	Chris Rashley	Royal London YC	1	‑2	1	2
3rd	AUS	4142	Josh Mcknight	RPAYC	‑3	1	3	4
4th	AUS	3	Scott Babbage	Woollahra SC	2	2	‑3	4
5th	AUS	2	Nathan Outteridge	Wangi SC	(DNC)	3	2	5
6th	AUS	6	Rob Gough	Royal YC Tasmania	1	5	‑7	6
7th	GBR	4147	Michael Lennon	HISC	‑19	4	2	6
8th	GBR	4	Ben Paton	Lymington Town SC	5	3	‑7	8
9th	AUS	3900	Andrew McDougall	Black Rock YC	4	‑6	4	8
10th	GBR	4038	Tom Offer	Rock SC	3	‑8	6	9
11th	GBR	3942	Jason Belben	Stokes Bay SC	‑12	7	4	11
12th	GBR	3967	Chris Draper	WPNSA	6	‑12	5	11
13th	SUI	4112	Christopher Rast	TYC/RCO/MBYC	‑6	5	6	11
14th	GBR	4123	Dylan Fletcher	Portland Moth Squad	‑12	4	8	12
15th	JPN	3989	Hiroki Goto	ABeam	4	8	‑15	12
16th	BEL	4049	Giovanni Galeotti	RYCB	2	‑11	11	13
17th	GBR	4146	Paul Goodison	Ulley SC	10	‑12	5	15
18th	JPN	4095	Kohei Kajimoto	Black Rock YC	7	‑16	8	15
19th	SUI	3796	Arnaud Psarofaghis	SN Geneva	10	6	‑11	16
20th	ITA	4092	Carlo de Paoli	Circolo Vela Torbole	8	9	‑10	17
21st	GBR	3985	Simon Hiscocks	HISC	9	‑11	9	18
22nd	ITA	4138	Gian Maria Ferrighi	YC Acquafrecsca	5	(DNC)	14	19
23rd	GBR	4036	Dan Vincent	Stokes Bay SC	7	‑19	13	20
24th	ITA	4093	Stefano Rizzi	SV Oscar Cosulich	13	7	‑21	20
25th	GBR	4099	Ricky Tagg	HISC	11	‑14	9	20
26th	SWE	4159	Nils Akervall	Royal Swedish YC	9	‑21	15	24
27th	GBR	4059	Dan Ward	Frensham Ponds SC	15	9	‑28	24
28th	ITA	41	Stefano Ferrighi	YC Acquafresca	16	10	‑33	26
29th	GBR	4096	Tim Penfold	HISC	‑35	17	12	29
30th	GBR	4155	Stevie Morrison	Exe SC	14	15	‑16	29
31st	GBR	4050	Leigh Albrecht	Queen Mary SC	14	15	‑52	29
32nd	USA	9	Brad Funk	US Sailing Team Sperry Top‑Sider	20	‑52	10	30
33rd	GBR	4149	Oliver Holden	HISC	‑23	18	12	30
34th	NZL	4037	Jason Russell	HISC	‑29	17	13	30
35th	ITA	3855	Fabio Mazzetti	Circolo Vela Arco	13	‑19	17	30
36th	ITA	4030	Marco Lanulfi	YC Acquafresca	17	13	‑23	30
37th	GBR	3943	Richard Edwards	Parkstone YC	‑25	10	22	32
38th	RSA	4062	Jonathan Heathcote	Point YC	20	13	‑25	33
39th	AUS	4034	Luke Molloy	RQYS	15	‑33	19	34
40th	GBR	4073	Richard Westbury	Draycote	23	‑34	14	37
41st	AUS	3637	Brent Pearson	Keppel Bay SC	21	16	‑37	37
42nd	SUI	3752	David Holenweg	CV Estavyer‑le‑Lac	‑28	20	19	39
43rd	ESP	3975	Pablo Arandia	EMV Valencia	19	‑28	20	39
44th	GBR	4065	Daniel Henderson	Stokes Bay SC	24	‑25	16	40
45th	SUI	4032	Jean‑Pierre de Siebenthal	SN de Geneve	‑24	22	18	40
46th	GBR	4045	Matt Ponsford	HISC	22	18	‑29	40
47th	GBR	4061	John Pink	Hill Head SC	‑32	21	20	41
48th	GBR	4067	Cameron Stewart	HISC	21	20	‑26	41
49th	IRL	3592	Rory Fitzpatrick	National YC	28	14	‑30	42
50th	GBR	3947	Ed Chapman	Queen Mary SC	‑29	22	21	43
