McDougall + McConaghy International Moth World Championship

McDougall + McConaghy International Moth World Championship - Day 4

by Jonny Fullerton 28 Jul 2017 22:16 BST 25-28 July 2017

The final series of racing at the 2017 McDougall + McConaghy Moth Worlds got underway today in glamorous conditions on Lake Garda. The Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets were released just after lunchtime for four races each on two race courses.

The Gold fleet left the shore about 1400hrs to sail on the South course in warm sunshine and a 12 - 14 knots breeze from 200 degrees. The two lap courses were short and sharp taking the lead boat about 25 minutes to complete.

77 boats shot off the start line on starboard tack to tack directly in front of the Fraglia Vela Malcesine club house, where spectators were able to get a bird's eye view from the shore.

Some competitors got squeezed out at the pin end but the start was called clear and Nathan Outteridge (AUS) absolutely nailed it. But at the leeward gate on lap 1, current world champion, Paul Goodison (GBR) had a 30 metre lead from Scott Babbage (AUS), Rob Greenhalgh (GBR), Nathan Outteridge (AUS) and Pete Burling (NZL).

Goodison hugged the breeze on the shoreline to finish with another gun, followed by Babbage in second, having a much better day after all his breakages. Greenhalgh completed the podium, Burling just squeezed past Outteridge on the last gybe for the finish.

For race 2, the course was stretched out to 1.3nm as the breeze swung to 210 degrees. The second start was another packed line and again several competitors got squeezed out including Rob Greenhalgh and Josh Mcknight (AUS). Pete Burling rounded in the lead closely followed by Tom Slingsby (AUS) with Scott Babbage in third, Paul Goodison in fifth.

Burling extended on all legs to close out his first 2017 Moth Worlds race win, Slingsby took a well earned second and Paul Goodison clawed back to third. The two former 49er & AC team mates Iain 'Goobs' Jensen and Nathan Outteridge finished fourth and fifth.

It was getting late in the afternoon by the time race 3 begun but conditions remained similar, with 12 - 14 knots of breeze and flat water but it had become more patchy with streaks down the middle of the course rather than along the Eastern lake shore.

Again Paul Goodison tussled for the lead, this time against Nathan Outteridge and Iain 'Goobs' Jensen. Disaster for Rob Greenhalgh as he suffers a broken mainsheet strop and has to retire. Positions stayed the same for the top three but a Corinthian sailor, Dave Hivey (GBR) snuck into fourth to break up the professionals. Pete Burling finished this one in fifth.

The lead contenders all piled down to the pin end for the start of race 4. Nathan Outteridge again nailed it with Tom Slingsby on his hip. Burling, Goodison and Babbage were all in the scrum but Rob Greenhalgh's timing was just out forcing him wide to duck round to start behind the pack.

It was another mad dash to the shore to tack in front of the club house. Burling and Goodison met on opposite tacks at the top mark and it was Burling who ducked Goody to round just in the lead. Outteridge rounded third. The packed rounding forced a couple of leaders to go wide of the upwind gate.

Day 4 of the Moth Worlds on Lake Garda - photo © Martina Orsini

Downwind the race became a three way battle between the three former world champions, Burling, Goodison and Outteridge. On the last leg, positions changed, Babbage came to the line on opposite tacks to Outteridge and just managed to cross his bows to take his first win of the championship, both sailors enjoying a much better day on the water. Goodison took third and Burling fourth and Slingsby 5th.

When the finals series results were added to the Qualification results the overall classification has Paul Goodison taking the lead on 8 points from arch rival Laser Gold medallist Tom Slingsby on 17 points and Iain Jensen moving up to third on 21 points. After finishing 15th in the Qualification series, Pete Burling has a much better day to pull up to 4th whilst Rob Greenhalgh as a day to forget discarding a DNF and counting a 17th. Both Nathan Outteridge and Scott Babbage are back in the top ten after their breakdowns in the Qualification series. Another top contender Ben 'the Patonator' Paton (GBR) suffered a re-reoccurrence of his arm injury forcing him out of the last two races.

