This moff event - whats the deal
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Topic: This moff event - whats the deal
Posted By: salmon80
Subject: This moff event - whats the deal
Date Posted: 11 Dec 15 at 9:38am
| I assume everyone is getting paid to travel to Bermuda, there's a first prize of $5000 but that wouldn't cover the air fare ... |
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Posted By: Neptune
Date Posted: 11 Dec 15 at 11:25am
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think its a normal regatta in that most pay their own way with a winners incentive, everyone had to be invited though, but i think you could just ask and you got invited ------------- Musto Skiff and Solo sailor |
Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 12 Dec 15 at 6:56am
Why, do you only fly 1st class? |
Posted By: salmon80
Date Posted: 12 Dec 15 at 7:42am
| I'm sure a return flight to Bermuda from London carrying an 11ft 35kg box would cost more than a normal flight ;) |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 12 Dec 15 at 5:11pm
Not sure they're taking the boats on a plane, it's a bit of a myth I think. After hearing some Moth chat most containered out. ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: aardvark_issues
Date Posted: 13 Dec 15 at 9:06pm
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Free shipping laid on by the event organisers. Accomodation by the locals. Just had to get yourself there.... ------------- http://www.aardvarkracing.co.uk" rel="nofollow - Home of Rocket Racing |
Posted By: salmon80
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 7:52am
| ah makes sense, couldn't work out why so many would have gone otherwise. its not a title event |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 8:04am
For fun? ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Presuming Ed
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 8:18am
Yeah, why on earth go an sail somewhere warm and sunny. It's not like it's winter here.
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Posted By: salmon80
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 10:19am
but there's also Australian nationals, NZ nationals blah blah where its hot windy and not uk winter fun etc so getting people to go to Bermuda isn't actually that easy if you have to pay for flights, accom, shipping etc that's why I thought it made sense because if you only have to fly its cheap winter fun sailing |
Posted By: Chris 249
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 11:30am
| Do they have a NZ nationals now? I though the Int. Moths had died there once again? |
Posted By: salmon80
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 12:37pm
oh we are getting pedantic now aren't we  8 boats at the 2015 worlds from NZL including the winner but maybe they don't do a nationals coz its not worth the effort
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 12:51pm
If we're being pedantic, was it 8 boats from NZL, or 8 boats owned by NZ nationals who are currently domiciled elsewhere? Probably somewhere between the two I expect. |
Posted By: salmon80
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 1:29pm
As I work for the IRD in New Zealand I am able to confirm the individual domicile status of all of the NZ entries for the 2015 Int Moth Worlds in Sorrento Vic On this, a very public, forum I feel it appropriate to confirm that only 4 of those entered are domicile in the land of the long white cloud and of those 1 is entitled to free medical insurance As I am also the CEO of yachting New Zealand I can confirm that even though there are 3 other moth sailors in NZ along with these four individuals they do not meet Yachting NZ's requirements to hold a national title. Consequently there are no nationals in NZ. |
Posted By: Chris 249
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 9:24pm
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I wasn't being pedantic in asking whether the NZ had a Moth nationals - I was interested in whether the spurt of interest a few years back had subsided again. It does say a lot about the sport, its current course and its future that one of the world's top sailing nations has only seven active Int. Moth sailors. Obviously such boats, wonderful as they are, cannot be the future of the sport as so many in administration and the sailing media are claiming - unless, of course, the sport has no future. Thanks for the information.
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Posted By: salmon80
Date Posted: 14 Dec 15 at 9:57pm
My information may be inaccurate ;)
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Posted By: Chris 249
Date Posted: 15 Dec 15 at 7:37am
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D'oh! Where's the embarrassed moji? In my defence, we have had NZ Yachting honchos here lately. Actually from the web it looks as if half of the NZ Mothies are AC sailors who would spend most of their time offshore. I saw another pile of carp from our once-great Australian Sailing mag today, claiming as usual that foilers were the future and multis were growing. When I read that stuff I reach for my revolver.
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Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 15 Dec 15 at 10:19am
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Chris, Multis are growing: longer, wider, taller (once up on foils). Just not numerically...
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