51st	GBR	4121	James Phare	Queen Mary SC	11	‑37	34	45
52nd	IRL	3805	Ryan Seaton	Ballyholme YC/CSC	‑33	28	17	45
53rd	GBR	4060	Neil Baker	HISC	18	‑39	27	45
54th	FRA	4090	Seb Col	YCPR	DGA	‑24	22	45
55th	GBR	4115	David Hivey	HISC	22	‑27	23	45
56th	FRA	3972	Yann Andrillon		‑26	24	24	48
57th	AUS	4004	Will Logan	Royal YC Tasmania	26	23	‑32	49
58th	GBR	4075	Doug Pybus	Queen Mary SC	‑37	32	18	50
59th	NED	3849	Constantijn Weber	WSV Muiderberg	18	32	‑40	50
60th	NED	4074	Eelco Boers	WV Roerkoning	(DNC)	25	25	50
61st	GBR	4158	Geoff Carveth	HISC	17	‑38	34	51
62nd	GBR	3995	David Simmonds	HISC	30	23	‑37	53
63rd	GBR	4071	Phillippe Oligario	Worthing YC	‑32	31	24	55
64th	GBR	3981	Simon Reynolds	Whitstable YC	27	‑29	28	55
65th	GBR	3939	Matthew Stark	Guernsey YC	25	‑37	32	57
66th	FRA	3879	Pierre Blanc	CN St Jean Cap Ferrat	‑31	30	29	59
67th	GBR	3922	Kyle Stoneham	Thorpe Bay YC	16	‑54	44	60
68th	GBR	3830	John Clifton	Shoreham SC	‑45	35	26	61
69th	GBR	4100	Alex Koukourakis	Eastbourne Soverign SC	37	27	(DNC)	64
70th	USA	4066	Dylan DiMarchi	Waikiki YC	34	30	‑48	64
71st	FRA	3875	Benoit Marie	SNO Nantes	‑51	26	39	65
72nd	GER	3843	Carlo Maege	Feldafinger Seglerverein	34	‑41	31	65
73rd	GBR	3980	Graham Simmonds	HISC	39	‑40	27	66
74th	GBR	3979	Jeremy Hartley	Stokes Bay SC	‑41	36	30	66
75th	GER	3684	Sven Kloppenburg	Ratzeburger SV	33	‑34	33	66
76th	SUI	4144	Fabien Froesch	SN de Geneve	(DNC)	29	38	67
77th	GBR	4122	Andrew Friend	Norfolk Punt Club	31	‑39	36	67
78th	NZL	4124	Glen Read	Vauxhall YC	30	‑43	38	68
79th	IRL	3889	Alistair Kissane	Howth YC	‑40	33	35	68
80th	AUS	3631	John Genders	RYCT	‑36	35	36	71
81st	NED	4023	Kalle Coster		35	36	‑39	71
82nd	SUI	3798	Philippe Schiller	SN de Geneve	‑51	26	47	73
83rd	GBR	3834	Chris Clarke	Thorpe Bay SC	38	38	‑48	76
84th	IRL	3861	Annalise Murphy	National YC	27	50	‑54	77
85th	SUI	3729	Philip Kaeserman	SN de Geneve	36	45	‑46	81
86th	GBR	3795	Stefan Gieser	WSV Heidelberg West	(DNC)	42	40	82
87th	GBR	4043	Paul Hayden	Stokes Bay SC	‑44	40	43	83
88th	GBR	3880	Dave Smithwhite	HISC	42	‑45	41	83
89th	GBR	4072	Thomas Lambert	Wilsonian SC	40	‑51	44	84
90th	DEN	3914	Ole Frey	Sonderborg YC	41	‑57	43	84
91st	POL	3842	Michal Domanski	HISC	39	47	‑51	86
92nd	SUI	3820	Caspar Buettner	Zurcher YC	‑45	43	45	88
93rd	GBR	3941	Miles Burrage	Thorpe Bay SC	46	44	‑51	90
94th	GBR	3759	Nic Streatfeild	Rutland Water SC	(DNC)	41	50	91
95th	IRL	4206	John Chambers	National YC	‑55	50	42	92
96th	AUS	3905	Phil Stevenson	St George SC	43	‑54	50	93
97th	GBR	4044	Dominic Hutton	Queen Mary SC	(DNC)	53	41	94