Dave Hivey (GBR) stays top Corinthian sneaking into the top 10 and Jason Belben scores 20,19,19 to remain top Master in 24th position overall.

In the Silver fleet, John Clifton (GBR) port tacked the entire fleet to win race 1 of the day by a country mile. He repeated in race 2 and scored a 7 and 4 to open a big lead over second placed David Holenweg (SUI) and Philipp Buhl (GER).

In the Bronze fleet, Hans Rasmussen (DEN) has a huge lead over Maximilian Mage (GER) and David Simmonds (GBR).

Weary sailors returned ashore early in the evening for a 'Bruschetta and Ravioli' spread as the sun set over the lake. The perfect ending to a perfect day.

Racing continues for all fleets tomorrow, (Saturday). The earliest start time will be 1300hrs (local time).

Event website: www.mothworlds.org/malcesine
Tracking: www.u-track.it/index.php/moth-worlds-2017

Day 4 of the Moth Worlds on Lake Garda - photo © Martina Orsini

Gold fleet after day 4 (one discard):

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Q	F1	F2	F3	F4	Pts
1	GBR 1	GOODISON PAUL	1	1	‑3	1	3	8
2	AUS 4386	SLINGSBY TOM	2	‑7	2	7	5	17
3	AUS 4514	JENSEN IAIN	4	8	4	3	‑13	21
4	NZL 4190	BURLING PETER	15	4	1	‑5	4	22
5	GBR 4491	GREENHALGH ROBERT	3	3	7	(ret)	17	31
6	AUS 10	MIGHELL HAROLD	11	6	9	‑10	9	34
7	AUS 4038	OUTTERIDGE NATHAN	35	‑5	5	2	2	35
8	AUS 6	MCKNIGHT JOSH	5	‑25	13	11	6	37
9	AUS 4	BABBAGE SCOTT	41	2	‑6	6	1	40
10	GBR 4513	HIVEY DAVID	9	‑18	15	4	12	40
11	ITA 4180	DE PAOLI AMBROSI CARLO	13	‑17	12	13	11	47
12	AUS 3656	DAMIC LUKA	10	‑31	16	17	7	49
13	GBR 4050	HISCOCKS SIMON	6	11	10	‑31	22	50
14	ITA 4431	FERRIGHI GIAN MARIA	18	15	14	8	‑33	51
15	AUS 4205	THOMAS STEVEN	14	9	‑44	9	24	54
16	ITA 4340	BRUNI FRANCESCO	20	13	‑35	12	14	54
17	GBR 4501	ELLIS DAN	23	10	17	14	‑27	57
18	ITA 4147	BIANCHI FRANCESCO	19	‑28	8	21	15	59
19	GBR 4433	WARD DAN	17	20	19	15	‑25	67
20	AUS 7	GOUGH ROB	21	12	22	20	‑26	70
21	AUS 4332	BURTON TOM	7	‑35	24	29	10	71
22	AUS 4095	KAJIMOTO KOHEI	22	16	31	‑60	8	71
23	SUI 4270	PSAROFAGHIS ARNAUD	16	‑32	18	19	21	71
24	GBR 4309	MCMILLAN JIM	12	‑30	25	25	16	76
25	GBR 4509	BELBEN JASON	24	‑29	20	22	19	77
26	ITA 4138	FERRIGHI STEFANO	44	‑37	21	18	23	94
27	ITA 4040	LANULFI MARCO	27	23	33	(dnf)	20	95
28	IRL 4517	FITZPATRICK RORY	25	24	30	‑37	34	106
29	GBR 5	PATON BEN	8	14	11	(ret)	dnf	108
30	GBR 3939	ASHER NIC	34	‑42	39	16	29	108
31	AUS 4495	TAILBY REECE	60	19	‑36	36	18	113
32	FRA 4383	PRESTI PHILIPPE	28	26	37	32	‑41	116
33	USA 4302	FUNK BRAD	69	21	23	27	‑40	119
34	GBR 4512	OFFER TOM	26	36	‑48	38	31	124
35	IRL 4148	KENEFICK DAVID	33	41	40	30	‑45	135
36	FRA 4412	MARIE BENOIT	31	33	46	‑63	35	137
37	ARG 4331	GREGGI FRANCO	29	50	26	‑62	42	140
38	AUS 4418	CHEW MATTHEW	32	22	32	64	(ufd)	142
39	GER 3797	GIELEN FABIAN	36	53	‑66	33	30	143
40	AUT 3799	STELZL MAXIMILIAN	30	39	50	34	‑56	146
41	AUS 3832	THORPE LES	64	(ufd)	34	42	28	146
42	SUI 4404	PETRINO ADRIANO	61	48	‑58	24	36	148
43	GBR 4350	SMITHWHITE DAVID	51	44	29	47	‑58	155
44	SUI 4152	RIGOT GUILLAUME	67	34	49	28	‑50	157
45	AUS 4221	SARE WARREN	42	‑56	38	51	38	158
46	SWE 4330	JARUDD EMIL	65	‑43	41	41	32	158
47	GBR 4508	VINCENT DAN	47	38	‑60	48	39	159
48	GBR 4448	ALBRECHT LEIGH	52	‑68	27	56	44	163
49	AUS 4063	SOUTER DEAN	55	62	‑68	26	37	164
50	GBR 4480	MASON RICHARD	49	27	28	(dnf)	dnf	164
51	ITA 4460	MAZZETTI FABIO	38	40	52	46	‑55	167
52	GBR 4336	HEATHCOTE JONATHAN	40	(dnf)	dnf	23	43	170
53	GBR 4149	HOLDEN OLIVER	73	45	43	35	‑52	171
54	AUS 8	MCDOUGALL ANDREW	54	47	42	(ret)	46	172
55	ITA 4389	ZILIANI MARIO	48	49	47	‑50	49	179
56	GBR 4347	BRIDLE EDDIE	56	‑51	45	45	51	180
57	GBR 4277	HARTLEY JEREMY	62	‑59	55	49	48	192
58	POR 4299	ANDRADE FRANCISCO	37	57	(ufd)	61	47	193
59	GBR 3959	GLIDDON PAUL	59	(ufd)	63	39	53	194
60	GBR 4499	HUTTON DOMINIC	50	‑67	53	52	57	197
61	GER 3975	CLASEN JACOB	68	54	‑65	44	54	198
62	FRA 4310	ARTHAUD AYMERIC	66	58	59	40	(dnf)	202
63	FIN 4406	LEHTINEN LAURI	43	52	62	57	‑65	203
64	AUS 4216	GENDERS JOHN	46	61	56	53	‑64	203
65	GBR 4311	ADAMS ALEX	57	‑64	64	43	60	206
66	ARG 4367	COSENTINO IVAN	53	60	51	59	‑62	207
67	IRL 4380	MURPHY ANNALISE	45	55	57	‑65	63	208
68	AUS 4222	PEARSON BRENT	58	‑65	61	54	59	213
69	GBR 4037	JEEVES CHRIS	71	‑63	54	58	61	221
70	AUT 4511	SCHANLEITNER MICHAEL	63	46	69	(dnf)	dnf	230
71	GBR 4500	STARK MATTHEW	72	66	‑67	55	66	235
72	SWE 4459	INKYOV JORDAN (DANNY)	39	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dnf	251
73	FRA 4274	COL SEBASTIEN	70	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dns	270

Silver fleet after day 4 (one discard):