98th	GBR	3924	Jon Bennett	HISC	43	51	(DNC)	94
99th	GBR	3730	Jonathan Peats	Castle Cove SC	50	44	(DNC)	94
100th	GBR	3945	Matthew Lea	Grafham Water SC	‑48	48	46	94
101st	SUI	3836	Adriano Petrino	CV Lago di Lugano	‑47	47	47	94
102nd	GBR	3632	Martin Fear	Bristol Corinthian SC	42	‑59	53	95
103rd	GBR	3787	Jono Pank	Imperial Poona YC	(DNC)	46	49	95
104th	GBR	4162	Steve McLean	HISC	48	49	‑57	97
105th	GBR	3715	Chris Jeeves	De Spaenjerd SC	49	‑55	49	98
106th	GBR	3910	Matthew Bergmann Smith	HISC	47	53	‑55	100
107th	GBR	3756	James Sainsbury	Grafham Water SC	(DNC)	DNC	31	101
108th	GBR	3613	James Thomas	Bewl Valley SC	(DNC)	31	DNC	101
109th	GBR	3917	Dan Ellis	Royal Plymouth Corinthian YC	‑52	49	52	101
110th	GBR	4041	Andrew Blee	Draycote Water SC	44	58	(DNC)	102
111th	GBR	4106	Jamie Morgan	Grafham Water SC	56	46	‑58	102
112th	GBR	3668	Patrick Cunningham	Gurnard SC	49	55	(DNC)	104
113th	GBR	4150	Ian Southworth	Hamble River SC	(DNC)	DNC	35	105
114th	DEN	3601	Hans Rasmussen	Troense Badelaug	(DNC)	48	57	105
115th	GBR	3802	Neale Jones	HISC	54	‑56	53	107
116th	GBR	3192	Jamie Pearson	Draycote Water SC	50	(DNC)	58	108
117th	BEL	3915	Quentin Blondiau		(DNC)	52	56	108
118th	SUI	3599	Tristan Mathez‑Loic	SN Geneva	(DNC)	56	54	110
119th	GBR	3704	Mark Dell	Thorpe Bay YC	(DNC)	DNC	42	112
120th	GBR	3870	Eddie Gatehouse	HISC	(DNC)	42	DNC	112
121st	JPN	4137	Wakako Tabata	ABeam	53	‑60	59	112
122nd	GBR	3946	Paul Beard	QMSC	(DNC)	DNC	45	115
123rd	GBR	3928	Rob Cage	Thames SC	46	(DNC)	DNC	116
124th	GBR	3131	Guy Stewart Raynes	Weston SC	52	(DNC)	DNC	122
125th	GER	3381	Burhard Staabs	Rock SC	(DNC)	DNC	55	125
126th	GBR	3766	Jordan Woods	Weston SC	(DNC)	DNC	56	126
127th	GBR	4207	Joseph Wellerd	Plymouth University SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	GER	3088	Jens Schoenberg	Segelclub Ratzeburger See	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	GBR	3604	Katherine Knight	WPNSA	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	ARG	4167	Matias Gainza Eurnekian	Yacht Club Argentino	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	USA	4086	Zack Downing	San Diego YC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	DEN	3978	Soren Buhl	Horsens YC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	ITA	3789	Andrea Biagioni	HISC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	ARG	4170	Franco Greggi	Yacht Club Argentino	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	ARG	4168	Daniel Pierrard		(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	GBR	4098	Danny Clark	Thorpe Bay SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	GBR	4151	David Chisholm	RNSA	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140