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Q	F1	F2	F3	F4	Pts
1	GBR 4275	CLIFTON JOHN	75	1	1	‑7	4	56
2	SUI 4312	HOLENWEG DAVID	110	‑9	2	2	3	84
3	GER 4060	BUHL PHILIPP	93	‑49	4	17	2	85
4	FIN 3851	LINDAHL ERIK	81	‑23	9	11	12	88
5	GBR 4096	PENFOLD TIM	80	‑33	11	4	18	89
6	AUS 3717	SHERRING JACK	96	5	3	18	‑33	92
7	GBR 4442	STONEHAM KYLE	124	‑30	6	1	1	95
8	GBR 4075	PYBUS DOUG	77	12	5	27	(dnf)	99
9	ITA 4355	MAGGI NICOLA	90	10	13	‑53	16	99
10	HKG 4334	PARTRIDGE ROB	106	4	18	‑32	6	102
11	JPN 3989	GOTO HIROKI	109	17	‑29	5	7	104
12	GBR 4121	PHARE JAMES	118	3	‑16	12	8	105
13	AUS 4456	GRAVARE MARTIN	84	26	‑28	8	14	106
14	AUS 4247	WARREN FANG	141	2	10	3	‑13	112
15	GBR 4308	BURLTON CRAIG	78	14	8	(dnf)	35	112
16	GER 4047	JOHN ANDREAS	74	20	20	‑30	23	112
17	NED 4424	COSTER KALLE	100	‑36	15	24	11	119
18	GBR 4122	FRIEND ANDREW	111	11	‑34	16	19	124
19	IRL 4374	MCMAHON EWAN	98	24	21	15	‑32	128
20	BEL 3915	GOOD MORGAN	85	25	24	25	‑57	132
21	IRL 4139	O TOOLE NEIL	142	16	17	6	‑29	137
22	AUS 3770	DEUSSEN NICK	104	8	‑50	37	21	138
23	GER 3389	HUBER THOMAS	88	38	31	9	‑66	138
24	USA 4017	KNOWLES MATT	86	18	22	44	‑52	142
25	FIN 4382	UUSI‑AUTTI JANNE	132	15	14	‑66	24	143
26	GBR 4492	STREATFEILD NIC	144	21	7	‑39	22	148
27	GBR 4248	BAKER NEIL	145	28	12	10	‑56	148
28	GBR 4136	REDFEARN EDWARD	99	‑58	23	50	9	150
29	GBR 4278	KOUKOURAKIS ALEX	83	7	(ufd)	ufd	10	151
30	GBR 4434	LUTHI CHRISTIAN	107	34	‑37	13	31	152
31	GBR 3979	ROSS JAMES	130	‑37	19	19	27	154
32	POR 3609	BRITES HENRIQUE	128	27	‑44	21	20	155
33	JPN 4300	TABATA WAKAKO	108	‑48	32	29	25	160
34	GBR 4438	LEA MATTHEW	82	‑50	33	33	37	160
35	AUT 4015	HRIBAR PHILIPP	97	‑60	55	28	17	167
36	FRA 97	FEYDIT HUGO	148	6	‑64	14	51	171
37	AUS 4142	GODDARD ALAN	89	54	25	‑65	34	173
38	AUS 3999	YORK KEAGAN	79	‑72	41	48	30	175
39	GBR 3877	GLIDDON JOSIE	113	31	36	31	‑53	177
40	GER 4027	ADOLPH KAI	116	19	‑54	46	36	181
41	NOR 4328	RINGSTAD ALEXANDER	103	‑55	42	20	47	181
42	AUS 3981	HACKNEY EDWARD	95	46	68	(ufd)	5	185
43	SWE 4252	GRAVAR EMMA	114	22	‑46	38	46	185
44	GBR 4214	BARNES MICHAEL	129	41	30	‑54	26	185
45	IRL 4396	KISSANE ALISTAIR	87	61	45	22	(dnf)	187
46	NZL 3733	POWRIE TOM	112	42	27	‑45	40	188
47	AUT 4251	HOFER MATTHAEUS	125	32	35	40	‑60	194
48	AUS 3570	SMITH PHIL	119	40	38	34	‑50	194
49	DEN 4281	MELSON FREDERIK JUST	122	29	40	47	‑59	199
50	SUI 4401	FUCHS ALESSANDRO	140	47	43	23	‑48	209
51	GBR 4484	JESSOP DAVID	94	59	61	26	‑62	210
52	NZL 4329	GOODES STUART	105	(ufd)	48	49	42	211
53	SUI 3776	SCHILLER PHILIPPE	137	‑73	51	41	28	213
54	POR 3715	LEAL TIAGO	127	43	‑52	36	49	215
55	GRE 4104	BOUSSOULAS GEORGE	134	‑57	39	35	54	219
56	ITA 4209	TRIMARCHI MICHELE	101	56	49	‑58	44	219
57	AUT 4354	HIRSCH MARKUS	92	35	47	(dnf)	dnf	220
58	NED 3794	BERENS MENNO	123	‑63	58	42	41	224
59	IRI 4516	HYLAND ADAM	120	13	‑71	67	63	225
60	NZL 4229	KIFF RICHARD	136	51	26	56	‑65	225
61	NZL 4218	SWANSON ROWAN	117	‑67	59	43	43	226
62	ARG 4226	CORREA HENDERSON JUAN	126	66	‑70	63	15	231
63	SUI 4397	DECARLI NICOLA	131	‑62	53	51	39	232
64	AUS 3905	STEVENSON PHIL	133	39	‑57	57	55	241
65	AUS 4187	SPIERS EMMA	102	‑64	62	59	64	255
66	ITA 4078	BEVILACQUA VINCENZO	115	‑69	69	62	45	256
67	USA 4458	DOWNING ZACK	135	44	‑63	61	61	258
68	FRA 4065	REZZOUG ANTHONY	76	71	56	(dnf)	dnf	258
69	NZL 4362	EVANS RUSS	146	‑68	66	60	38	264
70	AUT 3219	KOBALE OLIVER	138	53	60	64	(dnf)	272
71	ARG 4167	CONTESSI DOMINGO JOSE	143	65	‑67	55	58	276
72	GER 4421	KASASKE FABIAN	121	70	73	52	(dnf)	278
73	SWE 4253	GRAVARE MAGNUS	139	45	65	(dnf)	dnf	282
74	SUI 3625	RIGOT FABRICE	91	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dnf	288
75	GBR 4343	SAINSBURY JAMES	147	52	72	(dnf)	dnf	300