127th	GBR	3881	Diederik Bulters		(DNC)	DNC	DNC	140

Blue Fleet Qualifying Race 4 Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club
1	GBR	5	Robert Greenhalgh	Royal Southern YC
2	AUS	2	Nathan Outteridge	Wangi SC
3	GBR	4038	Tom Offer	Rock SC
4	AUS	3	Scott Babbage	Woollahra SC
5	GBR	3967	Chris Draper	LCSC
6	GBR	4123	Dylan Fletcher	Portland Moth Squad
7	SUI	3796	Arnaud Psarofaghis	SN Geneva
8	GBR	4099	Ricky Tagg	HISC
9	ITA	4138	Gian Maria Ferrighi	YC Acquafrecsca
10	USA	9	Brad Funk	US Sailing Team Sperry Top‑Sider
11	GBR	4149	Oliver Holden	HISC
12	GBR	4059	Dan Ward	Frensham Ponds SC
13	SUI	4032	Jean‑Pierre de Siebenthal	SN de Geneve
14	SUI	3752	David Holenweg	CV Estavyer‑le‑Lac
15	GBR	4155	Stevie Morrison	Exe SC
16	SWE	4159	Nils Akervall	Royal Swedish YC
17	NED	4023	Kalle Coster
18	GBR	3943	Richard Edwards	Parkstone YC
19	GBR	4071	Phillippe Oligario	Worthing YC
20	GBR	4158	Geoff Carveth	HISC
21	AUS	3900	Andrew McDougall	Black Rock YC
22	GBR	4043	Paul Hayden	Stokes Bay SC
23	AUS	6	Rob Gough	Royal YC Tasmania
24	SUI	3836	Adriano Petrino	CV Lago di Lugano
25	GBR	3947	Ed Chapman	Queen Mary SC
26	FRA	3879	Pierre Blanc	CN St Jean Cap Ferrat
27	NED	4074	Eelco Boers	WV Roerkoning
28	GBR	3980	Graham Simmonds	HISC
29	GER	3843	Carlo Maege	Feldafinger Seglerverein
30	IRL	3889	Alistair Kissane	Howth YC
31	ESP	3975	Pablo Arandia	EMV Valencia
32	GBR	3830	John Clifton	Shoreham SC
33	AUS	3637	Brent Pearson	Keppel Bay SC
34	GBR	4036	Dan Vincent	Stokes Bay SC
35	AUS	3905	Phil Stevenson	St George SC
36	ITA	3855	Fabio Mazzetti	Circolo Vela Arco
37	GBR	4115	David Hivey	HISC
38	NZL	4124	Glen Read	Vauxhall YC
39	GBR	3704	Mark Dell	Thorpe Bay YC
40	GBR	3715	Chris Jeeves	De Spaenjerd SC
41	GER	3684	Sven Kloppenburg	Ratzeburger SV
42	GBR	3979	Jeremy Hartley	Stokes Bay SC
43	IRL	3861	Annalise Murphy	National YC
44	NED	3849	Constantijn Weber	WSV Muiderberg
45	GBR	3945	Matthew Lea	Grafham Water SC
46	GBR	3910	Matthew Bergmann Smith	HISC
47	GBR	3946	Paul Beard	QMSC
48	AUS	3631	John Genders	RYCT
49	GBR	3834	Chris Clarke	Thorpe Bay SC
50	GBR	3941	Miles Burrage	Thorpe Bay SC
51	GBR	4044	Dominic Hutton	Queen Mary SC
52	AUS	4004	Will Logan	Royal YC Tasmania
53	GBR	3917	Dan Ellis	Royal Plymouth Corinthian YC
54	GBR	4106	Jamie Morgan	Grafham Water SC
55	GBR	3632	Martin Fear	Bristol Corinthian SC
56	GBR	3870	Eddie Gatehouse	HISC
57	DEN	3601	Hans Rasmussen	Troense Badelaug