Bronze fleet after day 4 (one discard):

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Q	F1	F2	F3	F4	Pts
1	DEN 4307	RASMUSSEN HANS	155	23	10	‑26	17	61
2	GER 4417	MAGE MAXIMILIAN	151	‑5	1	2	2	108
3	GBR 3980	SIMMONDS DAVID	153	2	‑5	4	1	112
4	AUS 4324	ROLLERSON GRANT	150	3	4	‑16	12	121
5	FIN 4087	CASTREN THOMAS	162	‑21	3	1	5	126
6	AUS 4215	EDMUNDS LLOYD	157	‑6	6	5	3	128
7	ARG 4368	CONTESSI MASSIMO	152	10	‑27	11	8	133
8	FRA 4286	VAIREAUX MOANA	164	7	‑11	3	6	136
9	CRO 4126	DOGAN LUKA	163	4	8	12	‑21	142
10	GBR 4036	CLARKE CHRIS	167	1	‑44	7	14	145
11	DEN 4140	LANG PETER	182	8	2	6	‑11	149
12	IRL 4097	DEVLIN JIM	169	16	‑19	13	4	157
13	JPN 4127	KAWATA TAKAAKI	177	(bfd)	7	10	15	160
14	FRA 3972	ANDRILLON YANN	184	(dnf)	13	8	9	165
15	SWE 4363	LOVDEN MAGNUS	181	15	12	‑18	7	166
16	POL 4153	JANKOWSKI JAKUB	159	9	‑28	21	25	170
17	NZL 4390	BULLOT MIKE	193	11	‑32	9	10	171
18	POL 3842	DOMANSKI MICHAL	173	18	‑25	14	16	174
19	AUS 4235	BOULDEN WILL	172	13	14	‑30	27	180
20	FRA 4072	CIRET MADEG	176	14	9	‑36	34	185
21	SUI 4430	DAZIO ROBERTO	160	31	‑42	19	19	185
22	DEN 4062	QUORNING PETER	180	‑28	16	22	18	186
23	GBR 3922	GAMBLE PADDY	171	24	15	27	‑29	191
24	GBR 4208	LAMBERT THOMAS	158	20	23	‑38	33	191
25	FRA 4171	PEDOTE GIANCARLO	175	‑32	17	28	20	192
26	NED 4280	WEBER CONSTANTIJN	154	19	49	20	(dnf)	193
27	GBR 3941	BURRAGE MILES	174	(dns)	39	15	13	194
28	POR 3978	BELLO FERNANDO	185	‑27	18	23	22	198
29	GBR 4100	WHITE CHRIS	186	‑46	20	17	26	200
30	GBR 4369	HIGBY ALEX	166	26	‑36	31	23	202
31	GER 4375	THIAS MICHAEL	168	‑40	26	25	30	204
32	AUT 3986	RAKUSCHAN PHILIPP	179	25	‑33	24	28	206
33	DEN 4519	FREY OLE	191	17	‑41	29	31	217
34	AUT 3892	KARNUTSCH FLORIAN	161	35	30	‑40	39	220
35	GBR 4118	DICKER MARK	165	29	35	44	(dnf)	228
36	GBR 4298	GOODRUM GREG	178	37	29	‑48	38	232
37	AUS 4497	OLDFIELD GLEN	194	30	24	‑46	35	233
38	ITA 4486	SAIDELLI NICOLO	187	‑38	37	34	24	233
39	SLO 4201	TOMORI LUKA	170	41	34	‑49	42	241
40	GER 4034	HELLRIEGEL ERNST	183	‑53	43	33	36	246
41	GBR 4291	JEFFRIES ANDY	156	50	‑55	41	44	248
42	NED 3623	VERSCHUURE ROALD	195	39	‑45	32	37	253
43	GBR 4342	SIMMONDS GRAHAM	213	12	21	56	(dnf)	257
44	AUS 3833	DANKS PETER	198	33	38	‑51	48	265
45	GBR 3870	GATEHOUSE EDDIE	202	36	‑48	45	32	266
46	GER 3627	MAGE FRANZISKA	199	34	40	‑52	49	271
47	SUI 4042	MANI SANDRO	216	22	‑65	39	46	275
48	GBR 3944	BEVAN PHIL	212	42	22	(dnf)	43	275
49	GBR 4179	HUGHES GERRY	197	43	‑47	47	41	277
50	AUT 3924	KOBALE KONSTANTIN	218	45	31	37	(dnf)	281
51	AUS 3827	HALLAM JAMES	201	47	50	35	(dnf)	282
52	GBR 3629	MEHEW TOM	200	44	‑58	42	50	284
53	FRA 3718	POIZIVARA FRED	189	49	‑56	53	47	287
54	FRA 4144	BEL JEAN‑NOAL	205	48	‑53	43	45	294
55	GBR 3607	DAVIS ALAN	192	57	‑64	58	53	309
56	GBR 3914	COONEY NEIL	207	‑56	46	50	52	311
57	SWE 4264	MAGNERIUS MICHAEL	188	60	‑63	59	54	311
58	AUS 4021	ROBINSON DAVID	149	(dns)	dnf	dnf	dnf	315
59	AUS 3961	SAUL JOHN	204	55	‑59	54	55	320
60	SUI 4031	DARR YVO	215	59	‑60	55	40	322
61	GER 3601	ZEISER CHRISTOPH	208	51	51	‑57	57	322
62	AUS 4243	PONTREMOLI RICCARDO	210	(dns)	52	60	51	331
63	GBR 4361	SMITH DONALD	203	54	54	(dnf)	dnf	334
64	GER 3321	WINTER CHRISTIAN	214	58	‑61	61	56	343
65	USA 4305	BURSOR SCOTT	209	52	57	(dnf)	dnf	345
66	GER 4377	MAEGE CARLO	190	(dns)	dnf	dnf	dnf	352
67	CAN 4197	BRAZIER ANDREW	196	(dns)	dnf	dnf	dnf	358
68	SUI 4303	BADERTSCHER STEFAN	206	(dns)	62	dnf	dnf	363
69	BEL 4049	GALEOTTI GIOVANNI	211	61	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	371
70	SUI 4502	SCHENK DOMINIK	217	(dns)	dnf	dnf	dnf	381